When you are working on a big project, it is common to feel worn out because of the deadlines and the workload. This is when your creativity starts abandoning you, and you feel like you’re never going to be able to finish that daunting translation project. The term for this feeling of helplessness is a ‘translator’s block’. Here are some tips for when you find yourself in a similar situation and some advice on what to do to survive it.

The first advice would be to sleep on it.  However crazy this may sound, the best thing for you at the moment is to take a shower and go to bed. In the morning, your brain will cool off and start functioning a lot better. It can’t work well under pressure, and that’s why the solutions to your translating problems weren’t obvious. 

Translators put a lot of pressure on themselves because they want a perfect translation, and instead of striving for perfection, you should be striving for perfect equivalence.

However, my advice for you would be to turn on your computer, go to professionals and seek advice from translation experts that can solve your dilemmas. This website may have some great ideas that you can incorporate into your work. You know what they say: “Two heads are better than one.” Great websites such as TheWordPoint can come in handy if you are looking for accuracy and meticulousness and need a professional translator to help you deal with your translations. 

Sometimes, looking up words online can help you come up with more creative translations. A lot of synonyms and words you never even heard of can be found online. Even though this is not an entirely accurate approach, every translator employs it every now and then. 

The thing that is holding back a lot of translators and blocking their creativity is not being inspired enough to translate, and the deadline is around the corner. Even though a translator sometimes isn’t paid enough, or isn’t keen on the topic, you must always remember that every translation is an opportunity to gain more experience and perfect your craft.

Last but not least, it shouldn’t feel like work. You should have fun and allow yourself to fall in love with your work every day again and again.