Poll: How many monitors do you actively use in your translation workspace? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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One monitor for my translation tool, one for my browser and e-mail client and the tiny 17-inch laptop thing for Tidal
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As I said before (similar question), the ideal would be two, but I only have one and no place to fit another. So, maybe the day I'll move to a bigger place...
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It depends. If I'm using a CAT tool or Cloud I only need 1 screen so I use my 15.6 PC screen but if I'm checking numbers especially, I like to use 2 screens so I check the source and target without needing to minimise and reload and find that I work better like that as I easily miss things like that.
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WolfgangS
France
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English to German
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But got a 43" monitor now, so it's one only.
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Samuel Murray 
Netherlands
Local time: 13:06
Member (2006)
English to Afrikaans
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I tried it with two, but that involves moving my head from side to side by too much for it to have any benefit over just using the taskbar properly. That said, I do have a relatively nice wide monitor (2560x1440, 27 inch). My daughter uses two (gaming and chatting) and my son uses three (gaming, chatting and school work).
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Samuel Murray
Netherlands
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida wrote:
I only have one and no place to fit another.
Same. My desk is such a mess that even though I have a portable little extra monitor, I wouldn't be able to put it anywhere.
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Samuel Murray wrote:
I tried it with two, but that involves moving my head from side to side by too much for it to have any benefit over just using the taskbar properly.
Some translators prefer a vertical arrangement. Especially for the combination laptop + external screen.
Or, to keep both screens more or less at the same vertical line:
[Edited at 2026-06-16 08:45 GMT]
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Samuel Murray
Netherlands
Local time: 13:06
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English to Afrikaans
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CafeTran Trainer wrote:
Some translators prefer a vertical arrangement. Especially for the combination laptop + external screen.
I've tried it with one monitor slightly in front of the other monitor, but the second monitor is closer to my eyes, which means that I have to refocus every time I switch to a different monitor, and that makes my eyes tired.
I would not be able to work with the setup that you show in the picture, because I prefer to look straight and slightly down, not up, when I work. Indeed, this was something that I considered when buying a new monitor: whether the monitor can move down all the way to the desk.
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