| Pages in topic: [1 2] > | Poll: Do you dream in your source language(s)? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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| | | Talked in my sleep | Feb 9, 2013 |
My husband used to tell me that I talked in my sleep in Portuguese. One time he reported that I kept saying the Portuguese equivalent of "You Tarzan, Me Jane!"
| | | | | Yes, frequently | Feb 9, 2013 |
In French (often, but I live in Belgium) and in English (less often). I even dreamt once in Japanese (Whoops, I don't actually speak Japanese: is there a psychiatrist in the house?)...
| | | | Julian Holmes 
Japan
Local time: 17:54
Member (2011)
Japanese to English
Very often, in fact! 
Teresa Borges wrote:
I even dreamt once in Japanese (Whoops, I don't actually speak Japanese: is there a psychiatrist in the house?)...
@Teresa
This is obviously very Freudian -- a deep-down burning desire to travel to the ends of the Earth and visit Kyoto.
Doctor Julian's advice: Keep on dreaming away. You just might make it here and I would love to show you around.
Now, if I could get back to last night's dream -- it was very wicked  and my Kyoto dialect was amazing!
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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 10:54
Spanish to English
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Am not sure how often. My ideal category would be "sometimes".
| | | | John Cutler
Spain
Local time: 10:54
Spanish to English
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I've found my dreams mirror real life. If I'm dreaming about someone I usually speak Spanish with, that'll be the language of the dream. The same happens with English and Catalan. It seems that my brain has everyone compartmentalized and that's it.
| | | | Alexandranow
Romania
Local time: 11:54
Romanian to English
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| krtko
China
Local time: 16:54
English to Croatian
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In Chinese, but not in English or German...;))))) I guess I like Chinese more...;)
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Parrot
Spain
Local time: 10:54
Spanish to English
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| Yes, frequently | Feb 9, 2013 |
... from an English-speaker living in continental Europe.
| | | | | I would say most of the time | Feb 9, 2013 |
I was born and raised in Denmark and live here rignt now, so I'm labelled native Danish speaker.
However, we speak English at home and I dream in English most of the time.
PS: Julian, I love your comment!
| | | | | My excuse is... | Feb 9, 2013 |
Julian Holmes wrote: Very often, in fact! Teresa Borges wrote:
I even dreamt once in Japanese (Whoops, I don't actually speak Japanese: is there a psychiatrist in the house?)... @Teresa This is obviously very Freudian -- a deep-down burning desire to travel to the ends of the Earth and visit Kyoto. Doctor Julian's advice: Keep on dreaming away. You just might make it here and I would love to show you around. Now, if I could get back to last night's dream -- it was very wicked and my Kyoto dialect was amazing!
... that I do have a Japanese client, but obviously we contact in English, and anyway my dream had nothing to do with him. Thanks for the offer! One never knows...
| | | | David_M (X)
Local time: 10:54
Thai to German
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| It depends on where I am ... | Feb 9, 2013 |
... In Thailand I dream in Thai most of the time and the same goes for Vietnamese, when I am in Vietnam. When I was in the UK, my dreams were mostly in English, too. Once I also found myself speaking Vietnamese with a strong Southern accent in a dream, though I normally only speak in standard (Northern) Vietnamese and find it difficult to imitate a Southern accent when I am awake. In Germany, however, my dreams are almost always in German. It's always the same - after a few days in another count... See more ... In Thailand I dream in Thai most of the time and the same goes for Vietnamese, when I am in Vietnam. When I was in the UK, my dreams were mostly in English, too. Once I also found myself speaking Vietnamese with a strong Southern accent in a dream, though I normally only speak in standard (Northern) Vietnamese and find it difficult to imitate a Southern accent when I am awake. In Germany, however, my dreams are almost always in German. It's always the same - after a few days in another country, the language in my dreams adapts to my environment. ▲ Collapse
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in Chile, but I grew up and studied in Italy, where I live.
It happens sometimes I dream in Spanish, usually because the charcters of the dreams are me and my realatives who speak only Spanish.
The best was when I dreamt my unlce became the Presindent od the USA, and we celebrated the election with a barbecue in the White House garden.
If I think something I always "do" in Spanish... is counting cash<... See more in Chile, but I grew up and studied in Italy, where I live.
It happens sometimes I dream in Spanish, usually because the charcters of the dreams are me and my realatives who speak only Spanish.
The best was when I dreamt my unlce became the Presindent od the USA, and we celebrated the election with a barbecue in the White House garden.
If I think something I always "do" in Spanish... is counting cash ▲ Collapse
| | | | macimovic
Netherlands
Local time: 10:54
English to Serbian
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Yes. Once I even dreamed that I communicated in Chinese which I don't even know, but it felt like I was completely fluent in it haha.
| | | | DianeGM
Local time: 11:54
Member (2006)
Dutch to English
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All the languages I speak feature in my dreams at one time or another.
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