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| | | | Julian Holmes 
Япония
Local time: 01:48
Член ProZ.com c 2011
японский => английский
I stop working whenever I feel like it and this can include when I'm hungry.
I think this question could have been phrased better as:
Do you skip meals when you're busy? or something along these lines.
Yet another cackhanded question from Anonymous IMHO
Small edit
[Edited at 2017-01-12 00:34 GMT]
| | | | Nilton Junior
Бразилия
Local time: 17:48
Член ProZ.com c 2009
английский => португальский
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I answered No, but I just realized I tend to take breaks if my wife is at home.
When she isn't (most of the time), I usually prefer having meals while working to avoid getting drowsy.
| | | | mona elshazly
Египет
Local time: 19:48
Член ProZ.com c 2016
итальянский => арабский
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I sometimes hold a sandwich in one hand and the other is on the keyboard.
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Christine Andersen
Дания
Local time: 18:48
Член ProZ.com c 2003
датский => английский
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| Practically always | Jan 11, 2017 |
My husband sometimes says it is the only time we talk, but then at least we DO talk!
Apart from that, I even eat my Danish sandwiches with a knife and fork... The salads and pickled cabbage etc. are not intended to be finger food, and I eat a large proportion of those to keep the calories down. I can't eat hot porridge at my desk either, though I do often check my mails before breakfast!
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I never skip meals altogether, but if I’m really busy or I don’t feel hungry at all I might take it later than usual (I live alone)…
| | | | neilmac
Испания
Local time: 18:48
испанский => английский
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| Mainly for lunch | Jan 11, 2017 |
Er, sort of yes and no.
Breakfast is freshly squeezed orange juice sipped while starting up the PC and having a quick look at emails - if there’s nothing desperately urgent recently arrived, I might have a quick look at the online newspapers just to get my motor running (anger-> adrenaline-> work). The juice is followed by porridge, which I tend to eat beside the PC, maybe glancing at the papers or social media again, or reading part of a translation or revision text, or checking out pro... See more Er, sort of yes and no.
Breakfast is freshly squeezed orange juice sipped while starting up the PC and having a quick look at emails - if there’s nothing desperately urgent recently arrived, I might have a quick look at the online newspapers just to get my motor running (anger-> adrenaline-> work). The juice is followed by porridge, which I tend to eat beside the PC, maybe glancing at the papers or social media again, or reading part of a translation or revision text, or checking out proz/kudoz… So I’m not really “stopping”.
Then, at my lunchtime I usually stop for the Spanish midday meal between 2-4.
However, as I recently returned from the UK, my hours are more flexible - Yesterday I went out to do some business and shopping around lunchtime and then had a sort of British fry up when I came home about 4:30 (mushroom, tomato, black pudding, fried egg and potato scone, and a cup of tea instead of my usual glass of red wine).
I don’t always eat much of an evening meal, but by the time I do it’s usually after 10 PM at night, by which time I’ve usually stopped working. For example, last night they were showing an old Star Wars movie at 10:30, so I stopped working about five minutes before that and had a late supper of a flaky pastry cheese and tomato thing. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Ricki Farn
Германия
Local time: 18:48
английский => немецкий
I boredom eat, so if I work without munching on something, that means it's an especially nice translation project! With routine projects, invoices etc., I actually wait to eat until I'm working, to avoid wasting food on non-boredom.
No, I'm not as wide as I'm tall
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I tend to eat lunch at or near my desk, but not close enough to risk damaging my keyboard. I may be doing a translation-related task or else checking my e-mail.
To be honest, I live in front of my desktop computer.
| | | | Marjolein Snippe
Нидерланды
Local time: 18:48
Член ProZ.com c 2012
английский => голландский
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| (almost) always | Jan 11, 2017 |
I usually take about an hour's lunch break. I leave my office, have lunch, I may buy a freshly baked loaf at the baker's around the corner, I read the (paper) newspaper. When I get back, I tend to be more focused. On busy days, I may take a shorter break, but I do not have lunch at my desk - it tends to slow me down so much I might as well take a break and come back after 15-20 minutes.
| | | | Michael Harris
Германия
Local time: 18:48
Член ProZ.com c 2006
немецкий => английский
| I can only agree with you there Julian | Jan 11, 2017 |
Julian Holmes wrote:
I stop working whenever I feel like it and this can include when I'm hungry.
I think this question could have been phrased better as:
Do you skip meals when you're busy? or something along these lines.
Yet another cackhanded question from Anonymous IMHO
Small edit
[Edited at 2017-01-11 11:50 GMT]
Or I could use my laptop as a placemat
Why are the Polls getting more and more stupid?
| | | | airmailrpl
Бразилия
Local time: 13:48
Член ProZ.com c 2005
английский => португальский
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| I would rather work for payment | Jan 11, 2017 |
I would rather work for payment. "working for meals" would seem to be what the homeless people have written on their signs at the street corners in the USA !!
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| Cack-handed question yes, but will be answered anyway | Jan 11, 2017 |
Julian Holmes wrote:
Yet another cackhanded question from Anonymous IMHO
Small edit
[Edited at 2017-01-11 11:50 GMT]
Imo, this "poll" seems to be regarded as a daily personal advertising opportunity by a number of people. Apparently no question is too ridiculous.....
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writeaway wrote:
Imo, this "poll" seems to be regarded as a daily personal advertising opportunity by a number of people. Apparently no question is too ridiculous.....
You're only jealous.
I for one am too skilled and dedicated a translator to eat.
| | | | | Eating at the computer | Jan 11, 2017 |
Am I the only one who has a tendency to eat in front of the computer? Oh don't make me feel guilty...
I do try to stop but I'm rather hyperactive so the computer has its advantages... Lunch and snacks are not necessarily translation time, it could be Facebook or checking out the latest Likes on Twitter and Instagram, or watching a YouTube video.
I do make sure I walk away from the computer from time to time, though, fo... See more Am I the only one who has a tendency to eat in front of the computer? Oh don't make me feel guilty...
I do try to stop but I'm rather hyperactive so the computer has its advantages... Lunch and snacks are not necessarily translation time, it could be Facebook or checking out the latest Likes on Twitter and Instagram, or watching a YouTube video.
I do make sure I walk away from the computer from time to time, though, for the sake of my eyes and body. ▲ Collapse
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