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| | | | neilmac
España
Local time: 00:50
español al inglés
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Lunch in Spain (and its aftermath/siesta) can sometimes last for three hours, so if I'm on a tight deadline, I may have a lighter lunch than I might otherwise choose, in order to avoid the drowsiness which makes a post-prandial nap such a good idea in these balmy climes.
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I’m sort of a perfectionist so tight deadlines aren't… my cup of tea (pun intended) and, in general, I don't accept this kind of work. Over the years only very exceptional circumstances made me broke this rule.
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I'm Italian and I am also a good cook (and a big eater), so no way I'm giving up on food
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Catherine De Crignis (X) 
Francia
Local time: 00:50
Miembro 2012
inglés al francés
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| Rarely and never purposely | Dec 18, 2015 |
I work much better with regular breaks and I love my food too!
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Sometimes that "I'm starving, I've gotta finish this quickly so I can go eat" edge is just what I need to get through the last, sluggish bits of a project. I try not to make a habit of it, though, because I like my food.
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Tight clothes? Maybe. Tight deadlines? Never.
| | | | John Cutler
España
Local time: 00:50
español al inglés
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| Answer the question with a question | Dec 18, 2015 |
Isn't not being able to eat due to work obligations something akin to slavery?
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| meals, maybe, but my workout, never | Dec 18, 2015 |
I never skip my daily workout, but an occasional meal, perhaps.
I have to be cautious, being diabetic, of my blood sugar levels, so I have a bag of peanuts in my desk drawer.
I order 5 lbs, at a time of fresh Virginia Peanuts from nuts.com on a regular basis, so always have some on hand. Packed with protein, healthy fats, and fibre, they're a good, healthy snack.
A couple handfuls of peanuts and another cup of tea can keep me going for hours, sometimes.
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Catherine De Crignis wrote:
I work much better with regular breaks and I love my food too!
But my breaks are flexible, and I have on occasions finished off a normal day's consumption of coffee before I get round to lunch.
So lunch changes place, so to speak, with afternoon coffee...
As one of my friends puts it, I can't drink coffee when I'm asleep, so then if necessary I simply make another pot of coffee and carry on. My husband gets to choose what we have for supper those days - he is also a good cook!
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I am much more productive if I am not hungry. Though I might have a quick bite instead of a proper meal if the deadline is tight.
| | | | Jeff Whittaker
Estados Unidos
Local time: 18:50
español al inglés
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I never take same-day work, so I always deliver the day before.
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Mario Chavez (X)
Local time: 18:50
inglés al español
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| Ms. Basili has a point | Dec 18, 2015 |
Serena Basili wrote: I'm Italian and I am also a good cook (and a big eater), so no way I'm giving up on food
I'm a minimalist cook but I love tortellini, fussili and other “ini” pastas.
| | | | Mario Chavez (X)
Local time: 18:50
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| Eating is not everything | Dec 18, 2015 |
I would skip a meal (breakfast, for example) if I oversleep…like yesterday!
Sometimes I would focus on translating or typesetting a document that I postpone lunch or dinner. When I do it on purpose, it's because my focus demands that I finish what I started.
Speaking of which, many clients (if not all of them) do not appreciate the fact that a particular passage, heading, turn of phrase, etc. requires a specific kind of concentration. If you break that concentration f... See more I would skip a meal (breakfast, for example) if I oversleep…like yesterday!
Sometimes I would focus on translating or typesetting a document that I postpone lunch or dinner. When I do it on purpose, it's because my focus demands that I finish what I started.
Speaking of which, many clients (if not all of them) do not appreciate the fact that a particular passage, heading, turn of phrase, etc. requires a specific kind of concentration. If you break that concentration for whatever reason (as when the client blithely and stupidly calls to check on the status of your work), it is difficult to recreate the same level of concentration.
Clients and nontranslators also do not appreciate (and most times are unwilling to listen in order to appreciate or respect) the fact that we translators aren't just looking at some bilingual listing in our heads to swap words and phrases. There are many mental processes going on, and I personally hate it when someone interrupts that, no matter who that someone is (you've been warned, hahah!).
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| | | | Helen Hagon
Local time: 23:50
Miembro 2011
ruso al inglés
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If I'm hungry I lose my concentration and I start daydreaming about food! If time is tight, I might just grab a sandwich and eat while I work, but I wouldn't skip a meal altogether, and I certainly could never forget to eat.
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