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Poll: Do you stop working for meals?
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Julian Holmes
Julian Holmes  Identity Verified
Japan
Local time: 08:19
Member (2011)
Japanese to English
Other Jan 11, 2017

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

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[Edited at 2017-01-12 00:34 GMT]


 
Nilton Junior
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Brazil
Local time: 23:19
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English to Portuguese
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No Jan 11, 2017

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
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Egypt
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Sometimes Jan 11, 2017

I sometimes hold a sandwich in one hand and the other is on the keyboard.

 
Christine Andersen
Christine Andersen  Identity Verified
Denmark
Local time: 00:19
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Danish to English
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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!


 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Portugal
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Yes Jan 11, 2017

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
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 00:19
Spanish to English
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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
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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.
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Ricki Farn
Ricki Farn
Germany
Local time: 00:19
English to German
No Jan 11, 2017

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


 
Muriel Vasconcellos
Muriel Vasconcellos  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 16:19
Member (2003)
Spanish to English
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Not usually Jan 11, 2017

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
Marjolein Snippe  Identity Verified
Netherlands
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Member (2012)
English to Dutch
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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
Michael Harris  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 00:19
Member (2006)
German to English
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
airmailrpl  Identity Verified
Brazil
Local time: 20:19
Member (2005)
English to Portuguese
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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 !!

 
writeaway
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French to English
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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.....


 
Christopher Schröder
Christopher Schröder
United Kingdom
Member (2011)
Swedish to English
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Miaow Jan 11, 2017

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.


 
Leticia Klemetz, CT
Leticia Klemetz, CT  Identity Verified
Sweden
Local time: 00:19
Swedish to Spanish
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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
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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.
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