| Pages in topic: < [1 2] | Poll: How many physical books would you say you have in your house? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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| More than a thousand | May 15, 2019 |
Bookshelves on three floors. They give me a pre-orgastic physical pleasure that electronic books don't elicit.
I thought a love of books and language was what brought people into the realm of translation, so I'm frankly flabbergasted almost 2 percent answer they have no books.
[Edited at 2019-05-15 20:48 GMT]
| | | | Ricki Farn
Germany
Local time: 07:34
English to German
| Far too many for a minimalist | May 15, 2019 |
We have a formalized version of "leaving books for others to find" - the neighbourhood initiative has bought an old phone booth, had it spray-painted in a non-phone-booth colour, and turned it into a tiny free library. I take some, return some, leave some, and sometimes sift out the sect booklets and outdated computer manuals to chuck them in the recycling.
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I had to downsize considerably when my husband died and I moved from a rather large house to a 3-room apartment. And yet I keep acquiring more. I can't seem to help myself.
--Jane
| | | | Mario Freitas 
Brazil
Local time: 02:34
Member (2014)
English to Portuguese
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1. My wife is a lawyer, so she has many books.
2. I usually don't keep most of the literature books I read. Only those that have a chance of being read again.
3. I got rid of all paper dictionaries, several guides, grammar books, school textbooks, etc. when I realized they'd never be touched again thanks to Mr. Google.
So we do have many books, but I don't think there are 100.
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Liena Vijupe
Latvia
Local time: 08:34
Member (2014)
French to Latvian
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I thought a love of books and language was what brought people into the realm of translation, so I'm frankly flabbergasted almost 2 percent answer they have no books.
[Edited at 2019-05-15 20:48 GMT]
Loving to read doesn't mean you also have to own a lot of books. I've moved around quite a lot, so I've developed a habit to give them away once in a while, only keeping a few special ones. I currently have several piles of books. When they become too high, I just send them over to my mother. She almost never buys books and borrows them from the local library instead.
I also have an e-reader which is convenient for traveling and for books I couldn't easily get otherwise.
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Ricki Farn wrote:
We have a formalized version of "leaving books for others to find" - the neighbourhood initiative has bought an old phone booth, had it spray-painted in a non-phone-booth colour, and turned it into a tiny free library. I take some, return some, leave some, and sometimes sift out the sect booklets and outdated computer manuals to chuck them in the recycling.
What a great idea!
| | | | Michael Newton
United States
Local time: 01:34
Japanese to English
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| how many books | May 18, 2019 |
1,000s and 1,000s (Russian, Chinese, Japanese, French, Greek, English). When I recently moved, I had 125 cartons of books. I am completely impervious to Marie Kondo's decluttering gospel. (would she ever tell the Louvre to get rid of the paintings they didn't want?!)
| | | | Jeff Whittaker
United States
Local time: 01:34
Member (2002)
Spanish to English
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| OMG. I must be a hoarder | May 19, 2019 |
At least 20,000 in 600 languages. And that is after donating / selling at least 10,000
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Jan Truper
Germany
Local time: 07:34
Member (2016)
English to German
| less than 20 | May 19, 2019 |
Hege Jakobsen Lepri wrote:
Bookshelves on three floors. They give me a pre-orgastic physical pleasure that electronic books don't elicit.
I thought a love of books and language was what brought people into the realm of translation, so I'm frankly flabbergasted almost 2 percent answer they have no books.
I used to read a lot, but that has ceased with becoming a translator.
After spending all day looking at letters, the last thing I want to see in the evenings is more letters, so these days, I only read when I'm on holiday.
I am looking forward to finally finishing "Infinite Jest" by David Foster Wallace during my summer vacation this year -- it will actually be my third vacation in a row I'll be spending with this insanely great work.
The paperback version of the book was so heavy that I kept tearing it into small parts that I could actually hold in front of my face without getting cramps.
Finally, I just loaded an app version of the book into my cell phone, which also makes it much easier to deal with the hundreds of footnotes involved.
| | | | Kevin Fulton
United States
Local time: 01:34
German to English
| Can't be bothered to count | May 19, 2019 |
My living room has one 2-meter tall bookcase, as well as two 3.5-meter bookshelves. My office has one 2-meter bookcase containing dictionaries and reference books; there is also as a smaller one containing less commonly used books, manuals for old software (from when such material was provided in hard copy), etc. My spare bedroom has 3 2-meter bookcases as well as 2 smaller cases. There is a smaller bookcase in my bedroom that contains double rows of books, plus a couple of stacks of novels on t... See more My living room has one 2-meter tall bookcase, as well as two 3.5-meter bookshelves. My office has one 2-meter bookcase containing dictionaries and reference books; there is also as a smaller one containing less commonly used books, manuals for old software (from when such material was provided in hard copy), etc. My spare bedroom has 3 2-meter bookcases as well as 2 smaller cases. There is a smaller bookcase in my bedroom that contains double rows of books, plus a couple of stacks of novels on the floor. Each year I donate a few dozen books to a local do-good society that has an annual book sale. My scholarly books dating from when I was a Germanist are elsewhere gathering dust. ▲ Collapse
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