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Poll: I sometimes forget to eat when I am busy working.
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Emily Kenn
 
Anastasia Kingsley Kinkusic
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Croatian to English
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I may get distracted but never forget Sep 8, 2020

As you get older I have really learned take care of myself. Sure I get distracted - but I follow a simple eating and exercise routine and get weekly massages. There’s always time to fit in a healthy meal.

Philippe Etienne
Liena Vijupe
expressisverbis
Michael Harris
 
Marjolein Snippe
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Netherlands
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Member (2012)
English to Dutch
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Certainly not Sep 8, 2020

I love food. Food loves me. We do not forget each other.

Christopher Schröder
Philippe Etienne
Togobickij Vera
Pascale van Kempen-Herlant
TranslateWithMe
Angie Garbarino
expressisverbis
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Portugal
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True Sep 8, 2020

I tend to eat less when I’m busy with work and when I’m really overloaded or the project is really interesting I might even forget to eat or, worse still, to drink, even though I always have a bottle of water near my desk. I must say that an espresso coffee works wonders for my brain when I happen to run into a stumbling block that I cannot overcome. My apartment is not very big, but I have been thinking of buying a second coffee maker for my office…

Alaa Mahm
 
Aline Amorim
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Brazil
Local time: 19:14
English to Portuguese
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True Sep 8, 2020

I forgot to eat if I am working a lot. My mother remembers or when I'm getting dizzy or my stomach snores.😬 😁
I love food.


Alaa Mahm
Inge Schumacher
 
Muriel Vasconcellos
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United States
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Spanish to English
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True Sep 8, 2020

When I'm absorbed in a translation, my mind goes into a different dimension. I remember back when I was an in-house translator sometimes I would be working so intently that I didn't realize that everyone had gone home for the day.

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Natacha Faubert
Inge Schumacher
 
Johannah Morrison
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United Kingdom
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Member (2017)
Portuguese to English
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Quite the opposite Sep 8, 2020

I reward myself with food and drink during my projects, e.g. just another 100 words and I can make a sandwich. The only trouble is, the harder the project is - the more I eat!

Christopher Schröder
Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales
expressisverbis
Gerard Barry
 
Ben_ (X)
Ben_ (X)  Identity Verified
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:14
German to English
No way Sep 8, 2020

I'm so used to working in blocks of a few hours at a time with a meal break in between that my stomach will always tell me if the morning or afternoon shift is nearly over.

Liena Vijupe
TranslateWithMe
Angie Garbarino
expressisverbis
Michael Harris
 
Yetta Jensen Bogarde
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Denmark
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Member (2012)
English to Danish
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No Sep 8, 2020

but sometimes I deliberately postpone a meal to meat a deadline.

Zibow Retailleau
expressisverbis
 
Thayenga
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Germany
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Member (2009)
English to German
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True Sep 8, 2020

When I'm really focused on an interesting translation, usually short stories or a novel, I don't think about eating at all. Then, usually at night, the thought crosses my mind that I had forgotten to do something during the day, I hadn't eaten at all, especially since I never consume anything at breakfast time other than my beloved "black gold".

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Kaisa I
Inge Schumacher
 
Togobickij Vera
Togobickij Vera  Identity Verified
Local time: 23:14
English to Hungarian
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No way! Sep 8, 2020

I wish I could be one of those people who forget to eat (I wonder if they ever forget to breathe...)

expressisverbis
Christopher Schröder
Kay Denney
 
expressisverbis
expressisverbis
Portugal
Local time: 22:14
Member (2015)
English to Portuguese
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I am human Sep 8, 2020

I don't forget to eat, drink, sleep, take some fresh air, and even enjoy my bad habit (smoke), etc.

Togobickij Vera
 
IrinaN
IrinaN
United States
Local time: 17:14
English to Russian
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Sometimes Sep 8, 2020

I forget about work when I'm eating and drinking.

Christopher Schröder
Togobickij Vera
Kay Denney
Ann Marie Bohan
 
Luiz Barucke
Luiz Barucke  Identity Verified
Brazil
Local time: 19:14
Spanish to Portuguese
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I don't forget it... Sep 9, 2020

...but I can postpone it.
But actually, I don't eat too much during the day. I don't lunch, for example. So it's not a big deal.


Philip Lees
 
Gitte Hovedskov (X)
Gitte Hovedskov (X)
Denmark
Local time: 23:14
English to Danish
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Hahaha... not! Sep 9, 2020

I sometimes forget to work, but I never forget to eat.

Christopher Schröder
Kay Denney
Gerard Barry
 
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