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Poll: What do you usually do when you receive no job offers for a particular day?
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
葡萄牙
Local time: 20:55
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English英语译成Portuguese葡萄牙语
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All of the above, none of the above... Mar 3, 2011

It depends on my mood! A bit of cleaning the house in the morning, some administrative work, browsing around my favourite shops and a movie maybe...

 
Mary Worby
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英国
Local time: 20:55
German德语译成English英语
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I get out ... Mar 3, 2011

I do something that involves not sitting in front of a computer. Whether it's grocery shopping, window shopping, having a haircut or taking the dog for a walk. Then I start to feel guilty and do the housework.

 
Susanna Martoni
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意大利
Local time: 21:55
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Spanish西班牙语译成Italian意大利语
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Mainly, time for my hobbies... Mar 3, 2011

I generally go out, walk, go to the gymn, spend time with my daughter.

But it depends on my mood, on the season (for example, it is snowing at the moment!) on how many things I have to (I must) do apart from my translation projects.



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neilmac
neilmac
西班牙
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Spanish西班牙语译成English英语
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Other Mar 3, 2011

I take the opportunity get on with the rest of the work in hand before anything does come in. Then there's doing the books, cleaning, cooking, gardening, shopping, exercising the dog, and a long list of other things to do, such as finding out more about features I have never taken the time to discover in the software I use (believe it or not I just found out about the thesaurus function in Word this week, after using Office for almost 2 decades...)

 
David Wright
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奥地利
Local time: 21:55
German德语译成English英语
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Other Mar 3, 2011

most of the things listed, but none with particular priority - though I feel a certain psychological barrier at the idea of doing anythuing that take sme too far away from my computer and the mail box!

 
Adnan Özdemir
Adnan Özdemir  Identity Verified
土耳其
Local time: 22:55
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German德语译成Turkish土耳其语
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Writing my novels Mar 3, 2011

I write novels. I love writing very much. Non-stop writing is important for me. Translation/interpreting or writing novels. Then i love uninterrupted writing and work. Plus, naturally short breaks...


Saludos desde Anatolia
Anadolu'dan selamlar


 
Anabel Canon
Anabel Canon
Local time: 21:55
English英语译成Spanish西班牙语
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Precisely Mar 3, 2011

David Wright wrote:

most of the things listed, but none with particular priority - though I feel a certain psychological barrier at the idea of doing anythuing that take sme too far away from my computer and the mail box!


I couldn't agree more!


 
Michael Harris
Michael Harris  Identity Verified
德国
Local time: 21:55
正式会员 (自2006)
German德语译成English英语
Touch wood Mar 3, 2011

fortunately I have not had that problem yet. And when no job offers arrive, I always have work on that has to be translated anyway. All other leisure time is spent with the family, but then it is planned.

 
Sophie Dzhygir
Sophie Dzhygir  Identity Verified
法国
Local time: 21:55
German德语译成French法语
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Other Mar 3, 2011

Any of the above! But it doesn't happen often enough!

 
Muriel Vasconcellos
Muriel Vasconcellos  Identity Verified
美国
Local time: 12:55
正式会员 (自2003)
Spanish西班牙语译成English英语
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Most of the above plus others Mar 3, 2011

1. Study for my classes
2. Go outdoors: walk dogs, chat with neighbors
3. Get groceries, do other errands
4. Garden
5. Go to the gym
6. Bookkeeping, clean up files on my computer

I have paid someone to clean my house for over 50 years. Other than tidying up, I wouldn't know how or where to begin.


 
Thayenga
Thayenga  Identity Verified
德国
Local time: 21:55
正式会员 (自2009)
English英语译成German德语
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A little of everything plus Mar 3, 2011

I do a little of everything mentioned here.

Additionally, I'm fixing up my place and am also
working harder on promoting my other career as
a writer.

There's hardly ever a moment when I sit down
to do just "a little nothing". Especially now
that spring seems to be coming here, I spend
as much time as possible to "springerize" my
balcony.


 
Anthony Baldwin
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美国
Local time: 15:55
Portuguese葡萄牙语译成English英语
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similar to others Mar 3, 2011

There's always:

  • administrative stuff: bookkeeping, collections work, running backups;

  • marketing: bidding on proz, firing off résumés, networking; or,

  • domestic chores: cleaning house, grocery shopping.


If/when that's all done, I:

  • exercise: go out hiking/walking, bicycling, skating;

  • hang out with my kid;

  • do something creative: play guitar, paint, write something in my bl... See more
There's always:

  • administrative stuff: bookkeeping, collections work, running backups;

  • marketing: bidding on proz, firing off résumés, networking; or,

  • domestic chores: cleaning house, grocery shopping.


If/when that's all done, I:

  • exercise: go out hiking/walking, bicycling, skating;

  • hang out with my kid;

  • do something creative: play guitar, paint, write something in my blog (http://baldwinsoftware.com/blog/), redesign my website(s), work on improving one of my programs (http://www.baldwinsoftware.com), or

  • study something, my languages, cultures, programming (always more to learn).


And, if all else fails:

  • catch up on sleep (not quite sure what that is...);

  • read a book;

  • social life? (not quite sure what that is...);

  • fishing.

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Anna Katikhina
Anna Katikhina  Identity Verified
美国
Local time: 12:55
English英语译成Russian俄语
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if it happens Mar 3, 2011

i will catch up with bookeeping.

 
Andres Larsen
Andres Larsen
委内瑞拉
Local time: 15:55
Spanish西班牙语译成English英语
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I help my colleagues in the translation networks Mar 3, 2011

I help my colleagues with some of their queries in the translation networks (www.proz.com and www.translatorscafe.com)

 
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