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Translation fuel | I agree with Jabberwock...

sailingshoes — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:28:00 +0000

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...squirrels are a definite possibility. I would recommend a little rodent venom (the blue puttylike one) in the tub.

BUT REMEMBER IT'S THERE.

Translation fuel | Squirrels

Jaroslaw Michalak — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 10:04:00 +0000

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[quote]Wendy Leech wrote:
I have however had the odd occasion when my hand meets an empty tub and I was sure i only filled it up that morning... [/quote]

Maybe it's time to have your drawer checked for squirrels? Just saying...

Translation fuel | nuts

Wendy Cummings — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 09:55:00 +0000

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A few years ago my sister gave me a gift from a well-known UK healthfoods store called "Eat Raw Desk Drawer" - a tub of fancy dried nuts/fruit/raisins. Whilst not uncalorific, I reckon its a healthy option and great to nibble on throughout the day. It does fit nicely in my desk drawer, and i can just take a small handful whenever i want.

I have however had the odd occasion when my hand meets an empty tub and I was sure i only filled it up that morning...

Translation fuel | Nothing

sailingshoes — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:54:00 +0000

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I eat nothing during translation except mineral water. It helps to remind me that better things await when the translation is finished. Also I take about 4 breaks a day to do exercise for 10/15 minutes (cycling, boxing, basketball or gym).

Watch the teeth, replacing them costs like replacing a house!

Translation fuel | Rooibos tea

Deborah do Carmo — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:37:00 +0000

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[quote]Allison Wright wrote:

[quote]Paula Hernández Sambeat wrote:

I am currently living in Portugal and the coffee here is great. [/quote]

Couldn't agree more about the coffee!

If I start to feel sluggish from caffeine overdose, I sometimes switch for a day or two to "British" tea (milk, no sugar).

[/quote]

Ditto, as regards the coffee.

In my case, I switch to Rooibos tea (no milk, no sugar). I usually ask my mother to bring some over from SA each year, but when I'm out of stock, there are a number of shops where you can get it locally ... at a price!

Translation fuel | Bacon

Susanna Garcia — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:28:00 +0000

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[quote]Allison Wright wrote:

[(bacon is good - if you have a microwave, or someone else cooks it - and it is kosher for you) are required for it to function properly.
[/quote]

Bacon is never ever kosher :smile: even in the unlikely event the Chief Rabbi were to cook it for you - I do eat a veggie version though.

Steph - Illy is definitely the best - great taste, you and the coffee.

Suzi

Translation fuel | Wii tennis

Marie-Hélène Hayles — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:13:00 +0000

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I'm not much of a one for snacking, as I pile the pounds on far too easily since I started working from home. But a month ago I bought Wii - and a tennis "match" every hour or so has proved to be a fabulous way to wake me up and get my brain back in gear when I'm flagging. And, of course, I'm burning energy instead of taking it in - a Wiin-Wiin situation! :D

Translation fuel | doncaster

Holly Nathan (X) — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:06:00 +0000

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You can get deep-fried creme eggs in doncaster chip shops, I heard on sky news this morning. Ah! I am very proud of my country at times :)

Translation fuel | Lincoln tea shop

Stéphanie Denton (X) — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 21:05:00 +0000

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[quote]Steve Booth wrote:

There is a very nice tea shop in Lincoln but when you drink as much as i do you would need to take out a second mortgage [/quote]

Which one? Is it Stokes? If so their chocolate cake is to die for!

Translation fuel | water is great

Steve Booth (X) — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 21:04:00 +0000

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[quote]Stéphanie Denton wrote:

[quote]Heinrich Pesch wrote:

As we have the best tap water in the world there is no reason for drinking anything else. Sometimes I treat myself with a cup of green tea (Indian fair trade), but otherwise I only drink tea after my wife comes home.
Once every day I eat some dark chocolate (fair trade of course) or dried dates. My favourite snack is self-baked rye-bread and beetroot salad on it. [/quote]

I've been to both Norway and Finland, and the water is lovely. We were walking up a mountain in Drammen and drank it straight from the source, I wish it was like that here! I drink plenty of water too, I can't function without it! [/quote]

The tap water round here isn't very nice though but i do drink loads of water once it has been boiled and had a teabag soaked in it.

At the moment my main choice of tea is Chai without milk though
i do like lemon tea or mint tea but for that it is just ordinary tea with a slice of lemon or sprig of mint in.

There is a very nice tea shop in Lincoln but when you drink as much as i do you would need to take out a second mortgage

Translation fuel | Chocolate!

Zeinab Alayan (X) — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 20:17:00 +0000

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Chocolate. Lots and lots of it. Usually I'll finish three or four bars while working. Or else hot chocolate, of course.

Translation fuel | stuff from the garden!

S E (X) — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 15:44:00 +0000

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Winter: oranges and clementines

Summer: sliced fennel (raw - yum!)

And I agree with Allison Wright about energetic housework: long days at the computer often require excerise that "counts" double: sweeping and washing the floor might not be as great as a long walk in the countryside, but I can justify it more easily since it "needs to be done".

(Admittedly, if I kept breakfast cereal in the house, that would be my go-to fuel. But it actually makes you sluggish and chubby, so it's - mostly - banned.)

Translation fuel | stress definitely burns calories!

Miranda Drew — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 09:51:00 +0000

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[quote]Stéphanie Denton wrote:

...but how are we all not extremely overweight? I mean, most of us snack and drink sugary drinks, particularly for a night shift. If we're busy (which I sure hope we all are), we don't get time to go to the gym or exercise, and we spend most of our time plonked on our backsides. I'd say even more so than office workers. My typical working day is 15+ hours!

It must be that most of us are stressed whether we like to admit it or not!

Opinions? [/quote]

Stress definitely burns calories, but I also do a spinning class once a week (not much i know, but I do everything I can to always go) and I have a dog, so I have to go out a few times a day and walk around. Having the dog is definitely a help for my physique, because she'll sit there and stare at me with her sad eyes until I take her out...

That said, I love coffee. I have three different types of coffee machines (italian, senseo and american) and dark chocolate (the Italian kind which doesn't have all the crap in it that the American chocolate I grew up with does)

Translation fuel | Tap water = spring water

Stéphanie Denton (X) — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 09:06:00 +0000

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[quote]Heinrich Pesch wrote:

As we have the best tap water in the world there is no reason for drinking anything else. Sometimes I treat myself with a cup of green tea (Indian fair trade), but otherwise I only drink tea after my wife comes home.
Once every day I eat some dark chocolate (fair trade of course) or dried dates. My favourite snack is self-baked rye-bread and beetroot salad on it. [/quote]

I've been to both Norway and Finland, and the water is lovely. We were walking up a mountain in Drammen and drank it straight from the source, I wish it was like that here! I drink plenty of water too, I can't function without it!

Translation fuel | Is it good?

Stéphanie Denton (X) — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 09:04:00 +0000

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[quote]Mark Thompson wrote:

Coconut water in copious amounts. A good natural isotonic, so great for hydration - which for me is essential to keep my two little neurones firing...

First thing in the morning, Brazilian coffee......just the aroma of it freshly made perks me up, and for someone who doesn't function well in the a.m, good news.

To munch, loads of bananas. And sometimes a bit of choccy........beach volleyball at least 3 nights a week to 1) keep the weight down 2) get me away from the computer and transfer my compulsiveness from work to play..

Oh, the tropics..............!

Good post Stéphanie.

[Edited at 2011-04-08 23:57 GMT]

[Edited at 2011-04-08 23:59 GMT] [/quote]

I've never tried coconut water, is it good?

I try and get to the gym at least 3 times a week, play tennis with my Mum (important onding time), take the little one swimming once a week (although that's more fun than exercise, I burn the calories off trying to get her dressed!) , and walk the dog. I really need to stop drinking coca-cola...

Translation fuel | Water

Heinrich Pesch — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 07:26:00 +0000

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As we have the best tap water in the world there is no reason for drinking anything else. Sometimes I treat myself with a cup of green tea (Indian fair trade), but otherwise I only drink tea after my wife comes home.
Once every day I eat some dark chocolate (fair trade of course) or dried dates. My favourite snack is self-baked rye-bread and beetroot salad on it.

Translation fuel | 3 tea spoon of Ghirardelli Premium Hot Cocoa...

Germaine — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 04:34:00 +0000

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...mixed in my coffee and I start the machine for the day... Well... let's say till 3:00 in the afternoon. At that very time, no matter what, I have to take a puff of fresh air, make some tea or get some hard candies for not falling asleep. Five minutes later, the cat will ask for the door, I will forget the tea by the stove and the candies will be nowhere to be found... until I decide to feed the shredder with the document I was working on.

Five years ago, the fuel was a cigarette, and one more... I'd say that replacements have a better energetic return.

Translation fuel | Nuts, berries, fruit juice, coffee, water.

Lingua 5B — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 00:01:00 +0000

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I'm trying to avoid sweets as much as possible by not bringing them home. If I got them in my cupboard, I'll probably over-consume them, which is not good. The only exception is dark chocolate.

Good old fresh water is very important, because the screen induces dehydration. Always have a bottle of water on my desk.

I sometimes drink herbal tea, I love chai; I wouldn't say I drink much coffee, once a day on average.

Translation fuel | Tropical stuff

Mark Thompson — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 23:55:00 +0000

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Coconut water in copious amounts. A good natural isotonic, so great for hydration - which for me is essential to keep my two little neurones firing...

First thing in the morning, Brazilian coffee......just the aroma of it freshly made perks me up, and for someone who doesn't function well in the a.m, good news.

To munch, loads of bananas. And sometimes a bit of choccy........beach volleyball at least 3 nights a week to 1) keep the weight down 2) get me away from the computer and transfer my compulsiveness from work to play..

Oh, the tropics..............!

Good post Stéphanie.

[Edited at 2011-04-08 23:57 GMT]

[Edited at 2011-04-08 23:59 GMT]

Translation fuel | 1. You need to be mad, 2. Brains & calories

Oliver Walter — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 22:12:00 +0000

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Post title: 1. You need to be mad, 2. Brains & calories

[quote]Stéphanie Denton wrote:
...laughing at your madness! Haha! But yes, totally agree. Does that make me mad too? :p [/quote]
Perhaps yes, but it's a kind of madness that is good for a translator - you need a break from non-stop work after at most 2 hours, less in my case.

Brains and calories: Quote from "New Scientist", 8 November 2008, p. 29:
"In 1953 a physician named Louis Sokoloff laid a 20-year-old college student onto a gurney, attached electrodes to his scalp and inserted a syringe into his jugular vein.
For 60 minutes the volunteer lay there and solved arithmetic problems. All the while, Sokoloff monitored his brainwaves and checked the levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide in his blood.
Sokoloff, a researcher at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, was trying to find out how much energy the brain consumes during vigorous thought. He expected his volunteer's brain to guzzle more oxygen as it crunched the problems, but what he saw surprised him: his subject's brain consumed no more oxygen while doing arithmetic than it did while he was resting with his eyes closed. "
Caption on a diagram on the next page: "When you switch off, a distinctive network of brain areas not involved in focused attention bursts into action". So now we know!

Oliver

[Edited at 2011-04-09 09:36 GMT]

Translation fuel | I think I just lost 10lbs...

Stéphanie Denton (X) — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 21:35:00 +0000

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[quote]Allison Wright wrote:

[quote]Stéphanie Denton wrote:

...but how are we all not extremely overweight? [/quote]

Brains (working/overworking ones) take an enormous amount of energy. Complex carbohydrates and fats (bacon is good - if you have a microwave, or someone else cooks it - and it is kosher for you) are required for it to function properly.
That is the main reason I developed a fondness for bananas. (I already loved peanut butter).

A "state of nerves" also helps to burn calories. That term/sentence/paragraph that's bothering you? Part of your "keeping trim" regime.

You can also keep trim by doing "high-speed" housework (which on my busy days, counts as my "break") e.g. run outside and hang up/take down the laundry; sweep/mop the floor.
Go to the loo; then vigorously clean the basin after washing hands. Madness looks like this, I think. :)
[/quote]

...laughing at your madness! Haha! But yes, totally agree. Does that make me mad too? :p

Translation fuel | Brains burns calories!

Allison Wright (X) — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 21:32:00 +0000

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[quote]Stéphanie Denton wrote:

...but how are we all not extremely overweight? [/quote]

Brains (working/overworking ones) take an enormous amount of energy. Complex carbohydrates and fats (bacon is good - if you have a microwave, or someone else cooks it - and it is kosher for you) are required for it to function properly.
That is the main reason I developed a fondness for bananas. (I already loved peanut butter).

A "state of nerves" also helps to burn calories. That term/sentence/paragraph that's bothering you? Part of your "keeping trim" regime.

You can also keep trim by doing "high-speed" housework (which on my busy days, counts as my "break") e.g. run outside and hang up/take down the laundry; sweep/mop the floor.
Go to the loo; then vigorously clean the basin after washing hands. Madness looks like this, I think. :)

Translation fuel | Please, nobody take this in the wrong way...

Stéphanie Denton (X) — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 21:16:00 +0000

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...but how are we all not extremely overweight? I mean, most of us snack and drink sugary drinks, particularly for a night shift. If we're busy (which I sure hope we all are), we don't get time to go to the gym or exercise, and we spend most of our time plonked on our backsides. I'd say even more so than office workers. My typical working day is 15+ hours!

It must be that most of us are stressed whether we like to admit it or not!

Opinions?

Translation fuel | A somewhat uncommon combination

Thayenga — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 21:12:00 +0000

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My favorite drink is that black gold, also know as jet fuel: good, home-made coffee.
Coffee is the "blood" of life, at least during the day. When it comes to putting in a night shift, then it's Capuccino.

That's not very uncommon, now is it? But the snacks just might be. :)

Bananas, strawberries or cherries in either a chocolate or... yes, a jalapeño dip. Delicious! :)

Translation fuel | Coffee, tea, bananas, peanut butter

Allison Wright (X) — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 20:37:00 +0000

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[quote]Paula Hernández Sambeat wrote:

I am currently living in Portugal and the coffee here is great. [/quote]

Couldn't agree more about the coffee!

If I start to feel sluggish from caffeine overdose, I sometimes switch for a day or two to "British" tea (milk, no sugar).

For quick energy on those rush jobs (and prevention of muscular cramps in legs), bananas are good.

Peanut butter, straight out the jar (with a teaspoon, of course! :)) is good "brain food" when you are sleep deprived.

I absolutely have to have clean hands when working at the computer, so with the exception of the tea and coffee, consumption takes place standing up in the kitchen!

Best fuel: a good night's sleep.

Translation fuel | I love coffee

Paula Hernández — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 20:08:00 +0000

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I am currently living in Portugal and the coffee here is great, I also have one of those monodose coffee makers.

Sometimes I also drink herbal tea, I have a lot of kinds in the cupboard.

And about munchies....I try to stay away from them, it's hard for me to get my ass in the gym, so I try not to over do it.

Translation fuel | Wow

Stéphanie Denton (X) — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 20:07:00 +0000

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[quote]Hugo wrote:

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they taste great, specially when they are very cold !

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I find that idea really bizarre. No offence intended whatsoever. Just goes to show cultural differences!

Translation fuel | cans

JH Trads — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:48:00 +0000

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they taste great, specially when they are very cold !

Translation fuel | What are these cans?

Stéphanie Denton (X) — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:44:00 +0000

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[quote]Hugo wrote:

as I am getting a bit sleepy but want to keep working on a long translation, specially if I plan to squeeze a decent amount of rest in my weekend !

-little cans (190 ml) of unsweetened tea from ITO EN, the one I have in front of me right now is called Oolong shot, blue tea, and it contains "catechins (EGCg, EGC, ECg and EC) and complex polyphenols such as theaflavins, thearubigins and theabrowins"... ouch, that was a mouthful :)

-for very urgent situations, pure espresso coffee from Illy, no milk, 200 ml can

[/quote]

I've honestly never heard of tea and coffee coming in cans!

Translation fuel | How much tea?

Stéphanie Denton (X) — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:42:00 +0000

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[quote]Steve Booth wrote:

Lots of it mug after mug think i am probably on around ten pints a day at the moment

munchies i can take or leave but i can't work without tea [/quote]

That's insane! Do you ever sleep? Am I right in presuming that you're ex-military...?