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Katalin Horváth McClure
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United States
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Member (2002)
English to Hungarian
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Tomatoes in the office - hydroponic garden Oct 14, 2008

Tomás Cano Binder wrote:

About a year ago we were building our office and worked from home for some months. I had a chance to watch my green garden in these situations, and after 5 minutes getting rid of some weed or checking my tomatoes I was in shape again.

Unfortunately I cannot plant tomatoes in the office, can I?


Yes Tomás, you can!
Do a Google search on "Aero Garden".
I got one of those for my birthday and my herbs are growing like crazy.
You can get tomato seeds and grow them as well.

Katalin
 
Stephanie Wloch
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Germany
Local time: 19:32
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Dutch to German
Lost of concentration - different causes Oct 14, 2008

Hand cramped --> I cuddle my cat like 1000s of other translators here
Eyes tired --> look in the garden (Tomas even green plants * in the office are good)
lack of some nutrients --> brain food like nuts, fruit, honey, oat flakes
reading the text aloud getting hoarse --> some honey, ice-cream, tea
boring text --> imagine that I am working on a very secret mission or that the client just tests my frustration... See more
Hand cramped --> I cuddle my cat like 1000s of other translators here
Eyes tired --> look in the garden (Tomas even green plants * in the office are good)
lack of some nutrients --> brain food like nuts, fruit, honey, oat flakes
reading the text aloud getting hoarse --> some honey, ice-cream, tea
boring text --> imagine that I am working on a very secret mission or that the client just tests my frustration limit and will reward me with a very exciting text tomorrow
feeling empty /senseless--> singing karaoke and imagine my dear colleagues
during the next powwow bursting into wild raging applause


* in pidgin English: the disorderly structures of plants help the eyes to relax, that is scientifically proven

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Steven Capsuto
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United States
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Spanish to English
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Lightly salted peanuts? Change of profession? Oct 14, 2008

A protein fix always seems to boost my concentration. Lightly salted peanuts or a protein bar.

Paradoxically, some people with ADHD have one or two areas of interest in which they hyperfocus. If you have such areas of interest, you might want to consider whether you can make a living at any of them. I know a couple of people who became translators for precisely that reason.

[Edited at 2008-10-14 17:03]
 
Marie-Hélène Hayles
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Italian to English
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Excellent Oct 14, 2008

Tuliparola wrote:

boring text --> imagine that I am working on a very secret mission or that the client just tests my frustration limit and will reward me with a very exciting text tomorrow



Right, that's me from now on - secret agent with a licence to translate!
 
Adsion Liu
Adsion Liu  Identity Verified
Canada
Local time: 13:32
English to Chinese
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Learn languages... Oct 16, 2008

I often shift to study languages or something else to improve my translation skills...in this way I would get concentrated back to my translation:-)
 
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