Poll: The most important meal in a freelancer's day is...
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 10:25
Member (2007)
English to Portuguese
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Breakfast Oct 21, 2017

For me, the most important meal of the day is breakfast! I never start working without a good breakfast, if I’m very busy I might replace other meals by a snack during the day but breakfast is sacred!

 
Eden Cope
Eden Cope
United States
Local time: 04:25
Swedish to English
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Breakfast as well Oct 21, 2017

I believe all meals are important, but I almost always take time to eat breakfast. When I work, I tend to hyperfocus, and I don't like to interrupt myself with food when I am in "translation mode" unless I am quite hungry. So before working, I make sure to eat a big breakfast.

 
Tina Vonhof (X)
Tina Vonhof (X)
Canada
Local time: 04:25
Dutch to English
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Me too Oct 21, 2017

I agree with Teresa. Doctors, nutrition experts, etc. give this advice to anyone, not just translators: a good breakfast carries you through the day, it is fuel for your brain. It is well known that children who come to school without having had breakfast can't concentrate and perform poorly, so why would it be any different for translators?

 
Christine Andersen
Christine Andersen  Identity Verified
Denmark
Local time: 11:25
Member (2003)
Danish to English
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Who knows? Oct 21, 2017

In this poll, like so many others, I miss the option 'You can't generalise'. We are all different.

When I am trying to lose weight, I skip breakfast and take a slightly early lunch two or three times a week. That is the meal I miss least, but cutting it out altogether for several days in a row proves to be a bad idea.

So breakfast is the least important for me. When I eat breakfast, I try to wait as long as possible before eating lunch. Then I am less tempted to nibbl
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In this poll, like so many others, I miss the option 'You can't generalise'. We are all different.

When I am trying to lose weight, I skip breakfast and take a slightly early lunch two or three times a week. That is the meal I miss least, but cutting it out altogether for several days in a row proves to be a bad idea.

So breakfast is the least important for me. When I eat breakfast, I try to wait as long as possible before eating lunch. Then I am less tempted to nibble on biscuits in the afternoon.
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Michael Harris
Michael Harris  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 11:25
Member (2006)
German to English
Lunch Oct 21, 2017

for me.

Start work every day at 7am and after 1 hour of fitness training at 9am, I have to eat lunch at 12 otherwise I am no use for the rest of the day. And as for the breakfast, you are not supposed to eat before you do sport ...


 
Philip Lees
Philip Lees  Identity Verified
Greece
Local time: 12:25
Greek to English
Most Oct 22, 2017

I find it very discouraging that more than 40% of the responders to this poll, plus the ProZ staff who set the question, don't understand the meaning of the word "most".

Breakfast, since you asked.


 
Sandra & Kenneth Grossman
Sandra & Kenneth Grossman  Identity Verified
Israel
Local time: 12:25
French to English
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Breakfast Oct 22, 2017

I get up quite early and have a longish run, followed by some general fitness exercises. By 8 o'clock I am starving. As a consequence, this is my most satisfying meal of the day. Any other meal, planned or improvised, is never as good.

Sandra


 
Mario Freitas
Mario Freitas  Identity Verified
Brazil
Local time: 07:25
Member (2014)
English to Portuguese
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Dinner Oct 23, 2017

In my case, dinner is the only meal I take regularly. I never have breakfast.

 


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