And the Winner is

mai 31

LaurentTranslators are fun 7 Comments

Just for once, I’ll be writing a blog post in English. Many of the translators who sent me their desk photos don’t speak French – and I feel like thanking them by writing something they’ll read without tearing their brain apart!

So here we are: I received about a dozen photos from translators’ desk. Surprisingly, “Twittranslators” were the most inclined to participate, proving once again that the social website is a powerful communication tool – much more powerful than facebook, which is the other media I used to gather pics. So what can we learn from these photos?

1) Many translators work with more than one screen:

Céline’s desk (Naked Translations)

Ilaria

Virginie (@Ceremonia)

Chris (@TextClick)

or with an extrawide screen:

Again, Chris' desk, at home

2) As the Masked Translator’s Dog puts it, pets are translator’s best friends:

Jill Sommer’s happy dog

B. and her cat

And that would be my Cappuccino!

3) Mac-addicts…

Angel Dominguez' office...

…and home (@angeldominguez)

Julia’s new home

Xav's desk in Barcelona

…barely outnumber pc-users:

Franziska (@Dolmetschen_LE)

Vanessa (@vanessajr)

Magalie’s mess

4) Other conclusions you may draw:
-Coffee- and tea-cups have a dedicated spot on our desks for overnight assignments;
-Cleanliness is sometimes all relative;
-Dictionaries are everywhere!!

Finally, a special mention to Transtextuel and her husband's drawing!

Transtextuel

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7 Comments (+add yours?)

  1. Alys
    mai 31, 2009 @ 18:47:44

    Super toutes ces photos ! :)

  2. Textklick
    mai 31, 2009 @ 19:47:39

    I would say the winner is the one who can get one of these for me?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bT8MI_lq5Q

  3. learningbytranslating
    mai 31, 2009 @ 20:22:20

    Interesting idea for a post! Is there going to be a 2nd edition? ;)

  4. JPS
    mai 31, 2009 @ 21:07:25

    I wish I could have an organized desk! My congratulations to my colleagues!

  5. Luke
    juin 01, 2009 @ 13:25:05

    Fun post. I’m glad to see my desk isn’t too unusual, either – I have a laptop with an extra screen, some studio monitor speakers and a mixer, a Korg-keyboard, an expensive Ikea chair and 2 cheap Ikea desks organised into an L shape.

    I plug a « real » keyboard and mouse into my laptop to reduce as much of the old RSI as possible.

    A lamp, diary, notebooks and plenty of light through the windows complete the (mental) picture.

  6. transtextuel
    juin 01, 2009 @ 15:38:41

    I wish I had an awesome screen like Chris's in order to get the best of my gaming experience – although I'm not a CS & FPS person.

    Great blog post anyway, need another one soon !

  7. bonnjill
    juin 01, 2009 @ 22:39:32

    For the record my desk is usually not that clean… :-) – Jill