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](https://i0.wp.com/www.anothertranslator.eu/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/Céline-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225)
2) As the Masked Translator’s Dog puts it, pets are translator’s best friends:
![Jill](https://i0.wp.com/www.anothertranslator.eu/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/Jill-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225)
![B.Cat](https://i0.wp.com/www.anothertranslator.eu/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/Blandine-300x201.jpg?resize=300%2C201)
![Cappu](https://i0.wp.com/www.anothertranslator.eu/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/IMG_0845-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225)
3) Mac-addicts…
![Angel](https://i0.wp.com/www.anothertranslator.eu/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/Angel-300x224.jpg?resize=300%2C224)
![Angel Home](https://i0.wp.com/www.anothertranslator.eu/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/Angel-Home-300x126.jpg?resize=300%2C126)
![Julia](https://i0.wp.com/www.anothertranslator.eu/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/Julia-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225)
![Xav](https://i0.wp.com/www.anothertranslator.eu/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/Xav-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225)
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](https://i0.wp.com/www.anothertranslator.eu/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/Transtextuel-300x180.jpg?resize=300%2C180)
Super toutes ces photos ! 🙂
I would say the winner is the one who can get one of these for me?
Interesting idea for a post! Is there going to be a 2nd edition? 😉
I wish I could have an organized desk! My congratulations to my colleagues!
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.
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 !
For the record my desk is usually not that clean… 🙂 – Jill