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Dec 25, 2017

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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Португалија
Local time: 00:12
Член (2007)
англиски на португалски
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Yes, I would... Dec 25, 2017

I would keep on working but I would be even pickier regarding clients than I am already… Happy holidays to you all!

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Muriel Vasconcellos (X)
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Соединети Американски Држави
Local time: 16:12
шпански на англиски
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Not sure Dec 25, 2017

If I were younger, I'd definitely say "Yes."

The problem with clients is that you can't afford to be too picky. You have to take what they send you or sooner or later they put you at the bottom of their list.

I like the structure of having translation in my life, and the money is important. But at this point I'm seeing things I might not get to do if I keep on translating as much as I am now.

A million dollars can disappear quite quickly, by the way.
 
Thayenga
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Германија
Local time: 01:12
Член (2009)
англиски на германски
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I would continue Dec 25, 2017

Because once the government has taken its share, there won't be a million left. And since they're taking their share every year of what is left of the million, it might not last all that long. After all, the government wants to live too.

But I would definitely take a really long vacation, and won't accept any rush jobs for a while.

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Because once the government has taken its share, there won't be a million left. And since they're taking their share every year of what is left of the million, it might not last all that long. After all, the government wants to live too.

But I would definitely take a really long vacation, and won't accept any rush jobs for a while.

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Michael Kapitonoff
Michael Kapitonoff
Соединети Американски Држави
Local time: 19:12
руски на англиски
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Can we make it at least ten? Dec 25, 2017

A life-changing amount a million bucks is certainly not. Where I live, it hardly buys a decent apartment these days.
 
Elizabeth Tamblin (X)
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Обединето Кралство
Local time: 00:12
француски на англиски
Not sure Dec 25, 2017

I don't just work for the money. I like to be needed too.

Happy Christmas!
 
Mario Freitas
Mario Freitas  Identity Verified
Бразил
Local time: 20:12
англиски на португалски
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Yes Dec 27, 2017

One needs some kind of productive activity to live well. Becoming rich (which would require more than a million dollars) does not mean you'll sit and do nothing or just travel around. If you don't produce, you'll die a lot earlier. So the million dollars can't make you live less. It should be the other way around.
 


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