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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "What would you do if you knew that a month from now the Internet would be down for good?".
This poll was originally submitted by Karina Garcia Pedroche. View the poll results »
| | | | Chun Un 
Macau
Member (2007)
English to Chinese
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| I chose 'Other' | Sep 7, 2010 |
because I would do nothing at all. If the Internet is down for good, the world as we know it will be down as well. Why bother to do anything? Wait and see what happens... 
[Edited at 2010-09-07 08:40 GMT]
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I would tell my clients to use the normal mail service, and I will be more than happy to deliver my translations on paper or CD.ROM, cause in this option Internet would be down, not the computer... so
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I would sacrifice that month to downloading as much useful stuff as possible, so that I could use it in the future.
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Interlangue (X)
Angola
Local time: 03:03
English to French
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I'd adjust and switch to whatever new system my customers would use...
| | | | Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:03
Member (2009)
Spanish to English
I would move to Earth's colony on Mars, where they still have an Internet connection.
[Edited at 2010-09-07 08:38 GMT]
| | | | | Back to old habits and the good old times! | Sep 7, 2010 |
The situation would certainly be traumatic, but I would survive.
My freelance career dates from 1989 and I treasure my old glossaries and dictionaries, plus others I've acquired even after the advent of the Internet.
Just one of the advantages of being 57 years old, see? 
| | | | tradu-grace
Italy
Local time: 03:03
English to Italian
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I share the same solution as Gianluca Marras and Maria Eugenia Wachtendorff.
Back old habits weren't that bad.
Whatsoever break down may occur, even in other fields, we have to get back to previous old tools to sort out things while waiting for the fixing and/or recovering.
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María Eugenia Wachtendorff wrote: The situation would certainly be traumatic, but I would survive. My freelance career dates from 1989 and I treasure my old glossaries and dictionaries, plus others I've acquired even after the advent of the Internet. Just one of the advantages of being 57 years old, see?
Likewise. I was a freelance translator long before the Internet existed so I suppose that if it ceased to be I'd be perfectly capable of working as I did before - phone call from client, work sent by post and returned by post - or even delivered personally if the client wasn't too far away. (I lived in London then). I don't mean that it wouldn't be a great loss - it would, indeed, but if the Internet disappeared for me I presume it would disappear for everyone, so we'd all be in the same boat.
Contemplating a netless future,
Jenny
| | | | Samir Sami
Qatar
Local time: 04:03
Arabic to English
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With no other alternative(s), I would consider taking a vacation. Internet is not mainly about communicating with clients, it is an integral part and the organizing body for the whole business day.
I can't imagine taking an FT position for a month or so, then telling my employer: 'Sorry, gotta go. The Internet is back!'
| | | | John Cutler
Spain
Local time: 03:03
Spanish to English
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I'd dust off the fax machine that I was saying to my wife, just yesterday, that we ought to throw away.
| | | | Mary Worby
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:03
German to English
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| Internet and e-mail | Sep 7, 2010 |
The internet being down wouldn't necessarily mean that e-mail was down, so I'd carry on regardless. I use the internet mainly for research, so I might have to pick up the phone and buy a few dictionaries, but I can't see it affecting my work that drastically!
I'd miss it though, lots!
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NMR (X)
France
Local time: 03:03
French to Dutch
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| I would look for another job | Sep 7, 2010 |
For some time I could go on delivering my work on an USB stick or by modem and landline just as 15 years ago, but if internet is down, I wouldn't have work anymore (websites, for instance), and besides, the clients wouldn't be able to communicate anymore with their clients and with their printing houses, and my colleages would all be on the non-internet part (translation of legal stuff, for instance). Therefore, the market would be collapsing. One month without internet would mean liquidation of... See more For some time I could go on delivering my work on an USB stick or by modem and landline just as 15 years ago, but if internet is down, I wouldn't have work anymore (websites, for instance), and besides, the clients wouldn't be able to communicate anymore with their clients and with their printing houses, and my colleages would all be on the non-internet part (translation of legal stuff, for instance). Therefore, the market would be collapsing. One month without internet would mean liquidation of my company. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Parrot
Spain
Local time: 03:03
Spanish to English
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María Eugenia Wachtendorff wrote:
The situation would certainly be traumatic, but I would survive.
My freelance career dates from 1989 and I treasure my old glossaries and dictionaries, plus others I've acquired even after the advent of the Internet.
It wasn't so bad then. I got to see my clients' faces, and taxi delivery wasn't unheard-of. There were also other interesting job possibilities.
| | | | Sheila Wilson
Spain
Local time: 02:03
Member (2007)
English
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| The world would still need good translators | Sep 7, 2010 |
So, I'd be in just the same position as the others - and a better one than some as my main strength is in the production of a good text, and my main weakness is anything to do with technology. I wasn't a translator pre-internet but I remember that we never missed it.
In a way, it would be good for the industry as the ones to suffer most would be the "perhaps I can earn some pocket money - after all I was good at langu... See more So, I'd be in just the same position as the others - and a better one than some as my main strength is in the production of a good text, and my main weakness is anything to do with technology. I wasn't a translator pre-internet but I remember that we never missed it.
In a way, it would be good for the industry as the ones to suffer most would be the "perhaps I can earn some pocket money - after all I was good at languages at school" set.
Mind you, in common with others, I'm not saying I'd be happy or it would be easy. And if it was just my internet connection that died and was irrecoverable - I'd probably shoot myself! ▲ Collapse
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