自由職業(yè)者如何安排生活

　　不僅上班族能擁有規(guī)律的工作時間，自由職業(yè)者同樣能把每天的生活安排得井井有條。下面講述的是一位美食作家的故事。

　　After brief forays  working as a cook in a restaurant kitchen,Melissa Clark decided upon a more sedentary path. She earned an M.F.A. in writing f rom Columbia University and began a freelance food writing career in 1993.

　　Currently, she writes for such publications as the The New York Times, Food & Wine, Forbes and Travel & Leisure. In addition,Clark has written 21 cookbooks.

　　梅麗莎·克拉克曾在一家飯店廚房做過一陣子廚師，后來她決定走一條伏案工作的道路。1993 年，她在哥倫比亞大學取得了“文學寫作”藝術(shù)碩士學位，從此開始成為一名自由職業(yè)者，主要從事美食方面的寫作工作。

　　現(xiàn)在，她為許多出版物撰寫專欄文章，比如《紐約時報》、《美食與美酒》、《福布斯》以及《旅游和休閑》。此外，克拉克已經(jīng)撰寫并出版了21本烹飪書。

　　07:00

　　I get up, put on some sweatpants, make tea and proceed to my office on the second floor of the house. Take a look at the e-mails in my inbox.I make a list of people to call,which I’ll do later in the day. I start organizing what I’m going to do for the day, and I find that I focus best on only one project per day, which means I usually have an “article” day or a“cookbook” day.

　　我從床上爬起來，套上一條運動褲，泡茶，走到二樓辦公室里。我查看了一下收件箱里的郵件，把需要打電話的人名列了個單子，我會在今晚些時候打電話。我開始計劃今天要做的工作，我發(fā)現(xiàn)每天專心做一項工作精神最集中。這意味著我通常將日子分為“專欄日”或“寫書日”。

　　09:00

　　I start to organize all of the recipes that need to be tested today. I compile a list of ingredients that need to be shopped for, and hopefully have done any advance preparations so that work will proceed smoothly when my assistant arrives.

　　我開始整理今天需要檢驗的所有食譜。我把需要購買的食材列了個單子，并希望能預先完成一些準備工作。這樣在我的助手到達后，工作就能進展得比較順利。

　　10:00

　　My assistant arrives, and will do a lot of the hands-on work of the recipe testing, with my guidance and advice. We discuss a game plan for the day, including discussing each recipe and any snags we might see arising during the day. She goes shopping for the ingredients.

　　我的助手來了，她在我的引導和指點下將會實際動手檢驗食譜。我們討論了今天的行動計劃，包括每道食譜以及任何今天可能遇到的困難。然后她外出購買食材。

　　10:30

　　While my assistant is out shopping, I continue working in my office, maybe going through a rough transcript of an interview with the chef (of the current cookbook project), polishing it into a final version.

　　在我的助手外出購物時，我繼續(xù)在辦公室里工作，也許會檢查一遍采訪廚師長（正在進行的這個烹飪書項目的廚師長）的粗略腳本，修改潤色，敲定最終版本。

　　10:00

　　Research. I have an extensive cookbook library at home where I can find recipes, food history and information. I write a first rough draft for my article.

　　做些研究工作。我家 里有個圖書室，里面有數(shù)量龐大的烹飪書籍，我可以從中查找食譜、食品歷史和信息。我開始寫文章初稿。

　　11:00

　　My assistant arrives with the ingredients and begins cooking. I oversee, taste the recipes as each one is finished, make notes and deal with problems as they arise.

　　我的助手買食材回來了，并開始烹飪食物。我在一旁監(jiān)督，每道菜做好后品嘗，記錄，并隨時處理突發(fā)問題。

　　12:00

　　I head into Manhattan for a business lunch. I am frequently networking with magazine and book editors, many of whom I’ve known so long that they are also friends.

　　我出發(fā)前往曼哈頓區(qū)吃商務(wù)午餐。我經(jīng)常與一些雜志和圖書編輯合作，他們中的很多人我已認識很長時間了，他們同時也是我的朋友。

　　14:30

　　To keep my business going,I’m constantly sending out pitches,ideas for future articles. I need to read widely to make sure I’m not duplicating recent articles.

　　為保證我的事業(yè)持續(xù)發(fā)展，我會不斷地宣傳一些關(guān)于我未來文章的論點。我需要廣泛地閱讀以確保論點不會與近期其他文章“撞車”。

　　15:00

　　I return phone calls from the list I made earlier this morning. My assistant will continue working until 17:00 or so, but I often head into the city around 15:00 to meet with the chef, getting new recipes, asking questions and doing interviews for head note material.

　　我按照早晨列的`單子回復電話。我的助手會繼續(xù)工作到下午五點左右，而我經(jīng)常會在下午三點左右出發(fā)到城里與廚師長會面，取得新食譜，問些問題并做做訪談，為前言搜集材料。

　　16:00

　　Go back to the rough draft of the article and continue polishing,incorporating the research and information I’ve been gathering over the course of the past few days.

　　繼續(xù)潤色我的文章草稿。將近幾日收集到的一些研究成果和信息寫入文章。

　　17:00

　　I find an internet cafe where I can hook up my laptop, and transcribe some of the notes I have from that day.

　　我找到一家網(wǎng)吧，連上我的筆記本電腦，整理出今天獲得的要點。

　　Article day“ 專欄日”

　　In addition to the one or two cookbooks I work on every year, I usually write five articles a month, three for my New York Times column and two others for various magazines.

　　除了每年出版一兩本烹飪書外，我通常每月寫五篇文章，其中三篇發(fā)表在我在《紐約時報》上的專欄里，另外兩篇發(fā)表在其他各種雜志上。

　　TIPS：

　　1. foray  n . 嘗試，從事非本行的短暫嘗試活動。

　　2. sedentary  a . （指工作等）坐著干的，案頭的。

　　3. M.F.A.=Master of Fine Arts，指藝術(shù)碩士。M.F.A. in writing是指側(cè)重培養(yǎng)寫作的藝術(shù)碩士。此專業(yè)學生通常會研習小說、詩歌和劇本等不同體裁的藝術(shù)作品。

　　4. freelance  a . 自由職業(yè)（者）的。

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