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Wenneguen Posted 15 years ago
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Correction of the translation of a french article
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" Tuesday is depressing
Monday despite its dismal reputation, may not be the most loathsome day of the week. According to researchers from the London School of Economics (LSE), it's rather to tuesdays that a majority of the UK population would reserve its darkest moods. " Probably many people benefit, at the very beginning of the week, from the good mood stored during the week-end, before gradually becoming demoralized ", ventures George MacKerron, researcher at the department of geographie and environmement. Unexpected, this information comes from a survey carried out among some 21 000 iPhone users via the Mappiness application. This software, realeased last August by the LSE, have the ambition to unlock the secrets of happiness. For this purpose, the thousands of volunteers are invited twice a day to describe their mood by filling in an electronic questionnaire, while their mobile phone instantanly record the GPS coordinates which permit to locate them. Thanks to these informations, researchers hope that they will be able to establish a correlation between the well-being expressed by the persons polled and the quality of the environment - weather, degree of pollution... - in which they develop. " In the end, we would like in this way to evaluate the impact of the living environment and the environmemental problems on the well-being of the population " points out George MacKerron. "
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could you please tell me if there are some problems in this translation ?
" Tuesday is depressing
Monday despite its dismal reputation, may not be the most loathsome day of the week. According to researchers from the London School of Economics (LSE), it's rather to tuesdays that a majority of the UK population would reserve its darkest moods. " Probably many people benefit, at the very beginning of the week, from the good mood stored during the week-end, before gradually becoming demoralized ", ventures George MacKerron, researcher at the department of geographie and environmement. Unexpected, this information comes from a survey carried out among some 21 000 iPhone users via the Mappiness application. This software, realeased last August by the LSE, have the ambition to unlock the secrets of happiness. For this purpose, the thousands of volunteers are invited twice a day to describe their mood by filling in an electronic questionnaire, while their mobile phone instantanly record the GPS coordinates which permit to locate them. Thanks to these informations, researchers hope that they will be able to establish a correlation between the well-being expressed by the persons polled and the quality of the environment - weather, degree of pollution... - in which they develop. " In the end, we would like in this way to evaluate the impact of the living environment and the environmemental problems on the well-being of the population " points out George MacKerron. "
Thank you very much !
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Tuesday is D epressing Monday , despite its dismal reputation, may not be the most loathsome day of the week. According to researchers at the London School of Economics (LSE), it's rather for Tuesday that a majority of the UK population reserve their darkest moods. "Many people probably benefit, at the very beginning of the week, from the good mood stored up during the weekend before gradually becoming demoralized ," ventures George MacKerron, a researcher at the Department of Geography and Environment .
- Tuesday is D epressing Monday , despite its dismal reputation, may not be the most loathsome day of the week.
- According to researchers at the London School of Economics (LSE), it's rather for Tuesday that a majority of the UK population reserve their darkest moods.
- "Many people probably benefit, at the very beginning of the week, from the good mood stored up during the weekend before gradually becoming demoralized ," ventures George MacKerron, a researcher at the Department of Geography and Environment .
- This unexpected information comes from a survey carried out among some 21,000 iPhone users via the Mappiness application.
- This software, released last August by the LSE, it is hoped will unlock the secrets of happiness.
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Tuesday is Depressing
Monday, despite its dismal reputation, may not be the most loathsome day of the week. According to researchers at the London School of Economics (LSE), it's rather for Tuesday that a majority of the UK population reserve their darkest moods. "Many people probably benefit, at the very beginning of the week, from the good mood
Monday, despite its dismal reputation, may not be the most loathsome day of the week. According to researchers at the London School of Economics (LSE), it's rather for Tuesday that a majority of the UK population reserve their darkest moods. "Many people probably benefit, at the very beginning of the week, from the good mood
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