Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
a factory tea-boy
Portuguese translation:
um auxiliar de escritório da fábrica...
Added to glossary by
Andreapiolli (X)
Mar 12, 2011 12:07
13 yrs ago
English term
a factory tea-boy
English to Portuguese
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
In the Preface, we saw that Henry Ford personalized his successes and lost nearly a billion dollars by following his opinions to the bitter end. But Henry Ford wasn't the only businessperson who personalized his successes and then suffered a huge loss.
Sir Freddie Laker, the British entrepreneur, started a no-frills trans-Atlantic airline service, Skytrain, in 1977. Laker's story is the classic one of a factory tea-boy who, through hard work and effort, turned himself into a jet-setting millionaire. In order to achieve fortune and fame, he had taken on both the U.S. and British Governments and the International Air Transport Association, the international airline cartel. Granted, the service was only across the North Atlantic, but it would spread to all routes — wouldn't it?
Sir Freddie Laker, the British entrepreneur, started a no-frills trans-Atlantic airline service, Skytrain, in 1977. Laker's story is the classic one of a factory tea-boy who, through hard work and effort, turned himself into a jet-setting millionaire. In order to achieve fortune and fame, he had taken on both the U.S. and British Governments and the International Air Transport Association, the international airline cartel. Granted, the service was only across the North Atlantic, but it would spread to all routes — wouldn't it?
Proposed translations
(Portuguese)
4 +1 | um auxiliar de escritório da fábrica... | Marcos Antonio |
4 +4 | um rapaz que serve chá numa fábrica | Martin Riordan |
4 | um copeiro de fábrica | Marlene Curtis |
4 | servente numa fábrica | Nick Taylor |
Change log
Mar 12, 2011 12:07: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"
Proposed translations
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9 hrs
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um auxiliar de escritório da fábrica...
Sug.
- TEA-BOY
(n.) The newest entrant to a business place, who is forced to do degrading tasks and mainly runs around after everybody else. Also called a charwola
www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term...
- entrant: novo sócio/sócia, principiante, estreante, neófito, etc...
- Estrela da série britânica “Torchwood”, o ator que interpretava o auxiliar de escritório [tea boy] Ianto Jones assumiu a tarefa de expandir o universo da ...
gomademascar.net/.../torchwood-em-quadrinhos-ianto-jones-surge-para- salvar-o-dia
- TEA-BOY
(n.) The newest entrant to a business place, who is forced to do degrading tasks and mainly runs around after everybody else. Also called a charwola
www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term...
- entrant: novo sócio/sócia, principiante, estreante, neófito, etc...
- Estrela da série britânica “Torchwood”, o ator que interpretava o auxiliar de escritório [tea boy] Ianto Jones assumiu a tarefa de expandir o universo da ...
gomademascar.net/.../torchwood-em-quadrinhos-ianto-jones-surge-para- salvar-o-dia
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "obrigada"
24 mins
um copeiro de fábrica
Uma das tarefas do copeiro de um escritório, fábrica, etc. é preparar e servir café e chá aos funcionários.
TEA BOY:
- Must be knoledgeable / professional in tea and coffee making.
- Well grommed, hard worker and good at courtesy and hospitality.
- Good English communication skills.
http://www.workabroad.ph/report_job_listing.php?ajid=267972
Copeira escritorio sao paulo - Trovit Empregos - [ Translate this page ]
31 jan. 2011 ... Vaga de Copeira limpeza em São Paulo. Atividades: Limpeza em fábrica e... escritório administrativo. Rotinas de Copa ( servir café / chá). ...
empregos.trovit.com.br/copeira-escritorio-sao-paulo
1 hr
servente numa fábrica
servente numa fábrica - not a tea-boy (which is just used to denote an insignificant person in many cases) but a more generic term
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Note added at 1 hr (2011-03-12 13:26:42 GMT)
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Obviously Lake started in the 30s, later in the the UK in the fifties, tea-boys were an all but extinct breed, tea ladies had taken their place (as had been the case in many factories for many years). His duties would have included sweeping, general labouring too.
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Note added at 1 hr (2011-03-12 13:26:42 GMT)
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Obviously Lake started in the 30s, later in the the UK in the fifties, tea-boys were an all but extinct breed, tea ladies had taken their place (as had been the case in many factories for many years). His duties would have included sweeping, general labouring too.
Peer comment(s):
neutral |
Marlene Curtis
: No Brasil, servente é auxiliar de pedreiro.
16 mins
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In PT servente has a much broader meaning, including unskilled labourer etc
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neutral |
Flavia Martins dos Santos
: concordo com Marlene
28 mins
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In PT servente has a much broader meaning, including unskilled labourer etc
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Martin Riordan
: I think that, in this context, tea boy does denote an insignificant person. Freddie Laker progressed from being an insignificant person to being a visionary entrepreneur.
2 hrs
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21 mins
um rapaz que serve chá numa fábrica
Na Inglaterra, todo mundo toma chá, até nos escritórios e nas fábricas. Esta frase se refere ao rapaz que fazia/servia chá às outras pessoas na fábrica. É um serviço considerado de baixíssimo status.
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Note added at 3 hrs (2011-03-12 15:36:15 GMT)
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Pelo jeito, "factory tea boys" não sairam da moda. Veja este anúncio de emprego para 3 tea boys numa fábrica da Arábia Saudita. Aposto que, quando Freddie Laker era menino, não se pedia "Well groomed, hard worker and good at courtesy and hospitality."
http://www.workabroad.ph/report_job_listing.php?ajid=267972
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Note added at 3 hrs (2011-03-12 15:36:15 GMT)
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Pelo jeito, "factory tea boys" não sairam da moda. Veja este anúncio de emprego para 3 tea boys numa fábrica da Arábia Saudita. Aposto que, quando Freddie Laker era menino, não se pedia "Well groomed, hard worker and good at courtesy and hospitality."
http://www.workabroad.ph/report_job_listing.php?ajid=267972
Example sentence:
He gets a job as a teaboy in a factory.
Peer comment(s):
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Claudio Mazotti
: talvez fosse melhor adaptarmos o chá à nossa realidade - cafezinho mesmo... rs
2 mins
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Obrigado! Com certeza, na época em que o Freddie Laker era um tea boy, as qualificações para o serviço eram mínimas... trabalhar muito e aceitar pouco!
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Leonor Abeca (X)
: Só não concordo com o Cláudio (desculpa!) porque a realidade do Freddie era mesmo uma fábrica inglesa
15 mins
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Esta decisão deixei para o consulente!
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agree |
Flavia Martins dos Santos
1 hr
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Obrigado!
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agree |
Leonor Machado
5 hrs
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Obrigado!
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agree |
Fátima Aparecida de Oliveira Abbate
: De acordo com o "The New Penguin English Dictionary": noun Brit a young man whose job is to make tea for the other employees in an office or factory.
5 hrs
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Obrigado Fátima. É isso mesmo...
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Discussion
http://www.olx.pt/q/servente/c-329
http://empregos.trovit.com.br/servente-pedreiro-curitiba e não serve ou prerpara café ou chá.
http://empregos.trovit.com.br/servente-pedreiro-curitiba
in Kent, southeast England, he went on to study aero-engineering
and serve with Britain's Royal Air Force.