Nov 2, 2004 16:27
19 yrs ago
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French term
employés de passage
French to English
Bus/Financial
Business/Commerce (general)
So, this text deals with the importance of real estate in an increasingly global marketplace. This particular section deals with workplace changes, from telecommuting to this mysterious passage...Are they temps? Casual? Contract?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +5 | employees with a temporary assignment |
Francis MARC
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| 4 +6 | short-term employees |
HelenG
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| 4 +5 | casual employees/staff |
CMJ_Trans (X)
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| 2 -1 | part time |
Gabo Pena
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Proposed translations
+5
3 mins
French term (edited):
employ�s de passage
Selected
employees with a temporary assignment
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Peer comment(s):
| agree |
roneill
3 mins
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| agree |
sarahl (X)
3 mins
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| agree |
TesCor -
: or simply temporary employees
5 mins
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| agree |
Saleh Ayyub
1 hr
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| agree |
Valeria Francesconi
3 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Sorry, I thought I did this the same day it was posted. I did choose "temporary employee" (being more concise, and more Englishy).
Thanks"
-1
3 mins
Gabo Pena
Native in English
'meaning, intent, demeanor'
Native in: English (Variants: US, Canadian) 
, Spanish (Variants: Costa Rican, Salvadoran, Argentine, Venezuelan, Dominican, Mexican, US, Cuban, Canarian, Latin American, Puerto Rican)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English to French, and 4 more.
part time
'
+6
9 mins
French term (edited):
employ�s de passage
short-term employees
people who do not stay a long time
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
GILLES MEUNIER
2 mins
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Thank you, Gilles!
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| agree |
Aisha Maniar
: also possible
21 mins
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Thank you, Aisha!
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| agree |
Nathalie Andrews (X)
: I like this one very much.
35 mins
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Thank you, Nathalie!
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| agree |
French Foodie
: I like this too
1 hr
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Thank you, Mara!
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| agree |
moya
1 hr
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Thank you, Moya!
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| agree |
Valeria Francesconi
3 hrs
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+5
19 mins
casual employees/staff
I would have thought
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Anthony Chalkley (X)
: so would I
42 mins
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| agree |
writeaway
: me 3
58 mins
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| agree |
tanglewood (X)
: I haven't come across it before, but it seems to me that this is what this is
1 hr
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| agree |
María Leonor Acevedo-Miranda
: more like it, yes... http://www.rural.gc.ca/team/nwt/nwtworkshop_f.phtml
1 hr
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| agree |
Bourth (X)
: Covers a multiplicity of shades of meaning.
8 hrs
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Discussion
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