Sep 11, 2013 20:51
11 yrs ago
French term

en perruque

Non-PRO French to English Bus/Financial General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters French Expression into English
I received the expression "en perruque" with the English equivalent of "Without being appointed on the job"
I am lost and need some direction.
Can anyone help?
Proposed translations (English)
5 -2 wig
3 unappointed
References
Meaning:
Change log

Sep 11, 2013 21:13: Yolanda Broad changed "Term asked" from "One term aen perruque = without being appointed on the job?t a time please" to "en perruque"

Sep 12, 2013 07:04: writeaway changed "Field (specific)" from "Marketing" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"

Discussion

writeaway Sep 12, 2013:
Is there a French sentence that can be posted so we can see the actual context? Or is this homework with a list of expressions to translate?

Proposed translations

-2
15 mins
French term (edited): One term aen perruque = without being appointed on the job?t a time please

wig

Self-explanatory.

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Note added at 19 mins (2013-09-11 21:10:13 GMT)
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This is only a literal definition , as an specialk expression used in business World means "working w/o pay", like a volunteer.
Peer comment(s):

disagree Kim Metzger : Nothing to do with wigs. http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=2250265 /The appropriate CL for guessing is "1, I am guessing."
46 mins
disagree Cetacea : http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=2250265
4 days
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28 mins

unappointed

* I don't think here it means doing personal work in the company's time.
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Reference comments

14 mins
Reference:

Meaning:

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travail_en_perruque

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Note added at 15 minutes (2013-09-11 21:06:17 GMT)
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If you give some context we could translate it accurately.
Peer comments on this reference comment:

agree philgoddard
19 mins
Thanks, Phil
agree Victoria Britten
2 hrs
Thanks
agree Yolanda Broad : I.e., doing personal work on company time.
4 hrs
Thanks
agree Helen Shiner : But as you say, a bit of context is required.
15 hrs
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