Nov 4, 2020 19:21
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English term

home-maker

English to Chinese Other Other A home-maker
What is 'a home-maker'? It's in a survey, under 'Are you currently:', along with 'studying', 'in employment' etc.

Please help. thank you.
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Nov 4, 2020 20:41: David Lin changed "Term asked" from "A home -maker" to "home-maker"

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English term (edited): a home -maker
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不外出工作的人

家庭主妇/
不外出工作的人

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Note added at 11 mins (2020-11-04 19:33:02 GMT)
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料理家务者;操持家务者

全职在家打理家务者(的人)

不一定要翻译成名词,可以用动作性短语,例如

全职在家打理家务



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Note added at 6 hrs (2020-11-05 01:28:31 GMT)
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现在很多男人在家操持家务,女的出去上班

家庭主妇/持家男人

全职持家者

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Note added at 4 days (2020-11-09 07:23:02 GMT)
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家庭主妇或家庭主夫/家庭主妇或主夫/主妇或主夫

其实还是”全职打理家务“/”全职持家者“最好。


zh.wikipedia.org › zh-hans › 家庭主夫
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家庭主夫,簡稱主夫,是已婚男性所從事的職業,指全職照顧家庭、不外出工作的男性,由妻子在外工作,妻子的工作所得為家庭的主要收入來源。主夫的服務對象 ...
‎普遍观点 – ‎美國 – ‎女性也可以作为家庭经济 ... – ‎互换角色有助于家庭和谐

高学历男性做全职主夫是不是一种浪费? - 知乎www.zhihu.com › question
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我是硕士,我就是家庭煮夫,我包揽家里所有家务,洗衣做饭带孩子,我有工作,工作很轻闲你们懂的, 之所以当家庭煮夫主要原因是因为我爱老婆, 次要原因是 ...
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家庭主妇

Though there is no neutral term for being a homemaker...
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家庭主男/主妇

这里不可能是家庭主妇,一是因为这是问卷,同时针对男性和女性;二是如果是家庭主妇的话,直接用housewife就行了。
housemaker的意思是:料理家务者; 操持家务者
因为有的家庭是男性做家务多。

根据后面的'studying', 'in employment'(学习、在职)来看,这里的homemaker也可能需要翻译为:待业、赋闲在家
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