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English translation: hour bank

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13:49 Jul 23, 2009

Danish to English translations [PRO]
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Danish term or phrase: timebank

De oprettes en timebank hvori overtid samles

Helle B KudoZ activity Questions: 161 (2 open) (1 without valid answers) (47 closed without grading) Answers: 4
Local time: 08:41

English translation:hour bank

Explanation:
A suggestion

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Note added at 19 mins (2009-07-23 14:08:46 GMT)
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Examples:
“The protocol and the launch of a time-bank (or hour-bank) provide plenty of opportunity
to consider employees’ particular situation when it comes to organising
their work performance.” http://docs.google.com/gview?a=v&q=cache:Nl72RXoWX5MJ:www.fa...

“The second idea was that of having an hour bank for free personal time.”
http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:kHghjwLNJOsJ:www.sfi-ca...

Alternative suggestion: time bank

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-07-23 14:54:01 GMT)
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“Time bank” is already in the Portuguese to English and Spanish to English KudoZ glossary:
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/portuguese_to_english/other/222050...

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish_to_english/law:_contracts/...

• Time bank means a time bank established at the request of an employee to allow overtime and statutory holiday pay to be banked and taken as time off work with pay. http://www.labour.gov.bc.ca/esb/esaguide/glossary.htm

Selected response from:

Malberg
Denmark
Local time: 08:41

Grading comment

tak
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Summary of answers provided

overtime bank

Suzanne Blangsted

hour bank

Malberg

Answers

16 mins confidence:

overtime bank

Explanation:
collecting overtime. - see google for several hits.

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Note added at 17 mins (2009-07-23 14:07:06 GMT)
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example:
http://www.usw1998.ca/overtime.htm

Suzanne Blangsted
Local time: 23:41
Native speaker of:

Danish,

English
PRO pts in category: 78

5 mins confidence:

hour bank

Malberg
Denmark
Local time: 08:41
Native speaker of:

Danish
PRO pts in category: 38

Grading comment

tak

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