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Spanish translation: trabajo de obrero

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English term or phrase:	blue-collar employment
Spanish translation:	trabajo de obrero
Entered by:	Marian Greenfield

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01:44 Feb 22, 2006

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Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / sociology

English term or phrase: blue-collar employment

Espero me puedan ayudar, gracias a todos de antemano!!

The informal sector provides employment to a higher share of the poor than the non-poor, especially in XXXX. Self-employment and blue-collar employment are positively correlated with poverty and so is employment in agricultural activities

milliecoquis KudoZ activity Questions: 106 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 3
Local time: 05:12

trabajo de obrero

Explanation:
Sobre el apego al tiempo y mi resultante desempleo | Clearharmony ... - [ Translate this page ]Ni siquiera encontraba un trabajo de obrero. Cuanto más me preocupaba, más tribulaciones se cruzaban en mi camino, desde mi familia en China a otros con ...
www.es.clearharmony.net/articles/200407/4046.html - 12k - Cached - Similar pages

Mediaforest.net : Los oficios de la cadena forestal-madera-mueble ... - [ Translate this page ]Un trabajo de obrero masculino : ¡ FALSO ! La mano de obra femenina está muy presente particularmente en el sector del entarimado y del friso. ...
mediaforest.net/espanol/emplois/ - 24k - Cached - Similar pages

[PDF] GACETA JURÍDICA N° 178 JURISPRUDENCIA JUDICIAL MATERIA LABORAL ...File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
carácter de indefinido contratándose al actor para ejecutar el trabajo de obrero industrial. (carguero encastillado y servicios generales) dejándose ...
www.udp.cl/derecho/estudiantes/ apuntes/despido_no_acreditada.PDF -

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Marian Greenfield
Local time: 06:12

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Gracias por tu ayuda marian! es lo que más se adecúa a mi contexto
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3 +4

trabajo de obrero

Marian Greenfield

4 +3

trabajo manual

Fernando Trucco

5 +1

obrero industrial

telefpro

4 +2

empleo de la clase obrera

Chiquipaisa

4 +1

trabajo de obrero/mano de obra

ariffo

empleo laboral

Victoria Frazier

5 -1

trabajo de cuello azul

Mercedes Alonso

empleo/trabajo industrial

mar52

trabajos de producción

Sandra Antunez

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4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

trabajo de obrero

Marian Greenfield
Local time: 06:12
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 28

Grading comment

Gracias por tu ayuda marian! es lo que más se adecúa a mi contexto

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

empleo de la clase obrera

Explanation:
empleo o trabajo de la clase obrera

I think in this context this works...

Chiquipaisa
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish

7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

trabajo manual

Explanation:
se refiere a la mano de obra

Fernando Trucco
Local time: 06:12
Native speaker of:

Spanish

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

trabajo de obrero/mano de obra

Explanation:
blue-collar

a blue-collar worker is someone who does physical work, often in a factory
Blue collar workers in the factories and shipyards were demanding wage increases. [always before noun]
They are hoping the new factory will create many more blue collar jobs. (= jobs for blue collar workers)

Source: Cambrifge dictionary of idioms

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Note added at 7 mins (2006-02-22 01:51:49 GMT)
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I meant, Cambridge dictionary of idioms

Reference: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=blue.collar*1...

ariffo
Chile
Local time: 06:12
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish

8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

trabajo de cuello azul

Explanation:
Significa trabajo obrero por lo que también está bien pero la frase que se utiliza es exactamente esa.

Mercedes Alonso
Local time: 07:12
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish

10 mins confidence:

empleo/trabajo industrial

Explanation:

Obrero industrial.
Trabajo industrial.
El trabajo por cuenta propia y el de obrero industrial...

... se verificó una desproletarización del trabajo industrial, fabril, en los países del ... no es el obrero industrial, sino una creciente capacidad de trabajo socialmente combinada que ...www.iade.org.ar/iade/Dossiers/imperio/6.12.html - 50k

Espero te ayude.

mar52
Argentina
Local time: 07:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8

3 hrs confidence:

trabajos de producción

Explanation:
otra manera.

http://www.learn4good.com/jobs/language/spanish/list/producc...

sa

Sandra Antunez
Native speaker of:

Spanish

4 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

obrero industrial

Explanation:
Normalmente ' blue collar' significa obrero industrial

telefpro
Local time: 15:42
Native speaker of:

Portuguese,

English

5 hrs confidence:

empleo laboral

Explanation:
en los patrones del empleo laboral y la mejora de la cualificación de la mano de obra. ... PIB per cápita también registraron un aumento del empleo laboral, ...
www1.oecd.org/publications/e-book/1103014E5.pdf -

Victoria Frazier
Local time: 05:12
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 16

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