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I would like to know the meaning of "Grugeurs de temps" I have come across this term in "Time Management". Can it be "Time waster" I welcome your suggestions. Thanks
Thanks. I find this term as the most appropriate one which could fit in the various references and contexts of the passage. This term is used with reference to the activities. Incidentally, it is found that "time waster" is frequently used in several "Time Management" descriptions. 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer
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Though it is still less than clear from the additional information you have now provided, it looks like it is the activities, rather than people who are the grugeurs de temps. If that is the case, then "time cheats" would certainly not fit. This is a lesson about not wasting time answering questions when inadequate information has been provided.
This is referred in a large document analysing the activities [mainly of an individual] and identifying them as those which are important, urgent or not important/urgent and dealing with suggestions for effectively improving the usage of time. In my opinion, there is no scope for bringing the word "cheat" here
Yes but is this a free-standing title in a document, or part of a longer sentence?
What sort of document is it, and what is the register (level of formality) required?
Under this subject, there are discussions about the ways of identifying and getting alerted by colleagues and others about the loss of time
There is also the following reference "les activités qui consomment du temps". I feel Time wasters may fit in properly as of now. However, I shall await for more appropriate suggestions, if there can be any.
Yes, I suppose being paid to do something and doing nothing is 'cheating' and 'stealing' as much as fiddling ones timesheet or skiving off completely, in the eyes of most 'managers'.
According to Le Grand Robert (which I consider to be a better reference work than wiktionary or free dictionary etc.):
"1 Vx. Réduire en grains. ➙ Égruger.
2 (1660). Vx. Briser avec les dents. Gruger des noisettes, des bonbons. ➙ 1. Croquer. — Par ext. Gober, manger.
1 Perrin fort gravement ouvre l'huître et la gruge (…)
La Fontaine, Fables, ix, 9.
...
II (xviie). Mod. Littér. Duper qqn en affaires; le dépouiller de son bien. ➙ Spolier, 2. voler. Se faire, se laisser gruger. Il s'est laissé gruger par des aigrefins (→ 1. Aigrefin, cit. 1).
2 (…) on nous mange, on nous gruge,
On nous mine par des longueurs (…)
La Fontaine, Fables, i, 21 ..."
Plus various refs from Balzac.
"Gruger" something is a term that I often came across in my school-boy life - I always was under the impression that it was very informal, so I'm surprised to see it in such a context.
Wiki renders the meaning nicely: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gruger
But it can be used in many different ways:
A couple of example sentences:
"Il m'a grugé dans la queue" => "he pushed in front of me in the queue"
"Il m'a grugé un sandwich" => "he nicked my sandwich [when I wasn't looking]"
So basically, it means to con somebody out of something
In this context therefore, I think "time wasting" works very well, and that is probably the translation that I would use.
Explanation: A Grugeur is somebody who steals or cheats or behaves dishonestly
Kelly Harrison Local time: 09:58 Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 4
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Thanks. I find this term as the most appropriate one which could fit in the various references and contexts of the passage. This term is used with reference to the activities. Incidentally, it is found that "time waster" is frequently used in several "Time Management" descriptions.
The translation workplace 
peer agreement (net): +1