English translation: (skilled) and technical worker
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10:59 Mar 16, 2009
Japanese to English translations [PRO] Bus/Financial - Human Resources
Japanese term or phrase:技能系列
Hello,
there are two differents types of labour forces within an organisation of Research and Development.
1. 技能系列 (技能系)
2. 事技系列 (事技系)
I would like to know the translation of these labour types. I know it is somewhat like Blue-Collar and White-Collar, but it is not the same.
Explanation: vs. (managerial) and professional worker.
It's kind of "doer vs thinker", isn't it? For 技能系, I thought of R&D technicians immediately. For 事技系, the boundary seems fuzzy, hence the word managerial in the parentheses. The wording may also vary depending on the company this R&D belongs.
Matthew, I think blue-collar workers is close. But as I mentioned in my posting, I am pretty sure it is a little bit different. The post from "patent_pending" showed that too, I guess.
Rie-san, yes, you are absolutely right. It is exactly "doer vs thinker". I think "technical worker" is pretty good. I still don't know the other one though.
Any other suggestions?
Thanks a lot,
Franky
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Blue-collar workers
Explanation: 技能系列 is blue collar workers
事務系列 (note spelling) would be adminstrative/white collar
Matthew Francis United Kingdom Local time: 04:05 Native speaker of: English
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technically skilled workforce
Explanation: 事技系列-workforce with techno-commercial background
A group of people with Techno-Commercial Background along with committed work force and latest machines from Japan work round the clock and round the year ... www.leplindia.co.in/company.html - 16k -
V N Ganesh Local time: 08:35 Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 4
Explanation: vs. (managerial) and professional worker.
It's kind of "doer vs thinker", isn't it? For 技能系, I thought of R&D technicians immediately. For 事技系, the boundary seems fuzzy, hence the word managerial in the parentheses. The wording may also vary depending on the company this R&D belongs.
RieM United States Local time: 23:05 Works in field Native speaker of: Japanese PRO pts in category: 8
A manual worker is a worker whose job principally involves physical effort, as opposed to a non-manual worker whose work normally involves intellectual endeavour (clerical and administrative workers, for example). Examples of manual workers include builders, assembly workers and streetcleaners. Manual work may be skilled, semi-skilled or unskilled. http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emire/IRELAND/MANUALWORKER-IR...
Manual workers include all persons engaged in manual work at the construction site, who are either directly employed by the main contractor or called upon by sub-contractors or gang leaders. They include skilled, semi-skilled and general workers. http://www.bd.gov.hk/english/documents/pnrc/Pnrc62.pdf
Manual workers include skilled manual workers, for example, cooks, firemen, and electricians, and unskilled manual workers, such as kitchen maids, cleaners, and bus drivers. http://oem.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/63/8/558
Manual workers include blue collar workers and white collar workers with manual work-such as nurses, waitresses and bar staff, hairdressers, etc. http://oem.bmj.com/cgi/reprint/54/7/519.pdf
The non-manual workers include all managers, higher administrators, technicians and associated professionals, clerical employees, and shop and market sales workers. The manual workers include skilled and specialised workers, unskilled workers, as well as farm and forestry workers. http://www.bvsde.paho.org/bvsacd/cd53/lifetime.pdf
The non-manual workers include all current and former managers and higher administrative and clerical employees, and the manual workers include skilled and specialised workers, unskilled workers as well as farm and forestry workers. http://jech.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/55/7/494
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line and staff management
Military-type organizational structure, commonly employed in centralized large corporations. It has two separate hierarchies: (1) Line hierarchy in which the departments are revenue generators (manufacturing, selling), and their managers are responsible for achieving the organization's main objectives by executing the key functions (such as policy making, target setting, decision making); (2) Staff hierarchy, in which the departments are revenue consumers, and their managers are responsible for activities that support line functions (such as accounting, maintenance, personnel management). While both hierarchies have their own chains of command, a line manager may have direct control over staff employees but a staff manager may have no such power over the line employees. In modern practice, however, the difference in the two hierarchies is not so clear-cut and jobs often have elements of the both types of functions. http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/line-and-staff-...
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white collar worker
office worker in professional, managerial, or administrative position. Such workers typically wear shirts with white collars. Those working in factories or doing manual labor typically wear blue collars, and are therefore called blue-collar workers. http://www.allbusiness.com/glossaries/white-collar-worker/49...
patent_pending Local time: 12:05 Native speaker of: Tetum
The translation workplace 
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