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Tropenrooster

English translation: hot weather schedule

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Dutch term or phrase:Tropenrooster
English translation:hot weather schedule

21:01 Aug 16, 2013
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2013-08-20 07:54:10 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Other / Tropenrooster
Dutch term or phrase: Tropenrooster
De zin is:
Als het te heet is, ga korter werken of stel een tropenrooster in.

Ik kom tropenrooster tegen als: tropics grid en tropics roster.
Tropics grid lijkt me onzin maar tropics roster weet ik ook niet zeker.
Kan iemand mij uit de brand helpen?
(Komt uit een brochure met guidelines voor werken in extreme hitte.)
Alvast bedankt.
Josie_P.O.S. (X)
Local time: 20:28
hot weather schedule
Explanation:
hot weather plan (hot-weather)

... doesn't necessarily have to be in the Tropics...

http://www.stmaryspontiac.org/

http://www.sandi.net/page/237

https://www.google.com/search?q=heat schedule school&oq=heat...
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freekfluweel
Netherlands
Local time: 20:28
Grading comment
Thank you! This seems to be the most appropriate definition.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +3hot weather schedule
freekfluweel
4 +1Tropic Schedule
LogosART
4 +1work schedule suited to a tropical climate
Michael Beijer
3 +1Modified work schedule (hier)
Natasha Ziada (X)


Discussion entries: 5





  

Answers


7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Tropic Schedule


Explanation:
Tropic Schedule

LogosART
Croatia
Local time: 20:28
Native speaker of: Dutch

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Tropical. Tropic is the noun.
43 mins
  -> Thanks a lot! Regards!
neutral  Michael Beijer: Kind of makes it sound like the schedule itself is tropical. I’m not so sure I would use this. / Agree with Freek: 'Tropic Schedule' isn’t English.
52 mins
neutral  freekfluweel: Try googling first, no such thing as "tropic schedule"... and you made the mistake twice!
11 hrs
neutral  Natasha Ziada (X): Too literal - both tropical and tropic
12 hrs
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
tropenrooster
work schedule suited to a tropical climate


Explanation:
Source: Van Dale + http://iate.europa.eu/iatediff/SearchByQuery.do?method=searc...

Definition: tijdsindeling met vroeg beginnende en eerder dan normaal eindigende (kortere) werk- en lestijden

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Note added at 21 mins (2013-08-16 21:22:40 GMT)
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Two more definitions: (1) Dagindeling in de zomer (2) Zomerse werktijden

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Note added at 51 mins (2013-08-16 21:53:06 GMT)
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or maybe something like:

work schedule suited to hot weather with early start and finish times

Michael Beijer
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:28
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  freekfluweel: A bit long but not incorrect...
11 hrs
  -> Danke schön Herr Fluweel!
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
hot weather schedule


Explanation:
hot weather plan (hot-weather)

... doesn't necessarily have to be in the Tropics...

http://www.stmaryspontiac.org/

http://www.sandi.net/page/237

https://www.google.com/search?q=heat schedule school&oq=heat...

freekfluweel
Netherlands
Local time: 20:28
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you! This seems to be the most appropriate definition.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michael Beijer: http://www.kilgore.edu/pdf/Mrs._Muklewicz's_Sche_hot_weather.pdf (maybe hyphenated)
1 hr
  -> Thanks!
agree  Natasha Ziada (X)
1 hr
  -> Thanks!
agree  Tina Vonhof (X)
8 hrs
  -> Thanks!
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Modified work schedule (hier)


Explanation:
Another option.

Since this term is not normally used in English (as far as I know - even in scorching Australia) I would simply retain the meaning of the term: a work schedule that's adapted to hot weather. Linguistically the 'hot weather' part is not necessary, and to me sounds a bit chunky, since the hot conditions are already specified in the first part of the sentence.

See: https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/heatillness/heat_index/pdfs/all_in... (p. 6)

Natasha Ziada (X)
Australia
Local time: 04:28
Native speaker of: Dutch

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  freekfluweel: Logischerwijs heb je gelijk maar dan had er in de ST wel "aangepast werkrooster" gestaan.../Avoiding "hot" twice: "By high temperatures the hot-weather schedule will..."
20 mins
  -> In Dutch there is this specific term that - to my knowledge - doesn't exist in English
agree  Michael Beijer: I agree, hot conditions are already specified in the first part of the sentence: ‘Als het te heet is, . . . ’ / Using 'hot' again in the same sentence is indeed rather clunky so this might actually be the best solution yet.
32 mins
  -> Clunky. Yes. Thanks :)
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