Sheila Wilson Feb 21, 2010:

Are you sure you aren't missing the obvious? I Googled .ca sites and found pages and pages of school refs and some company sites - ALL were referring to organised day trips for pupils/workers for skiing etc. Surely, this is referring to working conditions if you choose NOT to go - is it simply a day off or do you have to work whilst the others are playing?

rkillings Feb 20, 2010:

Canadian, eh? Still the only entry in Termium for 'journée blanche' is this one, from 1992:
"journée blanche
FEM
CONT – J'ai connu ce que les gens d'ici [en Savoie] appellent une journée blanche, c'est-à-dire le flat light (...) On ne sait plus si on descend, si on monte, si le terrain est plat ou si on skie dans les bosses. Source, record 1, Context 1 - journée blanche
OBS – Renseignement obtenu dans le journal La Presse du 16-02-92."

For which the English translation is "flat light".<g>

writeaway Feb 19, 2010:

where's the Fr equivalent? I don't see anything that shows what a journée blanche is.

Carruthers (X) Feb 19, 2010:

YATW writeaway,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Canada#Holid...

writeaway Feb 19, 2010:

Is it possible to post one of the abounding refs? Just one will do........

Carruthers (X) Feb 19, 2010:

Thank you Writeaway. References abound for Canada/non working day. But for me there is a difference between a "day off" and a "non-working day". I'd suspect "journéé blanche" literally means "blank calendar day".

writeaway Feb 19, 2010:

@ Carruthers You are not the only stickler. Most legal translators are sticklers. From one stickler to another, can you show any refs to back your suggestion, preferably Canadian refs?

Carruthers (X) Feb 19, 2010:

I am a stickler for this sort of stuff. "Journéés blanches" refers to the blank days on the company calendar, not to the blank days on the employee's calendar.

Marlene Blanshay (asker) Feb 19, 2010:

i don't have the whole clause in french...i think this is plenty of context.

Carruthers (X) Feb 19, 2010:

Are these not the "non-working days", i.e. the days when the company is officially closed (weekends, holidays, etc.)? There is a difference. Working during your "days off" means also working during the days you have taken off, i.e. your own holiday/free time. Somehow, I don't think that's what they mean.

Desdemone (X) Feb 19, 2010:

What does clause 14.13 say?

Marlene Blanshay (asker) Feb 19, 2010:

Nous aborderons, ce mois-ci, la clause 14.13 « Travail durant une journée blanche », de la page 51 de la convention collective. Les dispositions de cette clause nous apparaissent assez simples, mais leur application au quotidien n’est pas nécessairement évidente.
yes, it's canadian.

Desdemone (X) Feb 19, 2010:

They wouldn't mean snow day would they?

writeaway Feb 19, 2010:

please post the full sentence Please post the full sentence in French. Is it a Canadian text?

Marlene Blanshay (asker) Feb 19, 2010:

ok thats what i thought!

L.J.Wessel van Leeuwen Feb 19, 2010:

Day off