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travail de chaine

English translation: work on a production line

09:28 Jun 23, 2005
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Human Resources
French term or phrase: travail de chaine
Piece work, incentive work, travail de chaine and performance related work

Part of a collective agreement
Paul Morris
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:56
English translation:work on a production line
Explanation:
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Conor McAuley
France
Local time: 10:56
Grading comment
great - thanks a lot
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +9work on a production line
Conor McAuley
4shift work/ assembly line work
David Hollywood
4Chain work
AbdulHameed Al Hadidi
3belt-system working / line production
Ilham Brown


Discussion entries: 1





  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +9
work on a production line


Explanation:
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Conor McAuley
France
Local time: 10:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 60
Grading comment
great - thanks a lot

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  LJC (X): production-line work (not sure about the hyphen)
1 min
  -> Thanks
agree  writeaway: with Lesley
7 mins
  -> Thanks
agree  Tony M: I would insert hyphen when an adjective, and leave it out when a noun.
11 mins
  -> Thanks
agree  Gayle Wallimann: Same as Lesley.
19 mins
  -> Thanks Gayle - Lesley's wording of it is better than mine alright
agree  Assimina Vavoula
1 hr
  -> Thanks
agree  Altrum: Lesley's version
2 hrs
  -> Thanks - amounts to the same thing but is more elegant
agree  Gina W: yes
3 hrs
  -> Thanks
agree  RHELLER: Charlie Chaplin's "Modern Times"
6 hrs
  -> Karl Marx's Das Capital right back atcha! ;-)
agree  Jean-Claude Gouin
16 hrs
  -> Thanks
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
shift work/ assembly line work


Explanation:
shift work. le travail à la chaîne -, assembly line work.
un ouvrier -, a worker. un cadre -, an executive manager ...
www.zut.org.uk/vocab.cfm?year=13& topic=Le%20monde

David Hollywood
Local time: 05:56
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  writeaway: not shift work
4 mins
neutral  Tony M: not 'shift work' (usually 'équipes')
8 mins
neutral  Gayle Wallimann: not shift work. That would be par équipe/par roulement/les trois huits..
14 mins
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
belt-system working / line production


Explanation:
Just suggestions, or "moving band production"
Good Luck

Ilham Brown
Singapore
Local time: 16:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Chain work


Explanation:
Production work moving one step ater the other.

AbdulHameed Al Hadidi
Local time: 10:56
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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