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05:41 Aug 21, 2014 |
French to English translations [Non-PRO] Bus/Financial - Human Resources / Job title | |||||
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3 +2 | cleaner / cleaning operative |
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3 | maintenance person or worker |
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cleaner / cleaning operative Explanation: Traditionally, this usually means a 'cleaner'; however, modern HR jargon tends to avoid such a pejorative-sounding title, so you might want to look at various more highfalutin euphemisms for the same thing. Just one word of caution, though: although 'entretien' usually connotes 'cleaning', in certain specific contexts, there could be a greater or lesser degree of actual 'maintenance' involved — so you will need to look at your overall context (which it would have helped to have shared with us!) to see what this job really appears to involve; you may need to extrapolate from the type of organization, the salary level, and other clues you may be able to glean. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 37 minutes (2014-08-21 06:19:25 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Of course, it also depends on WHERE this job is carried out — an 'agent d'entretien' for 'espaces verts', for example, would be some kind of gardener... |
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