inquadramento

English translation: position

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Italian term or phrase:inquadramento
English translation:position
Entered by: achisholm

10:39 Apr 3, 2003
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Human Resources / employment
Italian term or phrase: inquadramento
Is there a snappy way to say this in english, other than job title or other such?
achisholm
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:03
position
Explanation:
or: role
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manducci
Local time: 09:03
Grading comment
many thanks to all who gave an answer. As I said I was looking for a snappy answer and I think this is probably the best. The other, longer more detailed answers were probably more correct as the word does suggest task as well as level as well as type of contract. There is no single word in english to encapsulate them all as in Italian.
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Summary of answers provided
5placement
Rod Nelson
5grading
AlbanMullaj (X)
4activity, post, function, mission, capacity, task
Enza Longo
4position
manducci
3assignment
Sarah Ponting


  

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assignment


Explanation:
(i.e. to such and such a category) but it sounds strange by itself.

In short, there's non snappy way to translate it in English at least not that I'm aware of.

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Note added at 2003-04-03 10:51:11 (GMT)
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PS Il Dizionario Garzanti di Business English gives \"placement assignment\", but that sounds even worse to me.
It\'s not really the same thing as job title as it refers to the salary category.

What about work/employment contract category?

Sarah Ponting
Italy
Local time: 09:03
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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placement


Explanation:
But there are way too many potential meanings for this word. You need to provide CONTEXT.

Rod Nelson
Canada
Local time: 00:03
Native speaker of: English
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grading


Explanation:
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AlbanMullaj (X)
Local time: 03:03
Native speaker of: Albanian
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activity, post, function, mission, capacity, task


Explanation:
I could offer many more, but it really all depends on context.

Enza Longo
Canada
Local time: 03:03
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
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position


Explanation:
or: role

manducci
Local time: 09:03
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
many thanks to all who gave an answer. As I said I was looking for a snappy answer and I think this is probably the best. The other, longer more detailed answers were probably more correct as the word does suggest task as well as level as well as type of contract. There is no single word in english to encapsulate them all as in Italian.
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