まったり
English translation: sluggishly, languidly
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|  Selected response from: Krzysztof Łesyk Japan Local time: 10:53 | ||||||
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| 3 +2 | sluggishly, languidly |
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| 4 | sweet, swell, neat, nifty |
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| 3 +1 | chilling out, idling |
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| 3 +1 | Coasting along |
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| 3 | await, wait for the opporunity |
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10 mins confidence: 
sweet, swell, neat, nifty Explanation: All the translations above are slang. Reference: http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?enc=UTF-8&p=%E3%81%BE%E3%81%A... |
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11 mins confidence:
await, wait for the opporunity Explanation: just a guess |
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2 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1chilling out, idling Explanation: other options: hanging loose, hanging around In this context, the writer thinks that these older and more experienced employees are working idly and slowly (thus unproductively). まったりする usually means to relax, chill out or hang loose. HTH :) Reference: http://www.nhk.or.jp/a-room/kininaru/2005/09/0901.html |
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6 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1Coasting along Explanation: I think in this context the idea is that the senior staff are not rushing to over exert themselves, as Maki says, but maybe in "chilling out" is a little too informal? So something like "seeing senior staff coasting along...."(combining まったりand 仕事している） It's not a literal translation, but...hopefully helpful! |
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12 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2sluggishly, languidly Explanation: Hard to say without seeing the whole sentence, but I have a feeling in this case the word has a slightly negative tone. "Work sluggishly" and "work languidly", while sounding a bit artificial (or is it just me?), might work to convey that idea... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 12 hrs (2008-07-10 06:24:33 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Ahh, the full sentence is in another KudoZ question - seems my feelings on this one were correct. |
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