Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
Jornada laboral superior a 48 horas
English translation:
Work week longer than 48 hours
Spanish term
Argentina
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Jornada laboral superior a 48 horas
I understand "jornada laboral" to refer to workday, here maximum legal length of a workday. Of course, there are only 24 hours in a day, so "48 hours" makes no sense... unless there is something I am missing here.
Thanks!
Proposed translations
United States
Each translation a gem!
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
Work week longer than 48 hours
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Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales
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Thank you!
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neilmac
: Working week of over 48 hrs... sounds like a typìcal weekend for me :-)
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Thanks, Neil!
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Robert Carter
: Right, though I prefer workING week
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Thanks, Robert! That may be a US vs. UK thing.
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Ellen Kraus
3 hrs
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Thanks, Ellen!
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Helena Chavarria
: Like Neil, I'd use 'Working week of over 48 hours'. // Yes, you're probably right ;-)
3 hrs
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I guess it's a UK thing.
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patinba
4 hrs
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Thanks, Patinba! Very gracious of you!
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Yvonne Gallagher
19 hrs
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Thanks, Gallagy!
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Israel
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, Spanish (Variants: Argentine, Standard-Spain, Rioplatense, Chilean, Latin American, Uruguayan)
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Work shift of more than 48 hours
a 48-hour working week
Jornada de Trabajo - MinTrabajo
www.mintrabajo.gov.co/preguntas-frecuentes/jornada-de-traba...
En cuanto a la obligatoriedad de laborar en una jornada superior a la máxima ... y que cualquier decisión que afecte el desarrollo de la relación laboral, en lo ... de tres semanas (21 días), no exceda en 8 horas diarias ni 48 horas semanales.
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bigedsenior
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thanks!
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Muriel Vasconcellos
: It's anything *longer than* 48 hours. There's a big difference.
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Right! too much haste in posting :(
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Austria
more than thirty years of experience
Native in: German
Works in: Greek to German, English to German, Greek to English, and 5 more.
a work week with more than 48 hours
Jamaica
Experienced Economist translating 31 yrs
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
Work shift in excess of 48 hours/work shift of more than 48 hours
United States
True words...
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Spanish (Variant: Latin American)
Works in: Spanish to English, Spanish, English, and 1 more.
Discussion
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