Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
agent d'entretien
English translation:
cleaner / cleaning operative
French term
agent d'entretien
| 3 +2 | cleaner / cleaning operative |
Tony M
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| 3 | maintenance person or worker |
Gaurav Sharma
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Aug 21, 2014 06:13: Tony M changed "Field" from "Law/Patents" to "Bus/Financial" , "Field (specific)" from "Law: Contract(s)" to "Human Resources" , "Field (write-in)" from "(none)" to "Job title"
Aug 21, 2014 06:36: Catharine Cellier-Smart changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Aug 21, 2014 12:29: Emanuela Galdelli changed "Term asked" from "\"agent d\'entretien\" Fr-En" to "agent d\'entretien"
Sep 8, 2014 06:22: Tony M Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (3): mchd, Tony M, Catharine Cellier-Smart
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Proposed translations
cleaner / cleaning operative
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.
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Note added at 37 minutes (2014-08-21 06:19:25 GMT)
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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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B D Finch
: Perhaps modern HR-jargon-users need to review their prejudices and the value they attribute to cleaning. ;)
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Thanks, B! :-) Too right! Now it is so often being out-sourced, you get a toilet that is spotless once a day... but filthy the rest of the time :-(
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Gaurav Sharma
: in order to close the question.
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Thanks, Gaurav!
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India
5 yrs plus Exp. in Bus, Fin. & Contracts
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: French to English, Portuguese to English, English to French
maintenance person or worker
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Note added at 1 day2 hrs (2014-08-22 08:39:59 GMT)
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I agree with Tony, but his suggestion is very specific. In absence of enough text, in my opinion, we should go with such term which cover all conditions or working areas.
In the same way, as Tony has specified, an 'agent d'entretien' for 'espaces verts', for example, would be some kind of gardener. So as we don't know the exact context. We should avoid any specific term because it may lead to wrong direction.
I don't want to challenge Tony's answer but just giving my opinion.
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