Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
ERT (Etablissement Recevant des Travailleurs)
English translation:
Workplace
French term
ERT (Etablissement Recevant des Travailleurs)
I am looking for a stock term or phrase, or if there isn't one, a professional translator's approach to tackling it.
No context needed, please take it as an item on a checklist.
Also please only answer if your mother tongue is English and you aren't guessing or making a google-based stab at the answer - that I can do myself.
Expert help or tips greatly appreciated.
Thank you
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David Hayes
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| very French concept |
polyglot45
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Non-PRO (1): cc in nyc
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Proposed translations
France
Traductions soignées et fiables
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: French to English
Workplace
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Note added at 31 mins (2012-01-10 16:56:25 GMT)
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'sell' = 'spell' (typo!)
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Note added at 2 hrs (2012-01-10 18:30:56 GMT)
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And, of course, even official documents and legal texts in English speak of 'the workplace'.
Reference comments
Native in: English 
, French
Works in: English to French, French to English, German to French, and 4 more.
very French concept
Article L200-1 du code du travail « sont soumis aux dispositions du code du travail les établissements industriels et commerciaux et leurs dépendances, de quelque nature qu’ils soient, publics ou privés, laïques ou religieux, même s’ils ont un caractère d’enseignement professionnel ou de bienfaisance.
Sont également soumis à ces dispositions les établissements ou ne sont employés que les membres de la famille sous l’autorité soit du père, soit de la mère, soit du tuteur, même lorsque ces établissements exercent leur activité sur la voie publique.
Les établissements soumis au code du travail sont donc tous les bâtiments destinés à l’exercice d’activité, établissement industriels, commerciaux, agricoles et dépendances.
| Thank you, I honestly do appreciate your input. |
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philgoddard
: I don't think it's a very French concept though - it just means "workplace" or "place of employment".
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perhaps I should have said, a very French way of saying things cf. ERP (same thing but "recevant du public" i.e. stations and airports
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EirTranslations
12 mins
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cc in nyc
: with phil
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Discussion
For future reference, the context for a checklist would be the heading or the phrase that introduces it, along with the other items in the checklist. Only if a sheet of paper drops from the sky with the single phrase "ERT (Etablissement Recevant des Travailleurs)" is there no context... On second thought, in that case, the context would be "found on sheet of paper that dropped from the sky." ;-)
@ Gill Evans: Thank you very much for your pointer and suggestion. Very kind and helpful of you.
@ polyglot45: Isn't this website called "Pro[fessional]z"? The way I phrased my question got exactly the response I needed - and filtered out incorrect entries which could mislead anyone in future doing a similar search. I make no apology for being under extreme pressure from many directions. Do you respond with such indignation to job posters or any other people just trying to get on with things?
@ philgoddard: and what a petulant comment!
I really do appreciate everyone's input, despite the rather surprisingly emotional response from some members. Thank you
Indeed, what is your google-based stab at the answer? Or for that matter, any try at all? :p
And saying "no context is needed" is like a red rag to a bull for many ProZ users.