Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
sans profession
English translation:
occupation: none
French term
Translation is depth of the passion
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, English to French, Portuguese to English
sans profession
| 4 +6 | occupation: none |
Evans (X)
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| 5 | unemployed |
janukks (X)
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| 4 | who was unemployed |
Barbara Cochran, MFA
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| 3 | no occupation |
liz askew
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Jun 14, 2010 14:12: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Field" from "Law/Patents" to "Social Sciences" , "Field (specific)" from "Law: Contract(s)" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters" , "Field (write-in)" from "(none)" to "Socio-professional group"
Jun 14, 2010 14:12: mchd changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Jun 28, 2010 14:33: Evans (X) Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (3): Catharine Cellier-Smart, Sandra Petch, mchd
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Proposed translations
occupation: none
It carries no overtones of being unemployed or of not doing anything (!), it simply means that the person did not have a particular profession.
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Note added at 1 hr (2010-06-14 15:30:33 GMT)
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Forgot my reference:
Occupation: None
http://www.tngenweb.org/loudon/dcerts/dc3.html
And there are many such.
no occupation
The certifier fills in his section and the death certificate packet is then ... Occupation (Decedent's job for most of his/her life - Not 'Retired') ...
hubpages.com/hub/Death-Certificate-Help - Cached - Similar
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Note added at 9 mins (2010-06-14 14:15:34 GMT)
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profession - Dictionnaire Français-Anglais WordReference.com
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occupation; profession; exercer la ~ d'infirmière to be a nurse by profession; être sans ~ to have no occupation;. declaration, profession. COMPOUNDS: ...
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Laudable Lady Linguist
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 3 more.
who was unemployed
unemployed
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