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yöllä työhön tulevia laitettiin kotiin lepäämään

English translation: employees coming to work at night were sent home to rest

23:16 Dec 14, 2019
Finnish to English translations [PRO]
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Finnish term or phrase: yöllä työhön tulevia laitettiin kotiin lepäämään
An excerpt from a description of an industrial fire, and how it was handled:

"
Henkilöstön vaihtotarve selvisi kaikille tahoille iltapäivän aikana tilanteen pitkittyessä. Pelastustoimen johtajille tehtiin työvuorolistat ja yöllä työhön tulevia laitettiin kotiin lepäämään.
"

The logic of this description is not adding up to me.

If there was a need for personnel shifts, then why would people **coming in to work** ("työhön tulevia") be sent home to rest?

Could it be that the writer meant to say "työhön tulleita", i.e. "those who had come into work (during the night)"?

Thanks for any assistance
G. L.
United States
Local time: 04:13
English translation:employees coming to work at night were sent home to rest
Explanation:
I know that the sentence seems a bit odd. Finnish language is a little odd at times.

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Note added at 20 hrs (2019-12-15 19:53:15 GMT)
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I mean that people who were supposed to do their night shift were, for some reason, sent back home.
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Kristiina St.Croix
Finland
Local time: 14:13
Grading comment
Thanks. If your explanation is correct, though, then it isn't the language of the sentence that is odd or unclear, it's the content (i.e. meaning) of the sentence.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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5 +1employees coming to work at night were sent home to rest
Kristiina St.Croix


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20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
employees coming to work at night were sent home to rest


Explanation:
I know that the sentence seems a bit odd. Finnish language is a little odd at times.

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Note added at 20 hrs (2019-12-15 19:53:15 GMT)
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I mean that people who were supposed to do their night shift were, for some reason, sent back home.

Kristiina St.Croix
Finland
Local time: 14:13
Native speaker of: Native in FinnishFinnish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks. If your explanation is correct, though, then it isn't the language of the sentence that is odd or unclear, it's the content (i.e. meaning) of the sentence.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anu Carroll: Sorry to jump in late, but I think the description makes sense: in the afternoon, they realized they would need to work in shifts. So they planned the shifts and sent home the people who would have to return later for the night shift.
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