não literável

English translation: Analysis of employee schedules and activities

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Portuguese term or phrase:Estudo de tempos e movimentos
English translation:Analysis of employee schedules and activities
Entered by: Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa

13:24 Oct 29, 2013
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Human Resources
Portuguese term or phrase: não literável
Estudo de "tempos e movimentos" (nao literável pois nem sempre é possível).
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Comentário emitido por um peão de obra sobre suas condições de trabalho e sugestões.
É compreensível que não ele não tenha um português castiço.
Espero que vcs também compreendam que eu não tenho bola de cristal.
Agradeço antecipadamente a sua sugestão.
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Penso que talvez seja:
Estudo de "horários e movimentos" (não sou literato, pois nem sempre isso é possível)
Qual é a sua opinião?
O primeiro passo é descobrir o que ele quis dizer; o segundo é versionar para o inglês.
Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa
Brazil
Local time: 11:52
Analysis of employee schedules and activities
Explanation:
I assume here that "estudo de tempos e movimentos" is the term you want translated here. This is what sounds natural to me in US English.
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Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 10:52
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Muito grata, Robert
Teresa
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5Time and motion studies
Nick Taylor
2Analysis of employee schedules and activities
Robert Forstag


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Estudo de tempos e movimentos
Analysis of employee schedules and activities


Explanation:
I assume here that "estudo de tempos e movimentos" is the term you want translated here. This is what sounds natural to me in US English.

Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 10:52
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 28
Grading comment
Muito grata, Robert
Teresa
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Time and motion studies


Explanation:
Time and motion studies (at least that is what it used to be called, dunno about nowadays)

Nick Taylor
Local time: 15:52
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 101
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