personas trabajadoras

English translation: Staff

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Spanish term or phrase:personas trabajadoras
English translation:Staff
Entered by: Manuel Aburto

21:57 Oct 6, 2020
Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Human Resources
Spanish term or phrase: personas trabajadoras
Hola,

Esta vez estoy traduciendo un par de secciones de un manual sobre recursos humanos de un organismo no gubernamental y a lo largo del documento aparece la expresión "personas trabajadoras"

Por experiencia, he observado que muchas veces, principalmente las ONG evitan utilizar términos como "trabajadores/empleados" reemplazandolos por "colaboradores"; entonces me gustaría saber si considerando este aspecto y que el documento pertenece a un organismo no gubernamental, traducirían "personas trabajadoras" de manera distinta a "employees/workers"?

A continuación el texto que contiene mi consulta:


La clasificación del Personal Local es la siguiente:

Personas Trabajadoras Permanentes
Las Personas Trabajadoras Permanentes son aquellos contratados por un período indeterminado de tiempo según el Código Laboral. Tienen derecho al paquete completo de beneficios adicionales ofrecido por la Organización.

Personas Trabajadoras Temporales
Las Personas Trabajadoras Temporales son aquellos contratados durante un período determinado y limitado de tiempo, siendo el tiempo mínimo de contratación de treinta días calendario. Las Personas Trabajadoras Temporales reciben los beneficios establecidos en la legislación laboral y otros específicos de la Organización.
Manuel Aburto
Nicaragua
Local time: 12:01
Staff
Explanation:
One often talks about staff when describing the totality of persons employed at a given entity be it corporate or non-governmental
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Meridy Lippoldt
United States
Local time: 14:01
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3Staff
Meridy Lippoldt
4 +1employees
Maria Isola
4workers
David Hollywood
4[Definite (or indefinite) period of time] employees (staff)
Ninoslav Matijevic
3collaborators
Barbara Cochran, MFA
3workforce
Wendy Streitparth
3employees
Lisa Rosengard


Discussion entries: 5





  

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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
collaborators


Explanation:
I think that's all that you need when it isn't specified if they're permanent or temporary, until later on.

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Note added at 20 mins (2020-10-06 22:17:40 GMT)
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Later on, you could say "permanent" or
temporary personnel".

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 14:01
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Wendy Streitparth: I would avoid this bearing in mind the possible implication.
14 hrs
  -> What, IYO, does it imply?
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
employees


Explanation:
I would use the general term 'employees' rather than 'workers', if the text does not specify a specific line of business. The term 'worker' means (Merriam-Webster dictionary):
1a: one that works especially at manual or industrial labor or with a particular material
a factory worker
—often used in combination
b: a member of the working class

So, unless the employees in question are being hired to perform manual or industrial work or activities that involve the use of a specific material, I would not use the term 'workers'.

Maria Isola
Italy
Local time: 20:01
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Staff and workers are OK too.
5 hrs
  -> Thanks Phil
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Staff


Explanation:
One often talks about staff when describing the totality of persons employed at a given entity be it corporate or non-governmental

Meridy Lippoldt
United States
Local time: 14:01
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Luis M. Sosa
13 hrs

agree  Christian [email protected]
17 hrs

agree  Yvonne Gallagher
23 hrs
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
workers


Explanation:
temporary workers in your context

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Note added at 6 hrs (2020-10-07 04:06:03 GMT)
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NGOs protest use of migrants as temporary workers

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Note added at 6 hrs (2020-10-07 04:07:27 GMT)
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Taipei, June 30 (CNA) Migrant rights groups rallied in downtown Taipei on Monday to protest a government decision that would allow the use of migrant workers as temporary workers in a Changhua industrial park to ease labor shortages, citing occupational safety concerns.

According to the minutes of a Ministry of Labor (MOL) meeting on Feb. 25, the green light was given to a trial plan proposed by the Ministry of Economic Affairs to import migrant workers to be used as temporary workers in the Changhua Coastal Industrial Park.

These temporary workers, known as dispatched workers in Taiwan, would be managed by a third-party nonprofit group and "dispatched" out to factories in the park during peak production season or when they have to fill urgent orders.

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Note added at 6 hrs (2020-10-07 04:10:57 GMT)
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best way to go IMO

David Hollywood
Local time: 15:01
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 172
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
workforce


Explanation:
Workforce:
The people engaged in or available for work, either in a country or area or in a particular company or industry.

https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/workforce

Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Local time: 20:01
Native speaker of: English
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1 day 1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
[Definite (or indefinite) period of time] employees (staff)


Explanation:
"Definite (or indefinite) period of time employees (or, staff)" - I concluded based on the text - employment contract either for an definite period time or an indefinite period of time.

https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/support/um-employees/you...

Regards,


Ninoslav Matijevic
Serbia
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian
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1 day 20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
employees


Explanation:
Both temporary workers (employees) 'personas trabajadoras temporales' (workers employed on a short term basis) and permanent workers (employees) with employment continuation ('personas trabajadoras permanentes') are mentioned.

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Note added at 2 days 14 hrs (2020-10-09 12:26:40 GMT)
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The phrase can also describe all hard-working people.

Lisa Rosengard
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:01
Native speaker of: English
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