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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

métiers sensibles

English translation:

socially sensitive professions

Added to glossary by Miranda Joubioux (X)
Feb 26, 2008 15:33
16 yrs ago
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French term

métiers sensibles

French to English Bus/Financial Human Resources
Evaluation croisée de l’ensemble des employés pour 34 métiers sensibles*

* métiers ayant une importance au niveau de la qualité et/ou de l’environnement, de la sécurité et de la santé des travailleurs.

Can anyone think of a suitable way of translating "sensibles" here ?
Proposed translations (English)
3 +2 the socially sensitive professions
5 delicate/ sensitive professions / jobs
4 relevant professions
4 -1 sensitive professions
3 sensitive/visible
3 vulnerable professions
Change log

Feb 27, 2008 08:50: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Other" to "Bus/Financial" , "Field (specific)" from "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters" to "Human Resources"

Discussion

Jack Dunwell Feb 26, 2008:
Bk. It's worth hearing you. Are you saying that "sensible" could only relate to the feelings of a person, rather than an to an insensate organisation or situation? And that this is changing? I have for example " La crise est le plus sensible dans le Nord
rkillings Feb 26, 2008:
"sensitive" is now suitable. Like it or not, this adjective's meaning has been extended in usage to displace the sensitivity from the person to the person's employer. The process is a bit more advanced in French than in English, but it looks unstoppable.

Proposed translations

+2
20 mins
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the socially sensitive professions

they're under the spotlight; under the microscope because the work they do is likely to trigger reaction
Peer comment(s):
agree NancyLynn : yes, it's the work they do that is sensitive - the professions are not vulnerable or precarious in the least
57 mins
TKS NancyLynn
agree emiledgar : socially is the right word
4 hrs
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-1
5 mins

sensitive professions

Professions dealing with sensitive issues...
Peer comment(s):
disagree rkillings : It's not that they deal with sensitive issues. They *represent* health, safety and environmental issues for their employer.
4 days
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5 mins

sensitive/visible

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Note added at 7 mins (2008-02-26 15:40:32 GMT)
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For employees and job candidates it is important that the applicable IT security ... The “Background Checks for Security-sensitive Positions and Officers” ...
https://www.cu.edu/policies/General/IT-Sec_Personnel-Job-Des... - Similar pages

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Note added at 8 mins (2008-02-26 15:42:27 GMT)
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The visible job market. Recruitment www sites ... sectors have their own specialist recruitment sites, e.g. for the environment, science careers, etc. ...
www.plymouth.ac.uk/files/extranet/docs/CAR/finding employme... - Similar pages
Reference:

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22 mins

vulnerable professions

vulnerable professions
Peer comment(s):
neutral NancyLynn : vulnerable to what?
56 mins
we call "vulnerable professions" some risky jobs/professions, ex: public professions (police, judiciary, government, medical professions, transportation offences...
neutral Julie Barber : I looked on the net and I do think that your answer works in some cases - the 'risk' was sometimes redundancy, not just a risky job. I really think that it depends on each employers reasons for calling it 'sensible'
6 hrs
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1 hr

delicate/ sensitive professions / jobs

direct translation
Peer comment(s):
neutral writeaway : 100% confidence and no refs?
1 hr
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5 hrs

relevant professions

Une proposition correspondant à une lecture plus neutre de la phrase.
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