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| A to, a sice | Sometimes to be translated by punctuation, i.e. a deftly placed colon, sometimes by omission. Sometimes by an -ing form.
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| Adaptace | induction |
| Administrativn� budova | ALSO office building administration block |
| Agenda | ALSO administration |
| Akordn� mzda | piece-work pay |
| Anglick� | There is a long tradition of using this word to mean "British". I note in the old Ott�v slovn�k, Welsh place-names are usually described as being in e.g. "hrabstv� Carnarvonsk�ho v Anglii" |
| Are�l | site, area, complex |
| Armatura | fitting |
| Babovka | Ewald Osers translates it as "guggelhupf cake"! |
| Barevn� �e�en� | colour scheme |
| Cenov� nab�dka | price quote, quotation |
| Ceny za polo�ky | cost breakdown |
| Cestovn� n�hrady | Reimbursement of travel expenses |
| Civiln� slu�ba | community service |
| D�vka | benefit payment pay level batch (data) |
| Den pracovn�ho klidu | Sundays and official public holidays |
| Den pracovn�ho volna | Saturday |
| Deta�ovan� pracovi�t� | separate location separate unit |
| Diety | daily meal allowance |
| Diferencovan� rozd�lov�n� mzdov�ch prost�edk� | pay differentials |
| Dislokovan� pracovi�t� | remote/outlying unit/premises (see deta�ovan� pracovi�t�) |
| Doch�zka | time-sheet (record of entry to and exit from company premises) |
| Dominant | Dominating feature, landmark |
| Ekonomika pr�ce | planning and control |
| Fluktuace zam�stnanc� | staff turnover |
| Funk�n� po�itky | fringe benefits perks |
| Garant | ALSO expert adviser |
| Hlavn� pracovn� pom�r | main employment |
| Hmotn� zainteresovanost | material incentives |
| Hmotn� zabezpe�en� uchaze�e o zam�stn�n� | unemployment benefit |
| Hromadn� dopravn� prost�edky | public transport |
| Charakter | Sometimes there is a case for not translating this word:
Pozemek je rovinn�ho charakteru The land is flat |
| Inspektor�t bezpe�nosti pr�ce | health and safety executive |
| In�en�rsk� s� | underground/buried services/utilities |
| Jednor�zov� finan�n� ��stka | lump sum lump payment |
| Jednor�zov� ��elov� pr�kazka ke vstupu | single-entry badge |
| Kamerov� syst�m | closed-circuit television |
| Klasick� | ALSO standard |
| Kolaudace | building acceptance procedures/proceedings |
| Kolauda�n� ��zen� | official building acceptance procedure |
| Kompetentn� �tvar | the unit responsible |
| Konkretn� se jedn� o | i.e. |
| Ku��rna | smoking area |
| Mechaniza�n� prost�edky | mechanical facilities/equipment machinery |
| M�stsk� in�en�rsk� s� | municipal utilities |
| M�stsk� s� | municipal network |
| M�stn� zastupitelsk� ��ady | local government offices/departments |
| Mzdov� agenda | wages administration |
| Nab�dka | ALSO (in commercial context) range on offer |
| Normotvorn� �innost | standard setting |
| Normov�n� pr�ce | setting work norms |
| Od�t�pn� z�vod | branch unit |
| Pau��l | lump sum fixed (monthly) payment fixed (monthly) rental |
| Platov� v�m�r | salary statement/rate (often just) salary |
| Pod��zen� | ALSO reporting to |
| Pojistn� | insurance contribution (to state scheme) insurance premium (to private scheme) |
| Pracnost | labour consumption |
| Pracovn� k�ze� | work regulations code of conduct |
| Pracovn� n�pl� | workload |
| Pracovn� nasazen� | deployment (in terms of employer's requirements) commitment (in terms of employee's attitude) |
| Pracovn� �raz | occupational injury industrial injury |
| Pracovn� �vazek | working hours |
| Pracovn� volno | time off leave of absence |
| Pracovn� v�kaz | time sheet work sheet |
| Pracovn� vztah | ALSO employment status |
| Pracovn� za�azen� | job title job classification |
| Preference | allowance (e.g. Prague allowance) |
| Prodejna | ALSO sales point, outlet, shop |
| Prostoje | stoppage(s), outage, idle time |
| Provozovna | operations unit |
| Obor | ALSO (in academic context) reading..., majoring in... |
| Person�ln� agenda | personnel administration |
| Podle | ALSO going by... |
| Pracovn� n�pl� | employment terms |
| Program | ALSO (in commercial context) range |
| Referent | (administrative) officer |
| Rekvalifikace | retraining |
| �e�itel | Project Manager, Project Director |
| Sborn�k | ALSO collection, anthology |
| SOU | vocational secondary school |
| Skarta�n� ��d | rules for disposal of documents |
| Slu�ebn� vozidlo | company car |
| Slu�ebn� v�daje | business expenses |
| Soci�ln� sm�r | good working relations avoidance of conflict |
| Soci�ln� za��zen� | social facilities sanitary facilities |
| Spisov� slu�ba | documentary service |
| Spisov� ��d | rules for handling documents |
| Stravov�n� s finan�n�m p��sp�vkem | subsidized catering |
| Systemizovan� pracovi�t� | established position |
| Titles | Some standard formulae used in titles
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| Turnusov� re�im | special shift system |
| Takzvan� | "so-called" can sound rather pejoritive. It is often preferable to use:
"what is called...". On occasion I have rendered this with nothing more than inverted commas |
| ��elov� p�j�ka | special-purpose loan |
| U�ili�t� | vocational school |
| �kolov� mzda | piece-work pay |
| Uplatnit | ALSO invoke (clause in a contract) |
| �stav st�tn� pam�tkov� p��e | State Conservation Authority |
| Uveden� v p�ehledu v�e | listed above |
| V�etn� | ALSO together with |
| Vstupn� kartov� syst�m | card-reader entrance system |
| V�m�r | statement, assessment, rate, ruling, action, notification |
| Vyt�en� zam�stnanc� | employees' workload |
| Zad�vac� podklad | background documentation |
| Z�kladn� v�m�r d�chodu | basic pension assessment |
| Z�po�tov� list | record/statement/certificate of employment |
| Zapsal | drafted/produced by |
| Zastupovat | deputize for, stand in for, replace |
| Zejm�na | ALSO more importantly, most notably, (in contracts I have seen it taken as a good excuse to slip in an "including, but not limited to") |
| Zhotovitel | contractor, supplier |
| Zt�en� spole�ensk� uplatn�n� | impaired social functioning Loss of ability to play a full part in society impaired social involvement |