Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

sur appel

English translation:

on-call

Added to glossary by Conor McAuley
Apr 1, 2019 01:15
5 yrs ago
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French term

sur appel

Non-PRO French to English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters French (Canada) to English (Canada)
https://www.google.com/search?ei=E2KhXLGrItnhgwek6Jm4Ag&q="s...

In an employment context.

For example: "«Marcher 20 km par jour, avoir un horaire instable, sur appel, la pression de mes supérieurs, pour 19 dollars et des poussières de l’heure, non merci.»"

Going on the various contexts, it appears that this term means something like "on call" in French (Canada). Can someone confirm (or refute) this for me please?
Proposed translations (English)
4 +5 on-call
Change log

Apr 1, 2019 13:27: Germaine changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

PRO (1): Daryo

Non-PRO (3): Rachel Fell, Yvonne Gallagher, Germaine

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Discussion

Stephanie Benoist Apr 1, 2019:
bingo! on-call is perfect. for dramatic effect : " available 24/7"
Conor McAuley (asker) Apr 1, 2019:
Thanks! I tried Termium, no joy, and the entry you posted doesn't come up on the GDT database. Strange.

Proposed translations

+5
28 mins
Selected

on-call

Peer comment(s):

agree Charles Davis
1 hr
Thanks!
agree Chakib Roula
7 hrs
Thanks!
agree AllegroTrans
7 hrs
Thanks!
agree Eliza Hall
11 hrs
agree Daryo : hardly anything else could make sense.
14 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "This one caught me out because on call in French (France) is "en astreinte". The Canadian French seems to be calqued on the English. Thanks to all! "
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