Re:U.S. CEO to France: ‘How Stupid Do You Think We Are?’
by eqreqeq on Wednesday February 20, 2013 @01:30PM
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>>In France, the verb 'work' is travailler. Traditionally this meant literally to toil, a chore, an obligation.
"travailler" comes from Latin, in spanish the same word is "trabajar", notice the resemblance. It literally means "to work" in english. Just saying this because I don't really buy it that "travailler" in French means "to toil".
Re:U.S. CEO to France: ‘How Stupid Do You Think We Are?’
by Fargren on Wednesday February 20, 2013 @01:37PM
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Travail (like trabajo) means labor, effort. It's different from "empoi" ("empleo" in español), which has a bigger relation with being useful, and is also less commonly used.
"travailler" comes from Latin, in spanish the same word is "trabajar", notice the resemblance. It literally means "to work" in english. Just saying this because I don't really buy it that "travailler" in French means "to toil".