Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
contract laborers
Spanish translation:
temporeros
Jan 27, 2004 17:54
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English term
contract laborers
English to Spanish
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History
Immigration, U.S. 1923
[INMIGRATION RESTRICTION, United States Bureau of Immigration, Annual Report of the Commissioner-General of Immigration, 1923]
The immigration act of 1882 which, as already indicated, was the first general law upon the subject, provided for the exclusion from the United States of the following classes only: Convicts, lunatics, idiots (...) The law underwent more or less important revisions(...) until the last-mentioned act, which is the present immigration act, denies admission to many classes of aliens, including the following: idiots, imbeciles, feeble-minded persons (...); immoral persons and persons coming for an immoral purpose; contract laborers; persons likely to become a public charge...
The immigration act of 1882 which, as already indicated, was the first general law upon the subject, provided for the exclusion from the United States of the following classes only: Convicts, lunatics, idiots (...) The law underwent more or less important revisions(...) until the last-mentioned act, which is the present immigration act, denies admission to many classes of aliens, including the following: idiots, imbeciles, feeble-minded persons (...); immoral persons and persons coming for an immoral purpose; contract laborers; persons likely to become a public charge...
Proposed translations
(Spanish)
4 | trabajadores temporales/temporeros | Pablo Grosschmid |
4 +1 | trabajadores contratados/ empleados con contrato a plazo | jab |
4 | peón/jornalero de contrata | Alicia Jordá |
Proposed translations
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trabajadores temporales/temporeros
sugerencia
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+1
11 mins
trabajadores contratados/ empleados con contrato a plazo
I means that they are employed for a period of time only
41 mins
peón/jornalero de contrata
generalmente por horas, a destajo
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