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career

English translation: progression

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English term or phrase:career
Selected answer:progression
Entered by: Alfa Trans (X)

11:41 May 2, 2004
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Marketing - Advertising / Public Relations
English term or phrase: career
why does a career sound better than a job?
JohnS70
progression
Explanation:
career suggests a progression over time, with promotion and a structure that enables people to move around and up etc
Selected response from:

Alfa Trans (X)
Local time: 20:40
Grading comment
thanks, Marju. This was a great help to me, I used it already yesterday in a speech, but didn't have time to thank you.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +13Definition of career
Rowan Morrell
5 +10progression
Alfa Trans (X)
4 +2live to work
NancyLynn


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +10
progression


Explanation:
career suggests a progression over time, with promotion and a structure that enables people to move around and up etc

Alfa Trans (X)
Local time: 20:40
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Finnish
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
thanks, Marju. This was a great help to me, I used it already yesterday in a speech, but didn't have time to thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  DGK T-I: 1st part(generally), 2nd part(within an organization)
25 mins
  -> cheers Giuli!
agree  Rajan Chopra
30 mins
  -> cheers langclinic
agree  NancyLynn
50 mins
  -> cheers NancyLynn!
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
1 hr
  -> efharisto Vicky!
agree  lindaellen (X)
1 hr
  -> cheers LInda!
agree  ohemulen
2 hrs
  -> cheers Kristina!
agree  Dino Lovric
3 hrs
  -> cheers Dino
agree  hookmv
3 hrs
  -> Cheers Veronica
agree  Craft.Content
3 hrs
  -> cheers nbhairav
agree  humbird: Yes, career is climbing up a social ladder, job is a standstill.
12 hrs
  -> cheers Susan
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +13
Definition of career


Explanation:
From the American Heritage Dictionary: a. A chosen pursuit; a profession or occupation. b. The general course or progression of one's working life or one's professional achievements

I guess the second definition is what makes "career" sound better than "job". "Job" refers to the work you're currently doing, whereas "career" encompasses a wider scope by referring to your entire working life, plus it includes your achievements (e.g. the phrase "a distinguished career" means you've achieved a lot over the course of your working life). You may or may not achieve something in a particular job, but you will hopefully have some achievements to list and look back on in your career.

Rowan Morrell
New Zealand
Local time: 05:40
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marie Scarano
11 mins
  -> Thanks Marie.
agree  DGK T-I
23 mins
  -> Thanks Giuli.
agree  Rajan Chopra
30 mins
  -> Thanks langclinic.
agree  NancyLynn
50 mins
  -> Thanks Nancy.
agree  Armorel Young: a career, hopefully, is challenging, stimulating, even enjoyable - it "takes you somewhere" - a job simply fills the time and brings in the money
1 hr
  -> Good distinction - thanks Armorel.
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
1 hr
  -> Thanks Vicky.
agree  John Wellesly Helliwell: Armorel echos my feeling on this best
2 hrs
  -> Yes, what she said was pretty good. Thanks John.
agree  RHELLER: a job is closer to a task (more narrowly defined)
2 hrs
  -> Thanks for that info, Rita.
agree  Java Cafe
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Java Cafe.
agree  ohemulen
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Kristina.
agree  hookmv
3 hrs
  -> Thanks Veronica.
agree  sarahl (X)
3 hrs
  -> Thanks Sarah.
agree  LJC (X)
7 hrs
  -> Thanks Lesley.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
live to work


Explanation:
here is an expression which my help you understand it better:
with a career, it's a labour of love
with a job, it's a paycheque
So the saying goes, do you live to work, or work to live?

NancyLynn
Canada
Local time: 13:40
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
32 mins
  -> thanks Vicky!
agree  hookmv: :-)
2 hrs
  -> Yep, I'm definitely in the first category :-)
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