Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
...me pagan por pieza...
English translation:
they pay me by the piece
Added to glossary by
Jacqueline Rosa-Kuhn
Jul 7, 2010 02:36
13 yrs ago
Spanish term
United States
Freelance Translator | English • Spanish
Native in: Spanish 
, English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
...me pagan por pieza...
Spanish to English
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General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
this is referring to how the person gets paid per completed "piece" at a factory.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +5 | they pay me by the piece |
Joseph Tein
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| 3 +6 | I'm on piece rate/I'm a pieceworker |
polyglot45
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| 5 +2 | I get paid per piece |
Monica Colangelo
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Proposed translations
+5
7 mins
Joseph Tein
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Multilingual. Very careful & precise.
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Italian to English
Related KudoZ points
:
20
Selected
they pay me by the piece
Another viable option :)
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Note added at 13 mins (2010-07-07 02:49:53 GMT)
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Here is a very nice example of the above phrase:
“They pay me by the piece,” she explained. “For one company I might assemble 'widgets' and for another I might assemble 'gadgets.'” ..."
Unfortunately ... I only find ONE example of this whole phrase in Google! This is still a valid way of saying it, however; just look up the separate phrase "by the piece" ... over 360,000 google hits for this.
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Note added at 13 mins (2010-07-07 02:49:53 GMT)
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Here is a very nice example of the above phrase:
“They pay me by the piece,” she explained. “For one company I might assemble 'widgets' and for another I might assemble 'gadgets.'” ..."
Unfortunately ... I only find ONE example of this whole phrase in Google! This is still a valid way of saying it, however; just look up the separate phrase "by the piece" ... over 360,000 google hits for this.
Note from asker:
| Very nice! This was very helpful! Thanks a lot Joseph! |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you"
+2
2 mins
Monica Colangelo
Argentina
Argentina
Native in Spanish
Works in field
Argentina
45 yrs' experience in most every field
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Latin American, Puerto Rican, Dominican, Standard-Spain, Uruguayan, Bolivian, Argentine, US, Rioplatense) 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Spanish, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
35
I get paid per piece
HTH
Note from asker:
| Thanks! |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Joseph Tein
: I like "I get paid..." here also, but I would use "...by the" instead of "per".//Hi trixie ... thanks ... the main/most important thing here is to help each other with our translation questions. Saludos:)
12 mins
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Thanks, Joseph. It was very kind of you to give me an agree when you submitted your own version.
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| agree |
Isamar
: Agree with Joseph about "by the piece"
5 hrs
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+6
4 hrs
polyglot45
Native in English
Native in: English , French
Works in: English to French, French to English, German to French, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
16
I'm on piece rate/I'm a pieceworker
Commissions, Piece Rate & BonusesPiece rate payment is usually a price paid per unit of work. ... May workers be paid by commission or piece rate only, and must those payments equal minimum ...
www.lni.wa.gov/WorkplaceRights/Wages/.../default.asp
pieceworker - definition of pieceworker by the Free Online ...Information about pieceworker in the free online English dictionary and ... piece·work (p s wûrk ). n. Work paid for according to the number of units turned ...
www.thefreedictionary.com/pieceworker
www.lni.wa.gov/WorkplaceRights/Wages/.../default.asp
pieceworker - definition of pieceworker by the Free Online ...Information about pieceworker in the free online English dictionary and ... piece·work (p s wûrk ). n. Work paid for according to the number of units turned ...
www.thefreedictionary.com/pieceworker
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Jenni Lukac (X)
1 hr
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| agree |
Evans (X)
: yes, this is the standard English way of saying this.
1 hr
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| agree |
Jenny Westwell
: I can´t say for the US, but this is definitely right for the UK. :)
5 hrs
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| agree |
Jennifer Forbes
8 hrs
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| agree |
Catherine Gilsenan
1 day 3 hrs
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| agree |
Thayenga
1 day 10 hrs
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