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10 Language-to-English Dictionarieshomme à tout faire
Pronunciation / Transliteration: om a tu fɛʁ
"Il a commencé comme homme à tout faire dans le studio."
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An employee whose chief duty is to run errands, fetch supplies, or perform miscellaneous minor tasks for other staff members.
"She started her career in the film industry as a low-level go-for, delivering scripts and fetching coffee."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Originating in early 20th-century American English theatrical and film studio slang, the term derives from the phrase go for (something) as a general instruction. It evolved to describe an errand runner whose primary response to instructions was often 'go for this' or 'go for that.' Over decades, it expanded into general workplace terminology for junior assistants performing miscellaneous tasks.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Go-for" is said worldwide
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homme à tout faire
Transliteration: om a tu fɛʁ
"Il a commencé comme homme à tout faire dans le studio."
Laufbursche
Transliteration: ˈlaʊfˌbʊʁʃə
"Er war nur der Laufbursche für das Produktionsteam."
fattorino
Transliteration: fattoˈriːno
"Lavorava come fattorino nello studio cinematografico."
chico de los recados
Transliteration: ˈtʃiko de los reˈkaðos
"Empezó siendo el chico de los recados de la productora."
office-boy
Transliteration: ˈɔfis ˈbɔj
"Ele começou a carreira como office-boy na agência."
चपरासी
Transliteration: chaprasi
"उसने कार्यालय में एक चपरासी के रूप में शुरुआत की।"
杂务工
Transliteration: zá wù gōng
"他在片场做过杂务工。"
잡부
Transliteration: japbu
"그는 촬영장에서 허드렛일을 하는 잡부로 시작했다."
パシリ
Transliteration: pashiri
"彼は撮影現場でパシリからキャリアをスタートさせた。"
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