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Pronunciation / Transliteration: shigoto-ryō
"現在の仕事量は私の処理能力を超えている。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The amount of work to be done by a person, organization, or machine within a specified period.
"The teacher struggled to manage a heavy workload at the end of the semester." - 2
The operational burden or computational tasks assigned to a system or processor.
"Cloud computing helps balance the server workload during peak traffic hours."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combination of the Old English 'weorc' (meaning labor, task, or action) and the Old English 'hlād' (meaning a burden or that which is loaded). The compound emerged in the mid-20th century, initially within industrial engineering and later expanding into general administrative, educational, and computing contexts to measure the amount of work to be performed.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Workload" is said worldwide
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charge de travail
Transliteration: sharj de travwa
"Il a une charge de travail importante cette semaine."
Arbeitsbelastung
Transliteration: Arbeitsbelastung
"Die Arbeitsbelastung im Büro ist zurzeit sehr hoch."
carico di lavoro
Transliteration: kariko di lavorɔ
"Il carico di lavoro è aumentato notevolmente."
carga de trabajo
Transliteration: karga de trabaho
"Necesitamos más personal para reducir la carga de trabajo."
carga de trabalho
Transliteration: karga dji trabalhu
"A carga de trabalho está muito pesada hoje."
काम का बोझ
Transliteration: kaam ka bojh
"आजकल कार्यालय में काम का बोझ बहुत बढ़ गया है।"
工作量
Transliteration: gōngzuòliàng
"最近几个星期的工作量非常大。"
업무량
Transliteration: eom-mu-ryang
"직원들의 업무량이 너무 많아서 조절이 필요합니다."
仕事量
Transliteration: shigoto-ryō
"現在の仕事量は私の処理能力を超えている。"
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