civil servant

fonctionnaire

bureocrat

unefficient

government

security

????

government

state

drone

lackluster job

government

less pay

social

worker

child

lazy

workers

post office

low-paying

thankless

voting

military

government

social worker

government

bureaucracy

slow

cop

policeman

black

the South

janitor

bureaucrat

worker

blue

communism

humorless

unimaginative

police

government

boring

work

government worker

 

sureté

horaires fixes

administration

Etat

fini à 16 heures

sécurité

paresseux

profs

police

emploi

sûreté

professeur

vacance

planque

sécurite

mou

bureau

Etat

horaires

tranquille

planque

vacances

zélé

tranquilité

Etat

salaire

sureté

sécurité

tranquille

utile

sécurité de l'emploi

dedicated

sacrifice

boulot

sécurité

vacances

bureaucratie

non coopératif

gaspilleur

la diplomatie

le Sénat

policier

lenteur

enseignant

poste

routine

confort

nombreux

inerte

francais

routine

facilité

Discussion

----Both groups of students seem to think that civil servants are lazy buut to the french students these people are highly paid and have many perks, whereas the american students think of them as being poorly paid. KeroneN. Peat

----Opposite reactions. The french associated it with security, tranquility, comfort, facility, etc (though negative ideas were also present). The americans' reaction was mostly negative: lazy, slow, bureaucrat, communism, boring, less pay unefficient, etc.

----En France, les fonctionnaires ont un poste tres sur et sans risque. La mentalite francaise veut que ces postes soient tres convoites. Ils ont donc une education ou ont fait des etudes aussi importantes dans certains cas, que pour un poste dans le domaine prive.

----To the Americans, to serve the government is a boring, thankless job that is generally considered a job for the lower class. To the French, a job with the government is synonymous to security. On the whole, civil servants are not regarded highly, and tend to have unchallenging jobs. They are seen as lazy and competent.

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