хозяйственные работы

14:08 Jan 3, 2021
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Military / Defense
Russian term or phrase: хозяйственные работы
Hello. This appears in a list of work that military personnel might be required to perform as part of their military service.
The translation "fatigue duties" has been suggested to me, but I'm not sure if this is an outdated term now.
Does anyone know what we would call this nowadays?
Many thanks.
Emily Justice
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:43


Summary of answers provided
4 +1duty assignments
Turdimurod Rakhmanov
3perform chores
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
3fatigue labor
Lesia Kutsenko
3routine chores; housekeeping chores; housekeeping detail
TechLawDC
3Field labour
sparta1978


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perform chores


Explanation:
Proposition.

Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
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duty assignments


Explanation:
duty assignments

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Note added at 31 mins (2021-01-03 14:39:43 GMT)
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But a fatigue duty is also widely used. I don't think it is an outdated term.

Turdimurod Rakhmanov
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agree  sparta1978: this may work. Good suggestion
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fatigue labor


Explanation:
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Fatigue_duty

Lesia Kutsenko
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routine chores; housekeeping chores; housekeeping detail


Explanation:
routine chores; housekeeping chores; housekeeping detail.
The preferred one of these depends on the military unit in question.

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I think "fatigue duty" may be a bit too broad, in most instances.
Ref.:
fatigue duty | Definition of fatigue duty by Webster's Online Dictionarywww.webster-dictionary.org › definition
Noun, 1. fatigue duty - labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on); "

TechLawDC
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Notes to answerer
Asker: Hi. Yes, I can't work out whether the Russian refers to day-to-day chores/housekeeping, or to a specific type of labour. In that case, what would the Russian be for "fatigue duty"?

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Field labour


Explanation:
This term works particularly well if the sentence mentions where the work is done: soviet industry or a collective farm.

As opposed to field exercise(military tasks)

Goodluck

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