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Change log entry 36458
Processed by: ycandau (2011-06-20 18:03:34 UTC)
Comment: << review queue entry 35149 - submitted by 'richwarm' >>
1 有朋友在找义工,甚至有人为了工作经验,还要出钱给事务所。
2 看见很多青年旅舍在找义工啊!
(I don't think they are looking for volunteer workers, are they?)

Question: Does 义工 sometimes include workers who are paid for working in a job where they are
perceived to have made a sacrifice (as in the case of 支教 in Tibet)? Or are they necessarily unpaid,
as in FLTRP's definition (see below)?
"义工 yìgōng 1 voluntary work without pay 2 volunteer"

Encarta @ volunteer
1. somebody who works without being paid
2. somebody who does something voluntarily, especially something undesirable
3. ...

Editor: I did find one example where it was "paid job accepted out of a sense of duty"; not very important.
Diff:
- 義工 义工 [yi4 gong1] /volunteer worker/
+ 義工 义工 [yi4 gong1] /volunteer worker/volunteer work/
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