Help with some expressions

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I need with making a correct expression:

1. setting up a planning, timetable for a project with deadlines, what iscorrect expression ?
draw up a planning with deadlines
set up a timetable ...
2. estimating the costs of a project, is this a correct expression ?
3. budgetary control and cost centres, how do you say that you divide orassign different cost (like hardware, software, wages, ...) to a cost centre ?
4. is there a specific verb that describes working in a naturereserve as avolunteer
5. what the you call employees of a museum who walk around to see that youdo not touch or steel anything
6. civil servant working for a city responsible for environmental issues ?environmental civil servant ?
7. archiving hundreds of articles in database based on keywords, usingkeywords ? correct expression ?
8. when a firm wants to expand and needs permission from local government todo so (concerning environmental laws)
what do you call the request for permission ? environmental license application (literally translated from dutch)
9. is there a expression for small and medium sized enterprises ?
10. describe the group of people who own small shops (butcher, bakery,musicstores, hairdresser) : shopkeepers ?
11. when u have to work nights during one week every 4 months, is that arotation system or a turn role ?
12. What do u call the machine that distributes the phonecalls in a company? Provides internal numbers and also manages external numbers o someone can call you directly from outside the firm and puts you on hold when the number you trying to reach is busy ?
Call centre ?
thanx,
Pugi!

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[nq:1]I need with making a correct expression:[/nq]
Queries like this would probably be more appropriately sent to the newsgroup misc.education.language.english
[nq:1]1. setting up a planning, timetable for a project with deadlines, what is correct expression ? draw up a planning with deadlines set up a timetable ...[/nq]
draw up a plan or timetable, set a time limit
[nq:1]2. estimating the costs of a project, is this a correct expression ?[/nq]
yes
[nq:1]3. budgetary control and cost centres, how do you say that you divide or assign different cost (like hardware, software, wages, ...) to a cost centre ? 4. is there a specific verb that describes working in a naturereserve as a volunteer[/nq]
Not that I know of - but you work on a nature reserve (not in).
[nq:1]5. what the you call employees of a museum who walk around to see that you do not touch or steel anything[/nq]
One term is "museum warden", but I think today they are more likely to be "security guards".
[nq:1]6. civil servant working for a city responsible for environmental issues ? environmental civil servant ?[/nq]
"environmental officer" or "environment officer"
[nq:1]7. archiving hundreds of articles in database based on keywords, using keywords ? correct expression ?[/nq]
why not "archiving"
[nq:1]8. when a firm wants to expand and needs permission from local government to do so (concerning environmental laws) what do you call the request for permission ? environmental license application (literally translated from dutch)[/nq]
applying for an environmental permit
[nq:1]9. is there a expression for small and medium sized enterprises ?[/nq]
small business
[nq:1]10. describe the group of people who own small shops (butcher, bakery, musicstores, hairdresser) : shopkeepers ?[/nq]
perhaps for the first three but not for the last - a hairdresser sells a service not a product.
[nq:1]11. when u have to work nights during one week every 4 months, is that a rotation system or a turn role ?[/nq]
perhaps a rota or "work rota"
[nq:1]12. What do u call the machine that distributes the phonecalls in a company ? Provides internal numbers and also ... the firm and puts you on hold when the number you trying to reach is busy ? Call centre ?[/nq]
Switchboard (perhaps) - although some of those things may not be done automatically, but by a human telephonist.
Regards, Einde O'Callaghan

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[nq:1]I need with making a correct expression: 1. setting up a planning, timetable for a project with deadlines, what is correct expression ? draw up a planning with deadlines[/nq]
a planning is not a noun
[nq:1]set up a timetable ...[/nq]
yes. Also 'timetable a project', 'plan a timetable'
[nq:1]2. estimating the costs of a project, is this a correct expression ?[/nq]
correct, but unusual as a verb. usually you will have 'an estimate of..' or prepare an estimate.
[nq:1]3. budgetary control and cost centres, how do you say that you divide or assign different cost (like hardware, software, wages, ...) to a cost centre ?[/nq]
a 'cost centre' is not a well-known term
you should probably use the verb - to budget, or to allocate.
[nq:1]4. is there a specific verb that describes working in a naturereserve as a volunteer[/nq]
look up 'conservation' - not used a verb. 'Doing voluntary conservation work'
[nq:1]5. what the you call employees of a museum who walk around to see that you do not touch or steel anything[/nq]
a curator is in charge of a museum, but you are probably thinking of a museum guide
[nq:1]6. civil servant working for a city responsible for environmental issues ? environmental civil servant ?[/nq]
environmental officer?
[nq:1]7. archiving hundreds of articles in database based on keywords, using keywords ? correct expression ?[/nq]
probably what you said. Maybe indexing?
[nq:1]8. when a firm wants to expand and needs permission from local government to do so (concerning environmental laws)[/nq]
search for planning permission.
[nq:1]what do you call the request for permission ? environmental license application (literally translated from dutch)[/nq]
to do what?
[nq:1]9. is there a expression for small and medium sized enterprises ?[/nq]
literally, SME
[nq:1]10. describe the group of people who own small shops (butcher, bakery, musicstores, hairdresser) : shopkeepers ?[/nq]
all shopkeepers, or as I would say: petit-bourgeoisie sometimes known as small proprietors
[nq:1]11. when u have to work nights during one week every 4 months, is that a rotation system or a turn role ?[/nq]
rota, shifts on rotation, rotational shiftwork
[nq:1]12. What do u call the machine that distributes the phonecalls in a company ? Provides internal numbers and also ... the firm and puts you on hold when the number you trying to reach is busy ? Call centre ?[/nq]
Switchboard, usually staffed by a switchboard operator. The machine might be called a switcher, or a router, but is usually referred to as the switchboard.

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[nq:1]I need with making a correct expression:(snip) 12. What do u call the machine that distributes the phonecalls in a ... directly from outside the firm and puts you on hold when the number you trying to reach is busy ?[/nq]Others have suggested "switchboard"; however in technical British English, one is more likely to meet PABX for "private automatic branch exchange". A PABX is connected to one or more exchange lines to the public (PTT) telephone exchange, and to many internal "extensions". Each of the latter can dial to any of the others; subject to grades of service as determined by management, extension users can also dial a code (commonly zero or nine) to get "an outside line" on which they may be able to connect to users of the public telephone network.

For internal extensions to be diallable from the public system requires DDI (direct dialling-in) where (in the UK at least: it's done differently in Germany, say) the extension numbers form a subset of the numbering scheme of the public telephone system. (If the PABX is based upon ISDN technology, as they often are for more than a trivial 2+4 sized system, then the PABX is usually called instead an iSPBX (Intergrated Services Private Branch Exchange) and a viable alternative to DDI involves MSN (multi-subscriber numbering).)
A PABX might have an associated manual "switchboard", with an operator (receptionist) who handles those incoming calls that aren't already correctly routed to the appropriate extension. However, in small businesses, this function might be carried out by any extension user, and not require special-purpose hardware for the "switchboard".
[nq:1]Call centre ?[/nq]
Definitely not!

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[nq:1]3. budgetary control and cost centres, how do you say that you divide or assign different cost (like hardware, software, wages, ...) to a costcentre[/nq]
I'd say "assign different costs to cost centres".
[nq:1]4. is there a specific verb that describes working in a naturereserve as a volunteer[/nq]
I really am a volunteer who works in or on a nature reserve and that is exactly what I call myself. What I do can loosely be called "helping" or "helping out". I do it because I love it so "work" does not really describe what I do.
[nq:1]5. what the you call employees of a museum who walk around to see that you do not touch or steel anything.[/nq]
I presume that you mean "steal". A "monitor" watches and does little else. A "steward" would be actively involved in taking care of the exhibits. A "guide" would take an educational role. A "(security) guard" would do just that. I think that the National Trust use a different term but I can't think what it is at the moment.
[nq:1]9. is there a expression for small and medium sized enterprises ?[/nq]
They are often known as SMEs these days, which stands for small and medium sized enterprises.

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