How to Say "Timecard" in Russian

табель

The Russian word for timecard is табель.

The term refers to a card for tracking work hours.

Meaning: card for tracking work hours (noun)

How does it change in a sentence?

The genitive plural form of табель is табели.

While табель refers to the document, Russian speakers often use the verb отметиться, which literally means 'to mark oneself', to describe the act of punching a timecard.
In a historical context, the word табель was used to refer to the 'Table of Ranks', a formal list used in the Russian Empire to define social standing and government grades.
The word табель shares a common ancestor with the English word 'table', both stemming from the Latin 'tabula' which means a plank or a writing tablet.

У вас есть табель учёта рабочего времени?
Do you have a timecard?
Да, конечно. Я могу предоставить табель.
Yes, of course. I can provide the timecard.
Где мой рабочий табель?
Gde moy rabochiy tabel'
Where is my work timecard?
Проверьте этот табель перед отправкой.
Prover'te etot tabel' pered otpravkoy.
Check this timecard before sending it.
Бухгалтер составил новый табель.
Bukhal'ter sostavil novyy tabel'.
The accountant compiled a new timecard.

Dmitry and Ekaterina are in the HR office.

Дмитрий Dmitry

Екатерина, вы видели мой табель?
Ekaterina, vy videli moy tabel?
Ekaterina, have you seen my timecard?
Екатерина Ekaterina

Да, Дмитрий, он лежит на столе.
Da, Dmitriy, on lezhit na stole.
Yes, Dmitry, it is lying on the table.
Дмитрий Dmitry

Спасибо, я должен его подписать.
Spasibo, ya dolzhen ego podpisat'.
Thanks, I have to sign it.
Екатерина Ekaterina

Сделайте это до конца дня.
Sdelayte eto do kontsa dnya.
Do it by the end of the day.

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