Thread: числиться

Если человек не работает, а только числится - как это по-английски сказать?

My attempt:
I don't see him often in the office, he often is sick, but as far as I know, he's reckoned as a worker of the IT Dep.
Or maybe just "...but as far as I know, he's reckoned in the IT Dep."
Also maybe:
"...he is on the IT dep list."

Does that make any sense?

Originally Posted by Оля

Если человек не работает, а только числится - как это по-английски сказать?

My attempt:
I don't see him often in the office, he often is sick, but as far as I know, he's reckoned as a worker of the IT Dep.
Or maybe just "...but as far as I know, he's reckoned in the IT Dep."
Also maybe:
"...he is on the IT dep list."

Does that make any sense?

"I don't often see him in the office as he is often sick, but as far as I know [he works in/ he's a member of] the IT dept."

I think that would do it. Unless числится has a connotation that I don't know about it doesn't really need to be translated directly here.

Thanks.
So "to be reckoned" is bad? In what context could it be used, actually?

Originally Posted by Оля

Thanks.
So "to be reckoned" is bad? In what context could it be used, actually?

http://www.answers.com/topic/reckon-with
Они так просто не сдадут свои позиции и с этим придётся считаться/иметь дело.

Он здесь только числится. Здесь числится одним словом не перевести.

Можно ещё так сказать: "Does he work here?" "Only theoretically." Или "Theoretically, he's supposed to work here, but I am yet to see him at his desk."

Apparently , he's supposed to work here.

+1

Originally Posted by Оля

but as far as I know, he's reckoned in the IT Dep."[/i]

Best version: but as far as I know, he's part of the IT department.

If I were to hear someone say, "but as far as I know, he's reckoned to be part of the IT department," I would assume the speaker came from a less-educated family. "Reckon" is a bit more rural, a bit more blue collar. Sentences like "He's reckoned a good worker by his fellow employees" are perfectly grammatical, but the "reckon" word is from a lower-prestige layer of English vocabulary.