Thread: 48-hour days?

Originally Posted by Lynn

When "weeks" is used, it is assumed that there the work is shared between different days, not that she worked 80 hours straight through without a break. Does that make sense?

It does, because in Russian it's the same thing exactly.
сорокачасовая рабочая неделя
Actually, I would have understood сорокавосьмичасовой рабочий день too in that context in Russian, even though it would sound unusual.