これらの労働者を一時解雇するかわりに、彼等の労働時間を短縮すればよいじゃないか。

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English Translation

Instead of laying off these workers, why don't we just cut their hours?

Furigana

これらの労働者(ろうどうしゃ)を一時(いちじ)解雇(かいこ)するかわりに、彼等(かれら)の労働(ろうどう)時間(じかん)を短縮(たんしゅく)すればよいじゃないか。

Romanji

Korera no rōdōsha o ichiji kaikosuru kawari ni, karera no rōdō jikan o tanshukusureba yoi janai ka.

Words

これ等 (これら)

these

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

労働者 (ろうどうしゃ)

employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

一時 (いちじ)

one o'clock; once; at one time; formerly; before; for a time; for a while; for the time being; for the present; for the moment; temporarily; a time; one time; once

解雇 (かいこ)

discharge; dismissal

換わり (かわり)

an exchange transaction

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

労働 (ろうどう)

manual labor; manual labour; toil; work; Labour Party

時間 (じかん)

time; hours

短縮 (たんしゅく)

shortening; abbreviation; reduction

良い (よい)

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable; sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared; profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial; OK

じゃあ (じゃあ、じゃ)

then; well; so; well then; combination of 'de' and 'wa' particles; plain copula

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way