paperwork

English

paper +‎ work

paperwork (uncountable)

routine work involving written documents
do paperwork
written documents
(hyperbolic) excessive paperwork, busy work, red tape.
(US, prison slang) Court documents or pre-sentencing investigation reports detailing the prisoner's criminal history (usually in the context of discerning whether an inmate has been charged for sex-related offenses or is likely to be an informant).
to have bad paperwork ― to be charged with sex-related offenses or to likely be an informant

work involving written documents

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: писмена работа f (pismena rabota)
Catalan: paperassa (ca) f, paperada (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 文書工作／文书工作 (wénshū gōngzuò), 公文處理／公文处理 (gōngwén chǔlǐ)
Esperanto: paperoj (eo) pl
Finnish: paperityöt, paperisota (fi)
French: tâches administratives f pl
German: Schreibarbeit (de) f, Papierkram (de) m
Italian: lavoro di documentazione
Japanese: 事務処理 (じむしょり, jimushori), 文書業務 (もんじょぎょうむ, monjo gyōmu)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: papirarbeid n

Nynorsk: papirarbeid n
Occitan: paperalha f
Polish: papierkowa robota f
Portuguese: papelada (pt) f
Russian: канцеля́рская рабо́та f (kanceljárskaja rabóta), делопроизво́дство (ru) n (deloproizvódstvo)
Spanish: papeleo (es) m
Swedish: pappersarbete (sv) n, pappersjobb n
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

written documents

excessive paperwork

“paperwork”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
“paperwork” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.

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