| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | menial work | низкоквалифицированная работа (Andrey Truhachev) |
| econ. | menial work | чёрная работа (Andrey Truhachev) |
| econ. | menial work | низкооплачиваемая работа (Andrey Truhachev) |
| econ. | menial work | подсобная работа (Andrey Truhachev) |
| econ. | menial work | труд подсобника (Andrey Truhachev) |
| econ. | menial work | труд чернорабочего (Andrey Truhachev) |
| ethnogr. | menial work | чёрная работа (Slaves, captured in intertribal warfare, became the property of high-ranking chiefs. They did menial work – dug up clams, cleaned pots, cut firewood. ART Vancouver) |
| gen. | menial work | низкоквалифицированный труд (Andrey Truhachev) |
| econ. | menial work | низкооплачиваемый труд (Andrey Truhachev) |
| product. | menial work | разноработы (Andrey Truhachev) |
| econ. | menial work | малоквалифицированный труд (Andrey Truhachev) |
| gen. | menial work | неквалифицированный труд (Andrey Truhachev) |
| ethnogr. | menial work | грязная работа (Slaves, captured in intertribal warfare, became the property of high-ranking chiefs. They did menial work – dug up clams, cleaned pots, cut firewood. ART Vancouver) |
| ethnogr. | menial work | тяжёлая работа (Slaves, captured in intertribal warfare, became the property of high-ranking chiefs. They did menial work – dug up clams, cleaned pots, cut firewood. ART Vancouver) |
| econ. | menial work | простой труд (Andrey Truhachev) |
| econ. | menial work | работа подсобника (Andrey Truhachev) |
| econ. | menial work | малоквалифицированная работа (Andrey Truhachev) |
| gen. | menial work | неквалифицированная работа (Andrey Truhachev) |
| gen. | work in menial jobs | работать на низкооплачиваемых работах (Elizabeth, her Russian-born husband and their baby daughter fled Germany in 1946 and worked in menial jobs for a decade until they could afford what was then a modest home on Laburnum Street in Kerrisdale. ART Vancouver) |
| gen. | work in menial jobs | заниматься низкооплачиваемой физической работой (Her parents, Jewish refugees, fled Shanghai after Mao Zedong came to power in 1949 and worked in menial jobs for a decade until they could afford what was then a modest home at Kerr and 57th. ART Vancouver) |
