How to say 'working late' for a salaried job


If you work at a salaried job and you want to say "I'm working late today"

Can you say

> 今日、遅く働いています

> 今日、残業しています

or do you say it another way?




It depends what you mean by "late".

[残業]{ざん・ぎょう} means "overtime work". So it could mean working late, but not
necessarily (like if you were working a weekend shift or something).

And if it is for a normal shift, it could mean "later than normal", but not
necessarily late into the night. So if you normally work, say, 6:00-15:00, but
today you are 残業ing until 18:00, well that's late compared to your normal
quitting time, but I don't think anyone would consider 18:00 "late" in the
day/evening.




It depends what you mean by "late".

[残業]{ざん・ぎょう} means "overtime work". So it could mean working late, but not
necessarily (like if you were working a weekend shift or something).

And if it is for a normal shift, it could mean "later than normal", but not
necessarily late into the night. So if you normally work, say, 6:00-15:00, but
today you are 残業ing until 18:00, well that's late compared to your normal
quitting time, but I don't think anyone would consider 18:00 "late" in the
day/evening.

