Avoid working translation of Germinal (8)
I believe the answer is:
malinger
'avoid' is the definition.
(I know that malinger is a more specific form of fiddle)
'of germinal' is the wordplay.
'of' indicates an anagram (the answer comes from or 'of' the letters).
'germinal' anagrammed gives 'MALINGER'.
'working translation' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for malinger that I've seen before include "Skive by pretending to be ill" , "Avoid work by feigning illness" , "Slack in germinal fashion" , "Loaf or procrastinate" , "Pretend to be ill to avoid work" .)