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RBC [9 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2016-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
  • Insurance
DEF

An amount of capital based on an assessment of risks that a company should hold to protect customers against adverse developments.

CONT

RBC is used in both the banking and insurance industries. Regulators, rating agencies and company management may each use different methods, procedures and formulas for estimating RBC. As an indicator of the financial strength of a company, RBC information is also of interest to customers, creditors and investors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
  • Assurances
CONT

Les ratios de fonds propres réglementaires des banques canadiennes, qui sont établis par le BSIF [Bureau du surintendant des institutions financières] en vertu des normes régissant les fonds propres à risque élaborées par la Banque des règlements internationaux, sont supérieurs aux exigences de base.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Operaciones bancarias
  • Seguros
CONT

Sistemas de tipo "risk-based capital" (fondos propios con ponderación del riesgo). Si nos atenemos al significado del término inglés, un sistema de tipo "risk-based capital" es aquel en el que la exigencia de fondos propios mínima se basa en el riesgo o riesgos en los que incurre la compañía de seguros.

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Record 2 2011-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
  • Bioengineering
  • Blood
OBS

Term(s) taken from a Canadian laboratory-equipment company's catalogue.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
  • Technique biologique
  • Sang
OBS

Terme(s) tiré(s) du catalogue d'une compagnie canadienne d'équipement de laboratoire.

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
DEF

An apparatus which consists of a series of vertical surfaces in the form of a number of thin discs spaced closely together and mounted on a common shaft. The surfaces are partially submerged in the effluent being treated and as they slowly rotate an adhering biological growth develops upon them (CPAR Report no. 102-2)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des eaux
CONT

Les disques biologiques. Cette technique [...] remonterait au 19e siècle [...] La biomasse est fixée sur des disques tournant autour d'un axe horizontal et baignant en partie dans l'eau à traiter. De par la rotation, la biomasse se trouve donc alternativement en contact avec l'eau à traiter et l'oxygène de l'air.

OBS

Termes tirés d'un lexique de sigles préparé par la section de traduction Environnement le 1 janvier 1985.

Key term(s)
  • disque biologique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento del agua
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Record 4 1998-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Effects of Pollution
  • Blood
  • Toxicology
OBS

An indication appearing on MSDSs (Material Safety Data Sheets). More often used in the plural form.

Key term(s)
  • red blood cell effects

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Effets de la pollution
  • Sang
  • Toxicologie
Key term(s)
  • effets sur les cellules rouges du sang
  • effets sur les hématies
  • effets sur les érythrocytes
  • effets sur les globules rouges

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estudios y análisis del medio ambiente
  • Efectos de la polución
  • Sangre
  • Toxicología
Key term(s)
  • efectos en los glóbulos rojos
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Record 5 1992-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
OBS

a kind of ceilometer in which a light projector is rotated in the vertical plane of a detector fixed to receive from the zenith.

OBS

See ceilometer (Agard Aeronautical Dictionary, ICAO C-50-AN/45, p. 140)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques

Spanish

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Record 6 1991-10-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
OBS

A non-profit industry organization that promotes the use of radio as an advertising medium.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens

Spanish

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Record 7 1989-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Citizenship and Immigration

French

Domaine(s)
  • Citoyenneté et immigration

Spanish

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Record 8 1986-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aquaculture
  • Fish

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aquaculture
  • Poissons
OBS

Proposition de Jean-Jacques Dromard, traducteur à la section de traduction Pêches et Océans.

Spanish

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Record 9 1983-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment and Tools (Water Supply)
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et outillage (Alimentation en eau)
  • Traitement des eaux

Spanish

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