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Record 1 2012-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Labour Law
  • Municipal Law
Key term(s)
  • agreement continuation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Droit du travail
  • Droit municipal

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Freight Service (Rail Transport)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Trafic marchandises (Transport par rail)
DEF

Sur le modèle de l'étiquette de la SNCF (Société nationale des chemins de fer français) «Acheminement par wagon frigorifique».

OBS

Étiquetage des colis.

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
Universal entry(ies)
Aramides mangle
Latin
OBS

A bird of the family Rallidae.

OBS

In English scientific usage, all elements of names of bird species require capital letters except for hyphenated adjectives where the second word is not capitalized, for example, Black-crowned Night Heron.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Aramides mangle
Latin
OBS

Oiseau de la famille des Rallidae.

OBS

râle des palétuviers : nom français uniformisé par la Commission internationale des noms français des oiseaux.

OBS

En français, les noms des espèces d'oiseaux acquièrent une valeur de nom propre; tous les substantifs génériques de même que tous les qualificatifs spécifiques qui précèdent le substantif générique doivent prendre la majuscule, par exemple : Pétrel minime, Petit Butor.

Spanish

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Record 4 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Loans
  • Trade
OBS

credit: Reputation for solvency and integrity entitling a person to be trusted in buying or borrowing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prêts et emprunts
  • Commerce
OBS

solvabilité : Fait d'être solvable.

OBS

solvable : Qui a les moyens de payer.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Préstamos
  • Comercio
CONT

El artículo 16 [dice que] "Cada Estado miembro garantizará que todos los prestamistas puedan acceder sin discriminación a las bases de datos utilizadas en ese Estado miembro, a efectos de evaluar […] la solvencia […] y de verificar que este cumple con las obligaciones crediticias […]". El texto no especifica si las bases de datos deberían estar específicamente diseñadas para dichas verificaciones de solvencia […]

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Record 5 2020-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Akania bidwillii
Latin
Akania hillii
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Akaniaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Akania bidwillii
Latin
Akania hillii
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Akaniaceae.

OBS

Akania bidwillii : Il n'existe pas de nom commun pour désigner cette espèce.

Spanish

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Record 6 2000-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Citizenship and Immigration
OBS

Terminology used by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

OBS

Teaching of English as a second language.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
OBS

Terminologie employée par Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada.

OBS

Enseignement de l'anglais langue seconde.

Spanish

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Record 7 2024-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Women
  • Sociology of Human Relations
  • Degrees and Diplomas (Educ.)
CONT

Women's studies is an academic field that draws on feminist and interdisciplinary methods to place women's lives and experiences at the center of study, while examining social and cultural constructs of gender, systems of privilege and oppression, and the relationships between power and gender as they intersect with other identities and social locations such as race, sexual orientation, socio-economic class, and disability.

OBS

women's studies; female studies; feminist studies; gender studies: Although these terms are sometimes used interchangeably, they can refer to distinct study approaches.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des femmes
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
  • Grades et diplômes
OBS

études sur les femmes; études féministes; études sur le genre : Bien que ces termes soient parfois employés de manière interchangeable, ils peuvent désigner des approches d'études distinctes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sociología de la mujer
  • Sociología de las relaciones humanas
  • Grados y diplomas (Educación)
DEF

Enfoque académico, generalmente interdisciplinario, del análisis de la condición femenina y de las correlaciones sexistas, así como de lo relativo a las diferencias hombre-mujer en todos los demás ámbitos.

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Record 8 2012-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Estates (common law)
  • Property Law (common law)
DEF

The collection of the assets of the deceased, payment of debts and distribution of the surplus to the persons beneficially entitled. (The Canadian Law Dictionary, p. 26)

OBS

The general term ... for the whole process of dealing with the property of a person deceased. (Walker, p. 25-26).

Key term(s)
  • estates administration

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit successoral (common law)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

La notion d'«administration successorale» (ou «administration») désigne au sens large ou générique l'action de gérer un bien ou une masse de biens.

OBS

administration successorale; administration : termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 9 2004-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Television Arts
  • Cinematography
DEF

[A] form of television (and sometimes film) centering on family relationships.

OBS

The Dictionary of New Media is available at: <a href="http://hepdigital.com/" title="http://hepdigital.com">http://hepdigital.com</a>.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télévision (Arts du spectacle)
  • Cinématographie
DEF

Genre télévisuel et cinématographique se fondant sur les relations familiales.

Spanish

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Record 10 2018-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inks and Colour Reproduction (Graphic Arts)
DEF

A liquid thinning agent ... added to marbling inks to prevent different colors from mixing together, to make the inks less dense and therefore lighter, and to help the inks spread more evenly by reducing the surface tension of the size.

CONT

Occasionally oxgall (a wetting agent) is added to water color to aid the even dispersion of pigment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Encres et couleurs (Industrie graphique)
DEF

Substance animale qui empêche les couleurs de se mélanger.

CONT

Les adjuvants typiques de l'aquarelle, uniquement employés lors de la préparation de la pâte, sont le miel, le sucre, le fiel de bœuf (agent facilitant le mouillage du pigment et l'adhérence à certains supports lisses) [...]

Spanish

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