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Record 1 1993-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Grain Growing
OBS

Hulls (husks). The hulls are valueless as food, not only because of their low nutritive value, but because their high silicon content renders them harmful to the digestive and respiratory organs of animals ... The chief use of hulls is as fuel to supply power for the mill ...

OBS

rice husk; rice hull: terms extracted from the “Glossaire de l’agriculture” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des céréales
DEF

Enveloppe du grain de riz.

CONT

Les balles de riz servent de combustible et leurs cendres d'engrais.

OBS

écorce de riz; balle de riz : termes extraits du «Glossaire de l’agriculture» et reproduits avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cultivo de cereales
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Record 3 1993-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Laws and Regulations
Key term(s)
  • Temporary Government of Rupert's Land Act

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements

Spanish

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Record 4 2008-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Positions
  • Transportation
  • Disabled Sports
  • Language Teaching

French

Domaine(s)
  • Postes gouvernementaux
  • Transports
  • Sports adaptés
  • Enseignement des langues

Spanish

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Record 5 1992-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Employment Benefits

French

Domaine(s)
  • Avantages sociaux
OBS

Prime payée aux contrôleurs aériens, ministère des Transports.

Spanish

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Record 6 1999-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Constitutional Law
  • International Public Law
DEF

A protector state; a state which provides protection to another in return for some form or remuneration (e.g., a fee).

CONT

Foreign affairs are controlled completely or mainly by the suzerain State. Where the control of the vassal State's foreign relations by the suzerain State is absolute, the former cannot be considered as possessing international personality. If the vassal State is allowed a certain degree of control over the management of its foreign relations, to that extent it is regarded as an International Person.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit constitutionnel
  • Droit international public

Spanish

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Record 7 2011-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Amalgamation and Partnerships (Finance)
  • Commercial Law
  • Investment
CONT

Scorched-earth defence. When a target firm implements this provision, it will make an effort to make it unattractive to the hostile bidder. For example, a company may agree to liquidate or destroy all valuable assets, also called "crown jewels", or schedule debt repayment to be due immediately following a hostile takeover.

Key term(s)
  • scorched earth

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fusion, absorption et coparticipation (Finances)
  • Droit commercial
  • Investissements et placements
DEF

Technique anti-OPA utilisée par une société visée par une offre publique d'achat hostile, qui consiste à vendre ses entreprises ou ses actifs les plus lucratifs, ou encore à renégocier les échéances de ses emprunts de sorte qu'ils deviennent remboursables immédiatement après la prise de contrôle.

Key term(s)
  • terre brûlée
  • stratégie de la terre brûlée

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Consolidación y asociaciones (Finanzas)
  • Derecho mercantil
  • Inversiones
DEF

Estrategia que puede adoptar una empresa ante la amenaza de su adquisición, con el objeto de hacerse menos atractiva para el adquirente. Incluye medidas como la venta de las filiales o activos más interesantes, la compra de empresas en circunstancias difíciles, recibir préstamos con cláusula de devolución automática en caso de adquisición, etc.

CONT

La estrategia de tierra quemada suele ir en perjuicio de los accionistas minoritarios.

OBS

Tierra quemada, estrategia de tierra quemada: términos y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial empresarial.

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Record 8 2015-08-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Family Law (common law)
DEF

Property purchased or otherwise accumulated by spouses while married to each other and which, in most jurisdictions, on dissolution of the marriage is divided in proportions as the court deems fit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
OBS

bien matrimonial : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Key term(s)
  • biens matrimoniaux

Spanish

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Record 9 2023-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
CONT

Place the graham crackers into a plastic bag and use a rolling pin, or [use] a food processor or food grinder to make fine crumbs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Outillage industriel

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria alimentaria
  • Herramientas y equipo industriales
Key term(s)
  • trituradora para alimentos
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Record 10 2014-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics (Physics)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
CONT

Bernoulli's theorem. How pressure and velocity interact ... General concept: The Bernoulli effect is simply a result of the conservation of energy. The work done on a fluid (a fluid is a liquid or a gas), the pressure times the volume, is equal to the change in kinetic energy of the fluid.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique des fluides et hydraulique (Physique)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
OBS

Théorème relatif à l'écoulement des fluides.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mecánica de fluidos e hidráulica (Física)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
DEF

En el flujo estacionario de un fluido perfecto incompresible, la suma de la presión y las energías cinética y potencial por unidad de volumen es la misma en cualquier punto de una línea de corriente.

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