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Record 1 2024-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Laws and Legal Documents

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lois et documents juridiques
OBS

Terminologie employée au Secrétariat d'État

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Horse Husbandry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Élevage des chevaux
DEF

Région comprise entre les côtes, le ventre, les reins et les hanches.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Anatomía animal
  • Cría de ganado caballar
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Record 3 1993-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
DEF

A bougie with tapering shaft an threadlike tip.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux
OBS

(...) Les bougies urétrales (bougies de Béniqué) servent à la dilatation de l'urètre rétréci. Ce sont des sondes pleines en gomme, à extrémité ovalaire. Les plus fines sont appelées filiformes.

Spanish

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Record 4 2009-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
DEF

The basic unit of a handgun which serves as a mounting for the barrel and operating parts of the arm.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
DEF

Pièce centrale des revolvers sur laquelle s'assemblent les autres parties de l'arme.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Armas ligeras
OBS

armazón: término de género gramatical ambiguo.

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Record 5 2003-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Electoral Systems and Political Parties
OBS

Information confirmed by the organization.

OBS

The International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES) is a private, nonprofit organization established in 1987 to support electoral and other democratic institutions in emerging, evolving, and experienced democracies. Nonpartisan and technical in approach, IFES has conducted project, conference, and/or observation activities in over 90 countries. IFES' work has taken the organization to Central and South America, the Caribbean, North Africa and the Near East, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and Asia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Sistemas electorales y partidos políticos
OBS

La Fundación Internacional para Sistemas Electorales (IFES) es una organización privada sin fines de lucro creada en 1987 con el fin de apoyar a instituciones democráticas electorales y cívicas en las democracias emergentes, en desarrollo y consolidadas. Su enfoque no partidario y técnico ha permitido a IFES llevar a cabo proyectos, conferencias y actividades de observación electoral en más de 90 países. IFES ha realizado estas tareas en América Central y del Sur, el Caribe, África del Norte y el Cercano Oriente, el África Sub-Sahariana, Europa Central y Oriental, la ex-Unión Soviética y Asia.

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Record 6 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lamp Components
OBS

(textile or paper lampshade)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments de lampes
OBS

(carcasse d'abat-jour)

Spanish

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Record 7 2018-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meats and Meat Industries
CONT

A smoked meat sandwich.

OBS

Not to be confused with pastrami.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salaison, boucherie et charcuterie
DEF

Morceau de bœuf dans la navelle (poitrine), mariné avec des condiments, recouvert de poivres et d'épices, que l'on fait maturer, cuire et fumer légèrement.

Spanish

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Record 8 2007-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Public Administration (General)
OBS

Public Works and Government Services Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Administration publique (Généralités)
OBS

Travaux publics et Services gouvernementaux Canada.

Spanish

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Record 9 2015-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Forms

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de formulaires administratifs
OBS

Titre d'un rapport publié en mars 1979 par Travail Canada.

Spanish

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Record 10 2021-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marine Biology
  • Fish
  • Aquaculture
CONT

… biologists sit and watch adult salmon as they ascend the fish ladder. Each fish is counted in order to track returns and ultimately, progress toward recovery of … fish stocks … Biologists use these counts to calculate the percentage of fish that return as adults. These calculations are called "smolt-to-adult ratios" ...

PHR

smolt-to-adult ratio, smolt-to-adult survival

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie marine
  • Poissons
  • Aquaculture
PHR

survie de saumoneau à adulte, taux de survie de smolt à adulte

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biología Marina
  • Peces
  • Acuicultura
CONT

[...] la supervivencia en el mar (de esguín a adulto) es al menos dos veces superior en los salmones salvajes [...].

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