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Record 1 2024-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hygiene and Health
  • Organized Recreation
CONT

In most developed societies, after completion of work, traveling, domestic chores, and personal hygiene, the average person has 3 to 4 h [hours] of "free, "leisure, or discretionary time per day.... Leisure-time physical activity is an activity undertaken in the individual' s discretionary time that increases the total daily energy expenditure.

Key term(s)
  • leisure time physical activity

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hygiène et santé
  • Loisirs organisés
CONT

La DET [dépense d'énergie totale] inclut le métabolisme au repos, l'effet thermique de l'alimentation et la DEA [dépense d'énergie active]. Dans ce dernier cas, qu'il est possible de subdiviser la dépense d'énergie en exercice volontaire, communément mesuré sous forme d'activité physique en temps de loisir (APTL), et de TAAE [thermogénèse découlant d'activités autres que l'exercice], ce qui inclut toute dépense d'énergie reliée à l'activité qui n'est pas de l'exercice volontaire.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Aircraft
  • Applications of Automation
CONT

Hydrogen drones utilize hydrogen fuel cells for power. Hydrogen must be free of other elements and stored under high pressure to be a viable power source. Hydrogen is then converted within the fuel cell by mixing it with oxygen, and the byproduct is then removed with water. This process affords better energy density in comparison to battery drones. As a result, hydrogen drones can stay airborne for hours.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types d'aéronefs
  • Automatisation et applications
CONT

Un drone à hydrogène peut voler trois fois plus longtemps qu'un drone à batterie classique et peut également transporter des charges plus lourdes.

Spanish

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Record 3 2021-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Emergency Management
CONT

UNDAC teams can deploy at short notice(12-48 hours) anywhere in the world. They are provided free of charge to the disaster-affected country, and deployed upon the request of the United Nations resident or humanitarian coordinator and/or the affected government.

Key term(s)
  • United Nations Disaster Assessment and Co-ordination team
  • UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination team
  • UN Disaster Assessment and Co-ordination team

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des urgences

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión de emergencias
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Record 4 2017-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Social Services and Social Work
OBS

Spectra Community Support Services (formerly known as Telecare Brampton Inc.) and Distress Centre Peel (DCP) ... amalgamated under the name Spectra Community Support Services [in 2012]. [The name was later changed to Spectra Helpline].

OBS

Spectra Helpline is a non-profit, multicultural organization providing free, caring and confidential distress lines and support services in several languages for the diverse population of the Region of Peel and surrounding area. [The] centre provides 24 hour emotional support and distress line service in English every day of the year. Spectra Helpline's volunteers must complete 50 hours of in-class and on-line training in order to take calls on the distress lines. [Its] training program focuses on listening skills, values clarification, crisis/suicide prevention/intervention, mental health, understanding sexuality, volunteer development and more. Spectra Helpline also provides on-going training sessions for current volunteers to keep their skills updated. The primary purpose is to ensure that volunteers feel comfortable in offering non-judgmental emotional support to anyone calling [its] different programs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Services sociaux et travail social
OBS

Spectra Community Support Services (anciennement Telecare Brampton Inc.) et Distress Centre Peel (DCP) ont fusionné en 2012 sous le nom de Spectra Community Support Services. L'organisme a plus tard été renommé Spectra Helpline.

Spanish

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Record 5 2015-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Working Practices and Conditions
  • Aeroindustry
DEF

A period during which a flight crew member is free from all duties, is not interrupted by the air operator or private operator, and is provided with an opportunity to obtain not less than eight consecutive hours of sleep in suitable accommodation provided by the air operator or private operator, time to travel to and from that accommodation and time for personal hygiene and meals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Régimes et conditions de travail
  • Constructions aéronautiques
DEF

Période pendant laquelle le membre d'équipage de conduite est libre de tout service, sans être interrompu par l'exploitant aérien ou l'exploitant privé, et bénéficie de la possibilité d'obtenir au moins huit heures de sommeil consécutives dans un local approprié fourni par l'exploitant aérien ou l'exploitant privé, du temps pour s'y rendre et en revenir et du temps pour les soins d'hygiène personnelle et pour les repas.

Spanish

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Record 6 2012-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hormones
  • Medication
DEF

An intermediate-acting insulin with an approximate time of onset of 2 hours and duration of action of 24 hours, consisting of bovine and porcine insulin reacted with zinc chloride and protamine to form a protein complex with a ratio of free and bound insulin, providing action intermediate between regular insulin and protamine zinc insulin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hormones
  • Médicaments
DEF

Suspension stérile d'insuline dont les caractéristiques sont intermédiaires entre celles de l'insuline-zinc-protamine et de l'insuline-zinc-globuline.

OBS

NPH-Iletin (Lilly), NPH Insulin (Organon; Squibb), Isophan insulin NPH (Burroughs Wellcome).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hormonas
  • Medicamentos
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Record 7 2012-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parliamentary Language
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

Using the Internet, the online registry may be searched free of charge, 24 hours a day, seven days a week...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire parlementaire
  • Internet et télématique
CONT

Toutefois, lorsque le registre en ligne a été lancé en 1996, il n’avait pas été conçu en prévision du volume de données qu’il contient aujourd’hui ni pour répondre aux attentes actuelles des utilisateurs d’Internet en matière de recherche.

Spanish

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Record 8 2010-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
OBS

CHEO: Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario.

OBS

After more than five years of serving the children and youth of Eastern Ontario, CHEO Health Information Line closed on December 14, 2001 to make way for a province-wide. With Telehealth Ontario now accessible in all Eastern Ontario, the CHEO line is no longer available. Telehealth Ontario is a free telephone-based health advice service that is being introduced by the Provincial Government throughout the province. It provides Ontario residents access to a registered nurse 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. CHEO's health information line was initiated in the mid 1990s to respond to the increasing demand for health advice in the field of pediatrics. In its last year of operation, CHEO's health information line responded to over 36, 000 inquiries dealing with child and youth health concerns.

Key term(s)
  • CHEO Health Info Line
  • Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Health Information Line
  • Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Health Info Line

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
OBS

CHEO : Centre hospitalier pour enfants de l'est de l'Ontario.

OBS

Après plus de cinq ans de services aux enfants et aux adolescents de l'est de l'Ontario, la Ligne d'information sur la santé du CHEO ferme le 14 décembre 2001, pour faire place à un service à l'échelle de la province. Télésanté Ontario étant maintenant disponible dans tout l'est de l'Ontario, la ligne du CHEO n'existera plus. Télésanté Ontario est un service gratuit de conseils téléphoniques qui sera introduit par le gouvernement provincial dans tout l'Ontario. Il fournit aux résidents de cette province accès à une infirmière autorisée 24 heures par jour, 7 jours par semaine. La ligne d'information sur la santé du CHEO avait été lancée vers le milieu des années 90 pour répondre à une demande accrue en matière de conseils en pédiatrie. Pendant sa dernière année d'existence, cette ligne téléphonique a répondu à plus de 36 000 demandes de renseignements sur des questions de santé chez les enfants et les adolescents.

Key term(s)
  • Ligne info-santé de l'HEEO
  • Ligne d'information sur la santé de l'Hôpital pour enfants de l'est de l'Ontario
  • Ligne info-santé de l'Hôpital pour enfants de l'est de l'Ontario

Spanish

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Record 9 2007-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Working Practices and Conditions
  • Labour Law
DEF

Conditions pertaining to the worker's job environment, such as hours of work, safety, paid holidays and vacations, rest period, free clothing or uniforms, possibilities of advancement, etc.

OBS

Many of these [conditions] are included in the collective agreement and subject to collective bargaining.

PHR

Improve the working conditions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Régimes et conditions de travail
  • Droit du travail
DEF

Ensemble des facteurs internes et externes tels que la rémunération, les avantages sociaux, l'aménagement des locaux, le régime disciplinaire, les congés qui influencent le travail d'un employé d'une manière favorable ou défavorable.

PHR

Améliorer les conditions de travail.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Prácticas y condiciones de trabajo
  • Derecho laboral
DEF

Circunstancias generales del trabajo como horario, seguridad, protección médica, concesión de permisos y vacaciones que son reguladas por la legislación laboral, los acuerdos generales entre sindicatos y organizaciones empresariales o directamente entre la empresa y el empleado.

OBS

condiciones de trabajo: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

PHR

Mejorar las condiciones laborales.

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Record 10 2004-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Games of Chance
CONT

Advance Betting. At all meetings it is possible to bet in advance on the day’s card. However, please be aware that placing a long series of advance bets just prior to the running of a race may inconvenience racegoers queuing behind you.

CONT

The track opens for free Early Bird advance betting between the hours of 7 : 30 AM and 11 AM.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Jeux de hasard

Spanish

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Record 11 2001-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiotelephony
  • Telephones
OBS

Cantel AT&T offers a number of free calling services so you can get instant information and instructions right from your wireless phone, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, anywhere in Canada. All phone numbers that begin with a star are free calls on the Cantel AT&T wireless network.

Key term(s)
  • no charge star line

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiotéléphonie
  • Téléphones
OBS

Cantel AT&T vous offre plusieurs services d'appels sans frais, vous permettant d'obtenir instantanément de l'information et des directives à partir de votre téléphone sans fil, [...] Tous les numéros de téléphone qui commencent par [un astérisque] peuvent être utilisés sans frais sur le réseau sans fil de Cantel AT&T.

OBS

Exemple de ligne étoile sans frais : [astérisque] 811 (Service à la clientèle de Cantel AT&T).

Key term(s)
  • ligne étoile sans frais

Spanish

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Record 12 1995-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Movements
CONT

Voluntary simplicity.... Choosing to earn and buy less-to give up income and fast-track success for more free time and less stress involves a quiet personal revolt against dominant culture of getting and spending. This summer, pollsters announced... [that 28% of] Americans said they had downshifted and had voluntarily cut back on their income in some way to reflect changes in priority. Many of the downshifters were parents who had cut their consumption to reduce working hours, thereby gaining time with their children.

OBS

Most downshifters choose a simpler lifestyle; some, however, are "involuntaries".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mouvements sociaux
OBS

matérialiste (n.m.) Personne qui recherche des jouissances et des biens matériels.

OBS

simplifier : Rendre plus simple, moins complexe, moins chargé d'éléments accessoires.

OBS

retour : Mouvement de sens inverse d'un mouvement précédent.

Spanish

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Record 13 1994-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Administration
OBS

community service order. The court may require the offender to carry out work or perform some service for the benefit of the community over a fixed period of hours. Generally, this work should be done during the offender's free time.

Key term(s)
  • community order

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration pénitentiaire

Spanish

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Record 14 1993-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

... the shareholders of a bank and their personal representatives may, on request therefor, examine the statements... during the usual business hours of the bank and may take extracts therefrom free of charge. [Bank Act].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
CONT

[...] les actionnaires de la banque, ainsi que leurs représentants personnels, peuvent, sur demande, examiner les états [...] et en reproduire, gratuitement, des extraits pendant les heures normales d'ouverture des bureaux de la banque. [Loi sur les banques].

Spanish

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Record 15 1992-12-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remote Sensing
  • Meteorological Forecasting, Data Measurement and Analysis
DEF

A picture derived from a portion of the thermal radiation spectrum emitted from Earth and cloud surfaces (typically, from wavelengths of approximately 8 to 12 mm, the water vapour "window").

CONT

Satellite image.... The most common is the infrared image which indicates the temperature of the cloud tops(or the land or sea in cloud free areas). Visible images are also used, but are only useful during daylight hours. Infrared images are most commonly used as they can be taken through night-time hours.

CONT

These images come from satellites which remain above a fixed point on the Earth (ie. they are "geostationary"). The infrared picture shows the same view but looking at a part of the spectrum which our eyes do not detect. The infrared pictures allow us to measure the temperature of the cloud tops, which can be used to determine their height. The whiter clouds are colder than the greyer clouds in this image. Infrared images can be recorded 24 hours a day. Visible pictures can only be made during daylight hours.

Key term(s)
  • infra-red image
  • I.R. image
  • IR image
  • infra-red picture
  • I.R. picture
  • IR picture
  • infra red image
  • infra red picture

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télédétection
  • Prévisions météorologiques et mesure et analyse des données
DEF

Photographie déduite d'une fraction du spectre du rayonnement thermique de la surface du sol et des nuages (typiquement, dans la gamme de longueurs d'onde de 8 à 12 mm, la «fenêtre» de la vapeur d'eau).

Key term(s)
  • image infra-rouge
  • image IR
  • image I.R.
  • photographie infra-rouge
  • photographie IR
  • photographie I.R.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Teledetección
  • Previsiones meteorológicas, medición y análisis de datos
DEF

Fotografía obtenida utilizando parte de la radiación térmica emitida por el suelo y las nubes (en general entre 8 y 12 mm) de la llamada "ventana" del vapor de agua.

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Record 16 1991-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
DEF

"France-Visa";-on arrival, of a transit visa("visa d’escale"-validity 3 days excl. day of arrival-free of charge-time of delivery : about 30 minutes) to those continuing their journey to a third country at least after 4 hours and within 3 days(not included the day of arrival)(...).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière

Spanish

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Record 17 1985-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Doors, Windows and Openings (Building Elements)
  • Building Hardware
DEF

to fasten so as to allow free motion within given limits upon a point of suspension... also : to install by fastening in such a way(can fit and hang 20 doors in less than two hours...).

CONT

Door: a movable barrier closing the "doorway" to a building or room. It may be hung on hinges, or pivoted at top and bottom, or made to slide; ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ouvertures (Éléments du bâtiment)
  • Quincaillerie du bâtiment
DEF

Établir dans une position fixe, à un endroit déterminé, au moyen d'une attache quelconque.

CONT

Fixation des portes sur les huisseries.- Les portes battantes sont généralement fixées au dormant par des pentures ou des paumelles.

CONT

Suivant le poids du vantail à soutenir, on fixe celui-ci à l'encadrement dormant par des pentures à gonds, des paumelles, des charnières ou des fiches [...]

Spanish

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Record 18 1984-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Working Practices and Conditions
OBS

... schedule without a core period which leaves employees free to choose their own working hours. It allows the employee to determine... when his presence is absolutely required and how long he will work.

Key term(s)
  • variable work hours

French

Domaine(s)
  • Régimes et conditions de travail
DEF

C'est le "super horaire variable". Il ne comporte pas de plage fixe et l'employé possède l'entière responsabilité de la gestion de son temps. Il peut travailler quand bon lui plaît, s'absenter à son gré sans demander de permission ou avertir qui que ce soit. La seule obligation : pourvoir à sa relève afin que son poste soit occupé durant son absence, s'assurer que les délais prescrits seront respectés, veiller à ce qu'aucun problème ne se pose en son absence.

Spanish

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Record 19 1982-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transfer of Personnel
OBS

If work is being done by persons on assignment from another organization, these hours and salaries will not be charged to your organization. This space is used especially for special assignment program such as career orientation program or in areas where a free loan arrangement exists.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mobilité du personnel

Spanish

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