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Record 1 2024-12-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Ideologies
CONT

Sometimes called "nobelitis, "the term "Nobel disease" refers to a tendency for Nobel Prize-winning scientists to go off on wild, often irrational or pseudoscientific tangents following their acquisition of this coveted(by some measures, the most-coveted of all scientific recognitions) designation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des idéologies
CONT

Le syndrome du prix Nobel, ou [la] nobélite, désigne une tendance étrange de certains lauréats du prix [Nobel] à penser tout savoir sur tout et à proposer des thèses aberrantes sur des sujets qu'ils ne connaissent pas.

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Security
  • Fire Detection
CONT

Fixed temperature detectors detect the heat of a fire(fourth stage).... The simplest form, mechanically, is set to go off at a given temperature.

CONT

Fixed-temperature heat detectors are designed to alarm when the temperature of the operating element reaches a specified point.

OBS

fixed temperature detector; fixed-temperature detector: terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité
  • Détection des incendies
CONT

Les détecteurs statiques, également appelés à maxima, donnent l'alarme lorsqu'une certaine température, fixée à l'avance, est atteinte.

CONT

[...] Les détecteurs thermiques sont à fonctionnement : (thermo) statique (ou à maxima) lorsqu'ils sont sensibles à une valeur de la température qui ne peut pas être dépassée sans danger [...]

OBS

détecteur thermostatique : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Recruiting of Personnel
  • Labour and Employment
CONT

Even in the current environment where lay-offs occur with increasing frequency, resumes which show the candidates has been laid off one or more times should be red flagged. Why? Because, the way that most companies select people for lay-off is like a reverse hiring process where the least competent employees are the ones who are usually let go.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recrutement du personnel
  • Travail et emploi

Spanish

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Record 4 2017-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Historical Names
  • Museums
OBS

The old Custom House(now part of Pointe-à-Callière, the Montréal Museum of Archaeology and History) was built in 1836, to keep pace with the expanding Port. Goods could pass through customs here in Montréal rather than having to stop off in Québec City. This was the first building designed in Montréal by John Ostell, an architect from Britain who would go on to put his name to at least 25 major buildings in the city, including the Old Courthouse.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations historiques
  • Muséologie
OBS

Œuvre de l'architecte John Ostell, cet édifice a été érigé entre 1836 et 1837 pour loger la douane de Montréal. Agrandie en 1981, l'Ancienne-Douane accueille aujourd'hui la Boutique du Musée, au rez-de-chaussée et l'exposition permanente Les amours de Montréal - Au carrefour des cultures, au deuxième étage. L'ancienne maison de la Douane compte parmi les premiers éléments architecturaux à témoigner de la présence britannique à Montréal. Cet édifice néo-classique est la première réalisation importante de John Ostell, architecte, ingénieur et arpenteur.

Spanish

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Record 5 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
OBS

Not overtracking : In medium, extended and free walk, medium and extended trot, the imprint of the hind foot of the horse should come beyond the imprint left by the forefoot on the same side, i. e. the near hind should go beyond the near fore and the off behind beyond the off fore.... A few horses have a conformation which makes it very difficult or nearly impossible for them to overtrack...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

[Avancer en posant] le pied postérieur [...] devant l'empreinte de l'antérieur au pas ou au trot.

Spanish

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Record 6 2016-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

The medium-sized Brush wallabies(Wallabia) are a genus of kangaroos that include a great number of species.... The body weight may go up to 24 kg. The tail tapers off evenly and serves as a prop while the animal is sitting or hopping. There are about 11 species.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

Les Wallabies comptent une dizaine de genres et de nombreuses espèces de taille moyenne. Les Wallabies vrais (Wallabia ou Protemnodon) sont des kangourous de taille moyenne qui vivent en Australie, Tasmanie et Nouvelle Guinée.

Spanish

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Record 7 2014-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Skiing and Snowboarding
CONT

Twin tip skis have upwardly rounded ends to make skiing backwards easy. The tails don’t dig into the snow, so some skiers can go off jumps and land backwards with these skis. All park skis have twin tips, as well as some all mountain, freeride, and powder skis. Twin tip skis almost always have the durable construction, wider waists, and softer tip/tails that terrain park riders demand.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Ski et surf des neiges
CONT

Le ski «nouveau genre» a tellement évolué que de nouvelles entreprises de ski ont vu le jour, des entreprises qui fabriquent uniquement des skis bispatulés, des skis conçus pour se lancer ou atterrir «fakie» ou «switch» (marche arrière) sur les sauts et les rails.

Spanish

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Record 8 2012-10-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire-Fighting Techniques
CONT

Elevated streams are particularly useful and effective when operated on large open-type fires. A good general rule is that you have written off the building(or portion) when you initiate elevated stream operations and you are essentially in a defensive mode. Ground crews should be advised before elevated streams go into operation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manœuvres d'intervention (incendies)

Spanish

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Record 9 2012-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

A consistent player who hopes to wear down his opponent by maddeningly returning everything with soft looping stokes that lack place.

OBS

A pusher hangs back at the base line, a good retreiver, patiently waiting for a big hitter to blow his cool and the match. Also known as a "pooper".

OBS

Related term: defensive counterpuncher.

CONT

All beginners are pushers. You start off being a pusher because you are just trying to get the ball over the net and in the court... A pusher does not like to go to the net. A pusher usually does not like to play fast... A pusher relies on his opponent to miss first.

Key term(s)
  • pooper

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Se dit d'un joueur, souvent médiocre, qui ne fait que renvoyer des balles lentes, sans force et vitesse, souvent dirigées au centre.

OBS

Terme connexe : jouer la renvoyette. Mise en garde : le terme «pousse-balle» peut être utilisé aussi pour qualifier une action, un jeu, comme un service.

Key term(s)
  • pousseuse

Spanish

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Record 10 2012-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

The result of hitting the tennis ball with a tennis racquet; sometimes refers to the actual placement of the ball or manner in which it is struck.

CONT

A shot is the combination of a stroke and the situation in which it is used.

OBS

"Long" is an informal expression used to indicate that a shot went out past the baseline. Important nuance: a "stroke" implies early preparation and a complete follow through. If one were to envision a stroke, one would see a series of sequences, ending with a "shot", i.e. the result of all of the above. Consequently, a "shot" is the result of the "stroke". "Shot" implies a quick, sharp movement because one is focusing on the end result, not the series of sequences leading up to it. A "blow" is rather an imprecise, general term similar in meaning to "shot". Although many would like to maintain these nuances in English, "shot" and "stroke" are often used synonymously. "Blow" is used only rarely. Note, however that although there are two possible equivalents ("coup" and "frappe") in French, neither are semantically identical to the English offerings. The Spanish term "pegada" works well as an equivalent for "shot", although technically the term more specifically refers to the actual hitting action caused by the racket coming in contact with the ball, and not to the end result [cause vs effect].

CONT

Keeping your feet wide apart is an important key to maintaining good balance and positioning while moving from shot to shot.

CONT

Since his injury in the first set, he has lost a lot of sting in his shots.

PHR

Shape, strength of shot. Barrage, range, string of shots.

PHR

Shot bounces. Shot drifts wide. Shot has no pace on it. Shot will go/sail long.

PHR

Accurate, aggressive, angled, approach, bread-and-butter, buggywhip, chip, cinch, crafty, cross-court, crummy, decisive, deep, defensive, delicate, down-the-line, down-the-T, drop, extraordinary, fantastic, fast, floating, floppy, follow-up, forcing, gutsy, hard, hard-to-read, high-risk, inside-out, kill, laser, looping, loose, low, low-percentage, low-risk, mammoth, midcourt, off-centre, offensive, outside-in, passing, percentage, power, pressure, recovery, risky, safe, set-up, shallow, sharp-angled, short, showoff, sloppy, soft, spin, strong, tactical, topspin, touch, tough, tricky, two-handed, underspin, varied, vicious, wide, winning, wrongfooting shot.

PHR

Irretrievable key shot.

PHR

To admire, angle, anticipate, attack, baby, block, bungle, center, chop down, conceal, cut off, develop, dip, direct, flatten out, go for, guide, handle, hit, hold, improvise, intercept, lean into, line up, make, meet, miss, move into, muff, muscle, net, place, play, pop up, practice, pull off, put away, retrieve, rifle, run down, rush through, send, set up, smack, spray, step into, take, target, telegraph, time, track, underspin, unleash a shot.

PHR

To add pep to a shot. To approach behind a shot. To be cute with a shot. To react to a shot. To scoop down for a shot. To put one’s whole body behind shot. To get one’s weight behind/into the shot. To mix up shots. To stream together shots.

PHR

To raise a shot high. To telegraph shop direction. To whip a shot up/down the line.

PHR

Crushing shots. Filing one’s body into a shot.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

[...] Rien pour embarrasser François dont la régularité des coups en fond de terrain et la grande ténacité font de ce jeune joueur le champion canadien des 14 ans et moins.

CONT

[...] ses coups assenés du fond du court avec cette insolente précision qui blanchit les lignes.

PHR

Coup d'approche, d'attaque, en angle, audacieux, de base, de contre-attaque, coupé, croisé, décentré, décisif, défensif, déguisé, dévastateur, époustouflant, d'expert, explosif, faiblard, fantaisiste, fatal, de grande classe, lourd, mal ajusté, offensif, plat, précis, puissant, raté, retenu, risque, souple, spectaculaire, tordu.

PHR

Puissance, tempo d'un coup. Déroulement du coup. Gamme, production des coups.

PHR

Anticiper, appuyer, centrer, ralentir, rater, tourner un coup.

PHR

Assurer un bon centrage d'un coup. Laisser aller ses coups.

PHR

Sortir des coups impressionnants.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
DEF

Efecto de jugar a pegar golpes a una pelota.

CONT

Cualidades que debe poseer un buen servicio [...] Variación constante de la pegada (plana o con efecto).

CONT

Vuelta a la posición de espera tardía, lo que hace dejar un hueco en el que nuestro adversario dirigirá su próximo tiro.

PHR

Tiro angulado. Golpe definitivo, defensivo, estático, violento.

PHR

Un golpe lleva efecto.

PHR

Angular un tiro.

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Record 11 2011-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

[Any] counter-stroke during a rally.

CONT

Assume that your drive will be in, and start walking into position for the return. You can be pretty sure that your opponent’s return will be shallower than usual, if yours has hit near the baseline.

PHR

To anticipate, chip, cover, drive, float, hit, make, mistime, penetrate, shank, take, volley a return.

PHR

To cut off, go in behind, meet, step into the return.

PHR

Angle of a return.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Tout coup frappé lors d'un échange.

CONT

[...] il y a de ces joueurs [de tennis] qui, même au pied du mur, peuvent effectuer des retours de balle extraordinaires.

CONT

Le service est un coup particulier. L'objectif recherché est d'engager le point, certes, mais à un niveau avancé c'est aussi de garder l'adversaire sur la défensive par la force et la variété de nos envois.

PHR

Retour court, croisé, défensif, faible, le long de la ligne, profond.

PHR

Diriger, provoquer un retour.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
CONT

El jugador que recibe la pelota deja que ésta toque el suelo una vez antes de devolverla. El contragolpe es válido aunque la pelota toque la red o pase por fuera de los palos de la red, siempre que caiga en la mitad contraria de la pista.

CONT

[...] después de hacer la dejada subo a la red y espero la devolución forzada de la pelota.

PHR

Fallar la devolución. Rematar una devolución.

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Record 12 2011-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Golf
DEF

Type of iron that has the smallest degree of loft and includes the 1-4 irons.

CONT

Players should have no trouble clearing the fairway bunkers on the right, although many will go with a long iron off the tee.

OBS

The 1-iron, 2-iron, 3-iron, and 4-iron are considered long irons. The 5-iron, 6-iron, and 7-iron are medium irons, whereas the 8-iron and the 9-iron are short irons. The sand wedge, the pitching wedge, and the lob wedge are sometimes considered short irons as well.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Golf
DEF

type de fer dont l'angle d'ouverture de la face est peu ouvert et qui comprend les nos 1 à 4.

CONT

[...] si le trou nécessite un coup d'approche de fer long ou un coup de bois, le trou devrait être placé plus loin vers l'arrière du vert et plus éloigné des côtés comparativement à un trou où le coup d'approche requiert l'utilisation d'un fer d'approche [...]

OBS

Il y a trois catégories de fers : les nos 1 à 4 sont les fers longs, les nos 5 à 7 sont les fers moyens et les nos 8 et 9 sont les fers courts. Certains cocheurs, c'est-à-dire le cocheur d'allée, le cocheur de sable et le cocheur de lob, sont parfois considérés comme étant des fers courts.

Key term(s)
  • fer à longue portée

Spanish

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Record 13 2011-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade Names
  • Radiotelephony
  • Telephones
OBS

While you can take your wireless phone with you wherever you go, it's not always convenient to answer. And if you forget your phone or it's turned off, you can always count on Mobile Message to answer when you can’t.

OBS

Mobile Message™: A trademark of Rogers Wireless Inc.

Key term(s)
  • Mobile Message

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations commerciales
  • Radiotéléphonie
  • Téléphones
OBS

Votre système de messagerie vocale à la fine pointe de la technologie de Cantel AT&T enregistrera un message et vous permettre de l'écouter au moment qui vous conviendra, à partir de votre téléphone sans fil [...]

OBS

Message MobileMC : Marque de commerce de la société Rogers Wireless Inc.

Spanish

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Record 14 2011-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cold Storage
  • Freezing and Refrigerating
  • Food Industries
CONT

Thrives in your coldroom. Cold and condensation-proof design using continuous warming protects internal components in humid environments, even when FC, Jr. is turned off. And its 28 cm width often fits it where other collectors can’t go. Another plus for high humidity operation is greatly reduced shock hazard : FC Jr. operates on 14 volts supplied by a calculator-type transformer on the wall end of a thin, low-voltage cord that's easy to route past your refrigerator door gasket.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entreposage frigorifique
  • Congélation, surgélation et réfrigération
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
DEF

Élément disposé autour de la porte d'une chambre froide pour en assurer l'étanchéité.

Spanish

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Record 15 2010-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skiing and Snowboarding
CONT

When you go off the groomed trails, it's called back-country skiing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ski et surf des neiges
CONT

Contrairement au ski classique qui se fait sur une piste tracée et qui engage un movement rectiligne, le pas de patin s'effectue sur une piste damée et requiert une ouverture de la hanche.

Spanish

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Record 16 2010-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Site Equipment
  • Earthmoving
CONT

Could you please describe what is meant by hoe "ditch requirement"?... Typically, ditch excavation across the Prairies, of course, is undertaken by a wheel ditcher, a large bucket wheel trencher that excavates the material on to a conveyor belt and moves it off to the side of the trench line. A hoe ditch is a backhoe--you know, a Cat 235, 245, that type of equipment--that you have to utilize to excavate a trench where you have a fairly severe bend, because these bucket wheel ditchers can only go in a straight line, essentially.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de chantier
  • Terrassement
DEF

Trancheuse fonctionnant à l'aide d'une roue, généralement munie de godets dont les bords sont dentés, permettant de creuser des tranchées et d'en évacuer les déblais. [Définition normalisée par l'Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF).]

OBS

trancheuse à roue : terme normalisé par l'Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF).

Spanish

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Record 17 2009-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surveillance and Formalities (Air Transport)
CONT

POST LANDING CHECK LIST. Once you have landed and are park make sure you go through the following : 1) Shut down your engines. 2) Turn off your magnetos(if you are using them). 3) Turn off your navigation, landing and cockpit lights. 4) Make sure your cowling(radiator) flaps are in the close position.

CONT

Post-landing checks should be carried out well clear of the runway, and where available past the taxiway holding position lines, with the aeroplane fully stopped. Taxiing accidents and the incorrect selection of flap and landing gear levers can be avoided in this manner.

Key term(s)
  • post landing check
  • post-landing check-list
  • post-landing checklist
  • post landing checklist

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contrôles et formalités (Transport aérien)
CONT

Les vérifications après atterrissage devraient être effectuées bien à l'écart de la piste et, si possible, au-delà des lignes de position d'attente sur les voies de circulation, une fois l'avion complètement immobilisé. De cette façon, on peut éviter les accidents de circulation au sol et les erreurs de manipulation des commandes de volets et de train.

Key term(s)
  • vérification après atterrissage
  • liste de vérifications après atterrissage

Spanish

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Record 18 2009-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Transport
  • Maritime Law
CONT

[In the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations] "home-trade voyage, Class II", means a home-trade voyage in the course of which(a) on the Atlantic coast, a ship does not go south of the port of New York, or on the Pacific Coast, a ship does not go south of Portland, Oregon,(b) the ship is at no time more than 120 miles off shore, and(c) the distance between suitable ports of refuge on the voyage does not exceed 200 nautical miles.

OBS

home trade voyage: From the federal certification project (Marine Certification Regulations Section 33) to become effective after 1996.

Key term(s)
  • home trade voyage

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport par eau
  • Droit maritime
OBS

«cabotage» : Navigation marchande non loin des côtes. [...] Le cabotage est international s'il se fait entre ports nationaux et étrangers; national s'il ne se fait qu'entre ports nationaux.

OBS

voyage de cabotage : Extrait du projet de règlement fédéral (Règlement sur la délivrance des brevets et des certificats - Marine Article 33) qui entrera en vigueur après 1996.

Spanish

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Record 19 2009-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Railroad Safety
  • Rail Networks
CONT

In order to avoid creating an unsafe condition, when the signal is taken "Off" for an approaching train and crank handle is also available for the operation of the points, it is necessary that the crank handle be kept in safe custody. The experience has shown that the better arrangement is to lock the crank handle by an electric lock whenever the concerned signal is taken Off so that it is not possible for anybody to use the crank handle for operation of the points. Alternatively, if crank handle is out, the signal should not be allowed to go to Off position. The phenomenon is called "reciprocal interlocking" and it is achieved by providing reciprocal interlocking arrangement by means of circuitry and the electric lock fixed on the crank handle. In all modern signalling installations this feature is a must in order to achieve safe train operation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité (Transport par rail)
  • Réseaux ferroviaires
CONT

Enclenchements réciprocques. L'enclenchement mécanique, par pièces rigides, entraîne toujours la réciprocité d'action.

Spanish

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Record 20 2008-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trucks and Dollies (Materials Handling)
DEF

... the height to which the forks can lift without elevating the mast.

CONT

[Fork Truck Construction.] An important operational aspect of mast assemblies is freelift. Freelift is defined as the vertical distance forks can raise above the floor before the mast begins to extend from its collapsed height.

CONT

[Lift trucks. ] "Free lift" is the amount of movement the carriage can make before the cylinder yoke starts lifting the mast. A standard upright usually has just enough free lift to raise the load off the floor so the truck can go through a doorway without the top of the mast striking the door.

OBS

The amount of freelift available is dependent on the mast and truck design. Freelift may range from only a few inches on some models to over 60 in. (1500 mm) on the man-up turret truck. Most manufacturers offer trucks with either standard or "high" freelift available.

OBS

free lift: term standardized by ISO.

OBS

See also "low freelift," and "high freelift."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chariots de manutention
CONT

On appelle levée libre l'élévation maximale de la fourche, qui peut être obtenue sans augmentation de la hauteur hors tout du chariot. [...] L'avantage de la levée libre est d'avoir la même hauteur hors tout de l'appareil à vide et avec une charge, ce qui est important pour le passage sous les obstacles bas (portes, points bas de tuyauterie ou de plafond).

CONT

La plupart des chariots à levée télescopique ou triple disposent d'une course de levée libre correspondant à une élévation de la fourche sans augmentation de la hauteur totale du chariot, c'est-à-dire sans déploiement des montants mobiles.

OBS

levée libre : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 21 2007-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Land Mines
CONT

... the mine is programmed not to go off under the wheels or tracks of armoured vehicles, the priority being given to belly attack...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines terrestres
CONT

[...] le système est programmé pour ne pas déclencher la mine sous les roues ou les chenilles d'un engin blindé (priorité à l'action «ventrale») [...]

Spanish

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Record 22 2006-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of National Programs (Canadian)
  • Skating
OBS

Ice Dreams is a national Go for Green program that encourages the development and use of new and existing outdoor rinks in Canada. It provides opportunities for girls and boys of all ages to get active in the outdoors during winter by playing hockey or other games on frozen ponds and waterways, or backyard, neighbourhood and community rinks. The idea is to "rip the roof off winter" and create opportunities for unstructured play, healthy, outdoor physical activity and Ice Dreams is a component of Go for Green's Winter Green initiative.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes nationaux canadiens
  • Patinage
OBS

Rêves de glace est un programme d'envergure nationale qui vise à soutenir et encourager la création et l'utilisation des patinoires extérieures, aussi bien nouvelles qu'existantes, d'un bout à l'autre du pays. Rêves de glace vise essentiellement à permettre aux filles et aux garçons de tout âge de demeurer au grand air durant les mois d'hiver en jouant au hockey et à d'autres jeux pratiqués sur la glace d'étangs et autres cours d'eau gelés, de patinoires résidentielles, de quartier ou municipales. L'idée rejoint l'objectif «Enlever le toit de l'hiver» pour goûter pleinement aux joies de l'hiver en créant des occasions de s'amuser à l'extérieur, librement et sainement, de pratiquer des sports d'équipe communautaires ou simplement pour garder la forme. Rêves de glace s'inscrit dans le cadre du projet Hiver l'action initié par l'organisme Vert l'action.

Spanish

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Record 23 2005-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Establishments
CONT

On the next one, you’ll notice the asterisks. They indicate shots fired. "After-hours" refers to an after-hours club in Toronto. We have a large number of them. It appears it's the wont of many of the people who go there to fire their pistols off at the conclusion of the evening.

Key term(s)
  • after hours bar
  • after hours club
  • after hours

French

Domaine(s)
  • Établissements commerciaux
CONT

L'heure de fermeture de votre bar préféré approche et vous avez encore le goût de fêter? Soyez attentif, peut-être même que votre barman, à qui vous avez versé de généreux pourboires pourra vous guider vers un bar clandestin qui restera ouvert jusqu'à l'aurore... Sinon, suivez la foule d'initiés, vous verrez, eux non plus n'ont pas envie de se coucher si tôt.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Establecimientos comerciales
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Record 24 2005-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lamps
  • Clocks, Watches and Bells
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
  • Biophysics
CONT

Sunrise simulator... slowly lights a bedside lamp to simulate dawn. This simulates sunrise and tells your brain that it is time to get up and start the day. Instructions are included. At the time you select, your lamp will slowly go from off to full on.

CONT

Research has shown that using a dawn simulator (or Bodyclock) can significantly reduce the severity of SAD [seasonal affective disorder] symptoms, and many SAD sufferers use both a Bodyclock and a lightbox to optimise their treatment. It has also been shown that using a Bodyclock improves mood, energy, productivity and quality of sleep and awakening.

OBS

Bodyclocks work by waking you up naturally with light. You choose the time you want to wake up and the light very slowly begins to get brighter (like a sunrise) and starts your body’s natural wake-up process. Although you’re still asleep, your body is responding to the increasing light and when the light reaches full brightness you wake up naturally, not suddenly, to a room filled with a sunny glow. By giving your body a kind of "head-start," instead of still feeling drowsy and confused when you wake up, you feel refreshed, positive and ready for the day ahead.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lampes
  • Horlogerie et sonnerie
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
  • Biophysique
CONT

Simulateur d'aube. Se réveiller en douceur avec le soleil n'est possible qu'en certaines périodes de l'année... Un appareil comme celui-ci, qui recrée la levée progressive de l'aube, permet au cerveau de passer doucement de la phase de sommeil à celle d'éveil. Fini l'inconfort persistant d'un réveil brutal, alors que le dormeur était en sommeil profond. Les utilisateurs se lèvent désormais pleins d'énergie. Ce type de lampe programmable limiterait aussi les effets de la dépression hivernale.

CONT

Le Simulateur d'Aube (Dawn Simulator) «Digital SunRise Clock» vous éveille en douceur en simulant un lever de soleil. - Quelle façon agréable de commencer la journée!

Spanish

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Record 25 2004-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marketing
  • Management Control
CONT

It is amazing how many organisations do not have a plan outlining how they want to use IT [Information Technology] to solve a business problem. Even those that have a plan do not seem to adhere to it. They go off on tangents quickly and easily. However, as indicated by this control objective, it is critically important that the strategic plan be defined.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commercialisation
  • Contrôle de gestion
DEF

Ensemble de buts qui servent de guides à l'administration en marketing dans ses stratégies d'optimisation du rendement à l'intérieur d'un cadre façonné par l'environnement et les ressources de l'entreprise.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comercialización
  • Control de gestión
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Record 26 2003-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Launching and Space Maneuvering
CONT

The third approach, lunar orbit rendezvous, was proposed after the first two and became the best practical approach to meet all the requirements. The approach and its challenges can be described in a single long sentence : Take off from Earth, which is rotating approximately 1, 000 mph, orbit the Earth at 18, 000 mph, accelerate to 25, 000 mph to break out of Earth's orbit toward the moon 250, 000 miles away and, traveling 2, 000 mph relative to the Earth, go into lunar orbit, send a manned spacecraft to land on the moon to explore and leave scientific instruments before returning to lunar orbit, rendezvous with the rest of the spacecraft, and then blast out of lunar orbit back to Earth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lancement et manœuvres dans l'espace
CONT

Après le rendez-vous, la propulsion du vaisseau le fait sortir de l'orbite lunaire et le renvoie vers la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 27 2003-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Energy Transformation
  • Thermodynamics
  • Meteorology
DEF

Progressive transfer of kinetic energy from systems of larger scale to those of smaller scale, ending in its dissipation by friction.

CONT

... many weather phenomena occur on the ’mesoscale’... Mesoscale is believed to play an important role in transferring energy from the large scale down to the small scales.... Energy Cascade. As we go down scales, we see finer and finer structures. Many of these structures are due to certain types of instabilities that inherently limit the size and duration of the phenomena. Also, there exist exchanges of energy, heat, moisture and momentum among all scales. Example : A thunderstorm feeds off convective instabilities... created by e. g., synoptic-scale cyclones.... The thunderstorm in turn can produce tornadoes... Strong winds in the tornado creates turbulent eddies which then dissipate and eventually turn the kinetic energy into heat. Convective activities can also feed back into the large scale and enhancing synoptic scale cyclones. Most of the energy transfer in the atmosphere is downscale-starting from differential heating with latitude and land-sea contrast on the planetary scales.(Energy in the atmosphere can also transfer upscale). We call the energy transfer among scales energy cascade.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transformation de l'énergie
  • Thermodynamique
  • Météorologie
DEF

Transfert d'énergie cinétique à des systèmes d'échelle progressivement plus réduite, se terminant en dissipation par frottement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transformación de la energía
  • Termodinámica
  • Meteorología
DEF

Transferencia progresiva de energía cinética de sistemas en gran escala a otros en menor escala, que termina en la disipación de la energía por fricción.

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Record 28 2003-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phraseology
CONT

Pocket CoPilot not only shows you where to go, it verbally guides you to your destination in real-time with audible turn-by-turn directions. You will actually hear, "1. 3 miles ahead, turn left on Broadfield Road. "And if you miss a turn or get off track, Pocket CoPilot automatically reroutes you.

Key term(s)
  • turn by turn directions

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie

Spanish

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Record 29 2002-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
OBS

To move the ball around the court or to move oneself around the court. Related verbs : to pull someone out wide or off the court, to move an opponent around the court, to go from one side of the court to the other, to run from one end(of the court) to the other.

OBS

travel: Said of the ball: The ball travels from right to left in a good long exchange.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Pour la balle et les joueurs qui réussissent à retourner de tels échanges, se déplacer de gauche à droite en alternance alors que la balle est toujours en jeu.

CONT

Il faut faire voyager la balle le plus possible ... [Il] voyagea sur toute la surface du court.

Spanish

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Record 30 2001-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anti-pollution Measures
DEF

The reduction in degree or intensity of pollution.

DEF

A lessening of the daily load of air, water and soil pollution created by industrial and domestic man.

CONT

In English, the word abate may mean to diminish, or it may also mean to put an end to a process or practice. With respect to pollution and polluters, abatement regrettably does not mean to put an end to it or to them. Instead it means the method or attempt to diminish the degree of pollution causing the immediate urgency. Thus, when faced with a subsidence inversion and concomitant smog, a mayor of a megalopolis considers closing off certain heavily travelled streets to vehicular traffic. This would cause abatement of a temporary nature in that particular area. When a Maryland community passes an ordinance banning one-way bottles from supermarket shelves, this also could cause an abatement of a temporary nature-provided citizens did not go out of the area and bring in bootleg one-way bottles. Abatement, although desirable, is never the answer to a dangerous situation.

OBS

abatement of pollution: term found in the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (1999).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures antipollution
CONT

Le ministre doit [...] élaborer des plans de prévention et de réduction de la pollution, de lutte contre celle-ci, notamment pour prévenir les urgences environnementales, mettre sur pied des dispositifs d'alerte et de préparation, remédier à ces urgences et réparer les dommages en découlant, ainsi que pour préparer des projets pilotes, les rendre publics et en faire la démonstration, ou les rendre accessibles pour démonstration [...] [Loi canadienne sur la protection de l'environnement]

OBS

Le terme français «abattement», dans le domaine de la pollution, est extrêmement douteux : il n'est attesté dans aucun ouvrage spécialisé que nous possédons (sauf le vieux «Que sais-je» numéro 1330), ni dans le Grand dictionnaire encyclopédique Larousse.

OBS

Les nombreux moyens de lutte contre la pollution visent comme objectifs quantitatifs soit la suppression totale des polluants (dépollution), soit leur réduction. D'autres mesures antipollution visent plutôt des objectifs qualitatifs comme l'élimination sélective des polluants, par exemple, les plus dangereux ou les plus cancérogènes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medidas contra la contaminación
CONT

Atenuación del ruido.

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Record 31 2000-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Economics
  • National and International Economics
CONT

Wharton is a powerful symbol of where our country went wrong in the 1980s. It was here at Wharton that Michael Milken got the idea to use junk bonds to leverage corporate buyouts--a quick-buck scheme that was supposed to shake up failed management but too often forced corporations to lay off workers in formerly profitable plants, reduce R&D, and ultimately to go bankrupt or sell out again under the crushing burden of unserviceable debt.

CONT

Even the stronger enterprises were not immune from the problem of unserviceable debt as the state had in the past arbitrarily absorbed their profits and forced them to build up a large stock of debt.

CONT

Total Third World debt is in the hundreds of billions, piled up under the auspices of the World Bank and sister agencies when they were attempting to impose their brand of global statism on any country desperate or corrupt enough to accept the money. The majority of these loans are unlikely to be repaid, especially those to the poorest nations. This creates a problem for the people who run the World Bank, a band of bureaucrats who for years claimed that their lending practices were sound and that their loan default rates were low. What the loans did, aside from provide tax-free employment opportunities for thousands of World Bank credit officers, was create scores of nations with large, unserviceable debt burdens.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie de l'entreprise
  • Économie nationale et internationale

Spanish

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Record 32 1999-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trailers and Hauling
  • Transport of Wood
  • Forestry Operations
CONT

This trailer has a simple, effective self-unloading system. Removable stakes and a tilting cross-beam raised by the boom make it possible to unload all the logs in a single operation. A ramp installed under the wheels on the side opposite unloading will make it easier to tilt the load off all in one go.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Remorques et remorquage
  • Transport du bois
  • Exploitation forestière
CONT

Cette remorque comporte un système simple et efficace d'autodéchargement. Des piquets escamotables et une traverse de basculement soulevée par la flèche permettent le déchargement de toutes les billes en une seule opération. Une rampe de soulèvement, installée sous les roues du côté opposé au déchargement, facilitera le basculement de la charge en un seul bloc.

Spanish

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Record 33 1999-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Climatology
DEF

An interruption of the normal west-to-east flow at middle and high latitudes.

OBS

It [blocking pattern] persists from one to several weeks.... there are three kinds of blocks :... a high-over-low block in which the flow splits, one branch taking a poleward excursion and the other branch an equatorward excursion. Any traveling storms that approach the block from the west, tend to weaken and go either over the ridge(top of the block) or pass through the trough on the south side.... An "omega" block so named because the flow about this block resembles the Greek letter "Omega". Cyclonic(counterclockwise) circulations can occur both southwest and southeast of the block(where low pressure is indicated on the diagram), and the weather near them can be stormy. Within the block, however, the weather is benign and warmer than normal.... A stationary high-amplitude ridge. Such a ridge often forms just off the West Coast of North America in winter. If it persists, it steers Pacific storms far to the north and keeps the weather in British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest anomalously dry and mild.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Climatologie
OBS

[Situation qui résulte de] l'obstruction de la marche normale ouest-est des cyclones et des anticyclones migrateurs.

Spanish

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Record 34 1998-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sexology
  • Sociology of Human Relations
DEF

conventional sex (George Kirgo’s own definition); non-transgressive sex.

CONT

The taboos are off for everything. The last to go were incest and homosexuality, moans George Kirgo, a Hollywood screenwriter and TV critic who coined the word "outcest" for conventional sex.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sexologie
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
OBS

Créé comme antonyme du mot "inceste".

Spanish

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Record 35 1997-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
  • Electronic Music
CONT

What you need in order to access on-line music distribution services : To get to the Internet Underground Music Archive(IUMA) RockNet, Kaleidospace and metaverse. com, you’ll be best off with full Internet access, and a sound card that gives your computer audio-capability, unless you own a Macintosh, which already has sound capacity built in. If you have full Internet access, connect to the World Wide Web(WWW). The quickest way to each service is to use your favorite WWW browser. With the more-powerful Mosaic browser, you can listen to the music on-line, but you need a very powerful computer. Point you browser at the following Universal Resource Locators(URL) : IUMA, RockNet, Kaleisdospace, metaverse. com. The home page of each site usually has a how-to guide. If your system doesn’t allow WWW access, but lets you use gopher(like Concordia University's Pavo system), go to your main command prompt, and type in gopher URI. for site. Once at the site, you will have to download the sound files to your Internet system, or directly to your PC(assuming you use a terminal server.)

OBS

Yet there are limits to the technology as it now exists. Even with a high-speed modem and the necessary sound card, a three- or four-minute song can take anywhere from 10 minutes to several hours to download. It can also use up a large amount of computer storage space.

Key term(s)
  • online music store
  • online music service
  • online music distribution

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
  • Musique électronique
OBS

Comparer à achat en ligne.

Spanish

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Record 36 1996-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Government Programs (Non-Canadian)
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
  • Non-Surgical Treatment
OBS

Part of the harm reduction programs initiated for drug users(for example, in Europe, for heroin addicts). Doctors in community health centres prescribe heroin, for example, to users to enable them to stay on heroin(thereby preventing withdrawal symptoms) and to get safe heroin. Advantages of these programs : keep users off the streets, maintains contact with physicians, less risk of HIV, make support available when users are ready to go off drug, undercut underground drug trade, reduce crime related to drug trade. The methadone maintenance programs are another example of harm reduction programs. They eliminate the need for needles because methadone is taken by mouth. These programs were pioneered in the city of Merseyside, England, and have been adopted in various European cities, but not yet in Canada. They have been in existence for more than 20 years.

OBS

Source: PASAN (Prisoners with HIV/AIDS Support Action Network], Toronto.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes gouvernementaux non canadiens
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
  • Traitements non chirurgicaux

Spanish

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Record 37 1991-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Machinery
CONT

Closed centre-all ports are blocked off in neutral. The cylinder is "locked" and the piston will stay in position-over a period of time the piston will drift, due to minor internal leaks. The fluid from the pump will go through the relief valve at maximum pressure, generating heat and requiring maximum hp.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines
CONT

Centre fermé. Il bloque entièrement un récepteur en n'importe quelle position par verrouillage hydraulique sur les deux chambres. Il bloque aussi le débit de la pompe, ce qui permet son utilisation pour un autre circuit.

Spanish

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Record 38 1989-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Transport
CONT

[In the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations] "home-trade voyage, Class II", means a home-trade voyage in the course of which(a) on the Atlantic Coast, a ship does not go south of the port of New York, or on the Pacific Coast, a ship does not go south of Portland, Oregon,(b) the ship is at no time more than 120 miles off shore, and(c) the distance between suitable ports of refuge on the voyage does not exceed 200 nautical miles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport par eau

Spanish

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Record 39 1988-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Equipment (Motor Vehicles)
  • Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Accessories
OBS

wipers go on suddenly even when the switch is off.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement électrique (Véhicules automobiles)
  • Accessoires d'automobiles et de bicyclettes

Spanish

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Record 40 1981-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
CONT

Reserves go down by $1 billion, and that tends to set off a $15 billion contraction of deposits.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque

Spanish

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Record 41 1979-08-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ice Hockey
OBS

A pass or shot that bounces off a player, his sticks, or his skate and may go into goal for a score.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hockey sur glace
OBS

On peut accélérer l'exercice en plaçant un autre joueur en avant pour corriger les déviations.

Spanish

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