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Record 1 2018-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Contests (Recreation)
DEF

A contest of basic cowboy skills that is indigenous to the ranges of the Western United States and Canada.

OBS

The term "rodeo" comes from a Spanish word meaning "roundup", and the sport developed from the natural competitive urges of cowboys involved in mass roundups on the western plains. The principal events of rodeos today are bull riding, saddle bronc riding, bareback [bronc] riding, calf roping, and steer wrestling, with steer roping and team roping contests often added to the list. Many rodeos add some other popular events such as barrel riding(a slalom-like race for women on horseback around a number of barrels), wild-horse racing, and wild-cow milking contests essentially for the amusement of the audiences. Organized rodeos go back to the 19th century; the principal feature of Buffalo Bill Cody's famous Wild West show, which began in 1883, was the rodeo.

OBS

Canada. Rodeos are generally divided into 5 events: bareback bronc riding, saddle bronc riding, bull riding, calf roping, and steer wrestling.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Concours (Loisirs)
DEF

Fête qui coïncide avec le marquage du bétail où les cow-boys pratiquent divers tours d'adresse de leur métier.

OBS

États-Unis. Comporte : maîtriser une bête, se tenir sur un cheval sauvage, un bœuf, en se tenant d'une main, etc.

OBS

Canada. Habituellement, un rodéo comprend 5 épreuves : se maintenir sur un cheval sauvage sans selle, se maintenir sur un cheval sauvage avec selle, se maintenir sur un taureau sauvage, prendre un veau au lasso et terrasser un bouvillon.

Spanish

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Record 2 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 3 2011-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Pollution
  • Atmospheric Physics
  • Occupation Names (General)
DEF

A scientist who studies the formation of precipitation.

CONT

Clouds are a magic show of the sky. Water substance is continually appearing and disappearing. Where does a cloud come from and where does it go? As a cloud physicist I know the sequence of physical causes that brings a cloud into existence and causes it to dissipate. There are only a few cloud physicists among the general populace. But all of us, lay and professionals, can look upon the process with awe and wonder. I do.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'air
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
OBS

Dans le contexte du réchauffement climatique, le physicien des nuages est celui qui tente d'éclaircir un facteur très mal connu, celui de la formation des nuages. Une meilleure connaissance des nuages permettraient aux modèles actuels de prévoir avec beaucoup plus de précision l'avenir climatique de la planète.

Spanish

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Record 4 2010-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Merchandising Techniques
  • Investment
  • Stock Exchange
DEF

A series of meetings with potential investors and brokers, conducted by a company and its underwriter, prior to a securities offering.

CONT

A road show-sometimes called a "dog and pony show"-is a compact series of investor presentations by the senior management of a company that is hoping to go public, acquire venture financing, or issue bonds or other securities. Road shows, which are typically concentrated in major financial centers around the country, allow issuers to meet with dozens of institutional investors over several days or weeks to present the company's financial outlook, product offerings and key managers. Generally, road shows are face-to-face meetings, but online and video presentations are becoming more common.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques marchandes
  • Investissements et placements
  • Bourse
DEF

Série de rencontres entre des dirigeants d'une entreprise et des investisseurs pour leur présenter les caractéristiques d'une opération financière en cours (introduction en bourse, augmentation de capital, offre publique d'achat, ... ) ou les résultats de l'exercice.

Spanish

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Record 5 2009-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Travel Agencies
  • Ecology (General)
CONT

The Ecotourism Society has guidelines to help find a truly eco-friendly operator. For example, a company should be able to show that funds from a trip go directly to the local community--this includes employing locals and using lodging and food from the area. The society also recommends asking tour operators about what they do for local conservation. Find out if they donate money to local organizations that concentrate on environmental concerns, or if the operators have established local conservation projects.

CONT

EcuadorExplorer.com believes that travelers should look for the following five characteristics when visiting eco-sites or while touring with eco-operators: 1. Conservation. 2. Minimal Environmental Impact. 3. Sustainability. 4. Meaningful Community Involvement. 5. Environmental Education.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Agences de voyage
  • Écologie (Généralités)
CONT

65 % des sites Internet sont des agences de voyage. La Green Madagascar Tour, voyagiste spécialisé en écotourisme, doit 90 % de ses clients à son site.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Agencias de viajes
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
CONT

Se recomienda que cualquier persona natural interesada en visitar el área protegida, lo realice a través de un operador ecoturístico del área previamente registrado ante la Unidad.

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Record 6 2006-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Films
  • Television Arts
OBS

Also in the Gorgs’ world is a sapient compost heap called Marjory, and her two rat-like sidekicks Philo and Gunge. Only Philo and Gunge called her Marjory; the Fraggles called her Madame Trash Heap. The Fraggles consider the Trash Heap to be all-wise and go to her for advice regularly. She wasn’t much of a principal character on the show but did appear in nearly every episode.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de films
  • Télévision (Arts du spectacle)

Spanish

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Record 7 2002-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
DEF

A violent fall or storm of hail.

CONT

Hard hailstorms are generally accompanied with thunder and lightning.

CONT

A really "good" hail storm has a special name : we call it The Great White Combine. We would love to have it show up, but in the meanwhile, Glen has been busy getting our more conventional equipment ready to go. We have nothing ready to harvest yet, not even to swath.

CONT

Farming remains one of the most perilous ways to make a living, he said, recalling years when hailstorms - what farmers call the "white combine" - sweep across the plains and wipe out an entire year’s crop.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
CONT

La catastrophe naturelle qui a causé le plus de dommages matériel dans l'histoire du Canada a été la tempête de grêle de Calgary du 7 septembre 1991.

CONT

La Cour de cassation [...] juge qu'un Tribunal d'instance peut retenir qu'une tempête de grêle, même de forte intensité, n'est pas un cas de force majeure.

OBS

white combine : cette expression pourrait se traduire littéralement par «moissonneuse-batteuse blanche», image très colorée pour désigner une tempête de grêle d'une telle intensité que les récoltes en sont détruites; elle est utilisée dans l'Ouest canadien et aux États-Unis, mais ne semble pas avoir d'équivalent consacré en français.

Key term(s)
  • moissonneuse-batteuse blanche

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fenómenos meteorológicos, climáticos y atmosféricos
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Record 8 1998-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
DEF

Eurodollar issue where interest rates have been set too low to attract investors. Called Star Trek because they were priced where no man dared to go(a reference to the Star Trek TV show).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inversiones
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Record 9 1997-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
CONT

The most fruitful direction to look for "microlensing" is towards the Milky Way's nearest neighbouring galaxy, The Large Magellanic Cloud. Any light that reaches earth from the Cloud will have had to go through the Milky Way's halo, so if the halo is packed with MACHOs, their effect should show up.

CONT

The microlensing that makes stars seem brighter has a big brother of an illusion: the so-called gravitational lensing of one entire galaxy’s light by another one lying in the way.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
OBS

Voir mini-lentille, effet lenticulaire gravitationnel et stratification lenticulaire.

Spanish

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Record 10 1995-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Audio-Visual Documents
OBS

Video produced in 1994 by Sneyd Syndicate Inc., Orillia, Ontario. This touching drama describes how a little boy is affected by witnessing his father beating his mother. Seven-year-old Jonathan is having trouble at school. He has a quick temper, a short attention span and he is reluctant to tell anyone what's troubling him. A black-eyed Susan in a bouquet of flowers reminds him of his mother's black eye and his father's violence, so Jonathan refuses to go home. When his mother comes to pick him up, the abuse is revealed, and Jonathan's family gets the help they need. The aim of this film is to show children in similar situations that there are things they can do to help themselves.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents audio-visuels
OBS

Vidéo produit en 1994 par Sneyd Syndicate Inc., Orillia (Ontario).

Spanish

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Record 11 1987-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
CONT

Due to the size of their losses, some casualty insurance companies have recently had to go public to recapitalize to maintain their book of business at the hefty rates now required to show an underwriting profit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière

Spanish

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Record 12 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Television Arts
CONT

... learning the off-screen processes that go into putting a television show together.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télévision (Arts du spectacle)

Spanish

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Record 13 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)
OBS

--weaves [that] show a distinct break-line and then continue on in the same direction. In broken twills, the threads go in the opposite from the breakline. [Also skip twill POTEX 67 539]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)
OBS

tissus dont l'armure a été réalisée en partant d'un croisé. L'armure a été coupée en 2 parties égales et, par glissement, un effet d'opposition est obtenu. [D'après BROTE 70 205]

Spanish

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Record 14 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Sales (Marketing)
  • Advertising
OBS

Supplied by manufacturers... go from store to store staying from two weeks to half a day at a particular store. [They show] how a product works and [attempt] to make them try a sample.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Vente
  • Publicité
OBS

Présente et assure la publicité d'un objet ou matériel mis en vente et [...] explique au public le fonctionnement, l'utilisation, la mise en route, etc... de l'article.

Spanish

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