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Record 1 2023-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Organization
  • Culture (General)
CONT

Deaf culture exists because Deaf people who are educated at residential Deaf schools develop their own Deaf network once they graduate, to keep in touch with everyone. Most of them go on to take on leadership positions in the Deaf community, organize Deaf sports, community events, etc. and become the core of the Deaf community. They ensure that their language and heritage are passed to other peers and to the next generation.

OBS

Deaf culture: When capitalized, the word "Deaf" is a sociological term referring to [deaf and hard of hearing people] who identify with and participate in the sign language, the society and the culture of Deaf people.

Key term(s)
  • culture of the Deaf

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation sociale
  • Culture (Généralités)
CONT

La culture Sourde est la culture des personnes Sourdes en fonction d'un langage des signes et de valeurs, traditions et normes de comportement propres à la communauté Sourde. La culture Sourde offre un fort sentiment d’appartenance et adopte un point de vue socioculturel de la surdité.

OBS

culture Sourde : Lorsque le terme «Sourde» débute par une majuscule, il fait référence à l'aspect sociologique des personnes sourdes et malentendantes qui utilisent la langue des signes et s'identifient à la communauté Sourde et à la culture Sourde.

Key term(s)
  • culture des Sourds

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Advertising
CONT

Outdoor advertising, also known as out-of-home advertising, is advertising that reaches consumers when they are outside their homes. … The most commonly known type of outdoor advertising is the billboard. Common forms of outdoor advertising today fall into three categories : billboard advertising[, ] street furniture[, and] transit [advertising. ] Advertising seems to follow consumers wherever they go – in supermarket shopping carts, in sports arenas, and in health clubs.

PHR

digital outdoor advertising

PHR

digital out-of-home advertising

French

Domaine(s)
  • Publicité
DEF

[...] forme de communication publicitaire située sur la voie publique.

PHR

publicité extérieure numérique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Publicidad
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Record 3 2015-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Motor Vehicles and Bicycles
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

Ever wanted to buy a flying car? You only have a couple more years to wait, says a company that has built prototypes that can both drive and fly. The flying roadster, a sporty two seater that transforms into a light sports aircraft, aims to go on sale in just two years from Slovakia-based AeroMobil.

OBS

roadable: [Said of an airplane] capable of being transformed into an automobile by removal or folding of wings and tail.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de véhicules automobiles et de bicyclettes
  • Constructions aéronautiques
CONT

AeroMobil, une société slovaque, a dévoilé l’an dernier le prototype 3.0 d’une voiture volante. [...] L’AeroMobil 3.0 atteint [...] une vitesse de vol maximale de 200 km/h et de 160 km/h sur terre; consomme 15 l/h en vol et 8 l/h sur route. Ce modèle peut transporter deux personnes.

Spanish

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Record 4 2007-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physical Education, Coaching and Sport Psychology
CONT

Rather than have coaches from every sport go through the same coaching certification and education system, the new NCCP [National Coaching Certification Program] workshops are developed by each sport's NSO [national sport organization] specifically.... Coaches wishing to become certified must demonstrate their ability to accomplish the tasks set out by the NSO...

CONT

Volunteer training and coaching certification is provided.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éducation physique, entraînement des athlètes et psychologie du sport
CONT

Le PNCE [Programme national de certification des entraîneurs] est un programme de formation et de certification des entraîneurs et des entraîneures dans 65 sports différents, offert dans les deux langues officielles dans tout le Canada.

CONT

Le nouveau programme de certification des entraîneurs de Niveau 3 de la FCA a été conçu selon les lignes directrices et les principes de la formation axée sur les compétences.

OBS

Source(s) : AOC [Association olympique canadienne].

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Educación física, entrenamiento de atletas y psicología del deporte
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Record 5 2004-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
  • Various Sports (General)
DEF

An extra dose of courage and the tendency to go beyond one's usual physical limits when being filmed or photographed(from action sports such as skateboarding, snowboarding, and extreme skiing).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
  • Sports divers (Généralités)
DEF

Dose supplémentaire de courage et compulsion à dépasser ses propres limites chez une personne qui se sait filmée ou photographiée lorsqu'elle pratique des sports extrêmes tels que le patin à roues alignées, la planche à neige ou le ski acrobatique.

Spanish

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