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GOOD CHARACTER [21 records]

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Record 1 2023-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Idiomatic Expressions
DEF

... improving certain good or useful traits in a person's character, especially self-reliance, endurance, and courage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Expressions idiomatiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Expresiones idiomáticas
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Record 2 2021-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology
  • Ethics and Morals
DEF

The action or practice of expressing one's views or acting in a way thought to be motivated primarily by a wish to exhibit good character, social conscience, political convictions, etc., or to garner recognition and approval.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie
  • Éthique et Morale
CONT

La fermeture des librairies semble faire souffrir dans leur chair nombre d'internautes, tandis que les élections américaines leur ont fait perdre le sommeil... Cette grandeur d'âme excessive et nombriliste porte un nom : le «virtue signalling», ou vertu ostentatoire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sociología
  • Ética y Moral
DEF

Actitud de las personas que muestran un ostentoso compromiso social en público y en las redes sociales con alguna causa, pero que después no hacen nada más para cambiar la situación que denuncian.

OBS

postureo ético: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, recomienda la expresión "postureo ético" como alternativa válida y preferible al anglicismo "virtue signalling" para expresar este concepto en español.

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Record 3 2019-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
  • Symbolism and Psychology of Language
CONT

The matched-guise test is a sociolinguistic experimental technique used to determine the true feelings of an individual or community towards a specific language, dialect, or accent. … In this technique experimental candidates [are] listening to apparently different speakers representing guises in two or more languages and evaluating those speakers across various traits including body height, good looks, leadership, sense of humor, intelligence, religiousness, self-confidence, dependability, kindness, ambition, sociability, character, and likability...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
  • Symbolique et psychologie du langage
CONT

[…] le test du locuteur masqué permet de déceler les perceptions – négatives ou positives – des gens envers une langue parlée, en l'occurrence ici, le français ontarien.

Spanish

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Record 4 2019-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Mathematics
  • Computer Programs and Programming
CONT

... to achieve a good text recognition, a common approach involves the segmentation of the handwritten script into individual characters which can then be identified by the usage of a character recognition algorithm.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques informatiques
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
CONT

Parallèlement à l'installation physique, le développement de l'algorithme de reconnaissance de caractères a pu être optimisé en utilisant les images acquises sur la première machine.

Spanish

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Record 5 2016-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Soccer (Europe: Football)
OBS

The Edmonton Minor Soccer Association or EMSA is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the development of this city’s youth soccer programs. [Its] teams are comprised of over 25,000 children and youth throughout Edmonton and surrounding area ...

OBS

[Its goals are : to] promote, develop and govern minor soccer in the City of Edmonton... ;... to foster and encourage good character and sportsmanship, in all participants, through the principals of fair play; [and to] ensure the welfare and fulfillment of each individual player.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Soccer (Europe : football)

Spanish

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Record 6 2012-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Corporate Management (General)
  • Public Administration (General)
CONT

official misconduct. Any act involving moral turpitude, or any act which is contrary to justice, honesty, principle, or good morals, if performed by virtue of authority of office.... Any unlawful behavior in relation to the duties of his office, willful in its character, of any officer entrusted in any manner in the administration of justice, or the execution of the laws.

OBS

Depending on the context in which it is used, the term "malversation in office" can be rather pleonastic, as the term "malversation" alone carries that meaning.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Gestion de l'entreprise (Généralités)
  • Administration publique (Généralités)
DEF

Grave écart de conduite qui, par esprit de lucre, détourne des devoirs de sa charge un magistrat, un fonctionnaire, un officier public ou ministériel, le membre d'une profession judiciaire, un mandataire [...]

OBS

malversation dans l'exercice d'une charge : La malversation se déroule nécessairement dans l'exercice d'une charge ou d'une fonction. Selon le contexte, le tour peut être pléonastique.

Spanish

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Record 7 2012-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Legal Actions
CONT

... an increased amount of damages awarded because of the conduct, character and circumstances of both plaintiff and defendant. For example, aggravated damages may be awarded because of the defendant's bad motives or because of outrage to the plaintiff's feelings or because of his good character and reputation.

OBS

aggravated damages : term used in the plural in this context.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Actions en justice
OBS

dommages-intérêts majorés : terme utilisé au pluriel dans ce contexte.

OBS

dommages-intérêts majorés : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 8 2011-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rights and Freedoms
  • Private Law
  • Family Law (common law)
DEF

The general estimation in which a person is held with reference to moral character, ability and other qualities(his good name, honour, credit or standing).

CONT

Defamation is not limited to aspersions upon an individual’s private character - his reputation for honour, honesty or integrity - but embraces also disparaging observations prejudicial to his reputation in trade, business profession or office.

OBS

reputation: Every person has a right to the respect of his reputation and privacy.

OBS

It is a personality right.

OBS

reputation: Term and observation reproduced from sections 3 and 35 of the Civil Code of Québec.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droits et libertés
  • Droit privé
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
OBS

Toute personne a droit au respect de sa réputation et de sa vie privée.

OBS

réputation : Il s'agit d'un droit de la personnalité.

OBS

réputation : Terme et observation reproduits des articles 3 et 35 du Code civil du Québec.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derechos y Libertades
  • Derecho privado
  • Derecho de familia (common law)
CONT

Toda persona tiene derecho al respeto de su reputación y de su vida privada.

OBS

reputación: Se trata de un derecho de la personalidad.

OBS

reputación: Término y observación traducidos del artículo 3 y 35 del Código Civil de Quebec. El C.C.Q. fue traducido según la versión de 1999-2000.

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Record 9 2010-08-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Loans
  • Banking
CONT

There are a number of ways that lenders use to decide what credit assessment... to give you. All are similar, however, in that they take into account your credit history, the three Cs [character, capacity, collateral] and the lender's judgment about your good faith.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prêts et emprunts
  • Banque
DEF

Évaluation de la solvabilité d'un emprunteur ou d'un client (personne physique ou morale), c'est-à-dire sa capacité de faire face à ses engagements financiers, afin de déterminer dans quelle mesure on peut lui consentir sans risque indu un prêt, un crédit ou une ouverture de crédit.

OBS

L'évaluation peut être réalisée par le prêteur ou le fournisseur, ou encore par l'intermédiaire d'une agence spécialisée, moyennant des frais.

Spanish

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Record 10 - external organization data 2007-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Animal Husbandry
  • Compartment - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
CONT

With this title comes a responsibility to live up to high ethics and moral character. You must maintain high standards, or your integrity will come under fire and your days as a livestock judge will be short lived.... Once your morals are established, the next requirement of being the judge is to have the animal-evaluation skills necessary to sort the livestock. Having real-world production agriculture experience is not essential, but is very helpful. A minimum of two years of collegiate judging team experience is highly recommended.... Developing self confidence to be an effective evaluator requires multiple trips to the ring. There is no substitute for practice and repetition.... Good public speaking skills and the ability to accurately describe animals are two traits that elevate a good animal evaluator to the top. A judge who can effectively describe why one animal places ahead of another will do a better job of educating the exhibitors, families and crowd.

OBS

Approved by the Terminology Committee of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Élevage des animaux
  • Tiroir - Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada
CONT

M. Murray Reissner de l'Association Holstein du Canada sera le juge des concours de bétail qui auront lieu durant ce salon et l'ambassade du Canada à Lima tiendra un stand d'information.

OBS

Approuvé par le Comité de terminologie d'Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada.

Spanish

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Record 11 2005-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations and Associations (Admin.)
  • History (General)
CONT

The earliest traces of guilds in England are found in the laws of Ina in the seventh century. These guilds were formed for religious and social purposes and were voluntary in character.... they soon developed into frith guilds or peace guilds, associations with a corporate responsibility for the good conduct of their members and their mutual liability.... The main objects of these guilds was the preservation of peace, right, and liberty.

CONT

The Frith or Peace guild was the first brotherhood to make its appearance. As its name suggests, its main purpose was to avenge wrongs and to keep the peace.

CONT

Frith also has a legal significance: peace was effectively maintained in Anglo-Saxon times by the frith-guild, an early manifestation of summary justice.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et associations (Admin.)
  • Histoire (Généralités)
CONT

La gilde était avant tout une association de secours mutuels, de protection, d'assurances contre toutes sortes d'accidents; une étroite solidarité unissant les membres d'une gilde liés entre eux par un serment.

CONT

Les guildes anglo-saxonnes, pour ne citer qu'un seul exemple, disposaient ainsi d'un fonds d'assistance et allouaient des secours à l'occasion de sinistres aussi graves et variés que l'incendie, le vol, l'inondation ou la mortalité du bétail.

OBS

guilde : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 12 2004-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economics
  • Management Operations (General)
  • Labour and Employment
CONT

The quantitative, relatively objective indicators... do not themselves possess an intrinsic normative character. At this stage they simply measure social conditions and changes without passing any judgment on whether these are inherently "good" or "bad". However, besides these "objective" indicators, there is also a class of measures referred to... as subjective indicators.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économique
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)
  • Travail et emploi
CONT

Typologie des indicateurs sociaux. Suivant le genre de renseignement fourni [...] on distinguera des indicateurs objectifs et subjectifs [...] Le renseignement fourni par un indicateur peut être objectif, dans la mesure où il est censé révéler une situation donnée ou son évolution [...]

OBS

Il ne faut pas confondre les termes «indicateur objectif» (objective indicator) et «indicateur d'objectifs» (goal indicator).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía
  • Operaciones de la gestión (Generalidades)
  • Trabajo y empleo
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Record 13 2004-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trademarks (Law)
  • Commercial Law
  • Trade
DEF

A trademark that suggests rather than describes the particular characteristics of a product, thus requiring a consumer to use imagination to draw a conclusion about the nature of the product.

CONT

A suggestive trademark suggests some quality or character of the associated good and indirectly describes the product or service that they identify.

OBS

The general term "mark" is often used in texts as an elliptical variant of "trademark."

OBS

... Trademarks that describe the ingredients, qualities, features, purpose or characteristics of a product or service. These marks are not inherently distinctive, and thus do not receive trademark protection unless they acquire distinctiveness through secondary meaning.

Key term(s)
  • suggestive trade-mark
  • suggestive trade mark

French

Domaine(s)
  • Marques de commerce (Droit)
  • Droit commercial
  • Commerce
CONT

Marques suggestives : il s'agit de marques qui font allusion à certaines caractéristiques du produit. L'avantage des marques suggestives réside dans le fait qu elles constituent une forme de publicité et peuvent créer, dans l'esprit des clients, un lien direct entre la marque, certaines caractéristiques voulues et le produit.

Key term(s)
  • marque de commerce suggestive

Spanish

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Record 14 2003-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Workplace Organization Research
CONT

Universities and government laboratories are more than private firms heavily involved in basic R&D because it has the character of a public good.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherche et développement (Org. du travail)
CONT

Le besoin en R&D fondamentale est cité par plus d'un tiers des grandes entreprises.

Spanish

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Record 15 1996-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Policies
OBS

In 1980, the pro-independence campaign got off to a good start. Parti québécois premier René Lévesque was popular, the debate in the National Assembly had showcased separatist arguments, and polls suggested the Yes side just might do it. But an off-the-cuff remark by a PQ cabinet minister helped fuel a federalist victory. Lise Payette compared Madeleine Ryan, wife of Liberal leader Claude Ryan, to a children's textbook character named Yvette, a dutiful little girl who did as she was told. The remark angered federalist women, who organized Yvette brunches across Quebec. Some analysts believe the Yvette phenomenon boosted the final federalist score by five percentage points.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politiques nationales

Spanish

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Record 16 1994-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Public Service
CONT

The substitution of individual ministerial answerability for troublesome files and collective answerability for the character and quality of government as a whole, for the old judicial impeachment of ministers one by one, therefore, can be seen as a reasonably good thing, judged on a scale of normal politics.

Key term(s)
  • answerability

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fonction publique
CONT

La substitution de l'obligation de rendre compte individuelle des ministres à l'égard des dossiers épineux et de la responsabilité collective pour le caractère et la qualité du gouvernement dans son ensemble à l'ancienne procédure de destitution judiciaire des ministres l'un après l'autre peut donc être vue comme une chose raisonnablement bonne, jugée sur l'échelle des pratiques politiques normales.

Spanish

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Record 17 1988-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
OBS

He is of good character

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
OBS

Il jouit d'une bonne réputation (art. 21) (Marques de commerce, bodif. 1955 )

Spanish

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Record 18 1987-11-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
DEF

An occasion the circumstances of which are such as to make privileged a statement which is otherwise defamatory ....

CONT

In certain situations, the law allows one to speak and write without restraint, even at the expense of another's good name and character. These are called privileged occasions. What a member of Parliament says on the floor of the House is privileged, but repetition of the same words outside is not....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)

Spanish

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Record 19 1982-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Deep Foundations
OBS

Raymond concrete piles are formed using corrugated metal shells, the gauges depending on the soil character and pressures to withstand. Heavy internal mandrels are used, capable of good penetration with an adequate hammer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fondations profondes
OBS

Pieux Raymond en béton. - Ils sont constitués d'une chemise en tôle ondulée dont les caractéristiques sont fonction des propriétés du sol et des pressions à encaisser. On utilise un mandrin intérieur lourd, permettant une bonne pénétration sous l'influence d'un mouton adéquat.

Spanish

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Record 20 1982-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Deep Foundations
OBS

Raymond concrete piles are formed using corrugated metal shells, the gauges depending on the soil character and pressures to withstand. Heavy internal mandrels are used, capable of good penetration with an adequate hammer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fondations profondes
OBS

Pieux Raymond en béton. - Ils sont constitués d'une chemise en tôle ondulée dont les caractéristiques sont fonction des propriétés du sol et des pressions à encaisser. On utilise un mandrin intérieur lourd, permettant une bonne pénétration sous l'influence d'un mouton adéquat.

Spanish

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Record 21 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
  • Language Problems
OBS

evidence; good character e. : attestation de bonnes vie et moeurs; e. of(disease) : symptôme; secondary e. : preuve indirecte; upon e. : sur justification

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
  • Problèmes de langue

Spanish

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