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Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
CONT

Offshore units used by the petroleum industry to explore, develop, and produce oil and gas can be categorized as follows: 1. Fixed platforms, ... permanently attached to the ocean floor and ... not moveable. 2. Mobile platforms ... designed for mobility and intended to be at a given location a limited time period. The three general types of mobile platforms are: (a) the self-elevation units ; (b) the surface-type units (ship units and barge units) ; and (c) column-stabilized or semisubmersible units.

CONT

There are four basic forms of offshore rig: (a) Fixed Multi-well Platform ; (b) Mobile Jack-up Platform ; (c) Drill ship ; (d) Semi-submersible Platform.

CONT

As the men got farther out into the Gulf, they began to see many offshore rigs with their platforms, and tall derricks, where drilling was going on. Those on which drilling had finished and derricks were removed are also called platforms.

CONT

Destined for operation on Lake Erie this summer this offshore drilling rig built for Petrolia Oil Drilling Ltd. of Calgary by Davie Shipbuilding at Lauzon, heads up the St. Lawrence Seaway for final fitting at Port Maitland. The final overall width of the rig will be 134 feet, with 220-foot-long jacking legs extending to the lake bottom. Source: The Gazette 21-5-69.

CONT

On deep land rigs and on most offshore rigs there will be two 1300 or 1500 hp pumps.

CONT

More than half of the offshore rigs in operation are working in United States water, predominantly in the Gulf of Mexico.

PHR

Fixed offshore drilling platform.

PHR

Offshore fixed drilling plaform.

PHR

Offshore self-elevating drilling platform.

OBS

Strictly speaking, the platform and derrick are parts of a drilling rig.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
DEF

Surface plate équipée de différents matériels servant au forage de puits de pétrole en mer.

CONT

Il y a aujourd'hui trois grandes familles d'engins de forage en mer : les navires de forage, les plates-formes auto-élévatrices et les plates-formes semi-submersibles.

CONT

[...] le SS-55T est utilisé pour des missions de desserte des plates-formes de forage pétrolier en mer [...]

OBS

Au sens strict, la plate-forme et le derrick sont des composantes de l'engin de forage.

OBS

Pluriel : des plateformes, des plates-formes.

OBS

plateforme (sing.); plateformes (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Key term(s)
  • plateforme de forage en mer
  • plateforme de forage pétrolier en mer
  • plateforme de forage sous-marin
  • plateforme marine de forage
  • plateforme offshore

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Perforación de pozos petrolíferos
DEF

Explotación que posibilita la extracción de hidrocarburos mediante sondeos en zonas poco profundas de las plataformas continentales.

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Record 2 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Training
  • Cutting and Thrusting Weapons
  • Antique and Obsolete Weapons
CONT

To make bayonet training relevant again, the Army got rid of the bayonet assault course, in which soldiers fixed a bayonet to the end of a rifle, ran towards a target while yelling and then rammed the bayonet into the target center.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruction du personnel militaire
  • Armes blanches
  • Armes anciennes
CONT

L'entraînement à la baïonnette des jeunes recrues pouvait se faire sur des prisonniers, l'hésitation [n'étant] que de courte durée puisqu'un ordre direct de leur supérieur s'apparentait à un ordre de l'empereur, autrement dit un «ordre divin».

Spanish

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Record 3 2023-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment
CONT

Slippage is the transaction expense charged by the trading floor. It is an estimate of the difference between the price you wanted and the price you’ve got. Slippage is a significant cost to trading. The degree of slippage depends on the type of order placed, the size of the order, and the liquidity of the market.

CONT

The stock market resumed its upward march, rising 1% in March after a pause the month before. The increase was led by a recovery for energy, snapping a 3-month slide.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements
CONT

Le marché boursier a repris sa marche en avant, avançant de 1 % en mars après avoir fait du surplace le mois précédent. Le grand facteur de progression a été une reprise des actions liées à l’énergie après un dérapage qui aura duré trois mois.

Spanish

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Record 4 2022-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Banking
  • Financial Institutions
OBS

In 1973, 239 banks from 15 countries got together to solve a common problem : how to communicate about cross-border payments. The banks formed a cooperative utility, the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, headquartered in Belgium.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Banque
  • Institutions financières

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Operaciones bancarias
  • Instituciones financieras
OBS

Las principales actividades cibernéticas de agentes de la República Popular Democrática de Corea han incluido las siguientes: ataques a través de la red de la Sociedad para las Telecomunicaciones Financieras Interbancarias Internacionales (SWIFT) (con acceso a computadoras de empleados bancarios e infraestructura bancaria para enviar mensajes fraudulentos y destruir pruebas), robo de cibermonedas [...].

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Record 5 2021-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
CONT

Before vaccination became a common practice, people who survived whooping cough when they were young were often in contact with infected young children, because whooping cough was still common. These contacts stimulated their bodies to produce new immune cells and antibodies as they got older. These stimulations are called natural boosters...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
CONT

En cas de réduction importante de la circulation de l'agent infectieux, les rappels naturels deviennent aléatoires, rendant nécessaires des rappels vaccinaux tardifs pour certaines maladies (par exemple, coqueluche).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inmunología
CONT

En situaciones en las que no se produce un refuerzo natural, es preciso administrar dosis de refuerzo del toxoide diftérico después del periodo de lactancia y la edad de escolarización primaria para mantener la inmunidad protectora.

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Record 6 2021-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Counter-Measures (Military operations)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

The new policy also stated that the [American] administration was seeking to stop enemy missiles before they got far off the ground — a step known as boost-phase interception, since the attack would happen while [the] missile's engines were still firing.

OBS

booster phase interception; BPI: designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contre-mesures (Opérations militaires)
  • Missiles et roquettes
OBS

interception en phase propulsive; BPI : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 7 2020-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Mathematics
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
DEF

[A] sorting algorithm that repeatedly steps through the list, compares adjacent elements and swaps them if they are in the wrong order.

CONT

The bubble sort algorithm got its name from the way bubbles rises to the surface : the largest bubble will reach the surface first. The second largest bubble will reach the surface next, and so on. In the bubble sort algorithm, the largest value will reach its correct position first. The second largest bubble will reach its correct position next, and so on.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques informatiques
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
CONT

Dans la littérature, l'algorithme de tri par bulles est souvent présenté pour le tri de vecteurs, mais il est également possible de l'utiliser pour trier des listes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Matemáticas para computación
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
CONT

El algoritmo de ordenación de burbuja ("bubble sort") se basa en comparar los elementos adyacentes del vector e intercambiar los mismos si están desordenados. Se comienza comparando el primer elemento con el segundo, si están desordenados se intercambian. Luego se compara el segundo con el tercero, intercambiándolos si están desordenados. Este proceso que se realiza sobre todos los elementos constituye una pasada sobre el vector. Al terminar esta pasada el mayor elemento se encuentra al final del vector y algunos de los elementos más pequeños se han movido hacia las primeras posiciones (es decir, los elementos más pequeños han "burbujeado" hacia arriba, mientras que los más grandes se han "hundido", de aquí el nombre del método).

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Record 8 2020-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

Hype surrounding AI has peaked and troughed over the years as the abilities of the technology [got] overestimated and then re-evaluated. The peaks are known as AI summers, and the troughs [as] AI winters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
CONT

[...] le développement de l'IA [intelligence artificielle] a connu des hauts et des bas importants. [Les] bas ont d'ailleurs été [appelés] «hivers de l'intelligence artificielle» [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inteligencia artificial
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Record 9 2020-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Indigenous Arts and Culture
CONT

[He] said First Nations have to raise the bar and start acting like the grandparents. He said, "Real Indian time was when you got there early; latecomers were left standing on the shore and the canoes left. You have to get up early to hunt. We have to get rid of this modern laziness. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts et culture autochtones
CONT

[Il] dit que les Premières Nations doivent relever la barre et commencer à agir comme le faisaient leurs grands-parents. «La vraie ponctualité à l'indienne consistait à arriver tôt; les retardataires étaient laissés sur le rivage et les canots partaient. Vous devez vous lever tôt pour chasser. Nous devons abandonner cette paresse des temps modernes», dit-il.

Spanish

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Record 10 2019-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coupling Systems (Railroad)
  • Rolling Stock (Railroads)
OBS

Mounted to the end... is a striker plate(or striker casting in earlier years). When an engineer slams a train together, the couplers get shoved back into the "draft gear box. "If the hitch is really rough, the coupler head will get shoved all the way back to bump up against the striker, which explains how the striker got its name.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Attelages (Matériel de chemin de fer)
  • Matériel roulant (Chemins de fer)
CONT

Ne jamais poser le pied sur la tête d'attelage, sur l'appareil de choc et de traction, ni entre la saillie d'arrêt de la tête d'attelage et le pylône de choc moulé.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas de acoplamiento (Ferrocarriles)
  • Equipo rodante (Ferrocarriles)
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Record 11 2018-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Search and Rescue (Paramilitary)
  • Mountain Sports
DEF

Search and rescue conducted on a mountain, for example of someone who has fallen, got lost, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherche et sauvetage (Paramilitaire)
  • Sports de montagne
CONT

Les spécialistes du sauvetage en montagne sont formés pour répondre à tout un éventail de situations, que ce soit par voie terrestre, par hélicoptère ou par bateau à propulsion hydraulique.

Spanish

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Record 12 2017-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Data Banks and Databases
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Finance
CONT

The blockchain got its name because it is a chain of digital blocks, each of which is a tamper-proof batch of valid/verified transactions. Each block refers(or is linked) to the immediately prior block …

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banques et bases de données
  • Internet et télématique
  • Finances
CONT

La chaîne de blocs tire son nom du fait qu'il s'agit d'une série de blocs numériques dont chacun est un ensemble de transactions valides ou vérifiées à l'épreuve de toute falsification. Chaque bloc renvoie (ou est lié) au bloc le précédant immédiatement [...]

Spanish

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Record 13 2016-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coils and Windings (Electrical Components)
  • Electric Motors
CONT

The winding has got 2 parts; one main winding and an auxiliary winding. The auxiliary winding is placed perpendicular to the main winding. A capacitor is connected to the auxiliary winding.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bobines et bobinage (Composants électrotechniques)
  • Moteurs électriques
DEF

Enroulement ou partie d'enroulement d'un transformateur qui alimente le circuit des auxiliaires.

Spanish

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Record 14 2015-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
  • Investment
CONT

It is well known that excessive leverage was one of the primary causes of the Great Depression. Specifically, many people bought stocks on margin, and when stock prices dropped, they were wiped out and their lenders got hit hard.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
  • Investissements et placements
CONT

L’une des causes sous-jacentes de la crise financière a été l’accumulation, dans le système bancaire, d’un effet de levier excessif au bilan et hors bilan. Or, de nombreuses banques ont accumulé un effet de levier excessif tout en présentant de solides ratios de fonds propres fondés sur les risques. Au plus fort de la crise, le secteur bancaire a été contraint par le marché de réduire son effet de levier d’une façon qui a accentué les pressions baissières sur les prix des actifs.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión presupuestaria y financiera
  • Inversiones
CONT

El apalancamiento financiero se refiere a la obtención de capital a través de la deuda para expandir las operaciones del negocio. [...] El apalancamiento financiero excesivo a veces puede poner una tensión en los flujos de efectivo de una organización.

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Record 15 2015-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

A soft bounce is a temporary delivery failure. Your email campaign got as far as the receiving mail server, meaning the email address was recognized, but the message bounced back undelivered instead of reaching the recipient's inbox.

OBS

Soft bounces can occur when the recipient’s mailbox is full; the receiving server is down or swamped with messages; the message size is too large; the recipient’s settings do not allow for email from the sender; suspicious or spammy content has been detected, and many more reasons.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique

Spanish

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Record 16 2015-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paddle Sports
CONT

Canoe/kayak slalom began to develop about six years after the first international canoe/kayak federation was founded in 1924. The sport got its start in Switzerland, modeled after alpine skiing. Just as skiers in slalom races have to maneuver through gates, so would canoers/kayakers as their boats travelled down whitewater rapids.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de pagaie
CONT

Le canoë-kayak slalom a commencé à se développer environ six années après la création de la première fédération internationale de canoë-kayak en 1924. Le sport a connu ses débuts en Suisse, à l’image du ski alpin. Tout comme les skieurs doivent négocier des portes dans les courses de slalom, les canoéistes et les kayakistes doivent faire de même alors que leur embarcation descend une rivière dotée de nombreux rapides.

Spanish

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

Canotaje/kayak eslalon. En este emocionante deporte lleno de adrenalina, los atletas se abren camino a toda velocidad por un recorrido de aguas rápidas con rápidos, rocas, caídas y remolinos mientras pasan por una serie de puertas lo más rápido posible.

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Record 17 2015-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bowling, Billiards and Other Ball Games
DEF

A round in a game of bowling in which each player takes a turn at hitting the pins.

CONT

A [bowling] game consists of 10 frames. Each bowler usually bowls twice in each frame. If you do not knock down all the pins with your first ball, the number you did knock down is put in the first small box for that frame. If, after your second ball, you still have not knocked down all the pins, the number you got with your second ball is put in the second small box. Your total score for the frame is put in the large box.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Quilles, billards et autres jeux de boules
DEF

Manche d’une partie de jeu de [...] quilles dans laquelle chaque joueur essaie, tour à tour, de faire tomber les quilles.

CONT

Une partie [de quilles] consiste en 10 carreaux. Chaque joueur lance habituellement 2 boules par carreau. S'il ne fait pas tomber toutes les quilles avec son premier lancer, le nombre de quilles renversées est inscrit dans la première petite case de ce carreau. S'il reste toujours des quilles debout après la deuxième boule, le nombre de quilles renversées au deuxième coup est inscrit dans la deuxième petite case. Le total des points pour ce tour est inscrit dans la grande case.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bolos, billar y otros juegos de bolos
DEF

Ronda en un juego de bolos en la que cada jugador toma un turno para tratar de derribar los bolos.

OBS

Cada juego consiste en diez cuadros.

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Record 18 2015-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anthropology
CONT

Bog woman given a face. A 2000-year-old body... has received a makeover-coroner style. The female known as the Auning Woman, found in a northeastern Jutland bog 1886, and housed at the Museum for Culture and History in Randers, has finally got a face. Reasonably well-preserved when she popped up from the bog, the woman's 2000-year-old skull was broken into several pieces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anthropologie
CONT

À l’exception de sa ceinture en cuir de bœuf et de son couvre-chef constitué de huit peaux de mouton cousues, l’Homme de Tollund n’a pas d’habits, contrairement aux autres hommes des tourbières, qui sont habillés ou dont les vêtements ont été déposés à leurs côtés. (À 80 m de là on a retrouvé une femme des tourbières vêtue de peaux).

Spanish

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Record 19 2014-10-24

English

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

Pledge loss happens because United Way Ottawa pays it out to the charities upfront in August(same year) and Feb(next year) even if they have not yet got the actual [dollars] from the company collecting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité
  • Organismes et associations (Admin.)

Spanish

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Record 20 2014-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
CONT

Officials said the couple posted the password-sniffing program on the Web by connecting to an Internet service provider in Manila with their home phone line ...

CONT

The attacker got in through the FTP [file transfer protocol] port and then ran a password-sniffing program to steal passwords and create a new bogus home page for the site.

Key term(s)
  • password-sniffing programme

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Seguridad de IT
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Record 21 2014-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (Canada)
OBS

A river mouth located in the Northwest Territories.

OBS

Coordinates: 66° 46’ 48" N, 133° 06’ 21" W (Northwest Territories).

OBS

Literal English translation of "Jyah Vehłąį’ Tshik, "provided by the Government of the Northwest Territories : crane—it got snared—at the mouth of.

OBS

On June 21, 2013, the Government of the Northwest Territories officially recognized over 400 traditional Gwich’in place names reflecting their land use across the Gwich’in Settlement Area of the Northwest Territories.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (Canada)
OBS

Embouchure située dans les Territoires du Nord-Ouest.

OBS

Coordonnées : 66° 46' 48" N, 133° 06' 21" O (Territoires du Nord-Ouest).

OBS

Traduction littérale française de «Jyah Vehłąį’ Tshik», d’après la traduction littérale anglaise fournie par le gouvernement des Territoires du Nord-Ouest : grue - a été pris au piège - à l'embouchure de.

OBS

Le 21 juin 2013, le gouvernement des Territoires du Nord-Ouest a officiellement reconnu plus de 400 noms géographiques traditionnels en Gwich'in, reflétant ainsi leur utilisation à travers la région désignée des Gwich'in dans les Territoires du Nord-Ouest.

Spanish

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Record 22 2014-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (Canada)
OBS

A lake located in the Northwest Territories.

OBS

Coordinates: 66° 46’ 60" N, 133° 17’ 54" W (Northwest Territories).

OBS

Literal English translation of "Jyah Vehłąį’, "provided by the Government of the Northwest Territories : crane—it got snared.

OBS

On June 21, 2013, the Government of the Northwest Territories officially recognized over 400 traditional Gwich’in place names reflecting their land use across the Gwich’in Settlement Area of the Northwest Territories.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (Canada)
OBS

Lac situé dans les Territoires du Nord-Ouest.

OBS

Coordonnées : 66° 46' 60" N, 133° 17' 54" O (Territoires du Nord-Ouest).

OBS

Traduction littérale française de «Jyah Vehłąį’», d’après la traduction littérale anglaise fournie par le gouvernement des Territoires du Nord-Ouest : grue - a été pris au piège.

OBS

Le 21 juin 2013, le gouvernement des Territoires du Nord-Ouest a officiellement reconnu plus de 400 noms géographiques traditionnels en Gwich'in, reflétant ainsi leur utilisation à travers la région désignée des Gwich'in dans les Territoires du Nord-Ouest.

Spanish

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Record 23 2014-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (Canada)
OBS

A creek located in the Northwest Territories.

OBS

Coordinates: 66° 46’ 48" N, 133° 06’ 21" W (Northwest Territories).

OBS

Literal English translation of "Jyah Vehłąį’ Njik, "provided by the Government of the Northwest Territories : crane—it got snared—river.

OBS

On June 21, 2013, the Government of the Northwest Territories officially recognized over 400 traditional Gwich’in place names reflecting their land use across the Gwich’in Settlement Area of the Northwest Territories.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (Canada)
OBS

Crique située dans les Territoires du Nord-Ouest.

OBS

Coordonnées : 66° 46' 48" N, 133° 06' 21" O (Territoires du Nord-Ouest).

OBS

Traduction littérale française de «Jyah Vehłąį’ Njik», d’après la traduction littérale anglaise fournie par le gouvernement des Territoires du Nord-Ouest : grue - a été pris au piège - rivière.

OBS

Le 21 juin 2013, le gouvernement des Territoires du Nord-Ouest a officiellement reconnu plus de 400 noms géographiques traditionnels en Gwich'in, reflétant ainsi leur utilisation à travers la région désignée des Gwich'in dans les Territoires du Nord-Ouest.

Spanish

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Record 24 2014-01-31

English

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

A combined measurement of temperature and humidity got by adding the Fahrenheit figure to vapor pressure in millibars minus 10.

OBS

[Humidex] indicates the dry-air temperature that would cause the same level of discomfort. Humidex values above 85 stand for increasingly uncomfortable combinations of heat and humidity.

OBS

The term "humidex" (Humidity + index) was coined in 1965 by the Toronto Weather Office.

OBS

Not to be confused with "comfort index" or "humidity index."

French

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

Effets de la température et de l'humidité exprimés par la formule : H = ,T + h où T est la température en degrés Fahrenheit et h, la pression de vapeur en millibars e moins 10. Donc H = T + (e - 10)

OBS

L'humidex combine la température enregistrée et le degré hygrométrique de l'air pour donner une température apparente, celle que l'on perçoit en fait.

OBS

C'est surtout au Canada qu'on emploie l'indice humidex.

OBS

On trouve parfois, sans raison cependant, la graphie avec un "H" majuscule initial.

Spanish

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

[...] el humidex es una innovación canadiense [...] y está basado en principios biometeorológicos. Es un número en grados que indica la temperatura efectiva que siente el individuo bajo ciertas condiciones de humedad y temperatura ambiente [...]

CONT

La sensación térmica en verano. También en verano podemos experimentar más o menos calor a una misma temperatura, en este caso debido a la combinación de temperatura y humedad relativa. En días calurosos, una humedad relativa alta aumenta la sensación de calor, ya que la evaporación del sudor, que es el principal medio para disminuir el calor corporal, se ve dificultada por el exceso de humedad presente en el aire. Por ejemplo, en un día con una temperatura de 30 ºC y humedad relativa de 50 %, la sensación térmica es de 36 ºC.

OBS

humidex: no confundir con "índice de humedad", que hace referencia al índice que refleja la disponibilidad hídrica del clima.

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Record 25 2013-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physical Fitness Training and Bodybuilding
CONT

Knee dips. Stand in front of a mirror on one leg. Point your foot on the supporting leg straightforward. Square up your hips and shoulders to the mirror so you are facing the mirror directly. Look at your kneecap and make sure it is pointed straightforward to the mirror. Avoid leaning into one hip. Imagine you’ve got a string attached to the top of your head and it's pulling your body straight up so your posture is perfect... Slowly lower your body weight down and up only a few inches. Your primary focus during this exercise is to ensure your kneecap doesn’t collapse in towards the midline of your body... You can intensify this exercise by holding free weights or by standing on a step and bending deeper toward the ground.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conditionnement physique et culturisme
CONT

Pliés des genoux. Tenez-vous debout devant un miroir, sur une jambe. Pointez votre pied libre directement vers la jambe au sol. Alignez vos hanches et vos épaules avec le miroir de manière à bien y faire face. Regardez votre genou et assurez-vous qu'il pointe directement vers le miroir. Évitez de vous reposer sur une seule hanche. Imaginez que vous avez une corde attachée sur le sommet de la tête et qu'elle tire votre corps vers le haut pour une posture parfaite [...] Pliez et dépliez lentement le genou, pour que votre corps descende et monte de quelques pouces seulement. Vous devez avant tout veiller à pointer votre genou directement vers l'avant pendant toute la durée de l'exercice et à ce que celui-ci ne tourne pas vers l'extérieur [...] Vous pouvez intensifier cet exercice en tenant des haltères ou en vous plaçant sur une marche et en descendant plus bas.

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Record 26 2013-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial Institutions
  • Finance
CONT

Historically, there were distinct divisions in the services offered by the various industry players. You saved your money or got a loan from a bank. You purchased stocks and bonds from a broker. You bought insurance from an insurance agent. And you bought mutual funds from a mutual funds sale rep. But the traditional 4 pillars of the financial services industry have blurred.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Institutions financières
  • Finances
DEF

Groupe d'établissements qui exercent une même fonction financière.

OBS

On dit souvent que le système financier nord-américain repose sur quatre pilliers, soit les banques, les sociétés de fiducie, les compagnies d'assurance et les maisons de courtage.

Spanish

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Record 27 2013-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Social Movements
CONT

As the summit got underway Monday, the PQ [Parti Québécois] tabled its plan for tuition increases, a long-awaited development in a political dispute that rocked Quebec last year and was dubbed by students as the Maple Spring.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Mouvements sociaux
DEF

Mouvement social marqué par la grève étudiante québécoise en 2012 déclenchée en réponse à la hausse des frais de scolarité universitaires.

CONT

Le Printemps érable, faut-il le rappeler, n’a pas été que manifestations musclées ou spectaculaires. Ce qui a fait sa force, ce qui le distingue comme tournant social, c’est la qualité de sa prise de parole et la remise au premier plan d’une véritable réflexion sur les choix collectifs.

OBS

Le terme «Printemps érable» se dit ainsi par analogie avec le «Printemps arabe».

Spanish

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Record 28 2013-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
DEF

[T] hose parts of the earth which are capable of being got from underneath the surface for the purpose of profit. The term therefore includes coal, metal ores of all kinds, stone, slate, and coprolites, but not the common clay, sand, or gravel found in the upper soil. It includes all substances of commercial value which can be got from beneath the earth, either by mining or quarrying, except common clay or sandstone.(Jowitt, 2nd ed. 1977, pp. 1184-1185).

CONT

As minerals are part and parcel of the land the ambit of the word "minerals" assumes considerable importance. Unless there is something in the context or in the nature of the transaction itself which would induce a court to give it a more limited meaning, the word "minerals" includes oil and gas. (Di Castri, Law of Vendor and Purchaser, 3rd ed., 1988, p. 12-40).

OBS

minerals: term usually used in the plural in this context.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

minéraux : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel dans ce contexte.

OBS

minéraux : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 29 2013-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Games and Toys (General)
  • Popular Music
CONT

We’ve got the lyrics to eight of your favourite skipping songs...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux et jouets (Généralités)
  • Musique populaire

Spanish

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Record 30 2012-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diplomacy
CONT

During his October 1977 address to the United Nations General Assembly, U. S. President Jimmy Carter described zig-zag diplomacy as it pertains to the Middle East crisis(Israeli-Arab States) :"A Geneva settlement is like a tall mountain, full of crevices and sharp rocks. Therefore, you don’t go to it in a straight line. You go through zigs and zags. You even go down a little bit, then you keep moving. As long as you know where you’re going, that's what's important. And we know where we’re going. We know we’ve got to make zigs and zags. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diplomatie
CONT

Aussi la posture pro-occidentale de la Jordanie fut préservée tout le long du processus de désengagement, bien que la diplomatie du pas à pas n’ait pas offert [au président irakien] de vrais bénéfices.

Spanish

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Record 31 2012-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diplomacy
CONT

When [the head of the Danish mission]-before his departure from China in 1920-looked for new premises for the Danish legation, the Danish mess got a new role and served as diplomatic residence and chancery.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diplomatie
CONT

Le profil souhaité est celui d'un cuisinier professionnel autonome, créatif et rigoureux, connaissant bien la gastronomie française et disposant d'une première expérience réussie dans un environnement professionnel proche de celui d’une résidence diplomatique et dans des fonctions comparables.

Spanish

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Record 32 2012-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
  • Personality Development
CONT

We see clients who have somehow got stuck in a rut where they have feelings of overwhelming guilt, and are unable to get on with their lives.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
  • Développement de la personnalité
CONT

Si vous faites toujours votre part, si vous faites toujours de votre mieux (parfois, faire de son mieux, c'est ne rien faire), et si vous le faites en conscience, pourquoi surcharger vos épaules d'une culpabilité disproportionnée?

Spanish

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Record 33 2012-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

Home shut down 800, 000 AT&T customers Saturday morning in an effort to drive up the asking price for its broadband company, a move that, in the end, only got the attention of the nation's affected users.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications
  • Internet et télématique
CONT

Les entreprises de transmission à large bande autorisées et non autorisées peuvent faire appel aux transporteurs publics réglementés pour distribuer les signaux éloignés. Lorsque les entreprises de distribution se servent d'installations par micro-ondes privées, elles deviennent généralement elles-mêmes des transporteurs publics dans le sens où elles remplissent une fonction de distribution.

Spanish

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Record 34 2012-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
  • Investment
DEF

A term sometimes used instead of ’refer to drawer’, when a bank refuses to pay a cheque when the balance of the account is inadequate.

CONT

Insufficient funds. A situation where an account does not have enough money to cover a payment. When writing a check, you must have enough in the account to pay the check or you’ve got insufficient funds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
  • Investissements et placements
CONT

La banque peut rejeter un chèque présenté au paiement pour provision insuffisante. Cette sanction génère ce qu’on appelle un incident de paiement mettant l’émetteur du chèque dans une situation dite d’interdiction bancaire, c'est-à-dire dans l’impossibilité d’émettre d’autres chèques ou de régler par carte bancaire, sauf s’il régularise sa situation de débiteur.

OBS

On retrouve aussi «fond insuffisant, insuffisance de fond» pour désigner le terme «insufficient funds». On n'a pas retenu ces équivalents dans le domaine bancaire à cause des sources de renseignements qui ne sont pas fiables.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Operaciones bancarias
  • Inversiones
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Record 35 2011-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Amateur Radio
DEF

A government-licensed operator of an amateur radio station.

CONT

Once on the air, he got in touch with hams on the mainland and they in turn warned ships away from the dangerous coast.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radio amateur
DEF

Personne titulaire d'une licence l'autorisant à effectuer des radiocommunications, dans des conditions règlementées, en vue d'études techniques et d'instruction individuelle, sans intérêt pécuniaire et à titre uniquement personnel, sauf en cas d'urgence.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Radioafición
DEF

Persona autorizada que emite y recibe mensajes radiados privados, usando bandas de frecuencia administrativamente establecidas.

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Record 36 2011-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Building Names
  • Heritage
OBS

The English name of a premises that has no French equivalent; the specific in "Province House National Historic Site of Canada (P.E.I.)", a national historic site managed by Parks Canada.

OBS

Province House, the Legislative Assembly House for Prince Edward Island, and with it Charlottetown where it is located, is known as "the Birthplace of Confederation". It is there that was hold, from 1 to 9 September 1864, the meeting during which the Fathers of the Confederation got to an agreement at the origin of the Canadian Confederation of 1867 agreed by the signature of the British North America Act.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d'édifices et de bâtiments
  • Patrimoine
OBS

Désignation officielle anglaise d'un établissement n'ayant pas de forme française équivalente; spécifique dans «lieu historique national du Canada Province House (Î.-P.-É.)», un lieu historique national géré par Parcs Canada.

OBS

Province House, maison de l'Assemblée législative de la province de l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard, et, par extension, Charlottetown, ville où elle est située, est appelée «le Berceau de la Confédération». C'est là que s'est déroulée, du 1er au 9 septembre 1864, la rencontre durant laquelle les Pères de la Confédération en sont venus à l'accord à l'origine de la Confédération canadienne de 1867 convenue par la signature de l'Acte de l'Amérique du Nord britannique.

Key term(s)
  • Province-House
  • maison Province House
  • maison Province-House
  • maison Province

Spanish

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Record 37 2011-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour and Employment
DEF

The condition of being unemployed and having little or no prospect for employment.

CONT

Unemployment... could be translated as "I haven’t got a job this week. "Worklessness, meanwhile, could be defined as "I never expect to have a job, no one in my family has had a job for two generations, so why should I bother. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et emploi
CONT

[L'unité baptisée Social Exclusion Unit] a recommandé la formulation d'une stratégie pour combler le fossé séparant les quartiers défavorisés du reste de l'Angleterre, c'est-à-dire : [...] pour faire en sorte de réduire le désœuvrement persistant, d'abaisser le taux de criminalité, d'améliorer la santé et de rehausser le niveau d'instruction dans tous les quartiers problématiques.

Spanish

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Record 38 2011-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Grammar
  • Phraseology
CONT

After going through a six-week alcoholism-therapy program in 1993, Sampson found a job as the custodian at the Friendship Centre and got himself off welfare.... "I can be happy in saying that... we broke that cycle. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Grammaire
  • Phraséologie
OBS

Éviter la traduction littérale «briser le cycle», expression dénuée de sens, à moins qu'un déterminant ne soit ajouté. (Ex. : le cycle de la dépendance).

Spanish

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Record 39 2011-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade Names
  • Bioengineering
CONT

CLOtest got its name from "Campylobacter Like Organism" test. At the time CLOtest was patented in 1985. H. pylori was called a Campylobacter, which means "curved bacteria". Now there are enough of these curvy and helical bugs to warrent their own genus called Helicobacter, which means "spiral or helical bacteria".

OBS

CLOtest®: A trademark of Kimberly-Clark.

Key term(s)
  • CLOtest

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations commerciales
  • Technique biologique
OBS

CLO Test® : dans EMC [Encyclopédie médico-chirurgicale].

OBS

Épreuve de détection de Hélicobacter pylori.

OBS

CLO Test : Marque de commerce de la société Kimberly-Clark.

Key term(s)
  • CLO Test

Spanish

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Record 40 2011-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Jazz
CONT

One very common chord sequence is that of George Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm", though usually with an original "head" and without the final 2-bar tag. Jazz musicians sometimes refer to this sequence as "Rhythm changes". Along with the 12-bar blues sequence, this sequence was almost the "anthem" of bebop. The chord changes are of course subject to regional/stylistic variations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jazz
CONT

L'anatole est un canevas harmonique très utilisé dans le jazz «classique» mais également adopté par le jazz be-bop.

Spanish

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Record 41 2010-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
CONT

Data dredging bias: when data are reviewed for all possible associations without prior hypothesis, the results are suitable for hypothesis-generating activities only.

OBS

I know there's an association in here somewhere. You’ve got a river of data and nothing's making a ripple. What do you do when you’re looking for something lost in a river of data : Data dredge! All you need is a computer and a good statistical analysis program that can go through your data and look at every possible association. All you have to do is pick the association you think makes your case and write it up.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)

Spanish

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Record 42 2010-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Advertising Media
  • Advertising Agencies and Services
CONT

Proved name registration score is a score based on the percentage of respondents who can accurately recall the ad the day after exposure.

CONT

And yet the feel of the message might well have got through-as is shown by some studies which compare image measurements against recall scores.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports publicitaires
  • Agences et services de publicité
DEF

Proportion de l'audience déclarée d'un message publicitaire capable de restituer au moins un élément spécifique de ce message afin de s'assurer que le souvenir restitué concerne le message publicitaire étudié.

Spanish

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Record 43 2010-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Neology and Linguistic Borrowing
DEF

The doctrines, principles and practices of the Reagan party, developed by Ronald Reagan, 40th president of the U.S. 1981-1989.

CONT

You must be kidding! After eight years of Reaganism, which gave us a record budget deficit, a society where the rich got richer and the poor got poorer, the S&L bailout crisis and an economy in a shambles, you dare to celebrate Reagan by publishing some of his memoirs.

OBS

The formation of this neologism is by derivation. It is an affixation whereby the suffix-ism is added to the proper name ’Reagan’. Through this affixation, there is a change of grammatical category whereby a proper name becomes a general noun.

OBS

In the Random House Dictionary, -ism is a "suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it was used to form action nouns from verbs ... (also) used as a productive suffix in the formation of nouns denoting action or practice, state of condition, principles, doctrines, a usage or characteristic, devotion or adherence, etc..."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Néologie et emprunts
OBS

Dans Le Petit Robert (1983), -isme est "un suffixe de substantif (doctrine, profession); appartenance à un groupe ou à un système" (p. 1035).

Spanish

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Record 44 2010-09-13

English

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

A wager on one or more of the horses [which] must finish a race in a predetermined order while being coupled along with all the other horses in the field that finish the race in the money.

CONT

The idea of an exacta wheel is that when you have one horse to bet in an exacta, you "wheel" him on top of all the other to be 2nd. Exacta wheel wagers may be made in $1 increments. Let’s call a wheel bet, with our horse being n° 7. You say: "$2 exacta wheel, n° 7 with all."

OBS

Wheeling a horse is coupling him with every other horse in the race to win an exacta or quinella, or with every horse in the other race to win a daily double. Obviously, if your "wheel" horse wins, you’re winner since you’ve got all bases covered.

French

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

Pari sur un ou [plusieurs] chevaux qui doivent terminer la course dans un ordre précis tout en étant couplés à tous les autres chevaux du peloton classés aux positions de rapport.

CONT

Il y a plusieurs façons de faire la roulette. Dans un pari quiniela, vous pouvez jouer le cheval que vous aimez - votre clé - avec tous les autres chevaux de la course. Vous pouvez également «rouler» trois ou quatre chevaux, c'est-à-dire acheter toutes les combinaisons possibles entre les chevaux sélectionnés.

Spanish

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Record 45 2010-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Grain Growing
  • Milling and Cereal Industries
CONT

This famous wheat, commonly known as Red Fife or Scotch Fife in North America, is called "red" because that is its colour when fully ripe and "Fife" after David Fife, the Ontario farmer who was the first to grow it in North America when he sowed it on his farm in 1842. The story of how it got there has taken on aspects of myth and legend. It takes place at various locations across two continents : one often needs to look ahead in time, then back, to understand how it happened.(This section is based on Buller, Chapter III, sec. 23, p. 206-218).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des céréales
  • Minoterie et céréales
CONT

En 1876, on expédiait le Red Fife du Manitoba à Minneapolis par rivière. La mouture traditionnelle a cédé la place à un nouveau procédé de mouture. Le «Flinty» Red Fife, qui prospérait dans les Prairies, était recherché pour sa farine supérieure, une farine très fine à teneur en protéines et rendement élevés. Le nouveau procédé se faisait à l'aide d'un sasseur et de cylindres en fer plutôt que de pierres pour moudre le blé. Dans les années 1880, l'expansion des chemins de fer et l'attrait des profits réalisés en semant le blé Red Fife ont encouragé les gens à s'installer dans les Prairies. Les chemins de fer ont lancé la manutention en vrac du grain.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cultivo de cereales
  • Molinería y cereales
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Record 46 2010-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Outfitting of Ships
  • Surfing and Water-Skiing
DEF

Straps attached to the back of the board to hold the windsurfer’s feet.

CONT

Footstraps consist of a rubber, plastic or webbing strip attached to the board in a small loop, and covered with a neoprene tube to protect the feet.

CONT

The board must have an excellent non-slip finish, and when you have got the hang of them, footstraps anchor your feet in position and make it a great deal easier to stay in control.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armement et gréement
  • Ski nautique et surfing
DEF

Courroies en nylon, recouvertes de néoprène.

CONT

Les pieds se calent parfaitement dans les footstraps super confortables, gainés d'une enveloppe très flashy; bravo pour les deux straps doubles à l'arrière qui permettent un contrôle parfait de l'assiette du flotteur!

OBS

On en fixe une paire de chaque côté du puits de dérive pour retenir le pied avant, et trois autres paires vers l'arrière de la planche ce qui permet de maintenir contact avec la surface de cette dernière dans une variété de conditions.

Spanish

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Record 47 2010-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
  • Silviculture
  • Brush, Prairie and Forest Fires
CONT

Aspen also depends on fire to trigger its suckering response or it will die after about 70 years.

OBS

It is unheard of for a new clone to appear these days because conditions for aspen seed germination haven’t occurred for hundreds or even thousands of years. Obviously, we’ve got some pretty old clones in the Rockies! They’ve survived because of repeated cycles of growth, burning, suckering and growth. Fire is essential in this cycle--without it, aspens can’t survive.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Sylviculture
  • Incendies de végétation
DEF

Dans le contexte précis d'un incendie de forêt, aptitude d'un arbre arsin à produire des drageons.

OBS

Renseignement communiqué par un chercheur au Centre de foresterie des Laurentides.

Spanish

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Record 48 2009-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maritime Law
  • Maritime Organizations
OBS

hypothecation: A contract whereby, without change of possession, specific property is designated as security for the payment of a debt or the performance of an obligation.

OBS

He [Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott] admitted he has not yet secured all the funding he wants from the Treasury, but said he had managed to raise money in other ways. Mr Prescott told the BBC :"On new income, I got the Chancellor to agree congestion charges, if the local authorities want to do it. It's a new income stream that must go in to transport-that's hypothecation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit maritime
  • Organisations maritimes

Spanish

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Record 49 2009-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Descriptive Geometry
  • Physics
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
CONT

The Laplacian of a vector field is the vector field got by applying the Laplace operator [divergence of the gradient] to each component in turn.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géométrie descriptive
  • Physique
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
CONT

En analyse vectorielle, le laplacien vectoriel est un opérateur différentiel pour les champs vectoriels.

Spanish

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Record 50 2008-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
DEF

Colored post at infield rail exactly two furlongs from the finish line.

CONT

Great Notion got off to a good start, took the lead at the quarter-mile mark, and held the lead until he was passed by Crowned King late in the stretch.

Key term(s)
  • quarter post

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres

Spanish

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Record 51 2008-05-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications
  • Telephony and Microwave Technology
  • Radio Broadcasting
DEF

The mixing together of television, computer, telephone, radio, cable and wireless technologies.

OBS

Before competition, all these technologies used to operate completely on their own, each supplying the consumer with a distinct service. The phone company brought you phone service, a cable company brought you television, and you got your computer or digital phone from others. Digital technology is changing all this, making it possible for anything--a voice over a phone line, a TV picture and accompanying sound, data from your computer--to be reduced to digital "bits" and send over any kind of access line. This means that some day, the phone will ring and you will answer by talking to your computer screen, which will also be the place you can watch a movie or the news.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications
  • Téléphonie et techniques hyperfréquences
  • Radiodiffusion
DEF

Regroupement des industries de l'informatique, de la télédiffusion, de la téléphonie, de la radiodiffusion, de la câblodistribution et de la communication sans fil.

OBS

Avant l'avènement de la concurrence, toutes ces industries fonctionnaient de façon entièrement indépendante, chacune offrant au consommateur un service distinct. La compagnie de téléphone vous fournissait le service de téléphone, le câblodistributeur, la télévision et d'autres compagnies veillaient à répondre à vos besoins en matière d'informatique et de téléphonie numérique. La technologie numérique est en train de tout changer, rendant possible la réduction de quoi que ce soit - la voix sur une ligne téléphonique, des images de télévision et les sons connexes, ou des données de votre ordinateur - en des «bits» numériques qui sont envoyés par toutes sortes de lignes d'accès. Autrement dit, un bon jour, le téléphone sonnera et vous pourrez y répondre en parlant à votre écran d'ordinateur, d'où vous regarderez aussi des films ou les informations.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Telecomunicaciones
  • Telefonía y tecnología de microondas
  • Radiodifusión
CONT

La convergencia se manifiesta en diversos niveles: el de las redes de telecomunicaciones o canales de distribución, el de terminales (ordenador, televisor, Internet y videojuegos), el de contenidos (sonido, video y datos), el de servicios, y el de las empresas.

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Record 52 2008-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Business and Administrative Documents
  • Decision-Making Process
  • Federal Administration
CONT

Ministers consulted their cabinet colleagues regarding public problems through the vehicle of the Memorandum to Cabinet.... After discussion in the appropriate(policy) committee(or more rarely committees) the Memorandum would be forwarded along with the committee's recommendation, in the form of a Committee Report, for consideration by full cabinet.... most Memoranda and Committee Reports... got approval... without further explicit discussion in full cabinet. However arrived at, cabinet's decisions constituted government policy and were embodied in documents known as Records of Decision.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écrits commerciaux et administratifs
  • Processus décisionnel
  • Administration fédérale
DEF

Document sur lequel on transcrit les décisions adoptées par le Cabinet.

Spanish

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Record 53 2007-05-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
CONT

We... got a nice reposition fix from the stars and we set course for home.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne

Spanish

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Record 54 2007-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cycling
  • Track and Field
CONT

I went out comfortable the first 400. Then I got boxed in. I didn’t even know I was going to get boxed in. I was waiting for Nate Brannen to make his move so I could make my move, but he never made his move. As soon as I saw that opening, I took off.

CONT

For the first three laps. O’Brien was boxed in by the leaders and sat in fourth-place. After the first turn of the final lap, he began his kick and overcame the leaders for the winning time of 1:53.48.

OBS

Technique/tactics.

PHR

box in a runner.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cyclisme
  • Athlétisme
CONT

Je n'ai pas foncé à fond au cours de la course, mais je me suis assurée de demeurer devant tout le monde, a dit Petitclerc, deuxième aux Jeux d'Atlanta en 1996 et sixième à Sydney. Je savais que les deux Australiennes allaient travailler ensembles pour tenter de m'enfermer. Je ne suis pas seulement contente d'avoir gagner, mais aussi du fait de l'avoir fait en faisant une si bonne course. Je me suis dit toute la semaine que j'allais gagner cette médaille.

OBS

Technique/tactique.

PHR

enfermer un coureur.

Spanish

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Record 55 2007-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Food Industries
OBS

FRDC [Food Research and Development Centre] has gone into high gear by setting up the Functional Food and Nutraceutical Research Program... The program has got off to a roaring start with work on kefir, kombucha(fermented tea) and medicinal plants.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
OBS

Le Centre [de recherche et de développement sur les aliments] est d'ailleurs passé à la vitesse «grand V» en créant le Programme de recherche sur les aliments fonctionnels et les nutraceutiques [...] Ce programme a démarré sur les chapeaux de roues avec des travaux sur le kéfir, le kombucha (thé fermenté) et les plantes médicinales.

Spanish

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Record 56 2007-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Air Forces
OBS

Edmonton hosted the first Air Show in Canada, at Blatchford Field(now the Municipal Airport) in 1931. In 1947, the Royal Canadian Air Force(RCAF) got involved and called the event Air Force Days. In 1955, the RCAF moved to Namao and the Namao International Air Show was born. That tradition ended in 1994 because of the conversion of Namao to an army base. The 1996 Air Show continues this unbroken string of air shows in Edmonton from 1931.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Forces aériennes
OBS

A lieu à la [Base des Forces canadiennes] BFC Edmonton tous les deux ans.

Spanish

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Record 57 2006-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Police
  • Criminology
CONT

to have a clue. The police have got a clue.

CONT

The police have a lead.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Police
  • Criminologie
CONT

être sur une piste. La police est sur la piste.

CONT

La police tient une piste.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Policía
  • Criminología
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Record 58 2006-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Toiletries
CONT

This morning, instead of using the electric safety-razor my wife gave me I got out my old cut-throat type.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Articles de toilette
CONT

Ce matin, au lieu d'employer le rasoir de sûreté électrique que ma femme m'a donné, j'ai sorti mon vieux coupe-choux.

OBS

Selon le Petit Robert 2004, on peut écrire au singulier «coupe-chou» ou «coupe-choux».

OBS

Pluriel : des coupe-choux.

OBS

coupe-chou (sing.); coupe-choux (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 59 2006-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Training of Personnel
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Education Theory and Methods
CONT

Several developers are experimenting with novel ways to organize and present information. Metacontent is one of the more interesting examples. This approach seeks to structure information through semantic webs -- a structure that is thought to parallel the organization of human memory. In a semantic web, the paper page metaphor is replaced by an endless web of connections. The viewer starts at an initial term or concept and is presented with a variety of connections to related information. These connections do not necessarily correspond to the traditional structures found in a formal outline.

CONT

Meta content" is information about how online content is organized, in order to make it easier to manage information on Internet and Intranet sites.

CONT

A simple example of meta-content is the header on an email message. It tells you information about the message(who sent it, at what time, how it got to you, where replies should go, and more) but it's not the message itself : the person who sent you the mail wasn’t sending you the header, but was sending the content of the message.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
  • Internet et télématique
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
CONT

La technologie de Digital Fountain fait appel au «méta contenu». Les fichiers sont toujours découpés en paquet, mais chacun d'eux contient des instructions identiques pour la reconstitution du fichier entier, plutôt que juste des pièces du puzzle. L'ordinateur récepteur n'a besoin seulement que d'un nombre minime de ces paquets, et ce dans n'importe quel ordre, pour regarder le fichier.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Capacitación del personal
  • Internet y telemática
  • Teorías y métodos pedagógicos
CONT

Recordemos que un metacontenido es la información relativa al contenido de un documento, como título, autor, fecha creación, palabras clave, breve descripción, ubicación o tipo de formato.

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Record 60 2006-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cinematography
  • Theatre and Opera
  • Variety Shows and Circuses
DEF

A first presentation of a play, movie, etc.

CONT

I have got tickets for the opening or first night of the play.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cinématographie
  • Théâtre et Opéra
  • Spectacles de variétés et Cirque
DEF

Première représentation d'une pièce ou projection d'un film.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cinematografía
  • Teatro y Ópera
  • Espectáculos de variedades y Circo
DEF

Primera representación de una obra de teatro, película o espectáculo.

CONT

Tengo entradas para el estreno de la obra.

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Record 61 2006-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
CONT

Salad in a bag comes in many variations. The laziest form is the one that includes salad dressing, croutons and grated cheese in one bag. This means that you are four scissor snips away from a fairly solid family-sized Caesar. Add a pizza and you’ve got a complete meal that required very little extraordinary effort on your part but still features both a vegetable and a main course.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
CONT

Avec cette augmentation phénoménale de la demande, les petits producteurs ont rapidement pris l'allure «d'usines à légumes». C'est le cas de la Earthbound Farm, une compagnie qui a développé le concept de salades en sac, prêtes-à-manger.

Spanish

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Record 62 2006-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Studies
CONT

Over three days..., tens of thousands of people got on-line to discuss issues of urban sustainability. People from 191 countries... shared their ideas for action to improve the lives of people living in slums, to improve the environment in cities, address issues of finance and security, governance, and the future of our cities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Urbanisme
CONT

Pendant trois jours [...], des milliers de gens ont discuté en ligne de durabilité urbaine. Provenant de 191 pays. les participants [...] ont échangé leurs vues et suggestions pour améliorer la qualité de vie des habitants des taudis, protéger l'environnement dans les villes, solutionner les problèmes de financement, de sécurité et de gouvernance, et assurer l'avenir des villes.

Spanish

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Record 63 2006-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
  • Wool Industry
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
DEF

[A] machine used for washing wool after carding to remove all impurities [and to dry] the tops after washing by passing them over steam-heated cylinders, or perforated cylinders through which hot air is forced.

OBS

This machine usually consists of two small washing or scouring tanks, drying cylinders, and a straightening gill-box. It is made in several forms, for each type certain constructional advantages or advantages for the material treated being claimed. It is employed either before or after combing to thoroughly clean worsted slivers or "tops, "for not only does the wool become sullied in passing through the several preparing machines, but impurities which cannot be extracted in the scouring bowls have revealed themselves and may here be conveniently got rid of. The process of "blueing" to give a white appearance to the slivers or tops is frequently resorted to, and is usually affected on the backwasher. The latest innovation in this machine is the adoption of hot air drying in place of cylinder drying.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
  • Industrie lainière
  • Filature (Textiles)
DEF

Machine sur laquelle s'effectue le lissage des rubans de laine peignée.

CONT

La lisseuse comprend des bacs de lavage, où passent les rubans de peigné, pressés à la sortie. Après le dernier bac, les rubans sont séchés sur des petits tambours en cuivre chauffés. Un banc d'étirage suit souvent pour défeutrer les rubans et les disposer en grosses bobines.

OBS

lissage : lavage pratiqué sur les rubans de laine peignée, afin d'éliminer le produit d'ensimage incorporé à la laine au début des opérations de peignage, et que suit un séchage par contact sur des tambours de cuivre chauffés à la vapeur.

Spanish

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Record 64 2005-11-19

English

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

In race after race on the card that day, closers were able to gain ground late and hit the board, but they weren’t able to catch the leaders once they got to the front in the stretch.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres

Spanish

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Record 65 2005-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pigments and Colours (Arts)
DEF

An especially dark shade of blue color.

OBS

Some people mistake navy blue for black, especially when concerning clothing. Navy blue likely got its name from the dark color of blue(contrasted with white) worn by sailors in the British Royal Navy since 1748 and subsequently adopted by other navies around the world.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pigments et couleurs (Arts)
DEF

Bleu foncé semblable au bleu des uniformes de la marine.

CONT

Des chaussettes bleu marine.

OBS

Bleu marine; marine : invariables. Marine est parfois traité comme adjectif et prend alors la marque du pluriel.

Spanish

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Record 66 2005-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
CONT

Once you’ve got the nuts tight and the tension correct, tighten the brake screw and nut, and clean and lubricate the chain with a good quality bicycle chain lubricant.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)
OBS

Le Québec Industriel.

Spanish

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Record 67 2005-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Laws and Regulations (Canadian)
  • Heritage
OBS

Bill C-292. First Session. Thirty-fifth Parliament, 42-43 Elizabeth II, 1994.

OBS

Province House, the Legislative Assembly House for Prince Edward Island, and with it Charlottetown where it is located, is known as "the Birthplace of Confederation". It is there that was hold, from 1 to 9 September 1864, the meeting during which the Fathers of the Confederation got to an agreement at the origin of the Canadian Confederation of 1867 agreed by the signature of the British North America Act.

OBS

In both titles of the Act, long form as well as short form, the term "Birthplace" should have been uppercased.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements fédéraux canadiens
  • Patrimoine
OBS

Projet de loi C-292, Première session, Trente-cinquième législature, 42-43 Elizabeth II, 1994

OBS

Province House, maison de l'Assemblée législative de la province de l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard, et, par extension, Charlottetown, ville où elle est située, est appelée «le Berceau de la Confédération». C'est là que s'est déroulée, du 1er au 9 septembre 1864, la rencontre durant laquelle les Pères de la Confédération en sont venus à l'accord à l'origine de la Confédération canadienne de 1867 convenue par la signature de l'Acte de l'Amérique du Nord britannique.

OBS

Pour identifier cette Loi, on aurait dû lire «Berceau» tant dans le titre au long que dans le titre abrégé.

Spanish

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Record 68 2005-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Handball
OBS

The Beginning for Team Handball in Saskatchewan started at the Cougars Coaches Clinic at the University of Regina on October 27, 1973. The clinician was Julius Fodor, who was the Canadian Team Handball National Coach. Many interested Physical Education students and teachers attended the clinic. They were very impressed with the game, and from this experience, things got rolling.

Key term(s)
  • Team Handball Federation of Saskatchewan
  • Saskatchewan Federation of Team Handball
  • Federation of Team Handball of Saskatchewan

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens
  • Handball
Key term(s)
  • Fédération du handball olympique de la Saskatchewan

Spanish

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Record 69 2005-01-18

English

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

For his latest win, A One Rocket earned the $9,600 front-end share of the $15,520 purse. ... Sugar Punch earned the $24,600 front-end share of the $41,000 purse.

OBS

Handsome Gent is clearly the fastest horse and comes off a trapped-behind-slow-pace second, but since he's still got all his statebred conditions left, why is Robert Terril dropping him to 25K? Answer apparently is to win front end of $27k purse and perhaps cash a wager.

Key term(s)
  • earn the front-end share of a purse
  • win the front end of a purse

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Phraséologie

Spanish

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Record 70 2004-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Explosives and Pyrotechnical Materials (Industries)
  • Blasting Work (Mining)
CONT

The "GDA" ammonite is based on granulated ammonium nitrate and trinitrotoluene. It is used only for blasting of hard stone sorts in open-air dry blasting holes.

CONT

Explosives that passed these tests were called "permitted" in the UK, and included either nitroglycerine or TNT as the primary explosive, as well as chemicals such as sodium and ammonium chloride to quench any flames produced during detonation, which would otherwise ignite the mine gas. They had wonderful names such as Ammonite, Roburite and Westfalite in the UK ...

CONT

... for the bench operation, it is planned to use small charges of explosives with standard formulations like ammonite used in ore and mining industry; ...

CONT

... the Reform Seam was got entirely by longwall, this being the only coal at the time requiring explosives for breaking it down due to its sticking to the roof. The explosive "Ammonite", fired by electricity, was used for ripping down stone in the gateways.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Explosifs et artifices (Industries)
  • Travail aux explosifs (Exploitation minière)
DEF

Explosif contenant entre 70 et 95 % de nitrate d'ammonium et d'autres éléments combustibles comme la résine et la naphtalène.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Explosivos y fuegos de artificio (Industrias)
  • Trabajo con explosivos (Explotación minera)
DEF

Mezcla explosiva a base de nitrato amónico.

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Record 71 2004-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

"I knew I could catch the leader but when we got to the front, I was hoping nobody else was coming. "

CONT

"When the horses came around the last bend and we all realized the horse was making a huge effort to catch up to the leader, the entire crowd, knowing that Slade was riding Portcullis, erupted in a massive roar of excitement," recalled David and Maureen Callaghan.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité

Spanish

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Record 72 2004-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meetings and Assemblies (Administration)
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

[She] expected a pro-forma meeting; instead she got a three-hour marathon that spilled into lunch.

OBS

pro forma: done in a set or perfunctory manner or for the sake of form.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réunions et assemblées (Administration)
  • Vocabulaire général
OBS

pro forma : pour la forme.

Spanish

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Record 73 2004-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baseball and Softball
CONT

"We’ve got two first pitchers; that's the way it is, "Revelle said. "Not many teams have that luxury. "

CONT

The first pitchers and catchers report Sunday.

PHR

First pitchers ERA with 14 innings pitched or more.

Key term(s)
  • best batter

French

Domaine(s)
  • Baseball et softball
CONT

Malheureusement, les trois premiers lanceurs sont hors de prix et seules quelques équipes de la ligue nationale peuvent se les payer.

CONT

L'état de santé de tes trois premiers lanceurs partants sera également crucial.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Béisbol y softball
PHR

Primeros lanzadores con 14 o más entradas lanzadas.

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Record 74 2004-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
DEF

The cathode ray tube indicator in a radar set which displays the received signal.

CONT

In her deposition, Ms. O’Bryan testified that ordinarily when she released an aircraft from the Augusta Airport she would watch her radar screen until the aircraft got high enough to establish radar contact.... [then] if the aircraft had reached high enough to establish radar contact and had then descended below radar contact, the aircraft's call sign would have moved to a "suspense list" on her radar scope, but she said this did not happen.

CONT

When using radar it is important to examine all the storms on the radarscope. ... When the radarscope has several storms, it can be very difficult to determine which one will be the "storm of the day".

CONT

Weather Watch radars detect rain and hail and estimate their intensity from the strength of the echoes. The radar screen typically shows rain location on a map overlay - in effect, looking down on a storm - and presents various rain intensities in different colours.

OBS

radar screen; radar scope: terms officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
DEF

Tube cathodique qui affiche les échos reçus par un radar.

CONT

Le radar météorologique canadien est maintenant facilement accessible, [...] mais la présence de couleurs dans une partie de l'écran radar ne signifie pas qu'il pleuve, ni qu'il neige. Par la même occasion, le simple fait que les échos paraissent faibles ou soient invisibles ne signifie pas qu'un lieu donné ne reçoive pas une importante chute de pluie ou de neige.

OBS

écran radar : terme uniformisé par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Guía radárica, radioguía y radiogoniometría
  • Instrumentos y equipo de vuelo (Industria aeronáutica)
  • Estaciones, instrumentos y equipos meteorológicos
DEF

Tubo catódico de un equipo de radar que presenta las señales recibidas.

OBS

pantalla de radar: término aceptado oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 75 2004-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Conference Titles
  • Heritage
DEF

A meeting hold in Province House, the Legislative Assembly House in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, from 1 to 9 September 1864, during which the Fathers of the Confederation got to an agreement at the origin of the Canadian Confederation of 1867 agreed by the signature of the British North America Act. Province House is known as "the Birthplace of Confederation. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de conférences
  • Patrimoine
DEF

Rencontre tenue à Province House, maison de l'Assemblée législative de Charlottetown (Île-du-Prince-Édouard), du 1er au 9 septembre 1864, durant laquelle les Pères de la Confédération en sont venus à l'accord à l'origine de la Confédération canadienne de 1867 convenue par la signature de l'Acte de l'Amérique du Nord britannique. On appelle Province House «le Berceau de la Confédération».

Spanish

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Record 76 2004-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skydiving, Paragliding and Hang Gliding
  • Body Movements (Sports)
CONT

... it is imperative you adopt and maintain the parachute landing position before and during the touch down ...: arms up; elbows tucked in: head bent forwards; chin on chest; back rounded; watch the ground; feet and knees tight together, the former parallel to the ground and the latter slightly bent; ... semi-relaxed.

CONT

As [I] got closer to the ground, I assumed the parachute landing position with feet together and knees bent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parachutisme, parapente et deltaplane
  • Mouvements du corps (Sports)
CONT

Le sol se rapproche : position d'atterrissage.

Spanish

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Record 77 2003-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Specialized Vocabulary and Phraseologism of Sports
  • Special-Language Phraseology
DEF

To gain an advantage over, whether fairly or unfairly.

CONT

In shocking fashion, Ruth Riley got the better of Lisa.

CONT

To no one's surprise, John Fox and the Carolina Panthers got the best of the New York Giants with defense.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire spécialisé et phraséologie des sports
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
DEF

[...] vaincre avec l'éclat à l'issue d'une lutte, d'un jeu, d'un match.

CONT

Les Sabres de Buffalo ONT TRIOMPHÉ DES Ailes de Moscou.

OBS

Expression[s] [...] utilisée[s] [...] dans la langue des sports, pour marquer le triomphe d'un sportif ou d'une équipe sur ses concurrents.

Spanish

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Record 78 2003-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Conventions, Treaties and Agreements (Documents)
  • Climate Change
OBS

UNEP [United Nations Environment Programme]; adopted in 22 March 1985; entered into force on 22 September 1988.

OBS

In 1981 the governing Council set up a working group to prepare a global framework convention for the protection of the Ozone Layer. Its aim was to secure a general treaty to tackle ozone depletion. First, a general treaty resolved in principle to tackle a problem; then the parties got down to the more difficult task of agreeing protocols that established specific controls.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de conventions, de traités et d'accords (Documents)
  • Changements climatiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de convenciones, tratados y acuerdos (Documentos)
  • Cambio climático
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Record 79 2003-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Security
  • Security
DEF

Done, got, made, etc. in a secret, stealthy way; clandestine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité générale de l'entreprise
  • Sécurité
DEF

Qui est obtenu, qui se fait par surprise, à l'insu de quelqu'un et contre sa volonté (caché, clandestin).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Seguridad general de la empresa
  • Seguridad
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Record 80 2003-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Biotechnology
CONT

What is the evolutionary mechanism that allowed the tongue mechanism to take such a unique and complex path from the beak to the nostril? It's called hypermorphosis. All that happened, as far as we can tell, is that the hyoid got bigger. A big tongue can cause this e pigenetically. Since all hyoids fork anyway, it simply passed dorsal to the pharynx and around the braincase. Having it halfway between the pharynx and nostril is no problem, since some living woodpeckers do that anyway.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Biotechnologie
CONT

hypermorphose. La croissance est prolongée, ce qui peut dans certains cas produire une morphologie "hyperadulte". C'est ainsi qu'est interprétée la série des titanothères, sortes de rhinocéros.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Paleontología
  • Biotecnología
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Record 81 2003-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thermodynamics
CONT

Prigogine got the Nobel-price for his work on the thermodynamics of irreversible systems and most importantly in this context he showed that in so-called dissipative structures, i. e. systems far from thermodynamic equilibrium, ordered states may sometimes arise spontaneously out of disordered states.

Key term(s)
  • irreversible systems thermodynamics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Thermodynamique
CONT

L'étude du fonctionnement des êtres vivants, systèmes infiniment plus complexes et non réversibles relève d'une branche encore très peu développée de cette science, la thermodynamique des systèmes irréversibles, c'est-à-dire fonctionnant loin de la réversibilité.

Spanish

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Record 82 2003-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pumps
  • Ship and Boat Parts
CONT

Electric equipment of mechanisms. Drainage pump has got an electric drive; pump switch on from control board.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pompes
  • Parties des bateaux

Spanish

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Record 83 2002-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
  • Scientific Research
CONT

A variety of routine observations are utilized in operational analyses for numerical weather prediction ... Adaptive strategies have also been tested and demonstrated to be feasible during FASTEX and NORPEX98, using dropsoundings from research aircraft.

CONT

In advance of the scientific research on the numerical modeling study, it is absolutely necessary to check the model output first. For the mesoscale modeling, the observational data with high temporal and spatial resolution are needed to check the model output besides the conventional data, which can be got from such as satellite, radar, aircraft, drop-sounding, wind profilers and automated meso-net weather stations etc.

OBS

dropsonde: a radiosonde dropped from an aircraft to measure weather conditions during its descent.

Key term(s)
  • drop sounding

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
  • Recherche scientifique
CONT

Un procédé comparable est celui du catasondage qui consiste à larguer d'un aéronef un système analogue à la radiosonde mais qui tombe en chute libre et dont la vitesse est stabilisée et régularisée par diverses méthodes. Les mesures de la catasonde, également diffusées par un émetteur radioélectrique, sont recueillies par l'aéronef qui l'a larguée. C'est en utilisant de tels dispositifs que sont prospectées certaines perturbations particulièrement actives tels que les cyclones tropicaux.

CONT

La zone la plus à l'Est [de l'Atlantique] a été appelée la «Multiscale Sampling Area» (MSA). C'est dans cette région que les cyclones, alors en phase mature, et les systèmes nuageux associés ont été échantillonnés à différentes échelles. Ces échantillonnages ont été rendus possible par un renforcement des moyens instrumentaux avec notamment deux radars Doppler double faisceau aéroportés en bande X (sur le NOAA-P3 et le NCAR Electra [...] et des dropsondages effectués avec une haute résolution (largués du UK-C130). D'autre part ces avions étaient équipés de capteurs in-situ (microphysique et dynamique) et d'un radar ventral en bande C (pour le NOAA-P3).

Spanish

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Record 84 2002-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
CONT

A great many investors chased the performance of high-flying tech stocks, including dot-coms, and got caught in the Tech Wreck of 2000.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
CONT

[Un] flot de mauvaises nouvelles a eu raison des marchés boursiers. Dans cette débâcle technologique, Nortel a été également entraîné.

Spanish

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Record 85 2002-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Supply (Military)
CONT

You’ve got this huge logistic trail and support trail behind it. What the NATO forces could do would be to provide the support.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Approvisionnement (Militaire)
CONT

Nous devons veiller à utiliser les pistes logistiques empruntées par les Marocains ou le Front Polisario.

Spanish

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Record 86 2002-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Processes - Various
CONT

It wasn’t until CtP [Computer-to-Plate] options became viable that we got back into doing prepress. We got back into it five years ago, doing full-sized imposed film workflows.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés d'impression divers
CONT

Ce n'est que lorsque le CtP [système direct de l'ordinateur à la plaque] s'est montré viable que nous avons repris le chemin du prépresse. Nous avons fait notre retour il y a 5 ans dans les flux de production de films imposés plein format.

Spanish

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Record 87 2002-10-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phraseology
CONT

Now the Tories got us in debt in spades in Saskatchewan to the tune of $2 billion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie
CONT

Maintenant les conservateurs nous ont encore plongés dans les dettes en Saskatchewan pour la bagatelle de 2 milliards de dollars.

Spanish

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Record 88 2001-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Doctrines, Systems and Policies
OBS

"Capitalism" got its name because this capital, or "wealth", is primarily the private property of somebody-the capitalist.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Doctrines, systèmes et politiques économiques
DEF

Celui qui possède des capitaux, notamment des capitaux engagés dans une entreprise, et qui en tire un revenu.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Doctrinas, políticas y sistemas económicos
DEF

Persona que como socio coopera con su capital a uno o más negocios, a diferencia de la que contribuye con sus servicios o su pericia (socio industrial).

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Record 89 2001-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Terminals
CONT

Hartsfield, however, recognized that the city that got the air mail stop would become a center of air transportation which he foresaw as a central part of trade and growth.

Key term(s)
  • air-mail stop
  • air-mail station

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérogares

Spanish

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Record 90 2001-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Navigation Instruments
CONT

A free gyro that is not slaved to any Earth reference (as the vertical and directional gyros and the gyrocompass are) will tend to maintain a fixed direction in inertial space, that is, with respect to fixed stars. Then as the Earth rotates, the angle between the axis of such a gyro and an arbitrary line on the Earth will change, and to an Earth-fixed observer the gyro will appear to precess.

CONT

The Rover navigation system uses a directional gyro to keep track of the Rover heading... and rotation counts on the four wheels to determine distance driven, range back to the LM [lunar module], and bearing to the LM.(Jones-"I had thought, originally, that the Nav system used inertial... ")(Irwin-"When you say inertial, you normally think of inertial as three-axis inertial. Here, you’ve only got a slave gyro and one axis for heading. ")(Jones-"A single-axis gyro. ")

OBS

slave: term officialized by the Aeronautical Terminology Standardization Committee (ATSC) - Helicopters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Instruments de navigation
CONT

L'Horizon artificiel. Il mesure simultanément une assiette et une inclinaison. L'utilisation d'un gyroscope asservi à la verticale lui permet de mesurer les angles compris entre l'axe du gyroscope et les axes liés à l'avion. On obtient ainsi les sens en degrés d'inclinaison ainsi que la valeur de l'angle d'attitude à cabrer ou à piquer.

CONT

Gyroscope asservi.

OBS

asservi : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Hélicoptères.

Spanish

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Record 91 2000-10-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Neology and Linguistic Borrowing
OBS

Wazoo, another vulgar slang word for ass or anus. Used in idiomatic expressions such as up (or out) the wazoo, to mean "in great quantity or profusion".

CONT

We’ve got regulations up the wazoo(San Francisco Examiner, Nov. 25, 1997, p. A-3).

CONT

Our guy is an affable fellow - affable out the wazoo, actually. We all like him. (American. Stateman, Nov. 19, 1997, p. A-15).

CONT

Our guy is an affable fellow - affable as can be, actually.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Néologie et emprunts

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Neología y préstamos
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Record 92 2000-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
  • Banking
OBS

The Japanese cabinet decided on March 31, 1995, to merge the Export-Import Bank of Japan(EXIMBJ) and the Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund, Japan(OECF), and the preparatory work got under way at the time. On April 23, 1999, "The Japan Bank of International Cooperation Law" was approved by the Diet, thus facilitating the establishment of "Japan Bank for International Cooperation"(JBIC) on October 1, 1999, by merging EXIMBJ and OECF.

Key term(s)
  • Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund
  • Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund of Japan
  • Export/Import Bank of Japan

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Coopération et développement économiques
  • Banque
Key term(s)
  • Fonds pour la coopération économique d'outre-mer

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités del sector privado
  • Cooperación y desarrollo económicos
  • Operaciones bancarias
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Record 93 2000-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Rail Networks
OBS

Soon after they reached the Pacific Coast, however, both the Canadian Northern and Grand Trunk Pacific got into financial difficulties which forced the federal government to step in. The Canadian Northern became bankrupt in 1916 and, in 1918, the federal government took it over. Grand Trunk Pacific became bankrupt shortly thereafter and, in 1920 it, too was taken over. The government immediately merged both companies to form the Canadian National Railway.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Réseaux ferroviaires
OBS

Peu de temps après avoir atteint la côte du Pacifique cependant, le Canadian Northern et le Grand Trunk Pacific devaient connaître des difficultés financières qui provoquèrent l'intervention du gouvernement fédéral. Le Canadian Northern faisait faillite en 1916 et le gouvernement fédéral en prenait le contrôle en 1918. Le Grand Trunk Pacific en faisait autant peu de temps après et était lui aussi pris en charge par le gouvernement. Celui-ci fusionna immédiatement les deux compagnies pour créer le Canadian National Railway.

Spanish

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Record 94 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 95 2000-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
OBS

The mayor got a kickback on the contract.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
DEF

Argent que donne secrètement, illégalement un acheteur au vendeur.

OBS

Pluriel : des dessous-de-table.

Spanish

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Record 96 2000-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
CONT

The World Bank's offer to stand guarantee for funds raised by IPPs abroad has got stuck with the Government of India rejecting its precondition for a back-up guarantee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
OBS

Subsidiaire: qui constitue un recours, qui doit venir à l'appui d'une chose plus importante si c'est nécessaire.

Spanish

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Record 97 1999-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Human Relations
CONT

Forget Freedom 55. Baby boomers may love to take early retirement, but retirement at age 55 is not on for most boomers. Many will be pushed to stay in the labour force because both the public and the private sectors will need their specialized skills, maturity and work ethic. Most will enjoy more flexible working conditions, part-time work, contracts, and self-employment. Better to think Flexibility 55.

CONT

Freedom 75 for boomers. Shortage of skilled workers, demands on family life will mean end to early retirement. If you’ve got a body of knowledge, you probably will be in demand until your dying day.

Key term(s)
  • Freedom 75
  • Flexibility 55

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des relations humaines

Spanish

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Record 98 1999-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meaning (Language)
DEF

To get the better of someone.

CONT

He drilled around me and got the promotion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sens (Langue)

Spanish

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Record 99 1999-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Conventions, Treaties and Agreements (Documents)
OBS

The treaties ensured by people that our education was bought and paid for with land exchange. It has been difficult under tuition agreements. When the band wanted to enter a joint school agreement they got money for new buildings and they received tuition for the Indian students.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de conventions, de traités et d'accords (Documents)
OBS

Dans le sud de l'Ontario, les étudiants ont en général, fréquenté les écoles secondaires provinciales. L'intégration scolaire a commencé en 1954, et s'est répandue dans diverses localités.

Key term(s)
  • Accord sur l'intégration scolaire

Spanish

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Record 100 1999-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

An unexpected piece of good fortune, esp. financial profit, like ripe fruit blown down by the wind.

CONT

He got a sudden windfall in the shape of a lottery win; windfall profits.

OBS

windfall: term reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
DEF

Coup de chance par lequel une personne reçoit certains biens de manière gratuite et inattendue comme s'ils tombaient du ciel (manne).

OBS

aubaine; manne : termes et définition extraits du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduits avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vocabulario general
DEF

Golpe de fortuna por el que se reciben ciertos bienes de forma gratuita e inesperada como cosa llovida del cielo (maná).

OBS

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

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