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Record 1 2025-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
CONT

... your doctor may tell you that you have a good prognosis if statistics suggest that your cancer is likely to respond well to treatment. Or, he may tell you that you have a poor prognosis if the cancer is harder to control. Whatever your doctor tells you, keep in mind that a prognosis is an educated guess.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Procedimientos diagnósticos (Medicina)
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Record 2 2024-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Keyboard Instruments
CONT

A piano score is, of course, a piece of music meant to be performed on a piano. The music, which may or may not have originally been composed with multiple instruments in mind, is condensed or simplified to be contained in the treble and bass clef staves.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à clavier

Spanish

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Record 3 2023-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
OBS

Approximately one in five Canadians lives with chronic pain and this can have significant impacts on an individual' s physical and mental health, often preventing them from undertaking everyday activities. People with chronic pain face challenges related to stigma and access to evidence-based health services to treat and manage their pain. With this in mind, Health Canada has established the Canadian Pain Task Force. The Task Force will provide advice to Health Canada regarding evidence and best practices for the prevention and management of chronic pain.

OBS

The Canadian Pain Task Force concluded on December 31, 2021.

Key term(s)
  • Canadian Pain TaskForce

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
OBS

Environ un Canadien sur cinq souffre de douleur chronique en ce moment. La douleur chronique a des conséquences importantes sur la santé physique et mentale d'une personne, l'empêchant souvent d'accomplir ses activités quotidiennes. Les individus avec de la douleur chronique font face à des défis dont la stigmatisation et l'accès à des services de santé en gestion de la douleur fondés sur des données probantes. [...] Santé Canada a mis sur pied le Groupe de travail canadien sur la douleur. Celui-ci est chargé de fournir des conseils à Santé Canada sur les données scientifiques et les meilleures pratiques concernant la prévention et la gestion de la douleur chronique.

OBS

Le Groupe de travail canadien sur la douleur s'est terminé le 31 décembre 2021.

Spanish

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Record 4 2023-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
  • Social Psychology
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Industrial and Economic Psychology
CONT

The representativeness heuristic occurs when we estimate the probability of an event based on how similar it is to a known situation. In other words, we compare it to a situation, prototype, or stereotype we already have in mind.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
  • Psychologie sociale
  • Psychologie cognitive
  • Psychologie industrielle et économique
CONT

Une heuristique qui affecte nos estimations de probabilité est l'heuristique de représentativité. Celle-ci nous conduit à considérer que les choses similaires entretiennent des rapports privilégiés, notamment de cause à effet.

Key term(s)
  • euristique de représentativité

Spanish

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Record 5 2022-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
CONT

Safe supply refers to a legal and regulated supply of drugs with mind [or] body altering properties that traditionally have been accessible only through the illicit drug market.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
CONT

La Canadian Association of People Who Use Drugs (CAPUD) définit l'approvisionnement sécuritaire comme «un approvisionnement licite et réglementé de drogues ayant des propriétés susceptibles de modifier l'état psychique ou corporel et qui, traditionnellement, ne peuvent être obtenues que sur le marché illicite [...]».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Drogas y toxicomanía
CONT

Hay dos puntos respecto a este suministro seguro. El primero es, obviamente, el fentanilo que causa muertes. El otro es ofrecer un medicamento con una dosis conocida para que la persona no sufra una sobredosis [...]

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Record 6 2021-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Peripheral Equipment
  • Games and Toys (General)
CONT

Gaming keyboards are built with gamers in mind and come with extra features that are rare in normal keyboards. These features include RGB [red, green, blue] backlights, media controls, and programmable keys. Also, they often have mechanical switches that are more durable and responsive than membrane switches.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Périphériques (Informatique)
  • Jeux et jouets (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 7 2020-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
  • Mental Disorders
DEF

A persistent, abnormally dominating idea that originates in the mind of a person and typically in the unconscious and that is thought by the person to have come from an outside, often malevolent, source.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
  • Troubles mentaux
CONT

[...] l'objectivation des représentations mentales peut ne pas aller jusqu'à l'extériorisation : alors le malade dit qu'on lui «envoie des pensées étrangères» (c'est «l'idée autochtone» [...]) qu'il «entend mentalement» [...]

Spanish

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Record 8 2019-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Informatics
CONT

... when computers become creative,... when people develop emotions toward machines and their works, and when the technology enables a "mind update, "then... we have to take a good, hard look at the effects we are exposing our personalities and our culture to.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie cognitive
  • Informatique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología cognitiva
  • Informática
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Record 9 2018-03-28

English

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

Self-interest is never a sound basis for claiming salvage and thus ordinarily a passenger, who is instinctively bound to have his own safety partly, if not wholly in mind, is precluded from making a salvage claim.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Assurance transport
  • Transport par eau
  • Droit maritime

Spanish

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Record 10 2017-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cycling
DEF

A commuter who travels using a bicycle.

CONT

Bike commuters save at least the variable costs of driving a car, which according to the 1991 Federal Highway Administration is $. 33 per mile including cost of fuel, insurance, upkeep, and wear and tear.... Although bicycle commuters generally have the lowest crash rates of all, there are a few safety-tips to keep in mind.

OBS

bicycle commuter: term recommended by the Terminology Committee and standardized by the Validation Committee of the Sustainable Mobility Glossary.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cyclisme
DEF

Navetteur qui se déplace à vélo.

OBS

navetteur cycliste; navetteuse cycliste : termes recommandés par le Comité de terminologie et normalisés par le Comité de validation du Lexique de la mobilité durable.

Spanish

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Record 11 2017-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Building Names
  • Urban Housing
OBS

The new Canada and the World Pavilion, [opened] in Ottawa in May 2001. The Pavilion is a one-of-a-kind tourist destination that will showcase thousands of Canadians who have made a big impact on the world scene. Visitors will discover Canada's array of achievements in the Pavilion's main exhibit, which includes three theme zones : Spirit(Artistry and Sports), Heart(International Cooperation) and Mind(Innovations in Science and Technology). The Pavilion is located near Ottawa's Parliament Hill and is part of the international sector of Confederation Boulevard, Canada's Discovery Route.

Key term(s)
  • Canada and the World Pavillion

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d'édifices et de bâtiments
  • Habitation et logement (Urbanisme)
OBS

Le nouveau Pavillon Canada-Monde, [a ouvert] ses portes à Ottawa, en mai 2001. Le Pavillon Canada-Monde est une attraction touristique tout à fait unique où sera mise en valeur la contribution de milliers de Canadiens et Canadiennes dont les réalisations ont produit et produisent toujours des retombées importantes sur la scène internationale. Le visiteur y trouvera, dans les aires d'exposition principales, un panorama des réalisations canadiennes qui s'articule sur trois thèmes : l'âme (les arts et les sports), le cœur (la coopération internationale) et l'esprit (les innovations scientifiques et techniques). Le Pavillon est situé près de la Colline du Parlement et il fait partie de la zone internationale du boulevard de la Confédération, la Voie de la découverte du Canada.

Spanish

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Record 12 2017-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landscape Architecture
CONT

As we start our planning we should keep a few basic design principles in mind. We will, through careful planning, want to improve on the good, bad, and the ugly, logically to create a wonderful garden area. Most professional designers, after years of practice, will apply these principles automatically. The following is a list of a few basics. Unity : This is probably the most important area for the overall plan. A good plan will have unity in all things. This is where we look for all parts to interrelate with each other and also relate to the overall plan.

CONT

Unity is the harmony of all elements of the total design and clearly illustrates the skill of a designer as a landscape artist.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture paysagère
CONT

Une œuvre d'art doit être «un tout» [...] L'unité fait acquérir à l'œuvre cette qualité d'être UNE. [...] Il faut pour respecter cette loi d'unité : que chaque élément soit solidaire des autres; qu'il occupe une place qui ne pourrait être celle d'un autre élément de surface, de volume ou de couleur différente; qu'il y ait subordination des éléments les uns par rapport aux autres; que tous soient subordonnés à un élément principal appelé dominante ou tête de composition.

Spanish

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Record 13 2016-10-31

English

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

The Atlantic Provinces Trial Lawyers Association is a plaintiff-oriented organization dedicated to obtaining legal redress for those who have suffered injury or injustice, and to preserving the rights of the injured to full and fair compensation.... APTLA speaks with one voice on matters of concern to plaintiff-oriented lawyers and their clients. APTLA was formed with three fundamental purposes in mind : to form a network of like thinking trial lawyers who would share among its members their wealth of knowledge and experiences; to work to preserve innocent victims’ rights to tort recovery and to directly oppose tort recovery restrictions and work to correct the erosion of rights around the region; and, to establish first class skill-sharpening legal education programs which are inspirational, highly relevant, and impart to plaintiff trial lawyers skills and information directly related to their practices.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens
  • Droit privé

Spanish

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Record 14 2016-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
OBS

At Al‑Anon Family Group meetings, the friends and family members of problem drinkers share their experiences and learn how to apply the principles of the Al‑Anon program to their individual situations.... They learn that they are not alone in the problems they face, and that they have choices that lead to greater peace of mind, whether the drinker continues to drink or not.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
OBS

Aux réunions des Groupes Familiaux Al-Anon, les amis et les membres de la famille des buveurs problèmes partagent leur expérience et apprennent comment appliquer les principes du programme Al-Anon à leur vie personnelle. Ils apprennent qu'ils ne sont pas seuls face aux problèmes qu'ils rencontrent et qu'ils ont des choix qui contribuent à une plus grande tranquillité d'esprit, que l'alcoolique continue de boire ou non.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos, unidades administrativas y comités
  • Drogas y toxicomanía
OBS

En las reuniones de Grupos de Familia Al-Anon, los amigos y los miembros de la familia de bebedores problema comparten sus experiencias y aprenden a aplicar los principios del programa de Al-Anon a las situaciones de cada uno de ellos en particular. Se dan cuenta de que no están solos en los problemas que enfrentan y que tienen opciones que conducen a una mayor tranquilidad, ya sea que el bebedor siga bebiendo o no.

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Record 15 2016-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Reprography
  • School Equipment
CONT

... But there are books written especially with photocopying in mind and these are called blackline masters. These books have a certain number of pages that it is legal to photocopy many times. Simply by making photocopies of the relevant page, the teacher can now provide worksheets for students at a reasonable cost.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Reprographie
  • Matériel et équipement scolaires

Spanish

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Record 16 2016-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Private Law
CONT

The classical pronouncement of a general formula for "duty" is Lord Atkin's... "neighbour test" in Donoghue v. Stevenson :... You must take reasonable care to avoid acts or omissions which you can reasonably foresee would be likely to injure your neighbour. Who then, in law, is my neighbour? The answer seems to be-persons who are so closely and directly affected by my act that I ought reasonably to have them in contemplation as being so affected when I am directing my mind to the acts or omissions which are called in question.

OBS

Technical sense.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit privé
OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 17 2016-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

The classical pronouncement of a general formula for "duty" is Lord Atkin's... "neighbour test" in Donoghue v. Stevenson :... You must take reasonable care to avoid acts or omissions which you can reasonably foresee would be likely to injure your neighbour. Who then, in law, is my neighbour? The answer seems to be-persons who are so closely and directly affected by my act that I ought reasonably to have them in contemplation as being so affected when I am directing my mind to the acts or omissions which are called in question.

French

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

critère du prochain : : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO). 2

Spanish

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Record 18 2016-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

The Neighbour Principle... "The rule that you are to love your neighbour becomes in law you must not injure your neighbour; and the lawyer's question, Who is my neighbour? receives a restricted reply. You must take reasonable care to avoid acts or omissions which you can reasonably foresee would be likely to injure your neighbour. Who, then, in law, is my neighbour? The answer seems to be-persons who are so closely and directly affected by my act that I ought reasonably to have them in contemplation as being so affected when I am directing my mind to the acts or omissions which are called in question. "

French

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

Le principe du "prochain" [...] "En droit, l'équivalent de la règle voulant que l'on aime son prochain est qu'il ne faut pas causer de préjudice à celui-ci. Et la question que se pose l'avocat de savoir qui est le prochain reçoit une réponse restrictive. Il faut exercer une prudence raisonnable pour éviter les actions ou les omissions qui, selon ce que nous pouvons raisonnablement prévoir, sont susceptibles de causer un dommage à notre prochain. À la question de savoir qui donc, au regard de la loi, est mon prochain, il semble que la réponse soit celle-ci : les personnes que mon acte touche si directement que je devrais raisonnablement envisager que l'action ou l'omission considérée est susceptible de les toucher ainsi."

OBS

principe du prochain : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 19 2015-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
DEF

Substantial damage to the state of mind of a person suffered through the means of one or more of the senses for which a plaintiff can have a cause of action in tort as physical injury.

CONT

A plaintiff in an action of negligence cannot recover damages for a "shock" however grievous, which was no more than an immediate emotional response to a distressing experience, sudden, severe, and saddening. It is, however, today a known medical fact that severe emotional distress can be the starting point of a lasting disorder of mind or body, some form of psycho-neurosis or a psychosomatic illness. For that ... damages may be had.

OBS

The phrase "nervous shock" ... is no longer in favour; it is now preferable to refer to this kind of loss as "psychiatric damage", which includes all relevant forms of mental illness, neurosis and personality change.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
CONT

La jurisprudence québécoise à plusieurs reprises s'est posé le problème de l'indemnisation du choc nerveux. Peut-on par exemple compenser un conjoint ou un parent pour le choc nerveux qu'il subit à la suite de la vue ou de l'annonce de l'accident subi par quelqu'un de sa famille? Les décisions à cet égard semblent partagées.

Spanish

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Record 20 2013-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cheese and Dairy Products
  • Restaurant Menus
CONT

A basic cheese platter should have three types of cheeses to represent each of the different milk types : cow, goat and sheep. Always keep flavor and texture in mind. For this platter, the flavors are all mild-to-medium, but the textures are all different.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Laiterie, beurrerie et fromagerie
  • Menus (Restauration)
CONT

Composer un plateau de fromages, c'est offrir à ses invités une sélection de produits de qualité, de pâtes diverses et de goûts variés. Votre plateau devra comporter au moins cinq ou six fromages.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Productos lácteos
  • Menú (Restaurantes)
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Record 21 2013-06-12

English

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

That measure of mental ability which is recognized in law as sufficient for the making of a will. (Black’s, 5th ed., 1979 p. 1322)

OBS

The testator is said to have testamentary capacity if he is able to understand the nature of the act and its effects, the extent of the property he is disposing of, to comprehend and appreciate the claims to which he should give effect; if he has such memory and apprehension as to be able to carry in mind and appreciate the nature and extent of his estate and the persons who normally should be the objects of his bounty.("The Canadian Law Dictionary", 1980, p. 378)

French

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

capacité de tester : 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 22 2013-04-09

English

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

Canadian jurisdictions do not have to contend with the concept of "non-adverse" possession. The Canadian Acts are either drawn from the [UK], "Real Property Limitation Act, 1833", or are of more recent vintage and have overcome the problem by a series of statutory presumptions and rules which produce conclusions without reference to the state of mind of the squatter.(Williams, J. S., Limitation of Actions, p. 92)

French

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

possession non adversative : 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 23 2013-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

disclaimer : Excite is provided to you free of charge, "as is. "Excite uses its best efforts to maintain Excite, but is not responsible for the results of any defects that may be found to exist in Excite, or any lost profits or other consequential damages that may result from such defects. You should not assume that Excite is error-free or that it will be suitable for the particular purpose that you have in mind when using it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Titre d'un avis qui informe les internautes visiteurs que l'auteur et l'hébergeur du site Web ne garantissent pas l'exactitude, l'intégralité, la qualité du contenu des informations présentées et ne peuvent être tenus responsables de l'usage qu'on en fait.

OBS

Le terme «avertissement» peut convenir dans tous les cas, peu importe le propos du texte qui suit.

Spanish

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Record 24 2013-02-12

English

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

In addition to the terms which the parties have expressly adopted, there may be other terms imported into the contract, these latter being generally known as implied terms, though this nomenclature is misleading in that it covers a number of dissimilar notions. As a general rule, the courts will enforce not only the terms expressly agreed between the parties, but also those which are to be logically implied from those express terms.... Even where a term may not be logically implied from the words used, the law admits of certain other terms to be implied as follows :(1) terms which the parties probably had in mind but did not express;(2) terms which the parties, whether or not they actually had them in mind, would probably have expressed if the question had been brought to their attention; and(3) terms that, whether or not the parties had them in mind or would have expressed them if they had foreseen the difficulty, are implied rules of law.(9 Hals., 4th ed., p. 224)

French

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

clause implicite : 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 25 2013-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cognitive Psychology
CONT

A desire or a goal may be conceived of as a connection between a person and a real object, but toddlers may have no representational understanding of desires. This line of reasoning would explain the long delay between the development of desire-based theory of mind, which begins to be evident at around 14 months, and the representational belief-desires theory of mind inferences that only become possible at approximately four years of age.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie cognitive
CONT

Par ailleurs, les capacités de cognition sociale présentes dès la prime enfance contribuent à l’apprentissage dans plusieurs domaines tels que l’apprentissage du langage, de l’imitation, des causes ainsi qu’à la compréhension de la représentation.

Spanish

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Record 26 2012-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
CONT

If the server has been achieving a good ratio of first serve successes then you may choose to try to ensure a safe return, but always have an attacking stroke in mind if the chance occurs.

PHR

Big, deep, good, solid, sound, winning first serve.

PHR

First serve percentage.

PHR

To go for a first serve. To make one’s first serve. To press hard to get one’s first serve in.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

[...] il ne s'agit pas d'avoir à tout prix un service impeccable; il s'agit plutôt de passer régulièrement sa première balle de service.

CONT

Si le premier service est faute, le serveur doit servir sa deuxième balle sans délai.

PHR

Première balle de service travaillée.

PHR

Premier service foudroyant, échoué dans le filet.

PHR

Passer, réussir sa première balle de service.

Spanish

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

Colocad el primer servicio en los ángulos.

CONT

[Servicio plano]. Lanzamiento de pelota: hacia delante. Trayectoria: muy rápida (puede alcanzar velocidades de hasta 240 Km/h). Utilización: primer servicio.

CONT

Si vuestro adversario sube a la red después de su primer saque, debéis restarle corto, a los pies, para ponerle en dificultades.

CONT

[Servicio] liftado, puede utilizarse en la primera pelota y en la segunda. Molesta mucho al contrincante, pues su bote es muy alto.

PHR

Fallar el primer servicio.

PHR

La primera pelota entra.

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Record 27 2011-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inhabitant Names and Names of Peoples
  • Political Geography and Geopolitics
OBS

A member of a wandering people having dark skin and black hair who originally migrated to Europe from N. India in the 15th and 16th centuries.

OBS

traveller: the politically correct term for Gypsy.

OBS

Gypsies have been known as "travellers" or "travelling people" since the eighteenth century and it is their own name for themselves. [However, ] it appears that proper gypsies do not mind being called ’gypsies’, [since] gypsies are... recognized as an ethnic group and thus protected from discrimination under the British 1976 Race Relations Act.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d’habitants et noms de peuples
  • Géographie politique et géopolitique
OBS

Les Tziganes, nom d'un peuple [...] venu de l'Inde, apparu d'abord en Grèce et en Europe orientale vers la fin du XIIIe siècle, au XVe siècle en Europe occidentale, qui a mené une existence de nomades exerçant diverses activités (artisanat, spectacle).

OBS

Gitan; Gitane : terminologie employée en France et en Espagne.

OBS

Tzigane; Tsigane : terminologie employée dans le reste de l'Europe.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombres de habitantes y nombres de pueblos
  • Geografía política y geopolítica
OBS

gitano; itinerante: términos generalmente utilizados en plural.

Key term(s)
  • gitanos
  • itinerantes
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Record 28 2011-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
  • Containers
CONT

A bung wrench, also commonly known as a drum wrench or barrel wrench, is a wrench that is specifically designed with these stoppers in mind. They have the appropriate nubs on them that allow them to loosen and remove the stopper without ruining it, making them the best tool for this job.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
  • Conteneurs
DEF

Outil universel pour ouverture et fermeture des fûts.

CONT

[La] clé ouvre-bonde [...] permet le déblocage et le blocage en sécurité de tous les types de bondes de fûts métalliques ou plastiques. Plus de risques d'abîmer les filets, les rondelles d'étanchéité, les bondes ou les fûts eux-mêmes avec des outils inadaptés. [Il existe deux] modèles : - en acier standard - en bronze anti-étincelles pour utilisation en atmosphère dangereuse.

PHR

Clé ouvre-bonde anti-étincelles.

Spanish

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Record 29 2011-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Civil Liability (civil law)
CONT

In such an analysis, it is certainly necessary to bear in mind the importance of the obligations of safety and protection that school authorities have, under the law of civil liability and education legislation, to their students and also to third persons in respect of acts committed by students...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la responsabilité civile (droit civil)
CONT

On doit certes retenir, dans le cours d'une telle analyse, l'importance des obligations en matière de sécurité et de protection que le droit de la responsabilité civile et la législation scolaire imposent aux administrations scolaires à l'égard de leurs élèves et aussi à l'égard des tiers pour les gestes posés par les premiers [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de responsabilidad civil (derecho civil)
CONT

En aquellos casos en que no existen contratos que prevean la compensación por daños, o que aun existiendo no pueden contemplarlos completamente, y en todas aquellas situaciones donde el mercado no es suficiente para ofrecer una solución al conflicto, el derecho de responsabilidad civil por daños desempeña un papel fundamental. En particular, el derecho de responsabilidad civil por daños se considera como un complemento al derecho contractual, asignando los derechos a quienes les asignan un uso más valioso, a cambio del cumplimiento efectivo de las contraprestaciones que se hubieran convenido e imputando las obligaciones a quienes puedan soportarlas con un menor costo.

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Record 30 2011-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law
  • Offences and crimes
CONT

All crimes have several basic elements. First, the defendant must have committed a voluntary act("actus reus")... Secondly, a defendant must have a culpable intent("mens rea"). Mens rea represents the requirement that a person possess a "culpable state of mind" to be punished for a crime...

OBS

mens rea: a guilty mind. Although as a general rule there must be a mind at fault before there can be a crime, it is not an inflexible rule, and a statute may relate to such a subject-matter and may be so framed as to make an act criminal whether there has been an intention to break the law or otherwise do wrong or not.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal
  • Infractions et crimes
DEF

État psychologique [...] faute intentionnelle), de celui qui commet volontairement un fait qu'il sait prohibé, élément que la loi exige (not. dans presque tous les crimes) pour que l'infraction soit constituée.

OBS

L'intention coupable est un élément essentiel dans la plupart des crimes et des infractions.

Key term(s)
  • dessein criminel

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho penal
  • Infracciones y crímenes
DEF

mens rea : Dolo penal. Elemento fundamental de toda responsabilidad del orden criminoso, que está integrada por la voluntad de ejecutar el hecho y la conciencia de lo que se ejecuta.

OBS

intención dolosa y mens rea: Expresiones y definición reproducidas del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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Record 31 2011-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
DEF

Mouth, the lower lip of which is straight and the upper lip of which stands at an acute angle so that the mouth seems to be triangular.

CONT

(Trisomy 10p) The triangularly shaped mouth with a "turtle-like" upper lip observed in case 1, is a sign to have in mind for further patients.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
DEF

Bouche dont la lèvre inférieure est droite, et la lèvre supérieure réalise un angle aigu de telle façon que la bouche apparaît triangulaire.

CONT

(Deux cas de trisomie 10p partielle) Malgré cette divergence cytologique, il existe, chez les patients, un ensemble morbide commun associant : une dysmorphie crânio-faciale : trop grand développement de la loge antérieure du crâne par rapport à la face : front haut, bombé et recouvert de duvet; ensellure nasale saillante; implantation basse des oreilles; bouche triangulaire «en tortue».

Spanish

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Record 32 2011-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clinical Psychology
DEF

A therapy that combines work with the body and the mind to help people resolve their emotional problems and realize more of their potential for pleasure and joy in living.

CONT

Bioenergetic analysis, often called bioenergetic therapy or simply bioenergetics, is a form of mind/body psychotherapy, founded by Alexander Lowen MD, that examines personality in terms of the body and its energetic process. Respiration and metabolism energize our bodies. Movement and the production of sound are the ways in which we discharge energy. How much energy we have and how we utilize it determines our capacity to respond to life situations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie clinique
DEF

Méthode thérapeutique psychocorporelle qui vise à permettre au patient de recouvrer ou d’augmenter sa capacité à sentir, bouger, agir, ainsi qu’à s’émouvoir et par conséquent savourer la vie.

CONT

L’analyse bioénergétique dispose d’un ensemble de techniques de travail corporel dont des postures et des exercices permettant d'approfondir la respiration, de relâcher les tensions musculaires et d’améliorer la circulation énergétique. Le but de ces techniques est de permettre au client de s’abandonner aux mouvements involontaires, à la «vie du corps», ainsi qu’à l’expression des émotions qui accompagnent ce processus.

Spanish

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Record 33 2009-09-15

English

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

A certain latitude is allowed when "in the agony of the moment"(a person) seeks to extricate himself from an emergency not created from his own antecedent negligence. The degree of judgment and presence of mind expected of the plaintiff is what would have been reasonable conduct in such a situation, and he will not be adjudged guilty of negligence merely because, as it turns out, he unwittingly took the wrong course.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 34 2008-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Conference Titles
  • Administrative Law
OBS

Rome, Italy. Bearing these objectives in mind, the Italian and Afghan governments have decided to convene an International Conference, jointly chaired by the United Nations. The Conference on the Rule of Law in Afghanistan, cited in the UNSC Resolution 1746/2007, will be held in Rome on 2 and 3 July, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Conference, which is intended to produce tangible results, will lay down a detailed strategy for the future. This will need to be backed up by the commitment of the Afghan and international players together with new forms of financing the administration of Justice.

Key term(s)
  • Rome Conference on the Rule of Law in Afghanistan

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de conférences
  • Droit administratif
OBS

Rome, Italie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de conferencias
  • Derecho administrativo
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Record 35 2008-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
CONT

To attribute beliefs, knowledge and emotions to others is to have what psychologists call a theory of mind.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
DEF

Structure mentale postulée à partir de laquelle il serait possible d'expliquer et de prédire les comportements intentionnels.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología (Generalidades)
DEF

Habilidad para comprender y predecir la conducta de otras personas, sus conocimientos, sus intenciones, sus emociones y sus creencias.

OBS

Algunos autores consideran sinónimos los términos metacognición y teoría de la mente, sin embargo designan dos conceptos totalmente diferentes.

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Record 36 2008-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federalism
CONT

The Court of Appeal also identified factors that appear more significant when interpreting ss. 23(2) of the Charter. It pointed out that the framers of ss. 23(2) must have had in mind the situation of children who had not yet completed their schooling, as well as the principle of inter-provincial mobility found in section 6 of the same Charter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fédéralisme
CONT

La Cour d'appel a également cerné des facteurs qui paraissent plus importants lorsque l'on interprète le paragraphe 23(2) de la Charte. Elle a fait remarquer que les rédacteurs de cette disposition devaient avoir à l'esprit le cas des enfants n'ayant pas encore terminé leurs études, ainsi que le principe de la mobilité interprovinciale dont il est question à l'article 6 de la même Charte.

Spanish

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Record 37 2007-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Real Estate
  • Banking
  • Loans
CONT

A down payment generally ranges from 5 per cent to 25 per cent of the purchase price. Some financial institutions offer no-down-payment mortgages. If you have a good credit history, but haven’t been able to save the down payment, this option may be for you. Keep in mind that the higher your down payment, the lower the interest costs over the life of the mortgage.

Key term(s)
  • No downpayment mortgage loan
  • no downpayment mortgage
  • no down-payment mortgage loan
  • no down-payment mortgage
  • no down payment mortgage
  • no-down-mortgage loan
  • zero down payment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immobilier
  • Banque
  • Prêts et emprunts
CONT

Avec le prêt hypothécaire sans mise de fonds [...], vous n'avez plus besoin d'économiser pendant des années pour accéder à la propriété. Pour être admissible, vous devez satisfaire aux critères habituels d'octroi de crédit et gagner un revenu suffisant pour effectuer les versements hypothécaires. Vous devez être en mesure de payer les frais de transaction hypothécaire, qui correspondent généralement à environ 1,5 % du prix d'achat de la maison et les primes d'assurance prêt hypothécaire seront ajoutées à vos versements.

CONT

L'hypothèque sans mise de fonds [...] permet aux clients d'acheter une maison plus tôt et de commencer aussitôt à accumuler une valeur nette immobilière.

OBS

Au Canada, on trouve souvent l'emploi familier du mot «hypothèque».

Key term(s)
  • zéro mise de fonds

Spanish

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Record 38 2007-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education (General)
CONT

Students should also have used a web chart or mind map to organize categories and examples from a major idea.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pédagogie (Généralités)
CONT

En classe, créer un schéma de groupage des carrières reliées à la musique.

CONT

Une façon d'aider les élèves à mieux comprendre comment résumer est de leur enseigner le schéma conceptuel.

Spanish

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Record 39 2007-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Audio Technology
CONT

Bridgeable Amplifiers. Amplifier bridging is simply using 2 channels of an amplifier to drive a common load. For 2 channel amplifiers, one left signal and one right signal is used to drive a mono speaker load. Keep in mind that "mono" and "bridging" are not necessarily the same. Mono means that there's only one output signal. There could be more than one speaker but each speaker will have the same output. Bridging means that you are using more than one source of power to drive a load(speaker). The sources of power are one each output from either channel of the amplifier.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Électroacoustique
DEF

Amplificateur stéréo ayant la capacité de combiner les canaux gauche et droit afin d'obtenir une sortie unique, plus puissante.

Spanish

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Record 40 2006-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
DEF

Legal neighbourhood is "restricted" to "persons who are so closely and directly affected by my act that I ought reasonably to have them in contemplation as being so affected when I am directing my mind to the acts or omissions which are called in question. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
DEF

Mon prochain en droit est «restreint» aux «personnes qui sont touchées de si près et si directement par mon acte que je devrais raisonnablement prévoir qu'elles seront ainsi touchées lorsque je réfléchis aux actes ou omissions qui sont mis en question».

Spanish

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Record 41 2006-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
CONT

Most credit cards offer some level of liability protection... you can have peace of mind in knowing you won’t be responsible for unauthorized purchases made in a store, over the phone, or online.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
CONT

La plupart des cartes de crédit vous offrent un certain degré de protection à l'égard de votre responsabilité [...] vous ne serez pas responsable des achats non autorisés effectués en magasin, par téléphone ou en ligne.

Spanish

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Record 42 2006-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Legislation
CONT

In such an analysis, it is certainly necessary to bear in mind the importance of the obligations of safety and protection that school authorities have, under the law of civil liability and education legislation, to their students and also to third persons in respect of acts committed by students...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Législation sociale
CONT

On doit certes retenir, dans le cours d'une telle analyse, l'importance des obligations en matière de sécurité et de protection que le droit de la responsabilité civile et la législation scolaire imposent aux administrations scolaires à l'égard de leurs élèves et aussi à l'égard des tiers pour les gestes posés par les premiers [...]

Spanish

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Record 43 2005-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phobias
DEF

A morbid fear of trembling.

CONT

Like all fears and phobias, tremophobia is created by the unconscious mind as a protective mechanism. At some point in your past, there was likely an event linking trembling and emotional trauma. Whilst the original catalyst may have been a real-life scare of some kind, the condition can also be triggered by myriad, benign events like movies, TV, or perhaps seeing someone else experience trauma.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phobies
DEF

Crainte morbide de trembler pouvant être vécue sur un mode plus ou moins obsédant.

Spanish

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Record 44 2005-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clinical Psychology
CONT

The training analysis is a unique feature of an analyst's preparation. No psychoanalyst is allowed to treat others without first undergoing personal analysis. Otherwise, even the brightest of students still would have no foundation for understanding what patients are truly saying and would have no way to recognize when their own personality dynamics were limiting or interfering with their work. Training analysis is traditionally the most important aspect of learning to understand the human mind and expand the analyst's talents in responding to others.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie clinique
DEF

Psychanalyse [à laquelle se soumet] celui qui se destine à l'exercice de la profession de psychanalyste et qui constitue la pièce maîtresse de sa formation.

CONT

La formation du psychanalyste telle qu'elle est recommandée par les différentes sociétés de psychanalyse repose généralement sur une analyse didactique (le futur psychanalyste est lui-même en analyse) [...]

Spanish

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Record 45 2005-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Evidence
  • Decisions (Practice and Procedural Law)
  • Health Law
CONT

... "synthetic competence". This concept contemplates treating mentally ill persons for the purpose of making them competent to stand trial, in order to convict and sentence them.

CONT

There is... a combined legal-pharmacological-psychiatric enquiry required in relation to synthetic competence. In order to determine the legal effect of synthetic competence, it is necessary for courts to have some idea of the effect of psychotropic drugs on a person's mind.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve
  • Décisions (Droit judiciaire)
  • Droit de la santé

Spanish

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Record 46 2004-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
CONT

We hope the general approach can be useful to other countries, but it must be kept in mind that the specific proposals have been designed for a country which is a rather typical second tier developing country, with some peculiar advantages and disadvantages derived mainly from being an oil-rich poor country.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
OBS

Il s'agit des pays qui ne font pas partie des nouveaux pays industriels, mais qui représentent la «seconde vague» de pays en développement exportateurs d'articles manufacturés, c'est-à-dire des pays qui se situent entre les nouveaux pays industriels et les pays en développement dont les exportations d'articles manufacturés sont faibles ou nulles.

Spanish

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Record 47 2004-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Climatology
DEF

An arrangement or description of the various climate types by particular descriptive factors, such as temperature, rainfall, vegetation, or position relative to land and sea ...

OBS

Bureau of Meteorology Climate Classification.... Europeans have generally tried to classify climate... by the :-geometry of the earth and sun : the ancient Greek scholar Aristotle divides the earth's climate into zones according to the sun's elevation.-connections between climate and vegetation : Köppen(1918) chooses climate boundaries with a combination of natural landscape features and aspects of the human experience in mind.-annual water budget : Thornthwaite(1931) groups climates according to precipitation and evaporation.-processes that cause climate : Strahler(1969) relates climates to the air masses that produce them. The Bureau of Meteorology classification modifies Köppen's scheme, dividing some Köppen climates, and combining other Köppen climates, in order to better reflect human experience.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Climatologie
DEF

Division des climats terrestres en un système mondial de régions contiguës, dont chacune est définie par une homogénéité relative des éléments climatiques.

CONT

Des classifications des climats du globe ont été établies notamment par les Allemands Wladimir Köppen et Carl Troll et par l'Américain Charles Warren Thornthwaite. [Il y a aussi] la classification de Trewartha, version modifiée de celle de Köppen [...] Celle du climatologiste soviétique Federov [et] celle de Holdridge, publiée en 1947 [...]

OBS

Les classifications climatiques de Köppen et Thornthwaite en sont des exemples.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Climatología
DEF

División de los climas de la Tierra en un sistema mundial de regiones contiguas, cada una de las cuales está caracterizada por una uniformidad relativa de los elementos climáticos.

OBS

Pueden citarse como ejemplos la clasificación de los climas de Köppen y la de Thornthwaite.

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Record 48 2003-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Estates (common law)
DEF

having use and control of one’s own mental faculties

CONT

The person who prepares a will must be of legal capacity to do so... In order to make a will, the testator must be :... of sound and disposing mind. The testator must have sufficient mental capacity to understand what he is doing, and cannot be under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Nor can he suffer senility or any disease of the mind that affects his thinking.

Key term(s)
  • disposing memory
  • disposing mind and memory

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit successoral (common law)
CONT

Il existe [...] une règle fondamentale qui préside à tout testament pour que ce dernier soit valable : il faut que le testateur, au moment Où il fait son testament, soit «sain d'esprit». Il faut qu'il soit lucide, que son esprit soit libre. On présume que toute personne est saine d'esprit, mais il est toujours loisible de prouver le contraire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho hereditario (common law)
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Record 49 2003-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Criminology
  • Criminal Psychology
DEF

A person who commits a series of similar murders with no apparent motive.

CONT

[A] man was discussing what the Brits called crimes in series-a series of rapes, burglaries, arsons, murders. That seemed a highly appropriate way of characterizing the killings of those who do one murder, then another and another in a fairly repetitive was.... After a murder, the serial murderer thinks of how the crime could have been bettered.... When he follows this sort of train of thought, his mind jumps ahead to how he can kill more nearly perfectly the next time; there's an improvement continuum.... Serial killers... are obsessed with a fantasy, and they have what we must call nonfulfilled experiences that become part of the fantasy and push them on toward the next killing.

OBS

serial killer: Term coined by former FBI detective Robert Ressler.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Criminologie
  • Psychologie criminelle
DEF

Personne qui commet plusieurs meurtres successifs, généralement, dans des circonstances analogues.

CONT

Contrairement au meurtrier de masse, qui ne frappe généralement qu'une seule fois au cours de sa vie, mais de façon spectaculaire, le tueur en série tue tant et aussi longtemps qu'il n'est pas appréhendé.

OBS

Le terme "tueur en série" a été également retrouvé dans la base de données AGRA et dans l'Actualité Québec.

OBS

En français, le complément de TUEUR précise généralement le type de victimes visées : tueur d'enfants, tueur de femmes, etc.

Key term(s)
  • auteur de meurtres à répétition
  • multi-assassin

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Criminología
  • Psicología criminal
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Record 50 2002-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
CONT

Jung's theory divides the psyche into three parts. The first is the ego, which Jung identifies with the conscious mind. Closely related is the personal unconscious, which includes anything which is not presently conscious, but can be. The personal unconscious is like most people's understanding of the unconscious in that it includes both memories that are easily brought to mind and those that have been suppressed for some reason.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
CONT

L'inconscient personnel comprend tous les contenus subliminaux, soit par manque d'énergie, soit par refoulement plus ou moins intentionnel.

Spanish

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Record 51 2001-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Advertising Techniques
CONT

But before your site instils a certain level of interest in your visitors, always keep in mind that the attention factor of your first page headline is the most important element of your site. You only have a mere few seconds to capture your visitors’ attention.

Key term(s)
  • attention-factor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques publicitaires

Spanish

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Record 52 2000-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Equipment
  • Clothing (Military)
  • CBRNE Operations
CONT

Nevertheless one has to bear in mind that boots have to be compatible with chemical warfare protective overshoes as well as with the straps associated with skis or snow-shoes.

Key term(s)
  • cw warfare protective overshoe

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel militaire
  • Habillement (Militaire)
  • Opérations CBRNE
CONT

Il ne faut pas oublier en revanche que les chaussures du soldat doivent être compatibles avec le port de bottes de protection contre les agents chimiques. Elles doivent aussi être compatibles avec les courroies de fixation des skis ou des raquettes.

Spanish

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Record 53 1999-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Provincial Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Social Services and Social Work
OBS

In the province of New Brunswick, Social Service, Educational and Mental Health agencies felt that a group of multi-agency, regionally based clinical teams would have the best chance of creating the kind of care plans that would be most acceptable to the youth and his/her family, as well as to the school and community. With these facts in mind, they developed and implemented a provincial system entitled the Youth Treatment Program(YTP). The provincial Youth Treatment Program is geared to serve severely conduct disordered youths(18 years and under) who have experienced loss in family life and have faced difficulties in both school and community settings.

Key term(s)
  • Provincial Youth Treatment Program
  • Youth Treatment Programme

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes de gouvernements provinciaux canadiens
  • Services sociaux et travail social
OBS

Au Nouveau-Brunswick, les organismes de services sociaux, scolaires et de santé mentale étaient d'avis qu'un groupe d'équipes cliniques régionales relevant de plusieurs organismes offriraient d'excellentes possibilités d'élaborer le genre de plans de soins qui apparaîtrait le plus acceptable par les jeunes et leurs familles, l'école et la collectivité. À la lumière de ces constats, ces groupes d'intérêt ont élaboré et mis sur pied un réseau provincial qui s'appelle le Programme de traitement pour jeunes (PTJ). Ce programme s'adresse aux jeunes (de 18 ans et moins) ayant de graves troubles de conduite qui ont vécu une perte dans leur vie familiale et qui éprouvent des difficultés à l'école et dans la collectivité.

Key term(s)
  • Programme provincial de traitement des jeunes

Spanish

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Record 54 1998-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Mathematics
DEF

A conceptual mechanism that allows a subclass to acquire attributes, notifications and behaviour from more than one supeclass.

CONT

When we have more than one retrieval task in mind, with each task requiring a different organization of the hierarchy, this calls for multiple, overlapping, orthogonal groupings of properties, and is known as multiple inheritance.

OBS

Contrast with tree-structured (simple inheritance) systems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Mathématiques
DEF

Mécanisme conceptuel qui permet à une sous-classe d'acquérir de plusieurs superclasses des attributs, des notifications, des opérations et un comportement.

Spanish

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Record 55 1995-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

Support environments [consist of] those systems that provide the means to make the interactions between the student and the programming system more effective or more understandable. Support environments include such tools as structure editors, debuggers, tracers, modelling aids, etc., which have been designed with novices in mind....

CONT

The US Air Force had implemented the VHDL support environment on the Digital Equipment Corp.’s VAX 11/780.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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Record 56 1994-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Criminology
OBS

The reform ideology may be dead-that is to say, most of us may have given up on the idea that prisons are reformative institutions, but reformation-change of heart and mind followed by change in behavior-goes on every day.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Criminologie
DEF

Action de se corriger, en parlant d'un détenu.

Spanish

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Record 57 1994-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

Have a twisted mind

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
CONT

Avoir l'esprit faussé, le raisonnement compliqué, tordu, farfelu.

Spanish

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Record 58 1994-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Surgical Treatment
DEF

in alternative [or complementary] medicine, the capacity of the body, from within its own resources, to cure disorders that have in the past needed doctors and their remedies to treat. It is a concept bound up intimately with the ideas of health, life forces and nature. [It] refers to those properties of the individual' s body, mind or spirit that are capable of combatting disease or illness.

Key term(s)
  • selfhealing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitements non chirurgicaux
CONT

Le grand public est invité à [...] en apprendre plus les médecines douces, la méditation, l'auto-guérison, le reiki ou autres. (Source : Le Soleil, samedi, 21 novembre 1992, page D6)

Key term(s)
  • autoguérison

Spanish

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Record 59 1993-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law
CONT

Since the enactment of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982 there have been many cases in which courts in Canada at all levels excepting the Supreme Court of Canada have expressed views on the meaning of "bringing the administration of justice into disrepute" within the meaning of s. 24(2) of the Charter. The most helpful views are contained in several cases extensively reviewed by Coleman, J., in Lysohirka et al.... and start with the comment of Lamer, J. A., in Rothman...(Pre-Charter) wherein he comments at page 152 :... "The judge, in determining whether under the circumstances the use of the statement in the proceedings would bring the administration of justice into disrepute, should consider all of the circumstances of the proceedings, the manner in which the statement was obtained, the degree to which there was a breach of social values, the seriousness of the charge and the effect the exclusion would have on the result of the proceedings. It must also be borne in mind that the investigation of crime and the detection of criminals is not a game to be governed by the Marquess of Queensbury rules. The authorities, in dealing with shrewd and often sophisticated criminals, must sometimes of necessity resort to tricks or other forms of deceit, and should not through the rule be hampered in their work. What should be repressed vigorously is conduct on their part that shocks the community". These comments are now often referred to as the "community shock" test....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal
CONT

Le seuil d'exclusion (...) est fixé plus bas que celui qui découle du "critère de la conduite qui choque la collectivité" énoncé dans l'arrêt Rothman c. La Reine, (1981) 1 R.C.S. 640.

OBS

Les autorités, qui ont affaire à des criminels rusés et souvent sophistiqués, doivent parfois user d'artifices et d'autres formes de supercherie, et ne devraient pas être entravées dans leur travail par l'application de la règle. Ce qu'il faut réprimer avec vigueur, c'est, de leur part, une conduite qui choque la collectivité.

Spanish

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Record 60 1990-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organization Planning
  • Decision-Making Process
  • Corporate Structure
CONT

Centralized Planning has the advantage of top-level expertise and coordination.

OBS

If centralized planning means that one centralized person or committee must have in mind all the myriad intricacies of detail, then it is an impossible job to do with any efficiency.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification d'organisation
  • Processus décisionnel
  • Structures de l'entreprise
DEF

Forme de planification selon laquelle toutes les décisions sont entre les mains d'une autorité centrale.

Spanish

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Record 61 1988-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

"Psychophagi"(Castler's term) are hardly ever encountered among them. Feeling the beginnings of osmosis, which may come about as the result of purely accidental approaches and fluctuations-feeling this threat in a manner that is of course nonphysical, much as someone might sense another's presence or even hear "strange voices" in his own mind-the personoids execute active avoidance maneuvers; they withdraw and go their separate ways. It is on account of this phenomenon that they have come to know the meaning of the concepts of "good" and "evil. "To them it is evident that "evil" lies in the destruction of another, and "good" in another's deliverance. At the same time, the "evil" of one may be the "good"(i. e., the gain, now in the nonethical sense) of another, who would become a "psychophage. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
CONT

Il est évident pour les personnoides que le «mal» consiste à détruire l'autre et le «bien» à le sauver. Et simultanément, le «mal» de l'un peut être le «bien» (c'est-à-dire un profit, qui ne relève plus de l'éthique) de celui qui serait devenu «âmophage». Cette expansion, cette appropriation du «territoire spirituel» d'autrui, élargit en effet la «surface mentale» donnée au départ. C'est en quelque sorte l'équivalent de la pratique qui est la nôtre concernant les animaux. En effet, bien qu'étant nous-mêmes des animaux, nous devons en tuer pour nous nourrir. Les personnoides, quant à eux, ne sont pas obligés d'agir ainsi, ils sont seulement susceptibles de le faire. Ils ne connaissent ni la faim, ni la soif puisqu'ils sont alimentés par une énergie qui afflue régulièrement sans qu'ils aient à se soucier de son origine, de même que nous n'avons pas à nous donner de mal particulier pour que le soleil brille.

OBS

Néologisme sci-fi créé par Stanislaw Lem.

Spanish

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Record 62 1986-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
  • Language Problems
CONT

Mr. Spaak must have had in mind

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
  • Problèmes de langue
CONT

M. Spaak a voulu dire que

Spanish

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Record 63 1986-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Skins and Hides (Leather Ind.)
OBS

Vegetan is a great all-purpose carving cowhide suitable for any project you have in mind.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de peaux (Ind. du cuir)
OBS

Le Vegetan est peut-être le cuir à ciseler le plus connu et le plus répandu.

Spanish

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Record 64 1986-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cooking Appliances
CONT

The elements have built-in temperature limiters which offer you peace of mind and security.

OBS

In a range.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de cuisson des aliments
CONT

Les plaques-fonte sont pourvues de limiteurs de température pour vous assurer tranquillité d'esprit et sécurité.

Spanish

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Record 65 1986-03-06

English

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

Occasional summaries of important points that have been mentioned will help to guide the discussion, as well as to emphasize points that should be kept in mind by members of the group. These summaries, if left on the chalkboard, may help in the formulation of final conclusions at the end of the discussion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réunions et assemblées (Administration)
CONT

La synthèse, opération [...] fondamentale qui se fait à tous les niveaux : reformulation-synthèse d'une intervention un peu longue, synthèse entre deux ou plusieurs opinions, synthèse par phase, synthèse partielle par point du plan, synthèse finale.

CONT

Opérer les synthèses partielles, c'est-à-dire faire le point à chaque acquis, à chaque étape de l'interview [de groupe]. Ne pas hésiter à arrêter l'interview pour faire le bilan du chemin parcouru, et, si possible, l'écrire au tableau ou le prendre en note.

Spanish

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Record 66 1985-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
OBS

"I have an open mind on this question". J’envisage la question sans parti pris. Hansard 1926, p. 579

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction

Spanish

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Record 67 1981-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Control
  • Personnel and Job Evaluation
OBS

This concept serves as a summary of the decision-making process. It consists of taking into consideration the most desirable, long-term goals, setting up means-end staircases for achieving those goals, examining the steps on the staircase to discover missing or weak steps, creating ideas for new and better alternatives for those weak or missing steps, and choosing the best alternatives after uncovering most of the premises, both factual and value, germane to each, and testing these premises for reliability(validity), then weighting them. To be as rational as possible, a man would have to take into consideration all the goals, all the alternatives, and all the premises germane to those alternatives and goals-all, that is, that he could encompass within the time he has available to made up his mind.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contrôle de gestion
  • Évaluation du personnel et des emplois

Spanish

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Record 68 1980-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations (General)
CONT

When you’re in the chain store business, people kind of assume that you have a weak mind and a strong back.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)
CONT

(...) lorsque vous annonciez que vous travailliez dans une chaîne de distribution au détail, les gens vous faisaient gentiment sentir que vous étiez un individu certes compétent, mais de second ordre.

Spanish

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Record 69 1980-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Saving and Consumption
  • Laws of the Market (Economy)
OBS

Probably the majority of economists(...) today would feel that what counts for consumer demand theory is whether certain situations have more total utility than others, these economists would not care to look for any numerical measure of utility beyond such "greater or less than" comparison; they would use the "indifference curves".(...) Demand theory never has any need to make interpersonal comparisons of utility that involve adding or comparing utilities of different mind.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épargne et consommation
  • Lois du marché (Économie)

Spanish

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