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Record 1 2024-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Materiel Management
  • Supply (Military)
DEF

Materiel that may be required in case of emergencies, unforeseen fluctuations in demand and expenditure, delays in production and transit, misfortune, and interruptions in the lines of communications.

OBS

Reserve stocks includes combat reserves, sustaining stocks, and theatre reserve stocks.

OBS

reserve stock: designation and definition officially approved by the Army Terminology Panel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion du matériel militaire
  • Approvisionnement (Militaire)
DEF

Matériel qui peut être nécessaire en cas d'urgence, de fluctuation imprévue de la demande et de la consommation, de retards de production et de livraison, de malchance et de rupture des lignes de communications.

OBS

Le stock de réserve comprend les réserves de combat, les réserves de théâtre et les stocks de maintien en puissance.

OBS

stock en réserve: désignation et définition uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de l'Armée de terre; désignation uniformisée par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du soutien au combat.

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour and Employment
CONT

The positive impact of a globalized workforce has become confused with the misfortune of job losses across our country.... We are certainly facing a transformation in the manner that we organize and assign work to human capital. Sourcing strategies — where and to whom we assign units of work to be completed — now include technologists who may not speak our language, who come to work in their morning as we leave the office at night.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et emploi
CONT

Les [entreprises] doivent innover et transformer leurs programmes et stratégies de gestion des talents et des RH [ressources humaines] pour répondre aux besoins de la nouvelle main-d’œuvre mondialisée.

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Defence Planning and Military Doctrine
DEF

In force development, [having to do with the ability] to recover from or adjust to the effects of shock, surprise, damage or misfortune.

OBS

resilient: term and definition officially approved by the Defence Terminology Standardization Board.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Doctrine militaire et planification de défense
DEF

Dans le domaine du développement des forces, [se dit de ce] qui est capable de se remettre des effets de choc, de surprise, de dommage ou de malheur ou de s'y adapter.

OBS

résilient : terme et définition uniformisés par le Conseil de normalisation de terminologie de la Défense.

Spanish

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Record 4 2003-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
OBS

Adversity applies chiefly to a condition of great and continued misfortune, marked by serious accidents, hardships, and distress : Displaced persons have experienced adversity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
DEF

Situation malheureuse d'une personne qui a éprouvé des revers.

Spanish

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Record 5 1991-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Neology and Linguistic Borrowing
DEF

The state of having a technical or a technological difficulty or disturbance.

CONT

When desert conditions threw the missile into techno-troubles that by-the-manual types couldn’t fix, officers consulted Riggs.

OBS

This is a neologism by derivation. The combining form of technical, technological ’techno-’ is added to the noun ’troubles’.

OBS

In the Webster's(1971 ed.), trouble means "the quality of state of being troubled; a cause of disturbance, annoyance or distress"(p. 2453). In the RHD(1969 ed.), the definition of trouble according to the given context is "an unfortunate or distressing position, circumstance, or occurrence; misfortune"(p. 1409).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Néologie et emprunts
OBS

Dans Le Petit Robert, techno- est défini comme le "premier élément de mots savants tirés du grec tekhnê «métier».

Spanish

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