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Record 1 2016-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Law
  • Industrial Techniques and Processes
CONT

... the term "state of technology"(a standard term used in licences) is a dynamic concept and both the availability and the economic feasibility of the technology become issues. Dr. Rainer HAMM(Rechtsanwalt)(defence attorney) commented that there is a sensitive major tax on waste water. Those who have a licence to use a river to pollute have to pay a fee depending on the degree of pollution. The waste water effluent fees are quite effective to minimize pollution.... Large corporations also have high incentive to develop technology. It is they who develop technology. While universities can and do develop standards, they cannot build technology and compare standards. That can only be done by industry itself. Thus it is the industry which makes the law by defining the standards of technology. They are motivated to do so by the new device, popular in the United States, known as "technology forcing. "Dr. HAMM was however sceptical of using criminal law to pursue dynamic concepts. If you include a state of technology that can change any time and then punish someone for not having fulfilled the state of technology, then you blur the distinction between what is criminal and what is not criminal.

CONT

... technology forcing (i.e. development of more cost-effective approaches in response to regulations); ...

OBS

technology forcing: This expression (hyphenated) is also used as an adjective, as in "technology-forcing emission limits," "technology-forcing regulations," "technology-forcing standards."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit environnemental
  • Techniques industrielles
CONT

[...] forçage de la technologie (c.-à-d. élaboration d'approches plus rentables en réaction aux règlements); [...]

CONT

Les exigences fédérales américaines sont en place depuis 1998. Par conséquent, la reformulation des produits permettant de se conformer aux limites de contenu ne devrait pas constituer un forçage technologique.

OBS

forçage : Le fait de soumettre (quelqu'un) à une pression, à une contrainte.

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phraseology
CONT

Today's young purveyors of YOLO do indeed appear to be trying to work it right, though what that means is up for debate. [The] students illustrate its typical use, as a carefree tag to explain an impulsive choice :“You want to park illegally in this spot? YOLO!” “Should I buy these shoes or pay rent? YOLO!”

OBS

Used especially to rationalize impulsive or reckless behavior.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie
CONT

Bon nombre de parents tremblent lorsque leur enfant réplique «YOLO» à une recommandation du genre «ne fais pas de bêtise». Ce terme est en effet souvent utilisé par bon nombre de jeunes avant qu’ils agissent d’une manière irresponsable.

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephone Services
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

Making calls to your friends and family through your normal telephone is becoming obsolete. It is now the norm for people to talk to their friends and family with instant messaging services such as Yahoo, AOL, and MSN. Another version of using your computer to communicate is using VoIP(Voice over Internet Protocol) [, i. e. ] a class of hardware and software that allows people to use the Internet for making telephone calls. One of the many advantages of this type of service is no surcharge. The amount you pay for this service is included in your monthly Internet fees. AOL is coming out with a new "Total Talk VoIP" that is to replace AOL Internet Phone. The difference being that with AOL Internet Phone it was available exclusively for those who were members of AOL. With Total Talk VoIP, broadband users throughout American and Canada will enjoy the convenience offered by AOL.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Services téléphoniques
  • Internet et télématique
CONT

AOL a déjà lancé un service de voix sur IP au Canada en décembre dernier, baptisé Total Talk et accessible à tous les abonnés haut débit à internet, qu'ils soient clients ou non.

Spanish

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Record 4 2002-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Emergency Management
  • Types of Constructed Works
  • Underground Planning (Urban Studies)
CONT

In Switzerland... almost all houses and apartment buildings have bomb shelters, which often cannot be used(because most people use them as storage spaces). If you build a new house, you are required by law to include a bomb shelter. It is possible to get an exemption, but in this case you will have to pay a fee(i. e., a "contribution" to a communal shelter, even if one does not currently exist).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des urgences
  • Types de constructions
  • Aménagement souterrain (Urbanisme)
CONT

Ce qui frappe le plus dans la protection civile en Suisse est l'existence des réalités suivantes : [...] les postes de commandement qui généralement sont situés dans les abris collectifs et qui couvrent aussi 95 % de la population.

CONT

[...] si les abris collectifs de protection civile ont encore une utilité, par exemple lors de catastrophes ou d'incendies, les abris privés sont totalement inutiles et, au surplus, coûteux. On peut dire qu'à coup sûr, les abris privés sont la pièce la plus chère de la maison.

CONT

la politique souterraine comportera l'aménagement d'abris collectifs offrant une protection totale contre les explosifs, bombes incendiaires et toniques.

Spanish

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