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YOU HAVE CONTROL [21 records]

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 2018-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
  • Atomic Physics
CONT

You’re not going to build quantum computer systems that are solely quantum.... To make a quantum computer work, and to execute a set of quantum operations, you will still have a classical control sequencer that steps in through a set of physical manipulations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
  • Physique atomique
CONT

Les opérations quantiques [permettent d'explorer] de manière simultanée un très grand nombre de possibilités.

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cheese and Dairy Products
  • Regulations and Standards (Food)
CONT

That seal is your guarantee that our organic milk is just that-Certified Organic. This means that our organic milk has been inspected by a third-party agency to verify its organic authenticity to you, the consumer. When you see this seal, it means that no harmful chemicals have been applied to the feed and/or crops that our cows graze on, the farmer and processor have annual certification inspections, we keep detailed records of our practices, and we use ecologicall-friendly methods and substances to improve the soil and control pests.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Laiterie, beurrerie et fromagerie
  • Réglementation et normalisation (Alimentation)
CONT

En effet, pour produire du lait biologique, la ferme doit cultiver ses fourrages et ses céréales biologiques afin de pouvoir nourrir les animaux bien qu’elle ait la possibilité d’acheter des aliments certifiés biologiques provenant de l’extérieur de la ferme. En agriculture biologique, la ferme est vue comme un écosystème. Ainsi, les gestionnaires des fermes laitières biologiques minimisent les apports extérieurs et gèrent les éléments de façon cyclique.

OBS

C'est un lait provenant de fermes biologiques qui respectent l'équilibre de la nature. Les vaches y sont élevées avec un maximum de confort. Leurs pâturages sont entretenus sans pesticides ni engrais chimiques. Leur alimentation est naturelle et variée.

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Record 4 2013-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations
  • Informatics
CONT

Remote control technical support reduces the number of desk side visits by technical support staff. Desk side support takes longer and if you have multiple sites, there are additional expenses in travel costs and tech time out of the office.

French

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

Les nouveaux blocs-notes sont normalisés, ce qui améliore la résolution de problèmes par le bureau de service de TI [technologie de l'information] et réduit la nécessité du soutien sur place.

Spanish

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Record 5 2010-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Peripheral Equipment
  • Office Automation
DEF

A key on a computer keyboard that does not itself generate a character but changes the nature of the character generated by another key when depressed simultaneously with it; similar to the control and shift keys.

OBS

The [Alternate key] is like a second Control key. Not all computer keyboards have an [Alternate key], but it is standard on all [personal computers]. You use it in the same fashion as the Control key--holding it down while you press another key. For example, an instruction to use the Alt+P combination means that you should hold the [Alternate key] down while pressing and then releasing the P key. The meaning of any [Alternate key] combination depends on which application is running.

OBS

The Alternate key on English keyboards is usually labelled with the letters "Alt" in uppercase or lowercase characters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Périphériques (Informatique)
  • Bureautique
OBS

[Touche qui] lorsqu'elle est utilisée en combinaison avec une autre touche, donne à cette dernière une signification autre que la sienne propre. Dans de nombreux programmes d'application, l'appui de Alt et d'une autre touche est un moyen de demander certains services; par exemple, la combinaison Alt-H.

OBS

Même si l'expression française «Alt» est une version abrégée de l'expression anglaise «alternate», le terme français «touche Alt» demeure le plus privilégié.

OBS

La touche Alt sur les claviers français se repère généralement par les lettres «Alt».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo periférico (Computadoras)
  • Ofimática
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Record 6 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 7 2008-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Machine-Tooling (Metallurgy)
  • Automatic Control (Machine Tools)
CONT

The Stewart platform consists of two plates connected by six mobile and extensible legs. The lower or base plate is immobile. The upper or mobile plate has six degrees of freedom, three rotational and three translational. The platform is highly stable and easy to control. The platform's six legs each have two parts, an upper and a lower leg, with a piston-like cylindrical DoF between each pair of parts. The legs are connected to the base plate and the top plate by universal joints at each end of each leg.(These universals are not just sets of abstract DoFs. Each also contains a spider-like body, while also having two DoFs.) The upper part of each leg can slide into and out of the lower leg, allowing each leg to be varied in length. The position and orientation of the mobile platform(top plate) varies depending on the lengths to which the six legs are separately adjusted. Once the top is connected to the legs, the entire Stewart platform assembly has 36 DoFs. Only six DoFs are independent, the same as the top plate would have if it were disconnected. You can think of these independent DoFs as the six adjustable leg lengths or as equivalent to the six DoFs of the mobile plate.

OBS

Geodetic Technology trademarked "hexapod" for a Stewart platform in a machine tool context. However, apparently this has not stopped other machine tool manufacturers from using the term. A Free CNC software package, the Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) [1] is capable of driving a stewart platform using standard G-codes such as used for milling machines, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Usinage (Métallurgie)
  • Commandes automatiques (Machines-outils)
CONT

La plateforme de Stewart [...] est un type de robot parallèle constitué de six actionneurs. Elle a six degrés de liberté : les trois coordonnées de translation ainsi que les angles de tangage, roulement et lacet (Angles d'Euler). Les six jambes sont actionnées pour changer de longueur et [faire] varier l'orientation de la plateforme [...]

OBS

Les plateformes de Stewart ont des applications dans la technologie des machine-outils et des grue, la recherche sous-marine, la simulation de vol, les antennes paraboliques, les télescopes et la chirurgie orthopédique.

Spanish

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Record 8 2008-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Slaughterhouses
  • Freezing and Refrigerating
  • Food Safety
CONT

With new temperature control regulations already in place.... As a retailer you are an integral part of the food chain. Your responsibilities for the chilled products you sell begin the second you take charge of the products. If you buy chilled product at the cash and carry it, it is your responsibility that the products have a 'safe journey home. ’Transportation of food in this instance must be done quickly. Cool boxes or bags must be used to transport chilled products.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Abattoirs
  • Congélation, surgélation et réfrigération
  • Salubrité alimentaire
OBS

[En parlant d'une denrée périssable] qui est soumis dès sa préparation à une conservation par le froid correspondant à un abaissement de la température compris entre 0º C et -4º C.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mataderos
  • Congelación y refrigeración
  • Inocuidad Alimentaria
CONT

La forma de prolongar la vida útil de un alimento es la utilización de temperaturas de refrigeración o congelación. La diferencia entre un alimento refrigerado y otro congelado se encuentra en la temperatura a la que se le somete: Los productos refrigerados deben mantenerse entre 0°C y 5°C. Los productos congelados deben mantenerse a temperaturas inferiores a los 18°C bajo cero.

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Record 9 2007-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Energy Transformation
  • Electric Power Distribution
  • Pricing (Electricity)
CONT

Ripple control generally refers to systems that are applied to electrical networks for demand side management purposes. They offer a means of communication from a central point to any point on the LV [Low-Voltage] network for action at end-users’ premises. Ripple control is mainly dedicated to mass applications but individual and specific applications can also be addressed. Applications are easily programmed by the operator in control consoles and receivers (Stand-alone receivers beside the meter or receiver integrated into electronic meters).

CONT

Ripple control is a well proven technology since many decades to control consumers in the whole grid for load optimization. This will be done switching on/off e.g. storage heatings, direct controlled heatings, etc. as well as tariff switching, monthly demand reset in electricity meters, and the control of other consumers like street lighting, etc. The components of a ripple control (RC) system are the load control centre, installed in the utility control level, which controls all connected substations. There are installed the RC transmitters with the couplings, which inject the RC signals into the grids, and in the grids there are RC receivers at the consumers site, which execute the transmitted commands.

CONT

There are six main types of electricity pricing plans :... All inclusive. The electricity company is able to control power to your hot water-cylinder using ripple control.... Controlled-two meter. The electricity company is able to control power to your hot-water cylinder using ripple control. You have separate meters for generalpower and controlled power.... Day/Night-controlled. You are charged different rates during the day and night. The electricity company is able to control power to your hot-water cylinder using ripple control.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transformation de l'énergie
  • Distribution électrique
  • Tarification (Électricité)
CONT

La télécommande centralisée est un système de communication utilisant le réseau électrique pour des application de gestion de la charge. Elle permet l'envoi de commandes d'un point central vers n'importe quel utilisateur connecté au réseau basse tension. La télécommande centralisée est principalement utilisée pour des applications de masse, mais convient également à certaines utilisations individuelles et spécifiques. L'opération consiste à superposer sur le réseau de distribution un petit signal à la fréquence de télécommande.

Spanish

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Record 10 2004-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gemmology
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

A folded sheet of paper containing the diamond and the processing information, e.g., estimated yield, dimensions, inclusions.

CONT

Follow inventory control procedures : a) upon receiving a parcel paper : open parcel paper, ensure you have received the correct diamond :-compare the mass of the diamond with the parcel paper information...-compare the diamond's inclusions and characteristics with the parcel paper information; b) record the parcel paper number on dops when sawing, bruting or lasering; c) after work is completed : weigh the diamond, return the diamond to the correct parcel paper, record the weight on the parcel paper, return the diamond to your supervisor.

CONT

Diamond parcel paper is the specially folded paper in which a diamond is or diamonds are held for carrying, or transporting.

OBS

briefke: Dutch term.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gemmologie
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

Feuille de papier pliée contenant le diamant et des informations relatives à la taille, par exemple : rendement estimé, dimensions et inclusions.

Spanish

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Record 11 2004-04-01

English

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

The easiest way to learn canopy control is to have an instructor talk you down from the ground and this is most effectively done with ground-to-air radios, but visual systems are also in use...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parachutisme, parapente et deltaplane
CONT

Vous serez guidé par radio depuis le sol pour votre évolution sous voile et votre atterrissage.

OBS

L'équipement de l'élève parachutiste sportif comprend un harnais, deux voilures de type aile (dont une principale et une de réserve), un ouvreur de sécurité et une radio. Le moniteur suit ses évolutions sous voile et le conseille à la radio, jusqu'à l'atterrissage.

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Record 12 2004-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
  • Reproduction (Medicine)
CONT

There are two types of emergency contraceptive pills. One type uses hormones that are the same type and dose as hormones used in some kinds of ordinary birth control pills. These hormones are called estrogen and progestin.... Some people call emergency contraceptive pills "morning after pills. "But you do not have to wait until the morning after. You can start the pills right away or up to three days after you have had unprotected sex... Therapy is more effective the earlier it is initiated within the 72 hour window.

Key term(s)
  • morning after pill

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
  • Reproduction (Médecine)
OBS

Les pharmaciens pourraient bientôt avoir le droit de prescrire la «pilule du lendemain» grâce à une modification au Règlement sur les actes visés à l'article 31 de la Loi médicale qui peuvent être posés par des classes de personnes autres que des médecins. [...] D'entrée de jeu, l'OIIQ [Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers du Québec] s'est dit favorable à ce projet, car il accroît l'accessibilité de la contraception orale d'urgence (COU).

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Record 13 2003-10-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Exploration Equipment and Tools
CONT

Displays and Control Module (DCM). This is an irregularly shaped box of switches, valves, and digital displays that gets mounted on the chest. It controls the primary life support system and the secondary oxygen pack.

CONT

Displays and Control Module(DCM)... Along the top are switches for power, communications mode selection, caution and warning. There is also a switch that controls the water that is fed to the Liquid Cooling-and-Ventilation Garment. A digital display is used to monitor the various suit circuits. At the top left of this module is an emergency relief valve. If the primary life support system were to ever malfunction, the astronaut would still have access to the secondary oxygen pack. To activate this secondary oxygen pack, all the astronaut would have to do is open a purge valve by squeezing a set of pinchers. This valve releases air pressure on the chest plate-this is the same valve that is used at the end of EVA [Extravehicular Activity] to depressurize the suit. Also on the left, a step down from the purge valve, is the mechanical-suit pressure gauge. Along the right-hand side of the module, are two switches : the ventilation-fan switch and the push-to-talk switch. The ventilation-fan switch can activate and deactivate a fan which circulates air through the helmet and other parts of the suit. The push-to-talk switch is similar to one you would find on a CB [Citizen Band] radio. If the astronaut wants to talk, he has to push the button to be heard, and if he wants to receive voice messages, he has to release the button. On the front of the panel are other controls for volume, temperature, and suit pressure.

OBS

display and control module; DCM: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et outillage d'exploration spatiale
CONT

Le module de [commande et d'affichage] (DCM). Il s'agit d'une boîte aux formes irrégulières, munie de boutons, de [robinets] et d'écrans numériques. Installée sur la poitrine, c'est elle qui [commande] l'équipement de vie principal et la réserve d'oxygène supplémentaire.

CONT

Le module de [commande et d'affichage] (DCM)... Sur le dessus se trouvent des boutons pour l'alimentation, la sélection du mode de communications, et des voyants d'avertissement et d'alarme. Il y a aussi un bouton pour contrôler l'alimentation en eau dans le sous-vêtement de refroidissement et de ventilation au liquide. Un écran numérique est utilisé pour contrôler les divers circuits du scaphandre. Dans le coin supérieur gauche de ce module se trouve un [robinet] de secours d'urgence. Si l'équipement de vie principal faisait défaut, l'astronaute aurait donc accès à sa réserve d'oxygène supplémentaire. Pour l'activer, l'astronaute n'aurait qu'à ouvrir une valve de purge en pinçant une série de boutons. Ce robinet relâche la pression d'air dans la boîte qui est sur la poitrine - il s'agit du même robinet qui est utilisé à la fin de l'EVA pour dépressuriser le scaphandre [ou la combinaison]. Le manomètre de pression d'air se trouve aussi à gauche, juste en dessous du robinet de purge. Du côté droit du module se trouvent deux boutons : celui du ventilateur et celui du poussoir d'émission (bouton parole). Le bouton du ventilateur peut activer et désactiver le ventilateur qui fait circuler l'air dans le casque et les autres parties du scaphandre [ou de la combinaison]. Le poussoir d'émission ressemble à ceux qu'on trouve sur les radios BP [bande publique]. Si l'astronaute veut parler, il doit pousser le bouton pour être entendu, et s'il veut entendre les messages, il doit relâcher le bouton. Sur le panneau avant de la boîte de trouvent d'autres dispositifs de commande du volume, de la température et de la pression d'air du scaphandre [ou de la combinaison].

OBS

module de commande et d'affichage; DCM : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

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Record 14 2003-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Launching and Space Maneuvering
CONT

Recent work on the perspective display allows computer graphics systems to simulate planned spacecraft maneuvers, allowing pilots to visualize the consequences of a variety of orbital changes.... Up to now, spacecraft maneuvers, even close-in rendezvous, have been very formal, requiring elaborate planning. We’re developing a system that lets you conduct orbital change maneuvers on an informal, short-term basis... The perspective display is now in use at Ames in a full-scale research mock-up of a proximity operations control center for the Space Station. The mock-up includes a number of test technologies including a heads-up(through the window) display, voice-actuated controls and an advanced window design.

OBS

orbital change: term officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lancement et manœuvres dans l'espace
CONT

L'ATV [Automatic Transfer Vehicle], équipé de ses moteurs et d'une capacité d'ergols accrue, sera aussi utilisé pour effectuer les modifications d'orbite de la station, et notamment [..] les rehaussements d'orbite destinés à en compenser l'usure.

OBS

modification d'orbite : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 15 2002-06-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
CONT

In basic operation procedure, the PF and PNF can execute each other's procedures in the responsibility way, as the tasks are preassigned on each type of aircraft. Therefore, "You have control" "I have control" should be stated clearly and the transfer completed.

Key term(s)
  • Have control

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
CONT

Le Commandant qui assure l'organisation et la coordination du travail à bord est le seul à regarder à l'extérieur et annonce ce qu'il voit. C'est lui qui, lorsqu'il jugera les références visuelles suffisantes annoncera «À moi les commandes». Il assure alors l'atterrissage ou la remise de gaz si les conditions se dégradent. L'Officier pilote se consacre exclusivement au pilotage aux instruments pour maintenir l'avion sur les axes ILS. On dira qu'il a «le nez dedans».

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Record 16 1999-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
CONT

If your Source document is being requested from a Downline System, you will have to access the Enquiries Screen of the Payment Master Database to retrieve the Image Address ID required by the Clerk in Document Control.

OBS

Terminology used at Revenue Canada (Termicom).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
OBS

Terminologie en usage à Revenu Canada.

Spanish

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Record 17 1999-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
CONT

If your Source document is being requested from a Downline System, you will have to access the Enquiries Screen of the Payment Master Database to retrieve the Image Address ID required by the Clerk in Document Control.

OBS

Terminology used at Revenue Canada (Termicom).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
OBS

Terminologie en usage à Revenu Canada.

Spanish

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Record 18 1997-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Informatics
DEF

A compact disc-based system compatible with CDI for storing very high resolution photographic images in digital form, so that they can be viewed on a TV set or monitor.

CONT

Kodak will push Photo CD. You’ll be able to take your vacation snapshots with standard film, and the photofinisher can return not only slides or prints but a compact disc as well. Put the CD on a special $600 Kodak player(which also plays audio discs) and you can view the pictures on your TV, switching images by remote control. You can have an entire photo album-complete with your own soundtrack-on a single CD.

OBS

Developed by Kodak and Philips.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Informatique
DEF

[Support et procédé] mis au point par Kodak pour stocker des photos sur disque compact. La capacité d'un disque est de 100 photos, qui peuvent être reproduites sur papier après traitement informatique éventuel.

OBS

Le CD-Photo appartient à la famille des CD [12 cm].

OBS

photodisque compact: Construit sur le modèle audiodisque, vidéodisque compact.

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Record 19 1993-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cycling
DEF

One of three kinds of rim or caliper brakes whose action originates from the side of the wheel (usually the left side), using one pivot point for two caliper arms. They are activated by means of a sheathed brake cable connected at one end to the brake lever mounted on the handlebar and at the other end to one of the caliper arms. When the hand lever is squeezed the cable retracts within its sheath, pulling the right caliper toward the rim and exerting an equal and opposite force on the cable sheath which, pressing downward, forces the left caliper toward the wheel rim, in such a way as to press rubber blocks against the rim simultaneously, stopping the bicycle through pressure and friction.

CONT

... the sidepull brake has a firm feel that consumes only a little finger motion when varying the finger force to change the braking force.

CONT

With side-pull brakes you have a control cable that attaches directly to one of the caliper arms, usually on the left side.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cyclisme
DEF

Une des trois catégories de freins à friction sur jante conçus avec une seule articulation et dont l'action est déployée à partir du côté de la roue. Ils sont actionnés par des manettes de freins placées sur le guidon; le câble qui relie les mâchoires aux manettes a son point d'attache sur une des deux mâchoires seulement.

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Record 20 1987-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
CONT

Other types of LAN-to-mainframe servers can even communicate with various mainframes on a higher level than the terminal or control unit. For example, with IBM you can have a communication server that uses APPC(Advanced Peer to Peer Communication).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique
OBS

Solution proposée par le service de consultation terminologique d'IBM.

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Record 21 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
CONT

he was the victim of circumstances beyond his control

CONT

Circumstances beyond control have prevented their inclusion in the proceedings of the society. We hope that you will find them satisfactory.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)

Spanish

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