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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2024-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Games and Competitions (Sports)
DEF

A human activity, usually associated with a degree of physical exertion, in which a skill is accomplished in performance or contest, and for which there is either a competitive outcome(winner, loser, or position), a measurable achievement(logged by the rowing-machine or the timer's stopwatch), or some other or further perceived benefit(health, fitness, pleasure/fun).

OBS

Not to be confused with "Olympic sport." Only sports that are governed by an international federation can be included on the Olympic program.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux et compétitions (Sports)
DEF

Activité physique régie par certaines règles ou techniques particulières et pratiquée dans le but de faire de l'exercice, de s'amuser, d'entrer en compétition avec d'autres ou de se dépasser soi-même.

OBS

Dans le giron olympique, le «sport» est celui pratiqué sous la responsabilité des fédérations sportives internationales ou présenté aux Jeux olympiques, alors que le «sport pour tous» relève des pratiques libres et de l'activité physique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Juegos y competiciones (Deportes)
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Record 2 2023-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Research Facilities
  • Silviculture
CONT

... the U. S. [United States] Forest Service established two forest experiment stations in California and one each in Washington, Idaho, Colorado, and Arizona. [Each station devotes] the same degree of science and skill to the solution of tree growing and lumbering problems as the agricultural experiment stations give to questions of farm and crop management.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations de recherche scientifique
  • Sylviculture
CONT

Le ministère des Forêts et du Développement rural compte sept établissements régionaux, y compris un certain nombre de stations d'expérimentation forestière, dans lesquelles s'effectuent des recherches sur des problèmes aussi nombreux que variés portant sur la croissance et la régénération des forêts ainsi que sur les méthodes de protection et de gestion.

Spanish

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Record 3 2019-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Machine-Tooling (Metallurgy)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
OBS

During the apprenticeship the individual will learn to plan, lay out and perform all bench and machine operations to construct, alter and repair tools, dies, fixtures, gauges, etc. where a high degree of skill and an extensive knowledge of tooling practice and application is required; work from complicated drawings and specifications [as well as] use a wide variety of precision instruments for exacting measurements; lay out work and plan machining and bench procedures; perform difficult machining operations requiring complicated set-ups involving the improvising of tooling and machines for adaptations beyond the normal range and capacities of available equipment; perform close and exacting bench and assembly operations to fit, align, calibrate, adjust, assemble and finish work.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Usinage (Métallurgie)
  • Outillage industriel

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-01-18

English

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

Professional misconduct or unreasonable lack of skill. This term is usually applied to such conduct by doctors, lawyers, and accountants. Failure of one rendering professional services to exercise that degree of skill and learning commonly applied under all the circumstances in the community by the average prudent reputable member of the profession with the result of injury, loss or damage to the recipient of those services or to those entitled to rely upon them.

French

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

inconduite professionnelle : 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 5 2015-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
CONT

There is probably no rigid distinction between paid and gratuitous agents for this purpose. The fact that the agent is paid is taken into consideration, along with other circumstances, in determining the degree of the care and skill to be expected of him; but even a gratuitous agent may be liable in tort for acting negligently.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 6 2012-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Degrees and Diplomas (Educ.)
  • School and School-Related Administration
DEF

A person who has completed a program of study at a university and has received a degree attesting to this fact.

CONT

The MBA [Master of business administration] program enables the degree holder to provide organizations with a business management skill set such that it raises the competitiveness of the entity and leads not only to a comparative advantage but retains higher skilled and thus higher income jobs within the province.

PHR

bachelor’s, master’s, doctorate, honorary degree holder.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Grades et diplômes
  • Administration scolaire et parascolaire
DEF

Personne qui a terminé un programme d'études universitaires et qui a reçu un grade.

CONT

L’AUCC [Association des universités et collèges du Canada] soutient depuis longtemps que les diplômés universitaires gagnent en moyenne au cours de leur vie un million de dollars de plus que les diplômés du secondaire. Des déclarations semblables ont été faites aux États-Unis, sauf que dans ce pays, les coûts croissants de l’éducation ont grugé la valeur nette du diplôme.

Spanish

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Record 7 2011-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Customer Relations
  • Sales (Marketing)
  • Marketing
CONT

Several related studies have suggested that the friendliness, knowledge and skill, enthusiasm, attentiveness, empowerment, and the ability to communicate of customer-contact employees positively affect customers’ perceptions of service quality, and enhance the degree of trust between the customer and the front-line employee.

OBS

customer contact employee: term published in the Journal officiel by the Commission générale de terminologie et de néologie of the Government of France.

Key term(s)
  • customer-contact employee

French

Domaine(s)
  • Relations avec la clientèle
  • Vente
  • Commercialisation
DEF

Personne travaillant en relation directe avec la clientèle.

OBS

achalandeur : terme publié dans le Journal officiel par la Commission générale de terminologie et de néologie du gouvernement de la France.

Spanish

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Record 8 2011-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour and Employment
DEF

A worker receiving regular formal training for an occupation requiring a limited degree of skill...

OBS

["Trainee"] differs from "learner", who does not get formal training and who learns through actual work experience and job performance under supervision, and from "apprentice", who learns a skilled trade.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et emploi

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trabajo y empleo
DEF

Persona que, a efectos laborales, se halla en el primer grado de una profesión manual, antes de pasar a oficial.

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Record 9 2010-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Recruiting of Personnel
  • Federal Administration
CONT

Collective staffing is a collaborative activity to staff more than one position within, among and across organizations and departments, region or regions. It represents a strategic approach where managers agree on common merit criteria, on the definition of the merit criteria, and on the degree of skill required for each position. The process requires the establishment of pools of individuals who have had some degree of assessment completed in order to be included in the pool. These individuals will then be finally assessed against the merit criteria established for each position being staffed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recrutement du personnel
  • Administration fédérale
CONT

La dotation collective est un processus concerté de dotation visant à pourvoir plus d'un poste au sein d'une organisation, d'un ministère ou d'une région ou dans plusieurs organisations, ministères ou régions. C'est une approche stratégique qui permet aux gestionnaires de s'entendre sur des critères de mérite communs, sur la définition des critères de mérite et sur le niveau de compétence requis pour chaque poste. Le processus nécessite la création de bassins de candidats qui ont fait l'objet d'une évaluation partielle leur permettant d'être inclus dans ce bassin. Au bout du compte, ces personnes seront évaluées en fonction des critères de mérite établis pour chaque poste à pourvoir.

Spanish

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Record 10 2008-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Brewing and Malting
CONT

Geuze is made of 100% Lambic beer which undergoes additional fermentation... The blending of old and young pure Lambic is the traditional way to make Geuze. The skill in producing a good Geuze is in balancing the right young and old Lambics in the right quantities. The right ratio young/old is depending on the maturation degree(end attenuation) of each of them. Once the blend is bottled, it undergoes a secondary fermentation in the bottle(Method Champenoise), creating the unique flavor. After 6 months the Geuze obtains a golden color and a cidery, winey palate; reminiscent, perhaps, of dry vermouth with a more complex and natural flavor.

OBS

Beside the traditional unsweetened Geuze, there is also a more commercial Geuze that dominates the market. It is pasteurized and has a sweeter taste.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Brasserie et malterie
DEF

Bière originale, au goût fruité, aige et sèche en bouche [...] obtenue par un mélange de lambics belges jeunes et vieux qui provoque une fermentation secondaire qui lui donne ces caractéristiques.

OBS

Elle est généralement vendue en bouteille à bouchon muselé pour résister aux pressions.

Spanish

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Record 11 2008-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Decision-Making Process
  • Economic Planning
  • Organization Planning
DEF

One of the things, propositions, or courses [of action] which can be chosen.

CONT

... cost-benefit analyses typically are undertaken to assist in the formulation of policy in a particular context, and a considerable degree of skill is involved in selecting the alternatives to be compared so that the information generated by the analysis is of the greatest value to those making that policy.

CONT

The alternative to riding is walking.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Processus décisionnel
  • Planification économique
  • Planification d'organisation
CONT

La PDG [présidente-directrice générale] a envisagé plusieurs autres solutions de rechange avant de déclarer faillite.

OBS

L'usage du mot «alternative» en ce sens est toujours critiqué, même s'il est généralisé.

OBS

En français, alternative implique toujours un choix entre deux possibilités.

OBS

solution de rechange : Terme entériné par le Comité de linguistique de Radio-Canada et le Secrétariat d'État du Canada.

OBS

alternative: pour signifier l'obligation de choisir entre deux solutions, on ne dit pas «être entre deux alternatives» (il y aurait alors quatre solutions à envisager), mais «être dans une alternative» ou «entre deux décisions ou solutions». Il est également incorrect de parler d'une «double alternative» lorsqu'on veut désigner la présence de «deux» solutions, ou d'«une alternative à» dans le sens de solution de remplacement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Proceso de adopción de decisiones
  • Planificación económica
  • Planificación de organización
DEF

Cada una de las posibilidades entre las que hay que elegir.

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Record 12 2007-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Execution of Work (Construction)
  • Plans and Specifications (Construction)
DEF

the quality or mode of execution, as of a thing made.

CONT

Workmanship means the degree of skill and care with which work is executed.... ’workmanship’ overlaps with ’design’ and with 'suitability of materials’... it is reasonable to assume that the contractor's experience has given rise to a considerable expertise.... The benefit of this expertise is part of the service bought by the building owner, and the implicit or implied obligation about workmanship merely means that the building owner is entitled to have that benefit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exécution des travaux de construction
  • Devis, cahiers des charges et plans (Construction)
CONT

devis descriptif : description détaillée qu'a préparé un ingénieur conseil ou un architecte à l'intention de l'entrepreneur afin de lui préciser tout ce qui se rapporte à la qualité de l'exécution et qui n'est pas susceptible d'être montré par les dessins.

Spanish

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Record 13 2006-10-05

English

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

[The] use of a closed microphone to make verbatim recordings of material spoken at conferences or similar proceedings and the transcription of the material recorded in this manner.

OBS

The principal difference between closed microphone and shorthand reporting work is in the different techniques used to record the spoken word. The shorthand reporter uses manually or machine written symbols, requiring a high degree of skill and knowledge in their use. The closed microphone reporter uses the closed microphone device which requires the ability to repeat spoken material simultaneously with and at the rate equal to that used by the speaker.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réunions et assemblées (Administration)

Spanish

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Record 14 2005-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
  • Health Law
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

The standard of care that the court must apply in medical malpractice cases is not one of perfection; but rather is to require the physician to conduct him or herself within a reasonable degree of skill and knowledge. This includes skill and care with respect to diagnosis, and treatment of the patient's medical condition. It is an objective standard and varies according to the level of the experience attained by the physicians whose performance is under consideration.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
  • Droit de la santé
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité

Spanish

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Record 15 2005-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
  • Health Law
  • Environmental Law
CONT

The test of reasonable care applies in medical malpractice cases as in other cases where fault is alleged. The medical man must possess and use that reasonable degree of learning and skill ordinarily possessed by practitioners in similar communities in similar cases.

Key term(s)
  • reasonable care test

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
  • Droit de la santé
  • Droit environnemental
CONT

Il est [ ... ] souvent difficile pour les entreprises de savoir si elles pourraient répondre au critère de la diligence raisonnable dans les causes environnementales (ou dans celles qui concernent la santé et la sécurité au travail) en cas de poursuite pour infraction relative à l'environnement.

CONT

Le critère de diligence raisonnable s'applique aux affaires de responsabilité médicale comme aux autres affaires où il y a allégation de faute.

Spanish

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Record 16 2004-05-12

English

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

Forecast based upon the arbitrary selection of one of a set of meteorological contingencies.

OBS

The random forecast is often used as a standard of comparison in determining the degree of skill of another forecast method.

French

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

Prévision basée sur le choix au hasard de l'une d'une série d'éventualités météorologiques.

Spanish

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

Predicción basada en la elección al azar de un caso entre una serie de contingencias meteorológicas.

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Record 17 2004-03-01

English

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

Prediction based on the premise that the existing weather conditions will continue unchanged throughout the forecast period.

CONT

The persistence forecast is often used as a standard of comparison in measuring the degree of skill of forecasts prepared by other methods, especially for very short projections.

OBS

[This] prediction [...] is based entirely on the tendency of some meteorological situations to linger.

French

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

Prévision basée sur l'hypothèse que les conditions météorologiques actuelles demeureront les mêmes pendant toute la période de prévision.

OBS

[Cette] prévision [...] se fonde entièrement sur la tendance de certaines situations météorologiques à persister.

Spanish

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

Predicción (pronóstico) basado en la hipótesis que prevé que las condiciones meteorológicas actuales permanecerán sin modificación durante todo el período de predicción.

OBS

Se basa totalmente en la tendencia de ciertas situaciones meteorológicas a mantenerse.

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Record 18 2000-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personnel and Job Evaluation
DEF

In the UCS, an element under the Skill factor, that measures the degree to which the work requires knowledge of people, organizations, external circumstances, and legislation and regulations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Évaluation du personnel et des emplois
DEF

Dans la NGC, élément relatif au facteur Habileté, qui mesure ce qu'il faut connaître des personnes, des organisations, des conditions externes, de la législation et de la réglementation pour effectuer le travail.

Spanish

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Record 19 2000-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personnel and Job Evaluation
DEF

In the UCS, a term used under the Motor and Sensory Skills element.

PHR

basic skill, trained skill

French

Domaine(s)
  • Évaluation du personnel et des emplois
DEF

Dans la NGC, terme utilisé à l'élément Habiletés motrices et sensorielles.

PHR

habileté de base, habileté apprise

Spanish

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Record 20 2000-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistics
CONT

Whether the ordinal nature of measures of skill attainment "matters" or not will depend on what particular question is being asked, what alternative scalings of scores are reasonable, and the degree of dispersion of outcomes in the population.

OBS

Information obtained from Statistics Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statistique
CONT

Par conséquent, que la nature ordinale de la mesure du niveau de capacités de lecture «importe» ou non dépend de la question particulière qui est posée, des autres échelles de pondération des résultats acceptables et du degré de dispersion des résultats au sein de la population.

OBS

Les renseignements proviennent de Statistique Canada.

Spanish

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Record 21 1990-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personnel and Job Evaluation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Évaluation du personnel et des emplois

Spanish

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Record 22 1989-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Services and Social Work
CONT

The professional social worker is expected, because of his specialized training and experience, to bring a high degree of skill to the process of helping, and modifying the social conditions of, individuals, groups of persons, and communities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Services sociaux et travail social

Spanish

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Record 23 1987-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases
  • Surgery
OBS

postoperative: occurring after a surgical operation.

OBS

Postoperative Wound Infections. The rate of infection at the incision site following surgery depends on the skill of the surgeon and the degree of contamination at the time of operation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines
  • Chirurgie
OBS

Les infections postopératoires à [pus bleu], dont la diffusion d'un malade à ses voisins de lit était banale quand l'asepsie n'était pas en usage, sont devenues exceptionnelles.

Spanish

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