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HOME LIFE [67 records]

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Naval Forces
  • Security
CONT

A kisbie ring in general is a piece of life saving equipment that almost all ships carry. We have 4 stations onboard fitted with smoke markers, kisbie rings and other equipment which lookouts throw overboard in the event of a man overboard. As a piece of rescue equipment, these are painted orange and have the ships name on them in black in accordance with Canadian and international law. When alongside in home or foreign port, we use our ceremonial kisbie rings... in the 4 stations for decoration. We also have the stand and kisbie ring at the brow where you come aboard our ship as a welcome aboard sign and identifier.

OBS

A piece of lifesaving equipment used by the Canadian Navy.

Key term(s)
  • kisby float

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forces navales
  • Sécurité
Key term(s)
  • bouée Kisby

Spanish

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Record 2 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Education Theory and Methods
OBS

Our Aims and Objectives : 1. To raise the standard and develop a greater appreciation of home and family. 2. To develop better, informed, happier and more efficient citizens. 3. To develop a more abundant life in communities. 4. To discuss, stimulate and develop leadership. 5. To promote national and international understanding, tolerance and good will.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques

Spanish

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Record 3 2024-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Family Law (common law)
  • Social Problems
  • Sociology of the Family
CONT

Elder emotional mistreatment can be regarded as mistreatment caused by the deliberate neglect of the emotional needs of the elderly by their main caregivers. In the Ecological Theory of Aging, the neglect of older adults by primary caregivers is considered as mistreatment of older adults in the home environment or social environment, which can adversely affect the mental health of older adults and, thus, reduce their life satisfaction.

Key term(s)
  • older-adult neglect
  • older-people neglect
  • older-person neglect

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Sociologie de la famille
OBS

négligence envers l'adulte âgé; négligence envers les adultes âgés; négligence envers la personne âgée; négligence envers les personnes âgées; négligence envers l'aîné; négligence envers les aînés; négligence à l'égard de l'adulte âgé; négligence à l'égard des adultes âgés; négligence à l'égard de la personne âgée; négligence à l'égard des personnes âgées; négligence à l'égard de l'aîné; négligence à l'égard des aînés : désignations normalisées par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 4 2024-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology
  • Human Behaviour
DEF

... the preference for, and process of, withdrawing away from collective or public life and reorienting activities around home...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie
  • Comportement humain
DEF

[Ensemble] des phénomènes sociaux qui tendent à accorder une prééminence à la vie privée dans le fonctionnement de la société.

Spanish

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Record 5 2024-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of the Family
CONT

Parents attempting to get their jobs done without offices or places outside the home to conduct their work likely presented role-related challenges. Work and family roles were forced into the same space... Moreover, the interference of work into home life became more consequential, as home became the place for educating children, and ignoring or neglecting children's needs on these fronts meant potentially impeding their development.

Key term(s)
  • homelife

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie de la famille

Spanish

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Record 6 2024-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Policy (General)
  • Sociology
  • Language
CONT

Linguistic inclusivity in the classroom contributes to inclusive societies. When the language of instruction is the student's mother tongue, it can help bridge a potential gap between languages spoken at home and at school. This approach provides a more inclusive form of education as it enables students to settle into the learning environment in a language familiar to them, which also contributes to the academic achievement and chances later in life.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politiques sociales (Généralités)
  • Sociologie
  • Linguistique

Spanish

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Record 7 2023-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Sociology of persons with a disability
DEF

... a conceptual model which aims to document and explain the causes and consequences of diseases, trauma, and other effects on integrity and the development of the person.

OBS

The HDM-DCP shows that the accomplishment of life habits can be influenced by reinforcing our abilities and compensating for our disabilities through rehabilitation, but also by reducing environmental obstacles... An obstacle could be, for example, a prejudice, the lack of assistance or resources, the lack of accessibility at home and at school, a problem in obtaining adapted printed information or moving around with the help of accessible signage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Sociologie des personnes handicapées
DEF

[...] modèle conceptuel qui vise à documenter et expliquer les causes et conséquences des maladies, traumatismes et autres atteintes à l'intégrité ou au développement de la personne.

OBS

Le MDH-PPH montre que la réalisation des habitudes de vie peut être influencée par le renforcement des capacités ou la compensation des incapacités par la réadaptation et des aides techniques, mais également par la réduction des obstacles dans l'environnement. Les obstacles sont, par exemple, les préjugés, le manque d'aide ou de ressources, l'absence d'accessibilité du domicile ou de l'école, la difficulté de se procurer de l'information imprimée adaptée ou de se déplacer au moyen d'une signalisation accessible.

Spanish

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Record 8 2023-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mental Disorders
CONT

Transition to adulthood is yet another critical period of vulnerability for the development of personality disorders. The life tasks of moving out of the home and establishing new long-lasting intimate relationships may lead to emotional disintegration.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles mentaux

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trastornos mentales
CONT

La desintegración emocional por otro lado, se caracteriza por las relaciones conflictivas que establecen sus miembros, por la falta de una buena relación, provocada por una pobre comunicación y confianza, a causa del alcoholismo, la infidelidad de pareja, la mala relación familiar [...].

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Record 9 2022-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Laws and Regulations (Canadian)
  • Real Estate
OBS

[The] Home Buyers’ Bill of Rights... will include : banning blind bidding[;] establishing a legal right to a home inspection[;] ensuring banks and lenders offer mortgage deferrals for up to 6 months in the event of job loss or other major life event...

OBS

Home Buyers’ Bill of Rights: bill announced in the 2022 federal budget.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements fédéraux canadiens
  • Immobilier
OBS

[La] Charte des droits des acheteurs d'une propriété [...] couvrira : l'interdiction des offres à l'aveugle[;] l'instauration d'un droit légal à l'inspection technique des propriétés[;] l'assurance que les banques et les prêteurs offrent un report d'hypothèque pouvant se prolonger jusqu'à six mois en cas de perte d'emploi ou d'autre événement perturbateur majeur [...]

OBS

Charte des droits des acheteurs d'une propriété : charte annoncée dans le budget fédéral de 2022.

Spanish

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Record 10 2020-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Motorized Sports
  • Parks and Botanical Gardens
DEF

A recreational activity which consists in travelling over snow on a vehicle with steerable runners at the front and tractor treads at the rear.

CONT

Fairbanks is home to snow capped mountains, rugged backcountry areas, fantastic scenery and miles upon miles of winter trails. With so much to offer, it is no wonder snowmobiling has become an important part of life for people in Fairbanks.... One of the reasons why sledding in Fairbanks is such an amazing experience is because of the local snowmobile club. Formed in the late ’80s by a group of residents, the Fairbanks Snow Travelers snowmobile club is a devoted organization of people who love the sport of snowmobiling. They currently have between 150 and 200 members who do an excellent job of promoting sledding in Fairbanks.

OBS

The term "sledding" is a familiar term and is used in sport to refer to "snowmobiling." This term can easily be confused with other sports when not used in context.

OBS

snowmobiling: term used by Parks Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports motorisés
  • Parcs et jardins botaniques
DEF

Activité récréative qui consiste à se déplacer sur la neige dans un véhicule à une ou deux places, muni de skis orientables à l'avant et tracté par des chenilles.

OBS

Terme en usage à Parcs Canada.

Spanish

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Record 11 2018-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology
  • Collaborative and Social Communications
CONT

The jargon term "life events" covers all significant social changes and adversities which people may experience.

CONT

... a key new feature was the ability to define different types of "life events"... such as starting a new job, entering a new relationship or getting married, making a home improvement, getting a tattoo.

OBS

life event: term used on Facebook.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie
  • Communications collaboratives et sociales
CONT

L'expression «événement de la vie» désigne tout ce qui arrive dans l'environnement social d'une personne, et qui suppose une nouvelle adaptation à la vie.

OBS

évènement de la vie; évènement marquant : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

OBS

évènement marquant : terme utilisé sur Facebook.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sociología
  • Comunicaciones colaborativas y sociales
DEF

Evento que presenta una serie de características importantes para la vida del individuo.

CONT

La opción "acontecimiento importante" te permite agregar a tu biografía experiencias por las que has pasado a lo largo de tu vida.

OBS

acontecimiento importante: término utilizado en Facebook.

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Record 12 2017-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Services and Social Work
  • Social Problems
  • Sociology of the Family
  • Urban Sociology
CONT

... Canada [seeks] ... a more formidable achievement for all its citizens [, and a more compelling sign of national distinction would be the provision of safe housing]

OBS

safe house : A home which offers a bed only and which provides residency for several weeks during which the victimized woman takes steps to reorganize her life.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Services sociaux et travail social
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Sociologie de la famille
  • Sociologie urbaine
CONT

Fondée en 1961 par le Père Raymond Bernier, la Maison Kinsmen Marie-Rollet est l'œuvre principale du Club Kinsmen de Québec. Mission. Offrir un lieu d'hébergement sécuritaire aux femmes violentées et en difficulté ainsi qu'à leurs enfants, en plus d'un service d'intervention dispensé par des intervenantes qualifiées.

Spanish

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Record 13 2017-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Surgery
  • Golf
OBS

CAGA's mandate is to visit trauma victims in hospitals, meeting with prospective amputees and their families at home to prepare them for the difficulties that lie ahead, giving moral support to existing amputees with their struggles in daily life, whilst also comforting their families, raising the awareness to the general populous of how an amputation affects one's daily living habits, and a part of rehabilitation [and] running amputee golf tournaments and supporting golf clinics across the country.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Chirurgie
  • Golf
OBS

ACGA a pour mandat de rendre visite aux victimes de trauma dans les hôpitaux, d'aller voir chez eux les éventuels amputé(e)s et leurs familles pour les préparer aux difficultés auxquelles ils devront faire face, d'offrir un soutien moral aux amputé(e)s dans leur lutte quotidienne, de réconforter leurs familles, de faire prendre conscience au grand public de l'ampleur des effets qu'une amputation peut avoir sur la vie quotidienne de la victime et sur le plan de la réhabilitation, d'organiser et de gérer des tournois de golf pour amputé(e)s et de soutenir les stages de golf dans tout le pays.

Spanish

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Record 14 2016-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Surgical Treatment
  • Surgery
  • Special-Language Phraseology
DEF

A complex, invasive, or expensive treatment usually aimed at prolonging or saving a life.

CONT

And instead of care in the ICU(intensive care unit) that may extend a patient's life by heroic means with decreased quality of life, a patient should have the choice of in-the-hospital "comfort" care or home care instead...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitements non chirurgicaux
  • Chirurgie
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
DEF

Traitement complexe, invasif ou coûteux visant généralement à prolonger ou à sauver une vie.

CONT

La naissance d'un enfant atteint d'une déficience ou maladie grave soulève le problème de l'obligation d'un médecin d'appliquer des mesures héroïques pour assurer la survie du nouveau-né, ce qui conduit également à s'interroger sur la nécessité de prendre en compte la qualité de vie future d'un tel nouveau-né dans la lutte pour sa survie.

Spanish

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Record 15 2016-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hygiene and Health
  • Psychology (General)
  • Family Law (common law)
CONT

The Veterans Independence Program... is Veterans Affairs Canada's flagship home and residential care program providing assistance to qualified Veterans, their survivors/primary caregivers and certain civilians... so they can maintain their health, quality of life, dignity and independence in their homes and residences for as long as possible.

Key term(s)
  • primary care giver

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hygiène et santé
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
CONT

[Les femmes] occupent la majorité des postes du secteur [des soins de santé] et sont les principales fournisseuses de soins non rémunérées.

OBS

principal fournisseur de soins : terme tiré du Mini-lexique de la garde des enfants et reproduit avec l'autorisation du Centre de ressources en français juridique de l'Université de Saint-Boniface.

Spanish

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Record 16 2016-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Christian Theology
OBS

[This] Catholic life, marriage, and family ministry community [is] recognized by the Vatican as a Private International Association of the Faithful of Pontifical Right. Rooted in the Sacraments, [it strives] to build the church of the home and the church of the poor through our family ministries, advocacies, and programs.

OBS

CFC began in 1981 in Manila when a local Christian community tried a new approach in evangelizing married couples. The method used consisted of bringing together a small group of prospective couples in a private home.... Soon, CFC became a Christian family life renewal program made available to parishes and groups of married couples who wished to live out their Christian life in an active supportive relationship with one another. Through the years, CFC has blossomed into a worldwide ministry, becoming a major force for the renewal of the Christian family life and also of the church.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Théologies chrétiennes

Spanish

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Record 17 2015-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Security
  • Loans
CONT

When you take out a mortgage on a home, you’ll generally have your regular payment automatically deducted from your account, to cover the entire amount. This can be deceiving, since your mortgage payment may consist of several components : the mortgage principal and interest, property taxes and mortgage life insurance. Let's take them one at a time.... Mortgage interest. Generally, mortgage interest costs are front-loaded, so that that interest comprises a much larger percentage of your regular mortgage payment at the beginning of the life of the mortgage than toward the end.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des sûretés
  • Prêts et emprunts
OBS

intérêt hypothécaire : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

OBS

intérêt hypothécaire : 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 18 2014-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations and Associations (Admin.)
  • Commercial and Other Bodies (Law)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
CONT

A gift of residual interest allows you to donate an asset now(your home, work of art, vacation property) and enjoy the use of it for the rest of your life. An immediate tax receipt is issued for the present value of the donated asset.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et associations (Admin.)
  • Organismes commerciaux ou non (Droit)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
OBS

Ce type de don différé est pratiqué lorsqu'une somme d'argent ou une propriété est inscrite dans un acte de fiducie ou un testament comme un don de charité. Sa particularité est d'assurer à une personne désignée un revenu pour la vie ou pour un nombre d'années déterminé au préalable.

Spanish

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Record 19 2014-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Organization
CONT

How can community mediation help you? Having a disagreement with a neighbour, roommate, family member or someone else can cost you peace of mind, interfere with the enjoyment of your home or neighbourhood, create stress in your life, and make you angry or afraid... We can help with : neighbourhood conflicts; landlord and tenant issues; interpersonal problems...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation sociale
CONT

Les avantages de la médiation ci­toyenne sont nombreux, selon [un] professeur de droit à l’Université de Montréal, qui s’intéresse aux modes alternatifs de résolution de conflits. D’abord, elle mise sur la communication. Et bien qu’elle soit conçue pour résoudre différents types de conflits, comme des problèmes familiaux ou qui surviennent entre propriétaires et locataires, elle se prête fort bien aux malentendus entre voisins.

Spanish

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Record 20 2013-02-01

English

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

The dwelling house and the adjoining land where the head of the family dwells; the home farm. The fixed residence of the family, with the land, usual and customary appurtenances, and buildings surrounding the main house. Technically, and under the modern homestead laws, an artificial estate in land, devised to protect the possession and enjoyment of the owner against the claims of his creditors, by withdrawing the property from execution and forced sale, so long as the land is occupied as a home. (Black, 6th ed., 1990, p. 734).

CONT

In the western provinces, dower and curtesy in the historical legal sense have been abolished and replaced with an equivalent life estate in certain lands of the deceased spouse, referred to as his or her "homestead". This term is variously defined in the several provinces, but generally, it includes the matrimonial home together with adjoining land.(Anger and Honsberger, 2nd, p. 212)

French

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

propriété familiale : 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 21 2012-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Insurance Companies
OBS

Co-operators General Insurance Company(CGIC) provides home, auto, farm and business insurance through an exclusive agency network across Canada. This network also distributes life and travel insurance, and investment products for Co-operators Life.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Sociétés mutualistes et d'assurance
OBS

La Compagnie d’assurance générale Co-operators (CAGC) souscrit de l’assurance habitation, automobile, agricole et entreprise par l’entremise de son réseau de représentants exclusifs dans tout le Canada. Ce réseau distribue également des produits d’assurance vie, d’assurance voyage et de placements pour Co-operators Vie.

OBS

L'article «La» apparaissant devant le nom de la compagnie fait partie du nom officiel. Renseignement confirmé auprès du Service des ressources humaines, des communications internes et de la traduction de Co-operators Québec.

Spanish

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Record 22 2011-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
OBS

Health Canada, Health Care Policy Directorate. The Chronic and Continuing Care Division provides analytical and policy leadership in relation to primary health care, continuing care(including home care) and palliative/end of life care. As such it is responsible for monitoring the system in these areas, identifying policy issues and providing policy analysis and policy/strategic advice as to federal or federal/provincial/territorial(FPT) implications and action.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
OBS

La Division des soins chroniques et continus assure le leadership analytique et politique dans le secteur des soins de santé primaires, des soins de santé continus (y compris les soins à domicile) et des soins palliatifs et de fin de vie. À ce titre, elle est responsable du suivi du système dans ces domaines, de la détermination des questions stratégiques, de l'analyse des politiques et de la prestation de conseils stratégiques quant aux répercussions pour le gouvernement fédéral, les provinces et les territoires, et aux mesures à prendre.

Spanish

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Record 23 2011-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Citizenship and Immigration
OBS

Canada Post, Commemorative Stamp. Starting in 1869, and continuing into the years following the Second World War, more than 100, 000 orphaned, abandoned and pauper children were sent to Canada by British churches and philanthropic organizations. They were welcomed by Canadian families as a source of farm labour, domestic help, and, in some cases, as children of their own. While some benefited from their new life, others were abused, neglected and overworked. The Government of Canada has recognized the experiences of Canada's Home Children by proclaiming 2010 the Year of the British Home Child.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
OBS

Timbre commémoratif - Postes Canada. Au Royaume-Uni, à partir de 1869 jusque dans les années qui ont suivi la Seconde Guerre mondiale, les institutions religieuses et les œuvres de bienfaisance ont envoyé au Canada plus de 100 000 enfants pauvres, orphelins ou abandonnés. Les familles canadiennes virent en ces enfants des ouvriers de ferme et des aides domestiques. Quelques jeunes plus privilégiés devinrent toutefois des membres à part entière de leur famille d'accueil. Bien que certains jouirent d’une meilleure vie, d’autres furent maltraités, négligés et exploités. Le gouvernement du Canada a reconnu la réalité des petits immigrants britanniques du pays et a désigné l’année 2010 Année des petits immigrants britanniques.

Spanish

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Record 24 2011-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Names of Special Years, Weeks, Days
  • Judaism
OBS

An eight day long holiday, "Hanukkah" recalls the victory of Judah Maccabbee over Syrian forces and the subsequent purification and rededication of the Temple in 164 B.C. (St. John, Robert. Israel. New York: Time Inc., 1968, p. 154)

OBS

On Hanukkah, the Feast of lights, eight-branched candelabra blaze over public institutions and glow in every home.(Religious Life and Communities. Israel Pocket Library. Jerusalem : Keter Publishing House Jerusalem Lt., 1974, p. 27)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations d'années, de semaines et de jours spéciaux
  • Judaïsme
OBS

Une fête spéciale marquée par l'allumage fut alors instituée et joyeusement célébrée pendant huit jours sous le nom de "Hannoucah". Elle commémore l'inauguration du Temple à Jérusalem par les Hesmonéens après leur victoire sur les Hellènes au 2e siècle A.C. (Epstein, Isidore. Le Judaïsme : Origines et Histoire. Harmondsworth, England: Pelican Books, 1959, p. 87 et Cohen, Shalom. Les Trois Frères d'Israël. Paris : Édition Pierre-Marcel Favré, 1986, p. 19)

OBS

Hannoucah, la fête des lumières, qui glorifie la victoire de Judas Macchabée sur Antiochos et le soir où la lampe s'alluma toute seule pour honorer le vainqueur. (Paraf, Pierre. La Vie Quotidienne en Israël. Paris : Librairie Hachette, 1971, p. 74)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Designaciones de años, semanas y días especiales
  • Judaísmo
DEF

[Fiesta] que conmemora la consagración del Templo de Jerusalén por Judas Macabeo en el año 165 a. c., lo que supuso la liberación del pueblo judío de los sirios helenistas.

OBS

La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, recomienda que el nombre de fiestas como Janucá y la Fiesta de las Luminarias se escriba con mayúscula inicial.

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Record 25 2011-03-04

English

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

A fund used for life quality improvement in a senior citizen home(e. g. for social activities or for buying things such as heaters for the apartments).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Services sociaux et travail social

Spanish

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Record 26 2009-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Computer Hardware
OBS

Corel® WordPerfect® Office X4 is the ideal office software for home and business users, delivering more productivity tools that make your work go faster and your life go easier.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Matériel informatique
OBS

Corel® WordPerfect® Office X4 est une suite bureautique idéale, tant à domicile qu'au travail, grâce à sa plage d'outils destinés à vous simplifier la tâche.

Spanish

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Record 27 2008-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
  • Public Administration
OBS

The Federal Department of Home Affairs is a real "everyday life" department. It deals with issues and dossiers that affect people's lives on a daily basis-provision for retirement(Old Age and Survivors’ Insurance [AHV] and pension funds), medical, accident and invalidity insurance, food safety, substance abuse and AIDS prevention, research and education, culture, family policy, gender equality, equality for people with disabilities, efforts to combat racism, statistics, the national archives and, last but not least, weather forecasting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités gouvernementaux non canadiens
  • Administration publique
OBS

Le Département fédéral de l'intérieur, c'est à travers les dossiers qu'il traite, le département de la vie quotidienne : que ce soit la prévoyance vieillesse, la prévoyance professionnelle, les assurances maladie, accident et invalidité, le contrôle des denrées alimentaires, la prévention du sida et des dépendances, la recherche scientifique et l'éducation, l'ecouragement de la culture, la politique familiale, l'égalité entre femmes et hommes, l'égalité pour les personnes handicapées, la lutte contre le racisme, les statistiques, l'archivage des documents, sans oublier les prévisions météorologiques.

Spanish

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Record 28 2006-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tourist Activities
  • Sports (General)
DEF

The Art of learning to live comfortably in a wilderness environment using a combination of primitive and modern techniques.

CONT

Learn the basic survival bush skills with an experienced guide while at the same time enjoying a challenging and fun adventure trip. The course covers fire making, shelter making, identification of wild edibles and much more! Everything you need to survive with relative comfort is out there if you know where to look!

CONT

Bushcraft can be a life changing experience that will open your eyes to the wonders of the natural world in a unique way. Every step on this journey of discovery will be a step towards becoming at home in the wilderness.

CONT

She teaches Dene crafts, bush skills and languages, and has served on the board of trustees of the Canadian Museum of Nature.

OBS

Bush craft is a general term used to describe skills and knowledge that can be used to survivie in the wilderness. Whether you are just off to the woods for the day or off for a 6-month trek through the Himalayas, knowledge of how to adapt to your environment is essential.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Activités touristiques
  • Sports (Généralités)
CONT

Utiliser les techniques de brousse [...] : maintenir une trousse de survie et de premiers soins; gérer les situations d'urgence; gérer une mort naturelle ou accidentelle; aménager un abri; appeler à l'aide; assurer l'approvisionnement sécuritaire en eau et en nourriture.

CONT

Elle enseigne les techniques de survie dans la brousse, ainsi que les langues et les métiers d'art dénés.

Spanish

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Record 29 2006-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Names of Events
  • Festivals, Carnivals and Social Events
OBS

Canada's National Ukrainian Festival provides the opportunity to share in the traditions, dance and music of the Ukrainian culture. Nestled against the picturesque northern slope of Riding Mountain National Park is Selo Ukraina, the home of Canada's National Ukrainian Festival. For three days we suggest you leave the pressures of daily life behind, get your red dancing boots on and gather with people around the world to experience and enjoy Ukrainian heritage.

Key term(s)
  • Ukrainian Festival

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de manifestations et d'activités diverses
  • Festivals, carnavals et fêtes

Spanish

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Record 30 2006-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Sociology of the Family
OBS

The Canadian Association for Young Children(CAYC) was granted it's Federal Charter in 1974. To this day, the CAYC, is the only national association specifically concerned with the well being of children, birth through age nine-at home, in preschool settings and at school. The CAYC exists to provide a voice on critical issues related to the quality of life of all young children and families.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Sociologie de la famille
OBS

Appellation et abréviation confirmées par l'organisme.

Spanish

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Record 31 2006-05-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Names of Special Years, Weeks, Days
  • Immunology
  • Nervous System
OBS

For the past 8 years, May 12 has been the International Awareness Day for Chronic Immunological and Neurological Diseases. These diseases include chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia. May 12 was selected as the day to bring attention to these conditions since it is Florence Nightingale's birthday. Most people know her as the founder of modern nursing but few know that she spent most of the last half of her life confined to her home suffering from a disease similar to what we now call chronic fatigue syndrome.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations d'années, de semaines et de jours spéciaux
  • Immunologie
  • Système nerveux
OBS

Le 12 mai est reconnu comme la Journée internationale de sensibilisation aux maladies immunologiques et neurologiques chroniques. Ces maladies comprennent le syndrome de fatigue chronique et la fibromyalgie. Le Journée du 12 mai est choisie pour attirer l'attention sur ces conditions parce que c'est la journée de l'anniversaire de Florence Nightingale. La plupart des gens la connaissent comme étant la fondatrice des sciences infirmières modernes, mais peu savent qu'elle a passé la plus grande partie de la deuxième moitié de sa vie confinée à la maison, souffrant d'une maladie semblable à ce que nous appelons maintenant le syndrome de fatigue chronique.

Spanish

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Record 32 2006-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cinematography
DEF

A film made at home by an amateur photographer.

OBS

... the definition of "home movie" isn’t limited to films of birthday parties and family vacations, but also encompasses animated or live-action narratives shot by amateurs, complete with scripts and editing, as well as chronicles of daily life in society.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cinématographie
DEF

Film tourné par un vidéaste amateur pour fins de visionnement à domicile.

Spanish

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Record 33 2006-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Cancers and Oncology
OBS

Ottawa, Ontario.

OBS

Ronald McDonald House is a home-away-from-home for families with children undergoing life saving treatments at nearby Children's Hospitals. It's a place where families can be themselves and kids can share their experiences with others who are just like them. Ronald McDonald House offers these children and their families a warm compassionate and comfortable home environment, at a nominal overnight fee. Parents find a place to rest and feel safe, while their children can lead as normal a life as possible.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Cancers et oncologie
OBS

Ottawa, Ontario.

OBS

Un Manoir Ronald McDonald est un deuxième chez-soi pour les familles d'enfants gravement malades recevant des traitements dans des hôpitaux avoisinants. C'est un lieu où les familles peuvent se détendre et où les enfants peuvent partager leur expérience avec d'autres enfants qui traversent la même épreuve. Les Manoirs Ronald McDonald offrent à ces enfants et à ces familles un environnement chaleureux, accueillant et confortable en échange d'une modeste contribution. Les parents peuvent donc s'y reposer et s'y sentir en sécurité et leurs enfants, y mener une vie aussi normale que possible.

Spanish

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Record 34 2006-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chronology
  • Geology
CONT

The Middle Ordovician is the second subdivision of the Ordovician period. During this time warm shallow sea covered much of the land, and was home to a rich diversity of marine life.

OBS

Middle series of the Ordovician, consists of the Chazyan and the Mohawkian, or of the American stages: Whiterock, Marmor, Ashby, Porterfield, Wilderness and Barneveld.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chronologie
  • Géologie
PHR

Ordovicien moyen champlainien.

Spanish

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Record 35 2005-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Regional and Municipal Gov. Bodies and Committees
  • Social Services and Social Work
OBS

The Windsor/Essex Community Care Access Centre(CCAC) is a provincially-funded, charitable, non-profit organization providing home care, placement services and information and referral to more than 5, 000 clients each day. Established in 1997, the Windsor/Essex CCAC offers easy access to community and health care services in Windsor and Essex County. Seeking and embarking upon innovative partnerships in health, we provide seamless client-focused care and enhance quality of life by providing information and coordinating access to services for our communities, in both official languages of Canada, within available resources.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouv. régionaux ou municipaux
  • Services sociaux et travail social
OBS

Le Centre d'accès aux soins communautaires (CASC) de Windsor-Essex est un organisme de bienfaisance sans but lucratif subventionné par le gouvernement provincial. Il fournit, tous les jours, des services de soins à domicile, de placement, d'information et de recommandation à plus de 5 000 clients. Créé en 1997, le CASC de Windsor-Essex facilite l'accès à des soins communautaires et de santé pour les résidents de Windsor et du comté d'Essex. Tout en favorisant et créant des partenariats novateurs dans le domaine de la santé, nous offrons des soins homogènes axés sur le client et améliorons la qualité de vie en fournissant de l'information et en coordonnant l'accès aux services, pour nos communautés, dans les deux langues officielles et dans les limites de nos ressources.

Spanish

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Record 36 2005-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paramedical Staff
  • Health Institutions
  • Medical and Dental Services (Military)
  • Social Services and Social Work
CONT

Case managers employed in provincial/territorial public sector home care programs provide the core service of case management in all home care programs in Canada. Case managers are regulated health professionals who establish client eligibity for home care programs; assess the client's health, functional, and social status; and establish the supportive service plan to assist consumers and their families to regain optimum health status or provide the required care, services and supports to ensure the client, caregivers, and/or the community are supported through complex disease issues and end of life care. Case managers may be registered nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, or social workers with enhanced education and training particularly in case management. The case manager is the educator for consumers and caregivers and navigates and advocates on behalf of consumers and caregivers to ensure the services required are delivered at the right time.

OBS

CM: abbreviation used by the Department of National Defence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Personnel para-médical
  • Établissements de santé
  • Service de santé et service dentaire (Militaire)
  • Services sociaux et travail social
OBS

GC : abréviation utilisée par le ministère de la Défense nationale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Personal paramédico
  • Establecimientos de salud
  • Servicios médico y dental (Militar)
  • Servicios sociales y trabajo social
CONT

El equipo de salud será dirigido por el gestor de casos, que será el encargado de coordinar a todos los profesionales del equipo. Una de las principales características del modelo de gestión de casos es que es un proceso dirigido por enfermeras (gestora de casos), ya que ellas son las profesionales involucradas en todo el proceso asistencial de las personas con cualquier problema de salud.

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Record 37 2005-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Finance
OBS

First Canadian Financial Services is an Independent Broker with over 400 affiliated brokers within one central location in Quebec. The organization offers a full range of Financial Services, Investment Products, as well as, Home, Commercial, Auto, Life Insurance at incredibly competitive rates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Finances
OBS

Les services financiers First Canadian est une firme de courtage indépendante constituée de plus de 400 courtiers affiliés à un unique centre situé au Québec. L'organisme offre toute une gamme de produits d'investissement, services financiers, d'habitation, de commerce, d'automobile, d'assurance-vie, et ce, à des prix hautement compétitifs.

Spanish

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Record 38 2005-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Staff
  • Paramedical Staff
  • Clinical Psychology
CONT

The ACT [assertive community treatment] team is a community program for people with severe and persistent mental illness, who require ongoing, comprehensive and individualized mental health services. This service is intended for people who have a minimum of sixty hospital days in the previous two years and the team works in partnership with their clients to decrease the need for hospitalization and improve the client's quality of life. Assertive outreach is provided to clients who have had difficulty maintaining contact with mental health services. This multidisciplinary team, which includes a psychiatrist, provides treatment, rehabilitation and support services in the client's home or in the community.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Personnel médical
  • Personnel para-médical
  • Psychologie clinique
DEF

Une équipe multidisciplinaire de cliniciennes et de cliniciens qui offre des services de traitement, de réadaptation et de soutien, au besoin de façon continue, aux personnes ayant une maladie mentale grave et persistante. Les trois quarts du temps, sinon plus, la prestation de ces services a lieu directement dans la collectivité. Le travail de cette équipe met l'accent sur les services d'approche, l'établissement d'un rapport de confiance, la personnalisation des services et le droit des clientes et clients d'accepter ou de refuser ces derniers.

OBS

équipe communautaire de traitement actif : terme retenu par le réseau Entraide Traduction Santé.

Spanish

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Record 39 2004-08-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of National Programs (Canadian)
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
OBS

Liberal Plan for Better Health Care. A Liberal government will introduce a National Home Care Program, laying the foundations for full inclusion of appropriate home care services in our public health system. The program will begin with services in the following areas :home care services for post-acute patients, including coverage for medication and rehabilitation services, home mental health case management and intervention services, palliative home care services to support people at the end of life.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes nationaux canadiens
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
OBS

Plan libéral pour de meilleurs soins de santé. Un gouvernement libéral présentera un programme national de soins à domicile érigeant les fondations pour inclure l'ensemble des services de soins à domicile dans notre système public de soins de santé. Le programme touchera d'abord les services suivants : les services de soins à domicile pour les patients postaigus, incluant la couverture de la médication et les services de réadaptation, la gestion des soins de santé mentale à domicile et les services d'intervention, les services de soins palliatifs à domicile pour aider les personnes à la fin de leur vie.

Spanish

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Record 40 2004-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

The Leonardo Multipurpose Logistics Module, which was built by the Italian Space Agency(ASI), is the first of three such pressurized modules that will serve as the International Space Station's "moving vans, "carrying laboratory racks filled with equipment, experiments and supplies to and from the Station aboard the Space Shuttle. The unpiloted, reusable logistics modules function as both a cargo carrier and a Space Station module when they are flown. Mounted in the Space Shuttle's cargo bay for launch and landing, they are berthed to the Station using the shuttle's robotic arm after the shuttle has docked. While berthed to the Station, racks of equipment are unloaded from the module and then old racks and equipment may be reloaded to be taken back to Earth. The logistics module is then detached from the Station and positioned back into the Shuttle's cargo bay for the trip home. When in the cargo bay, the cargo module is independent of the Shuttle cabin, and there is no passageway for Shuttle crewmembers to travel from the Shuttle cabin to the module. In order to function as an attached Station module as well as a cargo transport, the logistics modules also include components that provide some life support, fire detection and suppression, electrical distribution and computer functions. Eventually, the modules also will carry refrigerator freezers for transporting experiment samples and food to and from the station.

CONT

When the International Space Station (ISS) was redesigned again in 1993, NASA & the Italian Space Agency decided to expand the original Mini-Pressurized Logistics Module design. The new MultiPurpose Logistics Module is twice as long and an carry up to 9000kg of cargo to ISS. ... The module carries up to sixteen refrigerator-sized (203 x 105cm) payload racks, five of which may contain refrigerators/freezers. Other so-called "EXPRESS Racks" can be outfitted with lockers for small experiments. Additional cargo can be carried in center aisle stowage containers.

OBS

multi-purpose logistics module; MPLM: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

Key term(s)
  • multi purpose logistics module

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
CONT

Le MPLM [Multi-Purpose Logistics Module] est un module pressurisé doté d'un système de soutien-vie interne sophistiqué, à l'intérieur duquel les astronautes peuvent travailler. Il est le seul module pouvant livrer à la Station des expériences dans leurs bâtis spéciaux venant s'intégrer aux laboratoires de l'ISS [International Space Station]. Il sert aussi de «fourgonnette» à l'aller comme au retour, transportant d'autres équipements et fournitures, et reste attaché à la Station pendant son déchargement et son chargement.

CONT

L'Italian Multi-Purpose Laboratory Modules (MPLMs) est un élément construit sur le modèle du COF [Colombus Orbital Facility] européen et abritera l6 emplacements normalisés aptes à recevoir des charges italiennes, européennes ou américaines.

OBS

module logistique italien; MPLM : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

PHR

Module logistique polyvalent Donatello, Raffaello.

Spanish

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Record 41 2003-08-21

English

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

Agreement made between spouses as an incident of a divorce proceeding. Such agreement may contain provisions for division of property owned or acquired by the spouses during the marriage, periodic payments by one of the spouses or a lump sum payment or one time conveyance of property.

CONT

... the fact that the husband had started to build a new life for himself in the home and was contributing to the maintenance of the children residing with the appellant are not grounds for affecting her claim to a property settlement.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
  • Droit successoral (common law)
CONT

[...] le fait que l'époux a tenté de refaire sa vie dans la maison et a contribué à l'entretien des enfants vivant avec l'appelante ne peut avoir d'effet sur sa revendication visant la répartition du droit de propriété.

Spanish

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Record 42 2003-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

The Cryogenic Storage Freezer will maintain samples at or below-183°C(-297. 4°F) throughout a mission life cycle. It will be used to preserve plant and animal cell fine anatomy, ultrastructure and genetic material. It will provide a cryogenic storage environment both on orbit and during transport to and from the ground. When used with appropriate ground-support equipment, it will allow samples to be maintained at cryogenic temperatures during transport from the home laboratory on the ground to the Space Station and from the Space Station back to the ground lab. The 35-liter(1. 2 ft³) internal volume of the storage freezer will accommodate 1000 or 2-to 5-ml(0. 1-to 0. 3-in³) sample vials.

OBS

cryogenic storage freezer; CSF: terms and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
CONT

Bâti congélateur cryogénique.

OBS

congélateur de stockage cryogénique; CSF : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 43 2003-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
  • The Executive (Public Administration)
OBS

[In the British government], the Home Office is the main department of the secretary of state for the Home Department(or home secretary)... Its major continuing task is helping to ensure the maintenance of public order... It also deals with such matters as immigration and naturalization, civil defense, aliens, certain safety regulations, the care of children deprived of normal home life, election administration, control of dangerous drugs, inspection of local fire services, liquor licensing, etc. Prison administration [in 1963] became a direct responsibility of the Home Office. The Metropolitan Police is headed by a commissioner who is answerable to the home secretary.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités gouvernementaux non canadiens
  • Structures du pouvoir exécutif (Admin. publ.)
OBS

Le Home Office, c'est le ministère de l'Intérieur dirigé par un secrétaire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités gubernamentales no canadienses
  • Estructura del poder ejecutivo (Admón. pública)
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Record 44 2003-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

The Cryogenic Freezer System will consist of two complementary units, the Cryogenic Storage Freezer and the Quick/Snap Freezer. The Cryogenic Storage Freezer will maintain samples at or below-183°C(-297. 4°F) throughout a mission life cycle. It will be used to preserve plant and animal cell fine anatomy, ultrastructure and genetic material. It will provide a cryogenic storage environment both on orbit and during transport to and from the ground. When used with appropriate ground-support equipment, it will allow samples to be maintained at cryogenic temperatures during transport from the home laboratory on the ground to the Space Station and from the Space Station back to the ground lab. The 35-liter 1. 2ft³) internal volume of the storage freezer will accommodate 1000 or more 2-to 5-ml(0. 1-to 0. 3-in.) sample vials.

OBS

cryofreezer system: term officially approved by the Internation Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
OBS

unité de congélation cryogénique : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 45 2002-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
CONT

You can feel the anticipation and excitement at Fifield Inc.,... with its introduction of the new Fifield Home Furnishings division. Erica Richer... brings you a collection of classic fabrics that will give new definition to "home furnishings. "High-end fabrics of highest quality and durability offered in a multitude of colors(textured solids) will fill a void in bringing to life home furnishings design themes for upholstery, pillows, tabletops, draperies and top-of-the-bed.

CONT

... some heavyweight dobby fabrics are available for home furnishings.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
CONT

Décoration d'intérieur, coordonner les textiles de la maison.

Spanish

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Record 46 2002-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
  • Sociology of persons with a disability
DEF

A specially trained dog that is able to recognize specific changes preceding a seizure and give an overt signal enabling the dog to warn his/her owner.

CONT

Not only did Seiko, a seizure alert dog, protect Sue during a seizure, but amazingly he could predict when a seizure was about to happen, giving Sue lots of notice to get herself to a safe place. In the nine years that Seiko was with Sue, he saved her life countless times, including pushing a button in their home that linked directly to medical help.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
  • Sociologie des personnes handicapées

Spanish

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Record 47 2001-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

... the handsome Marble Cone... was a favorite souvenir brought home to England and Holland. In 1650 Rembrandt made an etching of this species... In life, this common, reef-dwelling cone is covered with a thin layer of "epidermis" referred to as the periostracum.

OBS

epidermis: In invertebrates, cuticle, the outer chitinous part of a shell or covering.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
CONT

D'après les caractères extérieurs du test [d'un Gastéropode], on peut classer les coquilles en «épidermées» lorsque le périostracum est bien développé [...]

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Record 48 2001-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

... the Payload Operations Center at NASA's Marshall Center in Huntsville, Ala., successfully began sending files to the primary and secondary payload computers on the International Space Station that will allow science experiments to be controlled on board. These commands are basically the equivalent of what takes place when a home computer is "booted up" when first turned on. This will allow the computers to operate experiments as well as receive, store and transmit science data throughout the life of the Station.

OBS

primary and secondary payload computer: term usually used in the plural (primary and secondary payload computers).

OBS

primary and secondary payload computer: term officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

Key term(s)
  • primary and secondary payload computers

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
OBS

ordinateur de charge utile primaire et secondaire : terme inusité au singulier (ordinateurs de charge utile primaire et secondaire).

OBS

ordinateur de charge utile primaire et secondaire : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Key term(s)
  • ordinateurs de charge utile primaire et secondaire

Spanish

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Record 49 2001-08-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Control Systems (Electronic Instrumentation)
  • Applications of Automation
  • Applications of Electronics
CONT

For residential buildings, the goals are to make life more comfortable and pleasant for residents, enhance the safety of people and property, optimize electricity consumption, and automate heating air conditioning, and lighting... New products, including the new Stab-lok and the Surgebreaker Plus help protect increasingly sophisticated home electronic products and systems-and the people who use them.

OBS

Term often used in plural.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes cybernétiques de contrôle et de commande
  • Automatisation et applications
  • Applications de l'électronique
CONT

Les propriétaires et locateurs européens [...] se rendent compte que grâce à des systèmes [de construction] plus «intelligents» ils pourront réaliser une économie d'énergie et bénéficier de primes d'assurance réduites et par là même récupérer à long terme leur investissement initial. [...] le groupe de travail des Systèmes électroniques domestiques [...] demeure préoccupé principalement par les systèmes de commande des trois niveaux supérieurs du modèle d'interconnexion des systèmes ouverts (OSI) : la couche physique, la liaison de données et le réseau-- il [...] reste encore à étudier toute la gamme des services multimédias, interactifs et des services sur demande qui seront bientôt nécessaires.

CONT

CEI [Commission électrotechnique internationale]. Publication de 4 rapports techniques sur les systèmes électroniques domestiques.

OBS

Termes souvent utilisés au pluriel.

Spanish

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Record 50 2000-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
CONT

Damara zebra. Equus burchelli antiquorum. Weight : 640-750 lbs. Height at shoulder : 47"-55". Color : black and white or yellowish striped with shadow stripes, unstriped belly and lower legs-Short bristle-like mane. Group : harem 1 stallion with 2-6 mares and young-mares associate with 1 stallion for life-mares hierarchy in order of acquisition by stallion-bachelors singly or in bachelor herd-perform social grooming, scrapping and nibbling neck, shoulders & back-oldest mare leads family with stallion at rear to protect and direct-herd adjusts pace to sick or crippled members. Associations : gregarious, form large herds in several hundreds often with wildebeest, antelope and ostriches. Speed : up to 40 mi./hr. Alarm signal : yelping bark. Lifespan : over 20 yrs; Sexual maturity : 2. 5-3 Mating : only harem stallion mates-pregnancies can occur once a year but usually at 2 or 3 yrs. Gestation : 370 days. Young : usually one, mother keeps rest of herd away several days until foal imprints on herd. Diet : savanna grasses, occasionally browse leaves, bark, roots and stems-graze singly at night for about 1 hr at a time-water during day. Habitat/range-Savannah grasslands of eastern Africa-home range 11 mi. sq.-232 mi. sq.-may cover 10 mi./day

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
CONT

Zèbre Damara : Taille : 130 - 150 centimètres. Poids : 220 - 230 kilogrammes. Régime : Herbivore. Gestation : 12 mois. Longévité : 25 ans. Nom latin : Equus burchell's. Cri : Hennit et pousse son cri. Famille : Équidé. Généalogie : femelle; zèbrelle; petit; zèbreau. Habitat : Régions boisées, et pâturages. Répartition géographique : Éthiopie, Angola, Afrique.

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Record 51 2000-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Pollutants
  • Housework
CONT

Household cleaner. Supermarket shelves are full of brightly-colored, good-smelling, super-power household cleaning agents. The average home contains at least a dozen different cleaning products. These products are found in the kitchen, bathroom, laundry area and the garage. Think of laundry detergent, toilet bowl cleaner, bleach, stain and mildew removers, floor cleaner, ammonia, oven cleaner, scouring powders, window cleaner, pine-oil cleaners, disinfectants and all-purpose cleaners that you probably have in your home. All of these products are advertised to clean better and faster, to make your life cleaner, safer and more enjoyable. On the down side, household cleaners are responsible for a large number of accidental poisonings. A majority of the cleaners are packaged in large, attractive containers. Most do not have child-resistant packaging.

CONT

"Cleaning product" means a phosphate compound or other substance that is intended to be used for cleaning purposes, and includes laundry detergents, dish-washing compounds, metal cleaners, de-greasing compounds and household, commercial and industrial cleaners. [Canadian Environmental Protection Act]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Agents de pollution
  • Ménage
CONT

Produit de nettoyage. Les composés de phosphate et les agents dégraissants et tout produit d'entretien ou de nettoyage domestique, commercial ou industriel, notamment pour le linge, la vaisselle et le métal. [Loi canadienne sur la protection de l'environnement]

CONT

La mobilité accrue que leur donne le fait de ramper ou de marcher permet aux nourrissons d'avaler des produits dangereux, par exemple des médicaments, des produits de nettoyage domestique, des végétaux, des cosmétiques ou des cigarettes.

Spanish

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Record 52 2000-02-25

English

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

The state of being overadapted to a physical and social environment of the closed type,(hospital, prison, old persons’ home) such that the institutionalised person finds it difficult or impossible to lead an independent life outside.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Services sociaux et travail social

Spanish

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Record 53 1999-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Actuarial Practice
DEF

home office department of a life or health insurance company, responsible for determination of rates, reserves, valuation and other insurance calculations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Actuariat
DEF

(...) Le service où sont effectués les travaux actuariels.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Práctica actuarial
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Record 54 1999-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Housing
DEF

A building or shelter where one lives.

OBS

... home distinctively conveys the notion of one's dwelling as the seat and center of family life and the focus of domestic affections.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Habitation et logement (Urbanisme)
DEF

Logement d'une personne considéré dans ses aspects, d'intimité, de confort et de centre de la vie privée.

DEF

Domicile personnel (avec valeur affective).

OBS

Chacun veut un chez-soi. Mon chez-moi. Ton chez-toi.

Key term(s)
  • chez-toi
  • chez-moi

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Viviendas (Urbanismo)
DEF

Con respecto a una persona, lugar donde vive en la intimidad con su familia y desarrolla su vida privada.

CONT

Andaba buscando mi cantón.

OBS

cantón: Mexicanismo

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Record 55 1998-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Private-Sector Programs
OBS

of the Canadian Wildlife Federation. Project WILD is based on the premise that young people and their teachers have a vital interest in learning about the earth as home for people and wildlife. We emphasize wildlife because of its intrinsic, ecological and other values, as well as its importance as a basis for understanding the fragile grounds upon which all life depends. In the face of pressures affecting the quality and sustainability of life on earth as we know it. Project WILD addresses the need for human beings to develop as responsible members of the ecosystem.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes du secteur privé
OBS

La Fédération canadienne de la faune parraine Atout-Faune au Canada. Atout-Faune repose sur l'intérêt vital, pour les jeunes et leurs enseignant(e)s, de connaître la nature dans laquelle ils vivent. La faune est mise au premier plan, parce qu'elle a sa valeur par elle-même, et parce qu'elle permet d'illustrer de façon frappante le fragile équilibre dont dépend la vie sur Terre. Atout-Faune répond au besoin, de plus en plus manifeste devant toutes les contraintes qui s'exercent sur la vie terrestre, sa qualité et sa durabilité, de prendre conscience de nos responsabilités au sain d'un écosystème auquel nous appartenons.

Spanish

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Record 56 1995-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of the Family
  • Social Problems
DEF

A home which offers a bed only and which provides residency for several weeks during which the victimized woman takes steps to reorganize her life.

CONT

Safe home networks are generally made up of several private homes whose owners offer to put up battered women and their children for very brief periods of time until they can be transported to a transition house.

OBS

According to the Regroupement provincial des maisons d’hébergement et de transition, a safe house is one type of transition house, the other being a second-stage shelter which offers long-term support.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie de la famille
  • Problèmes sociaux
OBS

Les réseaux de maisons d'hébergement sont habituellement formés de plusieurs maisons privées dont les propriétaires acceptent d'accueillir les femmes battues et leurs enfants.

Spanish

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Record 57 1994-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Communication
  • Social Psychology
CONT

[discussed were] the role of the nurse in counseling employees at risk for HIV [and] the importance of pre- and posttest counseling in accordance with Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommendations. The communication strategies ... used were open-ended questions, terminology (common or street language) easily understood and meaningful to the client, and recognition of cultural figures associated with each approach.

CONT

... The researchers’ own knowledge of street language and drug behavior has enabled them to capture information that would escape most observers ... the creation, production, and distribution of a comic book ... targeted for drug users ... uses street language ... ghetto street language and language variation and its effects on attitudes toward and perception of others ... [Source: PASCAL database].

OBS

... the spoken language of everyday life is learned from infancy-in the home, in the streets and at times even from associates of dubious character. It includes figures of speech, manufactured words, phrases of obscure origin and also vulgarities and obscenities. In the spoken language we find nonsense words, grammatical errors, mispronunciations, and fad words and phrases which have a brief period of popularity and are then discarded... it includes what in America is considered "colloquial" and "slang", and in France "familier, populaire, langue verte and argot... "Slang is most closely paralleled in French by the "langue verte", which is defined as "the ensemble of words and figures of speech commonly used in the street, along the boulevards, in shops, clubs, markets and workshops, etc. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie de la communication
  • Psychologie sociale
DEF

Idiome dont les mots sont faits pour ne pas être compris par les non-initiés, parlé couramment et naturellement par une certaine classe de gens.

Key term(s)
  • langage des rues

Spanish

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Record 58 1993-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens

Spanish

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Record 59 1993-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
  • Crustaceans
  • Seafood and Freshwater Food (Food Industries)
OBS

The term ranching is used here only when a species is allowed to forage around freely in extensive water areas like the sea, and is able to return to its home waters at a certain stage of its life.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
  • Crustacés
  • Produits de mer et d'eau douce (Industr. alim.)
OBS

culture : Développement contrôlé d'espèces végétales ou animales marines

Spanish

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Record 60 1993-01-12

English

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

To develop cooperative study, research experimentation, policy, resources, and programs to assist churches in work such as : the nurturing of the home; strengthening marriage and family life through the development and advocacy of laws and "sound policy" in society; concerns involving human sexuality; support of persons who are in transition regarding changing sex roles and family patterns.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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Record 61 1992-06-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Services and Social Work

French

Domaine(s)
  • Services sociaux et travail social

Spanish

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Record 62 1990-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Housing
  • Types of Constructed Works
DEF

the designing or constructing of houses.

DEF

The segment of the building industry concerned with building homes.

OBS

home: A dwelling place or residence.

CONT

the economic and social importance that good home building plays in the life of a community. [Preface] It is hoped that this book will be of value to all those interested in... home construction [preface]

CONT

... it is only recently that they [roof trusses] have been extensively accepted .. in residential home construction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Habitation et logement (Urbanisme)
  • Types de constructions
CONT

195 modèles et plans de maisons en dur. Révolution dans la construction individuelle. Choisissez votre maison. Faites-la construire vous-même. Économisez jusqu'à 25% du coût total de la construction.

Spanish

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Record 63 1990-01-12

English

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

Sponsored by the Home Office Life Underwriters Association; Information confirmed by the organization.

French

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

Renseignement confirmé par Home Office Life Underwriters Association.

Spanish

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Record 64 1990-01-12

English

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

Information confirmed with the organization.

French

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

Renseignement confirmé par l'organisme.

Spanish

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Record 65 1990-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Honorary Distinctions
OBS

Information confirmed by the Home Office Life Underwriters Association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres honorifiques et décorations
OBS

Renseignement confirmé par le Home Office Life Underwriters Association.

Spanish

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Record 66 1990-01-12

English

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

Home Office Life Underwriters Association; Information confirmed with the organization.

French

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

Home Office Life Underwriters Association; Renseignement confirmé par l'organisme.

Spanish

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Record 67 1985-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Programs and Courses
  • School and School-Related Administration
  • Economics
OBS

Home economics comprises the group of related courses or units of instruction organized for purposes of enabling pupils to acquire knowledge and develop understanding, attitudes, and skills relevant to(a) personal, home, and family life, and(b) occupational preparation using the knowledge and skills of home economics.

OBS

Community college program.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes et de cours
  • Administration scolaire et parascolaire
  • Économique
OBS

Cours collégial.

Spanish

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