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Record 1 2025-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
  • Collaboration with WIPO
OBS

Traditionally, when dealing with patients, medical practitioners bill only for face-to-face consultations. Nowadays, a significant portion of a doctor's billable time is spent in consulting with patients over the telephone and speaking to other doctors about patients. Both due to traditional and administrative hurdles, such time is rarely, if ever, billed out. As a result, private medical practitioners can only afford to spend a limited amount of unremunerated time consulting by telephone. Whilst a face-to-face consultation is usually necessary to make a full clinical diagnosis, in many cases, it is possible to provide a certain level of advice remotely(especially for subsequent consultations).

OBS

face-to-face consultation; in-person consultation: designations validated by a Canadian subject-matter expert from the Vitalité Health Network.

Key term(s)
  • face to face consultation
  • in person consultation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
  • Collaboration avec l'OMPI
CONT

La très grande majorité des organisations de soins primaires a rapidement intégré de nouvelles modalités de consultation par l'adoption de téléconsultations pour répondre aux recommandations de distanciation physique. La plupart des patients étaient d'abord évalués via le téléphone et au besoin, selon le jugement clinique, une consultation en personne avait lieu.

OBS

consultation en personne; consultation face à face; consultation face-à-face : désignations validées par un spécialiste canadien du Réseau de santé Vitalité.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicina, Higiene y Salud
  • Colaboración con la OMPI
CONT

Hay que tener en cuenta que la consulta telemática complementa, pero no sustituye, la consulta presencial, y se deben tener en cuenta una serie de recomendaciones que garanticen la eficacia y la seguridad de la consulta.

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Record 2 2022-08-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Problems
CONT

Invisiblization. This is a process that has much in common with marginalization, but refers specifically to how groups are represented in language and imagery. The basic idea is that powerful, dominant groups are constantly presented to us-for example through the media-and are strongly associated with positions of power, status, prestige and influence, while other groups are rarely, if ever, seen in this light-it is as if they have been rendered invisible.

Key term(s)
  • invisiblisation
  • invisibilisation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Problèmes sociaux
CONT

Une des conséquences des inégalités sociales est l'invisibilisation de certains groupes sociaux durant la COVID-19. Ainsi, les personnes en situation de handicap, les personnes LGBTQ2+, les Autochtones et les personnes immigrantes ou racisées ont très peu occupé, sinon pas du tout, l'espace médiatique durant la présente pandémie.

Spanish

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Record 3 2020-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Pollution
  • Flights (Air Transport)
CONT

If you’ve ever seen a jet fly across the sky, you may have noticed that it produces a thin white cloud behind it. These clouds are trails of condensation and are referred to as contrails. Contrails are composed primarily of water in the form of ice crystals and may remain visible for short periods of time if the humidity is low.... Occasionally, ADEQ [Arizona Department of Environmental Quality] is contacted by members of the public who wonder if these contrails might contain harmful chemicals. They may have heard them described as chemtrails.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'air
  • Vols (Transport aérien)
CONT

Les longues traînées blanches souvent visibles dans le sillage des avions à réaction volant à haute altitude sont appelées des traînées de condensation et non des traînées chimiques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contaminación del aire
  • Vuelos (Transporte aéreo)
OBS

estela química; quimioestela: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que el anglicismo "chemtrail" puede traducirse en español por "estela química". [...] Además, es posible encontrar la forma "quimioestela" [...]

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Record 4 2019-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chimneys (Building Elements)
  • Heating
DEF

A pivoted metal plate, set just above the throat in a chimney, that controls the draft ... through a fireplace and up the chimney; may be used to close off the chimney when the fireplace is not in use.

CONT

If you have ever opened the fireplace damper before lighting a fireplace and felt a big flow of cold air come into the room, you have encountered a backdraft.

Key term(s)
  • fire place damper

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cheminées (Éléments du bâtiment)
  • Chauffage
CONT

Si vous avez déjà ouvert le registre du foyer avant d'y allumer un feu et senti un fort courant d'air froid qui entre dans la pièce, il s'agissait alors d'un refoulement.

Spanish

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Record 5 2017-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

Every 6 months the Soyuz return capsule attached to the ISS [International Space Station] needs to be replaced with a New Soyuz capsule. This replacement ensures that if there ever was a need to make an emergency exit from the ISS, that there would always be a fully fueled hot-stand-by return capsule ready for the ISS crew. These replacement capsules are called Taxi flights.

OBS

Soyuz return capsule: term officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
CONT

Cette manœuvre a permis aux stationautes de dégager hier la capsule de transfert Soyouz du port nadir du module Zarya et de le piloter vers Zvezda pour l'y amarrer [...] dans le cadre d'opérations qui ont duré 21 minutes.

OBS

capsule de transfert Soyouz : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 6 2017-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Doctrines, Systems and Policies
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
CONT

Institutional complementarity is said to exist when the presence or absence of one institution affects the efficiency of the other. This is seen to inhibit radical or fundamental socio-economic change and instead promote institutional reproduction.

CONT

Uncertainty about the future, then, is at the same time uncertainty about institutional complementarity, to the extent that complementarity is measured by economic performance... If we assume that world to be changing, in a direction on which we can make at best educated guesses, then complementarity is not just an uncertain but a moving target, one that we may pursue in bad times by either preserving or rebuilding our institutions, and by refining and upgrading them in good times, without ever knowing for sure, whether what we are doing will really make them more complementary, and with it more productive.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Doctrines, systèmes et politiques économiques
  • Coopération et développement économiques
CONT

L'analyse historique suggère qu'une stratégie que l'on peut qualifier d'américanisation se heurte au fait que les institutions de la nouvelle économie se sont forgées progressivement à travers un processus d'essais et d'erreurs, à l'issue duquel se manifeste une co-évolution qui peut être lue comme l'expression d'une complémentarité institutionnelle.

CONT

De nouveaux régimes économiques ont émergé ou sont en voie de le faire, mais qu'ils mettent en œuvre soit une complémentarité institutionnelle, soit une hiérarchie dans laquelle est impliquée la finance, plus qu'un déterminisme par les TIC [technologies de l'information et de la communication] en tant que telles.

Spanish

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Record 7 2016-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
CONT

As troposcatter loss increases with the scatter angle[, ] you will obviously want to have as small [a] scatter angle as possible. This means that the two radiation angles should be kept as small as ever possible since every degree costs 9-12 dB [decibels]. If there is a mountain in the direction of the other station[, ] you must have a high radiation angle to shoot over the mountain, and this will cost you many dB [decibels] in signal strength.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
CONT

Pour ce faire, le programme [...] calcule à la fois l'affaiblissement de diffraction et l'affaiblissement par diffusion troposphérique entre deux points. La valeur la plus grande des deux types d'affaiblissement est ensuite ajoutée à la valeur de l'affaiblissement en espace libre.

Spanish

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Record 8 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Footwear (Clothing)
  • Police
CONT

Finishing off the Red Serge are brown leather riding boots, known as high browns or Strathcona boots, with spurs, and a brown wide-brimmed felt campaign hat with a glass-flat brim.

OBS

Strathcona boots; high brown Strathcona boots: The singular form of these terms is also used.

OBS

high brown boots; high browns : The singular form of these terms is rarely, if ever, used.

Key term(s)
  • Strathcona boot
  • high brown Strathcona boot

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chaussures (Vêtements)
  • Police
CONT

La police montée et l'uniforme des gendarmes, composé du chapeau Stetson, des bottes brunes Strathcona, de la culotte d'équitation bleue garnie d'une bande jaune sur chaque côté et, surtout, de la tunique rouge si caractéristique, font partie des symboles du Canada les plus connus au monde.

OBS

bottes Strathcona; bottes brunes Strathcona : La forme au singulier de ces termes est également utilisée.

OBS

bottes brunes : La forme au singulier de ce terme est presque jamais utilisée.

Key term(s)
  • botte Strathcona
  • botte brune Strathcona

Spanish

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Record 9 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation
  • Production (Economics)
CONT

A tax on production is a tax incurred as a result of engaging in production and is payable irrespective of the profitability of the entreprise or the number of units of any good or service produced; they include payroll taxes but no social security taxes and business and professional licences but only if unrequited.

CONT

In Canada ... a tax paid by producers is not collected for exported goods; furthermore, the tax is levied as an excise tax on imports as well as on domestic production. Thus, the production tax--or, in Canada, the [manufacturers’] sales tax--would almost certainly have the same effect on the pattern and volume of trade as a retail sales tax.

CONT

... in theoretical literature, a production tax means a tax on all production, whether sold domestically or in foreign markets. But this is seldom, if ever, the case in practice.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité
  • Production (Économie)
CONT

La taxe à la production est (et restera) composée d'un paiement de base et d'un paiement progressif en fonction de la rentabilité de l'exploitation.

Key term(s)
  • impôts sur la production

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistema tributario
  • Producción (Economía)
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Record 10 2015-09-17

English

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

A lender could take a "collateral charge" over their house(this is a legal liability that gives the lender the same power as if they had a full mortgage) and if the lender ever had to re-possess your house and was unable to cover the value of the mortgage on sale, they could then re-possess your parents house to recover their loss.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des sûretés
OBS

charge accessoire : 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 11 2015-04-09

English

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

The word "repudiation" is sometimes used to describe a statement that no contract is in existence. Thus, a person is said to repudiate a contract if he denies its existence, for example because no binding agreement was ever reached.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 12 2015-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
  • Types of Ships and Boats
CONT

... floating drilling vessels [include] the two surface-type mobile units, i.e., the ship and barge units, and the column-stabilized or semi-submersible units.

CONT

Drilling vessels that are essentially of ship or barge type, of normal configuration and proportions, and which operate in all conditions as typical surface displacement vessels, are to have scantlings that meet the requirements of "Rules for Building and Classing Steel Vessels" or "Rules for Building and Classing Steel Barges for Offshore Service" of current issue. Additional consideration for unusual loadings due to drilling operations, mooring, etc., and for unusual configurations such as catamarans, outriggers, etc., will be specially considered ...

CONT

The E-Z tree is a valve-latch assembly landed in the B.O.P. stack to form a temporary production tree during offshore tests carried out from a floating drilling vessel.

OBS

Floating drilling rigs are normally referred to as "drill vessels" or "drilling vessels" and are in the truest sense of the word "vessels. "For a seafaring man, however, they differ in many respects from his general conception of a vessel. [As opposed to the traditional vessel, ] the drill vessel often anchors for weeks and even months at one location. It may move only short distances from well to well. Seldom, if ever, does it need to visit port except for major repair or inspection.... Many drill vessels, semi-submersibles for instance, cannot even be handled in present dry-dock facilities because of their size.

OBS

Vessel. Means every vessel which by means of its special outfit, purpose, design, or function engages in certain industrial ventures. Included in this classification are such vessels as drill rigs, missile range ships, dredges, cable layers, derrick barges, pipe lay barges, construction and wrecking barges. Excluded from this classification are vessels carrying freight for hire or engaged in oceanography, limnology, or the fishing industry.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
  • Types de bateaux
CONT

Le principe même [des plateformes autoélévatrices] limite leurs performances: les plus récentes, dont les piles dépassent les 100 mètres peuvent forer par 90 mètres d'eau. Au-delà de cette profondeur, on utilise des engins de forage flottants, navires ou plateformes semi-submersibles.

Spanish

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Record 13 2014-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ethics and Morals
  • Sociology of Work
CONT

Generally, staff know more than auditors about what is really going on. Yet most corporate whistleblowers are given little or no protection if they choose to challenge dishonest management. For this and other good reasons, it's unlikely that a staff member would ever approach the board directly with an ethical concern about senior management, compromising the board's ability to supervise management.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éthique et Morale
  • Sociologie du travail
CONT

Il [le chef des affaires juridiques] surveille la conformité à la politique en consultation avec la haute direction et veille à ce que la haute direction et le conseil d'administration reçoivent des rapports réguliers sur les préoccupations d'ordre éthique et les enquêtes sur l'éthique.

Spanish

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Record 14 2014-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Military Law
CONT

Many legal experts said yesterday that although Gadahn may be a suitable candidate for a treason charge, federal prosecutors may face serious difficulties in securing a conviction if he is ever brought to trial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Droit militaire
CONT

[...] selon un communiqué interne du parti diffusé ces derniers jours, il a été destitué, sous l'accusation de trahison, de toute responsabilité au sein du Haut-Commandement du Baas.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Infracciones y crímenes
  • Derecho militar
CONT

[Las] organizaciones [...] interpusieron la acusación de traición a la patria [...]

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Record 15 2013-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Home Furniture
CONT

Today entertainment centres are the focus of most of the households attention. People spend more time per day in front of their TV s than ever before. Of course the interior design community... has stepped up to provide quality home entertainment centres. Here are some things you can look for if you would like to acquire fine entertainment furnishing. A good modern home entertainment centre will have a place for a DVD player, cable/satellite receiver, a gaming console stereo tuner and a DVR [digital video recorder].

Key term(s)
  • home entertainment center
  • entertainment center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mobilier domestique
CONT

Meuble audio-vidéo «Carson» - [...] Ce meuble audio-vidéo chaleureux et douillet deviendra vite le centre d'intérêt de votre salle familiale. Convient à la plupart des téléviseurs à écran plat [...] Panneaux de particules robustes, 2 portes latérales et 2 tablettes réglables derrière chaque porte, 5 tablettes fixes, 4 tablettes réglables; la tablette supérieure de l'étagère peut contenir jusqu'à 50 CD [...]

Spanish

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Record 16 2013-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Evidence
CONT

The most effective procedure is to ask the witness whether he has ever said the contrary of what he now says on oath and only to show him the previous statement if he answers the question in the negative.(Cross, p. 259)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la preuve
OBS

La notion juridique en tant que telle commandera toujours d'abord l'emploi de l'équivalent "déclaration antérieure", mais une fois que celle-ci aura été identifiée par cet équivalent dans le contexte écrit ou oral, le bon usage commandera souvent l'équivalent "déclaration précédente".

OBS

déclaration antérieure; déclaration précédente : termes normalisés 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 17 2013-06-25

English

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

The word, heirs, is necessary in the grant or donation in order to make a fee, or inheritance. For if land be given to a man for ever, or to him and his assigns for ever, this vests in him but an estate for life.... [This rule] does not extend to devises by will; in which, as they were introduced at the time when the feodal rigor was apace wearing out, a more liberal construction is allowed : and therefore by a devise to a man for ever, or to one and his assigns for ever, or to one in fee-simple, the devisee hath an estate of inheritance; for the intention of the devisor is sufficiently plain from the words of perpetuity annexed, though be hath omitted the legal words of inheritance. But if the devise be to a man and his assigns, without annexing words of perpetuity, there the devisee shall take only an estate for life; for it does not appear the devisor intended any more....(Blackstone, Book II, p. 107-108)

OBS

words of perpetuity: term used in the plural in this context.

French

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

termes de perpétuité : 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).

OBS

termes de perpétuité : terme utilisé au pluriel dans ce contexte.

Spanish

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Record 18 2013-04-09

English

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

... not every interest in land could be... specifically recovered, for, the real actions were available only to freeholders, i. e. only to tenants who were seised of the land. A tenant for years was possessed, not seised, and if dispossessed he could originally bring only a personal action for the recovery of damages. It is true that by the close of the Middle Ages a remedy had been introduced whereby he might recover the term itself, but nevertheless he was still regarded, and has ever since been regarded, as a non-freeholder.(Cheshire, 12th ed., p. 38).

French

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

titulaire de domaine non franc : 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 19 2012-11-07

English

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

Often, in a family context, an elderly relative comes to live with the family pursuant to an informal arrangement.... If the relative falls out with the family or if the family tries to sell the house ever the head of the relative it will be necessary to resolve the legal status of the relative. The possibilities are as follows.... The relative may be treated as a contractual licensee having a contractual right to occupy the house for a period....(Megarry's, 6th ed., 1982, p. 373)

French

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

permissionnaire contractuel : 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 20 2012-10-17

English

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

The party in whom the contingent remainder will vest, if in fact it ever vests.(Cartwright, 2nd ed., 1972, p. 201)

French

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

résiduaire éventuel : 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 2012-04-25

English

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

Under heavy pressure from the plaintiff trial bar, the legislature passed a bill, SB 800, which would permit homeowners to file suit for prospective damage, even if no damage had actually occurred, or might ever occur.

French

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

[...] dans l'affaire Sharpe, un homme de 67 ans accusé, entre autres choses, d'avoir écrit et distribué des histoires mettant en scène des mineurs en pleins ébats sexuels. La Cour a jugé raisonnable de limiter la liberté d'expression de Sharpe («la liberté d'expression n'est pas absolue», disait la juge en chef McLachlin) afin de protéger les enfants contre un préjudice potentiel.

OBS

préjudice potentiel; dommage potentiel : termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 22 2011-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
CONT

No virus has ever been causally associated with CJD [Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease]. If such a virus exists its properties are very unusual. It must be ubiquitous but normally non pathogenic. PrP [prion protein] would be essential for its infectivity e. g. perhaps serving as a receptor. Prion strains exist(more than 20 strains have been identified in mice infected with scrapie prions and several strains from humans). These strains breed true in inbred mice and differ in their incubation times and lesion profiles. This observation and the reluctance to accept because of precedence the existence of a replicating agent lacking a nucleic acid genome has led to the virino hypothesis. It proposes that a small nucleic acid in association eith PrP is the infectious agent. It is not fully consistent with all of the data and no such nucleic acid sequence has ever been detected.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
CONT

L'idée la plus originale (connue sous le nom d'hypothèse du virino) suppose un tout autre rôle à cet acide nucléique virtuel. L'hypothèse du virino suggère qu'associé et fortement lié à la protéine prion (de sorte qu'il est en soi difficilement séparable), un acide nucléique, soumis à une grande variabilité intra et interespèces, confère au complexe ainsi formé des propriétés stéréospécifiques à même d'interpréter l'existence de souches multiples d'une maladie mais aussi celle de la barrière interespèces.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Genética
DEF

Pequeño virus incompleto compuesto por un ácido nucleico desnudo protegido por una proteína específica del portador.

CONT

El virino era una partícula infecciosa hipotética teorizada para ser la causa de la enfermedad por virus lento y de otras enfermedades degenerativas del sistema nervioso central; [...] Outram acuñó el término virino para describir un pequeño virus.

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Record 23 2011-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Geology
DEF

A form of patterned ground "with a steplike form and a sorted appearance due to a downslope border of stones embanking an area of finer material upslope"... ;formed in groups, rarely if ever singly.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Génie chimique
  • Géologie
OBS

Une première lisière, étroite, pentue, convexe, grossière, sert de contremarche ou de talus; l'autre lisière, en amont de la précédente, à faible inclinaison, forme le plancher de la terrasse.

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Record 24 2011-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
CONT

By watching horses jump loose, Caprilli observed that they needed to use their heads and necks to be able to jump and hardly ever fell or hit fences if left to jump naturally and freely.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

Sauter sans cavalier.

CONT

[...] il faut redonner confiance au cheval. On peut commencer par le faire sauter en liberté (surtout valable pour les jeunes chevaux qui angoissent par manque de repères).

Spanish

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Record 25 2011-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geophysics
  • Glaciology
CONT

When accumulation minus ablation, the net budget, is zero over a long period, the glacier is in a steady state, accumulating new snow in its upper reaches and constantly moving downslope to the lower reaches, where ablation takes place.

CONT

The ice sheet is said to be in(dynamical) equilibrium if each column of ice gains as much as it loses. The mass balance integrated over the ice sheet must then be zero. The steady state concept is a theoretical concept, which will hardly ever be met because accumulation and ablation are highly variable on short time scales and the flow varies on much longer time scales. So only under a constant climate of say ten thousand years a real steady state will be reached.

OBS

steady state: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géophysique
  • Glaciologie
CONT

Si un glacier est stationnaire au cours des ans (c'est-à-dire si sa forme et son volume ne varient pas) et si les bilans spécifiques sont également stationnaires, on peut affirmer que les vitesses en des points donnés (fixes dans l'espace) sont toujours les mêmes. Le mouvement est permanent, ou [...] le glacier a atteint un état de régime.

OBS

équilibre dynamique : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 26 2011-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cartography
  • Remote Sensing
  • Mathematical Geography
DEF

A conformal conic projection with two standard parallels, or a conformal conic map projection in which the surface of a sphere ... is conceived as developed on a cone which intersects the sphere ... at two standard parallels [and] the cone is then spread out to form a plane which is the map.

OBS

The Lambert projection(or, to be more precise, the Lambert Conformal Conic projection, but be advised that this complete name is rarely if ever used) is one of the most commonly used projections. As its full name implies, the Lambert projection is conformal, and thus it cannot be equivalent.

OBS

Lambert conformal projection; Lambert conformal conic projection; Lambert conformal conical projection; Lambert conformal conic; Lambert conformal conic map projection; Lambert orthomorphic conic map projection: terms used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cartographie
  • Télédétection
  • Géographie mathématique
CONT

Les méridiens géographiques sont représentés par des droites concourantes. Les parallèles sont représentés par une série d'arcs de cercles concentriques centrés sur le point de concours précédent et espacés de façon à assurer la conformité. Méridiens et parallèles sont donc orthogonaux.

OBS

projection conique conforme de Lambert; projection conique de Lambert; projection conforme de Lambert; projection Lambert conique; projection Lambert conforme; projection de Lambert : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cartografía
  • Teledetección
  • Geografía matemática
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Record 27 2010-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
CONT

Rain fell as high as 1700 m in some areas, soaking the upper snowpack. Expect a raincrust to form below this elevation as temperatures begin to cool the next few days, and then expect this to be covered with additional new snow. There are a few weak layers in this storm snow and, while warm temperatures are helping heal these weaknesses, whumpfing and cracking was still reported in the Kootenay Pass area on a north facing slope at 2100 m. For the most part new snow is sticking well to the Christmas crust buried 50-70 cm deep. This crust is providing a good bridging layer for the weak facet and surface hoar crystals below the crust, but this layer still remains a concern.

OBS

In avalanche forecasting, a bridging layer [=une couche dure] is a layer of strong(hard) snow that is often quick thick. Once a layer gets to a certain thickness and hardness, it has enough strength to absorb the load that is applied from above, thus preventing this load from triggering a weakness underneath this "bridge. "If ever the "bridge" fails then the result is normally a very large avalanche.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
CONT

Il semble qu'il ait plu très haut la veille (2400 m). Très bon regel jusqu'au lac [...] puis quelques centimètres de neige fraîche sur couche portante jusqu'au pas de l'Enchastraye.

OBS

En France, un manteau neigeux ou une couche de neige portante n'est pas nécessairement stable. Quand on dit, en France que «la neige porte», cela signifie qu'on ne s'y enfonce pas, notamment à pied. Ainsi une plaque de neige dure est portante, mais elle peut être instable. En France : on n'utilise pas le terme «portance». Ceci dit, s'il était utilisé, il serait relatif à la couche de surface du manteau neigeux. [source : spécialiste des risques d'avalanche, France.]

Spanish

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Record 28 2010-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Protection of Life
OBS

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is proud to sponsor this wonderful program aimed at keeping kids safe in the woods. Inspired in 1981 by the search for nine year old Jimmy Beveridge in southern California, this program was initiated by Ab Taylor to teach children how to survive in the woods if they ever become lost. The program focuses on the most basic and vital survival principles and although specifically designed for children between the ages of 7 and 11, it can be effective with slightly younger and older children as well. Hug-A-Tree and Survive" is a children's Search and Rescue(SAR) prevention program aimed at children from kindergarden to Grade 6. The main purpose of this program is to teach them; how not to become lost in the woods; what to do if they do become lost; how not to come to harm; how they can help searchers find them.

Key term(s)
  • Hug-a-Tree and Survive

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Sécurité des personnes
OBS

La GRC est fière de parrainer ce merveilleux programme conçu pour aider les enfants perdus en forêt. Inspiré en 1981 par la recherche en Caroline du Sud de Jimmy Beveridge 9 ans, ce programme fut initié par Ab Taylor pour apprendre aux enfants comment survivre en forêt si jamais ils s'y perdent. Le programme est basé sur les éléments essentiels de survie et bien qu'il vise les enfants de 7 à 11 ans il peut aussi être enseigné à des enfants un peu plus jeunes ou un peu plus vieux. Pour survivre, reste près d'un arbre est un programme de prévention en recherche et sauvetage visant les étudiants de la maternelle à la sixième; il a pour but de leur montrer : comment ils peuvent éviter de se perdre dans la forêt; ce qu'ils doivent faire s'ils se perdent; comment éviter les blessures; comment aider les sauveteurs à les retrouver.

Spanish

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Record 29 2010-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engines (Motor Vehicles)
OBS

... if the piston stroke is equal to the cylinder bore dimension, it is called a square engine... it is pedantically true to say that no engine is ever exactly square(ie, with bore/stroke ratio precisely equal to 1. 000...). One therefore more commonly encounters this concept in the terms oversquare and undersquare, referring to bore/stroke ratios greater than and less than unity, respectively. Modern engines are, almost without exception, designed to be oversquare.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moteur (Véhicules automobiles)
OBS

Se dit d'un moteur dont l'alésage (diamètre, intérieur du cylindre) est égal à la course (distance parcourue par le piston à l'intérieur du cylindre).

CONT

Ce moteur de 1871 cm3 est à peu près carré avec un alésage et une course sensiblement égaux [...]

Spanish

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Record 30 2010-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Locks and Locksmithing
  • Security Devices
CONT

Basic rules of key control systems. The security value of any master keying system is totally dependant on the key control of that particular system. Without well disciplined key controls, any system will break down, and all knowledge of who has, where are, and how many keys there are for your building, may be lost.

CONT

It is important to remember that when using a master key system, if ever a master key is lost, your master key system is compromised and must be rekeyed in its entirety. Whenever a change key is lost, then only the cylinder on that change key's lock must be re-set.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Serrurerie
  • Dispositifs de sécurité
CONT

Règles fondamentales à suivre pour assurer un bon système de contrôle des clefs. La qualité de la sécurité offerte par un système avec passe-partout dépend en définitive du contrôle des clefs exercé dans ce système.

Spanish

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Record 31 2009-10-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Chemistry)
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
CONT

Commercial reprocessing plants contain dissolvers based on one of two principles : batch operation or continuous operation using an apparatus with rotating mechanical parts... Continuous dissolvers shear the fuel into the segments of a wheel which is rotated inside a large vessel. The existence of rotating parts is a disadvantage and limits the geometry that can be adopted to a very large slab tank if the equipment is ever to be safe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Chimie)
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
  • Déchets nucléaires
CONT

Ces deux tubes munis de doubles enveloppes servant au chauffage et au refroidissement sont reliés en partie basse et en partie haute à une cuve plate (slab) servant de réservoir ([plus de] 2 000 L) à la solution de dissolution qui circule par effet de thermosiphon.

Spanish

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Record 32 2009-10-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Chemistry)
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
CONT

Commercial reprocessing plants contain dissolvers based on one of two principles : batch operation or continuous operation using an apparatus with rotating mechanical parts. Continuous dissolvers shear the fuel into the segments of a wheel which is rotated inside a large vessel. The existence of rotating parts is a disadvantage and limits the geometry that can be adopted to a very large slab tank if the equipment is ever to be safe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Chimie)
  • Génie chimique
  • Déchets nucléaires
CONT

Dissolveurs continus. Le fonctionnement en continu de la dissolution a été choisi pour UP3 afin d'assurer la capacité requise avec le minimum de lignes et le maximum de compacité des appareils. Le type utilisé [...] est un dissolveur rotatif comportant une roue munie de 12 godets tournant dans une cuve plate sous-critique contenant la solution nitrique de dissolution (U 200 à 300 g/L; HNO3 3M) en ébullition. L'ensemble supportant la roue par l'intermédiaire de galets de roulement est fixé sous le couvercle de la cuve. Le chargement des godets se fait roue arrêtée par alimentation directe des tronçons délivrés par la cisaille. La roue tourne ensuite d'un douzième de tour.

Spanish

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Record 33 2009-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
CONT

A trance is a state of altered consciousness, usually characterized by lessened awareness of outside events. During a trancelike state, the individual may turn within and journey to other realms outside the usual environment.

CONT

Have you ever been totally absorbed while reading a book or cooking or watching a movie? Did you zone out to the point where you didn’t notice what else was going on around you? If so, you have experienced a type of trancelike state or focused attention that's similar to what happens to you during hypnosis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
CONT

Toutes les musiques rythmées incitent à danser. Le mouvement continuel du corps, qu'entraîne le son de ces paroles répétitives, projette les personnes qui s'agitent ainsi dans un état apparenté à la transe.

Key term(s)
  • état de pseudo transe

Spanish

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Record 34 2008-05-13

English

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

Two redundant cable reels support the Mobile Transporter and Mobile Base System, a movable platform that allows the station's robotic arm to move back and forth along the truss during construction and maintenance work. The Trailing Umbilical System 2 cable appears to have been cut by the system designed to sever it if it ever became snarled or tangled. Video down linked from station cameras confirmed the cable was cut. The Trailing Umbilical System 1 was not affected. The inadvertent severing of the cable tripped one of two redundant circuit breakers on the S0 Truss, which provides power to the Mobile Transporter. The transporter is not scheduled to be used in the near future, but the severed Trailing Umbilical System 2 cable can be replaced through a spacewalk to provide the required redundancy.

French

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

Avant le début de la deuxième sortie, le Transporteur mobile (sur lequel est montée la Base mobile) passera de sa position actuelle du site de travail 4 au site de travail 5. Ce déplacement permettra aux astronautes en sortie de disposer de suffisamment d'espace pour remplacer le câble du système de liaison ombilicale (TUS), lequel avait été coupé par inadvertance en décembre 2005.

Spanish

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Record 35 2005-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Various Proper Names
  • Social Movements
OBS

More interesting was the 1989 case of the Breeders, a previously unknown group that threatened to spread Medfly through California if aerial spraying of pesticides continued in the state. The Medfly infestation in California at that time was unusually large and had a number of characteristics that led investigators to conclude a deliberate infestation was being conducted. No one was ever caught for promoting the spread of the Medfly, however.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Appellations diverses
  • Mouvements sociaux
Key term(s)
  • les Éleveurs

Spanish

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Record 36 2005-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Health Law
  • Practice and Procedural Law
CONT

The case law on the question of informed consent or the duty of disclosure has exhibited a variety of classification of risks involved in proposed surgery or therapy.

CONT

... the Court asked whether the doctor’s duty to disclose and his discretion to withhold information are governed by medical practice or imposed by law? They are imposed by law.

CONT

The obligation of disclosure must always rest with the doctor who is to carry out the treatment or investigative procedure.

CONT

... the Supreme Court of Canada declared that "the concept of individual autonomy is fundamental to the common law and is the basis for the requirement that disclosure be made to a patient".... As such, the scope of the disclosure obligation is only rarely, if ever, mediated by external factors.

CONT

... a doctor’s obligation to disclose was considered part of the fiduciary relationship between doctor and patient.

Key term(s)
  • disclosure

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la santé
  • Droit judiciaire
CONT

[...] les cours ont étendu le devoir de divulgation de la façon suivante : «... le chirurgien doit également, lorsque les circonstances l'exigent, expliquer les solutions de rechange au traitement proposé et les risques qu'elles comportent».

CONT

Il n'existe [...] pas d'obligation de divulguer tous les risques possibles car cela serait contraire à la réalité médicale.

CONT

[...] l'autonomie individuelle forme un élément de base de la common law et est le fondement de l'obligation de divulgation envers le patient.

CONT

La jurisprudence sur la question du consentement éclairé ou le devoir de divulguer propose plusieurs classifications des risques que comporte une opération chirurgicale ou un traitement envisagé.

Spanish

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Record 37 2004-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operating Systems (Software)
  • Computer Graphics
DEF

The capacity of a computer and its mouse to move or copy text or images from one document to another or within a single document.

CONT

If you’ve ever selected a file icon in a file system browser like Windows Explorer and dragged it to an icon representing another directory(and it's likely you have), you’ve already used drag and drop to transfer data.

OBS

Terminology of window elements, menus, dialog boxes, message boxes other GUI screen elements, keys, user actions, and applications for Microsoft Windows.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'exploitation (Logiciels)
  • Infographie
DEF

Dans une interface graphique, concept qui permet d'exécuter des actions en sélectionnant un objet à l'écran et en le déplaçant à l'aide de la souris.

OBS

Terminologie des éléments à fenêtre, menus, boîtes de dialogue et de message, autres éléments d'écran IUG, touches, interventions utilisateur et applications de Microsoft Windows.

Spanish

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Record 38 2004-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Merchandising Techniques
CONT

A screening agent, or "qualifier" as referred to in fraudulent telemarketing circles, is first used to contact potential victims. The qualifier asks the person if he or she has ever considered investing in gems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Techniques marchandes
CONT

Dans un premier temps, un préposé à la présélection - ou «Qualifiers» dans le jargon du télémarketing frauduleux - appelle des victimes potentielles. Son rôle est de vérifier l'intérêt de certaines personnes pour le placement financier dans le domaine des pierres précieuses.

Spanish

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Record 39 2004-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Reproduction (Medicine)
CONT

A couple may be subfertile (with a reduced monthly chance of conception, sometimes called relative infertility) or completely infertile (with no monthly chance of conception - this is also called sterility).

CONT

This is the case of couples simultaneously suffering, for example, irregular ovulation, sperm in which the concentration of mobile spermatozoa is low, or couples combining Fallopian tubes damages(but not occluded) by a previous genital infection, and poor cervical mucus quality, etc. In such cases we can speak of subfertility. These situations are more frequent than sterility which explains why pregnancies may occur spontaneously, possibly after many years of waiting. These hypofertile couples may also remain childless for ever if the time needed to achieve pregnancy proves longer than the time they have available(especially as a result of diminished fertility in women beyond a certain age).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Reproduction (Médecine)
CONT

L'insémination artificielle est utilisée pour traiter l'infertilité inexpliquée et les cas où l'homme est hypofertile (nombre réduit de spermatozoïdes, manque de mobilité, anormalité, mauvaise qualité...).

CONT

Les couples hypofertiles ont, plus que les normofertiles, des risques de consulter pour infécondité après 16 mois à 2 ans d'essais infructueux.

Spanish

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Record 40 2003-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronautics
CONT

Every 6 months the Soyuz return capsule attached to ISS [International Space Station], needs to be replaced with a New Soyuz capsule. This replacement ensures that if there ever was a need to make an emergency exit from ISS [International Space Station], that there would always be a fully fueled hot-stand-by return capsule ready for the ISS crew. These replacement capsules are called Taxi flights.

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronautique
CONT

[...] deux cosmonautes expérimentés, le commandant Talgat Moussabaïev et l'ingénieur Youri Batourine, partent pour une mission «taxi», destinée à remplacer le Soyouz attaché en permanence à la station orbitale internationale Alpha, et qui sert de chaloupe de sauvetage en cas d'évacuation d'urgence.

OBS

mission taxi : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 41 2003-10-08

English

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

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

CONT

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

OBS

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

French

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

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

CONT

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

OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 42 2003-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial Accounting
OBS

The word [value] is commonly employed in accounting to describe the figure at which an asset or liability is carried in the accounts, even though the amount may be determined by a process which is not one of valuation in any ordinary sense.... Value as used in accounts signifies the amount at which an item is stated, in accordance with the accounting principles related to that item.... The word value should seldom if ever be used in accounting statements without a qualifying adjective.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité générale

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contabilidad general
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Record 43 2003-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cycling
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

Riding out of the saddle is really hard and is the last skill most people learn... With practice, this will become easy(as if pedaling out of the saddle was ever "easy") and natural.

Key term(s)
  • pedalling out of the saddle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cyclisme
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
DEF

Action de pédaler debout sur le vélo.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciclismo
  • Fraseología de los lenguajes especializados
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Record 44 2002-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of the Family
  • Sociology of Human Relations
CONT

Leigh was physically, emotionally and sexually abused throughout her marriage.... Joe had threatened to kill her and kidnap the children if she ever left the marriage.... Leigh's situation... is a good example of some of the dangers of mediation in wife-assault cases.... Studies say often the emotional intimidation and physical assault continue after separation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie de la famille
  • Sociologie des relations humaines

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sociología de la familia
  • Sociología de las relaciones humanas
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Record 45 2001-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)
  • Oil Drilling
CONT

If melt-drilling... should ever become economically attractive as a means of overcoming the "depth barrier" imposed by the quasi-exponential cost characteristics of conventional drilling... it may become possible to attain far higher fluid temperatures and pressures before long...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondage et forage miniers
  • Forage des puits de pétrole

Spanish

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Record 46 2000-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Utilization (Oil and Natural Gas)
DEF

In oil and gas drilling, to lease acreage on the condition that, if the primary leaseholder fails to drill before the lease elapses, control will immediately pass to the next company in line, without ever appearing on the open market.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation commerciale (Pétrole et gaz naturel)

Spanish

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Record 47 1999-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Mineralogy
CONT

Granite aplites are light-coloured fine-grained rocks, having the same mineralogy as granites, although biotite is rarely, if ever, present. They often contain pneumatolytic minerals such as tourmaline, topaz, fluorite, etc., and concentrations of rare elements such as beryllium and lithium.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Minéralogie
OBS

aplite : Roche à grain fin, hololeucocrate, parfois porphyrique, généralement granitique ou syénitique et formant des filons ou les bordures des corps plutoniques.

Spanish

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Record 48 1998-03-18

English

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

The We Need to Talk Campaign, unveiled in April 1992 as a prelude to the constitutional referendum, encouraged Canadians to talk about their country's future and really communicate with each other through messages reminding them that :"if we’re ever going to understand each other in this country, we need to talk. "

OBS

The Canadian Association of Broadcasters.

French

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

Des centaines de stations de radio et de télévision privées de toutes les régions du pays se sont alliées aujourd'hui pour entreprendre une campagne nationale d'un an et d'une valeur de 10 millions de dollars pour inciter les Canadiens à discuter sérieusement de l'avenir de leur pays. Au cours des 12 prochains mois, les radiotélédiffuseurs présenteront, d'un océan à l'autre, une série de messages d'intérêt public rappelant carrément aux Canadiens que : «Pour s'entendre, il faut se parler.»

OBS

L'Association canadienne des radiodiffuseurs.

Spanish

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Record 49 1997-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
OBS

Protocol Transparent and Self Synchronizing. The Datacryptor 64HS encrypts/decrypts data using the DES [Data Encryption Standard] or proprietary non-DES algorithm in the 8-Bit Cipher Feedback Mode... providing complete protocol transparency. In addition, if the unit ever gets out of sync, it automatically resynchronizes itself-without the additional bandwidth or operator intervention typically required by other E1 encryptors which use the 64-Bit Output Feedback Mode.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI

Spanish

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Record 50 1995-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
PHR

if we are ever to stop the violence

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction

Spanish

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Record 51 1994-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
CONT

By giving a cognitive enhancer, with minimal side effects, to people without a mental deficit, they may end up with cognitive credit, i. e. smarter. Some elements within the scientific establishment continue to deny the potential of cognitive enhancers. They believe that the optimal brain cannot be improved upon by throwing in, a "chemical spanner". But optimal memory can be improved, for example, by employing "mnemonics", which is as "artificial" as a chemical lift from a pill. Would they also resist cognitive enhancement by other artificial methods such as food-a "chemical spanner" if ever there was one-and education? The United States Congress has declared the 1990s the "Decade of the Brain". Smart drugs will, if regulated, treat a recently officially recognized disease, the Age-Associated Memory Impairment(AAMI)-a noticeable mental decline due to the normal ageing process. A futures analyst, Decision Resources, predicts that smart drugs could benefit 600 million people this decade, including 60 million people with AAMI, 20 million students who want to improve scholastic performance, and 270 million people hoping to improve their efficiency at work(Suppl. The World in 1994).

OBS

See "cognitive enhancer".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
OBS

amélioration: fait de devenir meilleur, plus satisfaisant. Voir améliorant.

Spanish

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Record 52 1993-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Zoology
CONT

... if oral immunization were going to have a future, a vaccine would have to be absorbed through the membranes lining the mouth and throat, before ever reaching the stomach. Because the rabies virus pass through the membranes only with difficulty, many viral particles must be present to ensure that enough of them will make the journey. Existing vaccines were too dilute for the task, and so increasing potency became the next aim.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Zoologie

Spanish

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Record 53 1991-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Locks and Locksmithing
  • Security Devices
CONT

Multi-level master keying system (Large museum building). Level 5. Great-great grand master key. Level 4. Great grand master key. Level 3. Grand master key. Level 2. Master key. Level 1. Changekey....

OBS

Basic rules of key control systems. The security value of any master keying system is totally dependant on the key control of that particular system. Without well disciplined key controls, any system will break down, and all knowledge of who has, where are, and how many keys there are for your building, may be lost.

OBS

It is important to remember that when using a master key system, if ever a master key is lost, your master key system is compromised and must be rekeyed in its entirety. Whenever a change key is lost, then only the cylinder on that change key's lock must be re-set.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Serrurerie
  • Dispositifs de sécurité
OBS

Règles fondamentales à suivre pour assurer un bon système de contrôle des clefs. La qualité de la sécurité offerte par un système avec passe-partout dépend en définitive du contrôle des clefs exercé dans ce système.

Spanish

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Record 54 1990-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour and Employment
  • Employment Benefits
CONT

If the plans are amended to provide higher monthly benefits for the single retiree to compensate for the fact that no payments will ever be made to a surviving spouse, then we will have discrimination, based on marital status, in the amount of the monthly benefit, but not in the commuted value of the benefit.

Key term(s)
  • single pensioner

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et emploi
  • Avantages sociaux
Key term(s)
  • retraité célibataire
  • retraité vivant seul

Spanish

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Record 55 1988-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

One source of computational waste in backward planning is work on clauses that describe unachievable states. For example, it is not possible to crate a state in which block A is on block B and block B is clear. Thus, if we ever produce the following clause during backward planning using resolution refutation, we can prune it from further consideration because it is valid(i. e., its negation is inconsistent). One way to detect such cases is to set up a resolution subprocess to test clauses for validity. If this test reveals that a clause is valid, that clause is pruned from further consideration. This deletion strategy is sometimes called unachievability pruning. We test for validity by testing the negated clause for consistency.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
OBS

Voir" élagage", "état de recherche".

OBS

irréalisable : qui ne peut se réaliser.

Spanish

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Record 56 1987-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Preservation and Canning
CONT

Perhaps the best uses of gamma-irradiation in this field will be for quarantine control of fruits and vegetables, and the disinfestation of grains, seeds and so forth if ever chemical pesticides are forbidden.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conservation des aliments et conserverie
DEF

[...] émission de photons d'origine nucléaire, sans charge ni masse au repos et animés d'une vitesse égale à celle de la lumière.

CONT

La forte pénétration des rayons et l'excellente homogénéité de dose des produits irradiés, font sans doute de l'irradiation gamma le meilleur choix actuel en vue de la radioconservation des aliments.

Spanish

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Record 57 1987-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phraseology
CONT

The institution's insurance is viewed as a "backstop" to protect against any loss that might occur should its controls fail. In the past, the absence of this backstop rarely(if ever) created a problem;...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie

Spanish

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Record 58 1986-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

... intelligent machines open up a world of possibility, speculation, and intellectual enrichment that could be-and for our children will be-the intellectual' s instrument par excellence, a means of testing hypotheses, examining theories, playing "what if?" games, and reshaping human thought at a level complexity that no other intellectual tool-certainly not the written word, not any form of graphics we use now, or mathematics-has ever been able to provide. The extension of human intellect that the Fifth Generation will give us is simply staggering.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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Record 59 1986-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering
  • Geophysics
  • Geothermal Power Plants
CONT

... if the art of re-injection... should ever become so perfected as to ensure that discharged hot geothermal waters can usefully serve as «boiler feed» to the underground heating cycle, the force of advantage... would be weakened.

Key term(s)
  • art of reinjection

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ingénierie
  • Géophysique
  • Centrales géothermiques

Spanish

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Record 60 1986-06-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geophysics
  • Geothermal Power Plants
CONT

Moreover, if the art of re-injection... should ever become so perfected as to ensure that discharged hot geothermal waters can usefully serve as "boiler feed" to the underground heating cycle, the force of advantage(i) would be weakened.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géophysique
  • Centrales géothermiques

Spanish

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Record 61 1986-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)
CONT

If melt-drilling... should ever become economically attractive as a means of overcoming the "depth barrier" imposed by the quasi-exponential cost characteristics of conventional drilling... it may become possible to attain far higher fluid temperatures and pressures before long....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondage et forage miniers

Spanish

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Record 62 1986-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geophysics
CONT

... if and when we ever succeed in creating artificial thermal fields in semi-thermal or even non-thermal areas... the opportunities for geothermal desalination will become very great indeed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géophysique

Spanish

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Record 63 1980-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
CONT

Since a paper print hardly ever shows a tone range of over 30 : 1, it can rarely record the true tones of the negative.(...) This means that the print will look flat, even if it includes a complete range of tones from black to white, simply because the separation between the individual tones is not great enough.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
CONT

En photographie documentaire, scientifique et technique, l'écart des luminances extrêmes du sujet peut dépasser les possibilités de reproduction des valeurs d'un procédé donné. On est alors obligé de comprimer l'échelle de luminances de l'épreuve finale ou de la déformer (...)

Spanish

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Record 64 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
  • Language Problems

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
  • Problèmes de langue

Spanish

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