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Record 1 2026-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Telecommunications
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

When you received a scam phone call in the past, you might’ve heard a robotic voice, realized it was fake and hung up. But what if the voice on the other end of the line sounds human and like someone you know? This is an example of a deepfake voice scam enabled by AI [artificial intelligence] technology.

Key term(s)
  • deep fake voice scam
  • deep-fake voice scam

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Télécommunications
  • Internet et télématique
CONT

Lorsque vous receviez un appel téléphonique frauduleux par le passé, vous entendiez une voix robotique qui laissait deviner l'escroquerie et vous raccrochiez. En feriez-vous autant si la voix au bout du fil sonne comme une vraie voix humaine et ressemble à celle de quelqu'un que vous connaissez? Il s'agit d'un exemple d'arnaque par hypertrucage de la voix réalisée avec les technologies de l'IA [intelligence artificielle].

Spanish

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Record 2 2025-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
DEF

Someone who threatens to tell a harmful secret about another person in order to try to force them to do something.

CONT

Do not pay your blackmailer or give into any demands they may make. Remember that if they release any of the incriminating information they have on you, like non-consensual intimate images, they will lose their leverage. Their goal is to gain a victim who will stay silent and continue to make payments to them.

Key term(s)
  • black-mailer
  • black mailer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
DEF

Personne qui menace de révéler un secret compromettant sur une autre personne afin de la contraindre à faire quelque chose.

Key term(s)
  • maitresse-chanteuse
  • maitresse chanteuse

Spanish

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Record 3 2025-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Advertising Techniques
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

Contextual ads are online ads that are served to viewers based on the content or page they are viewing in that moment, rather than user data like location or demographics.... For example, if you visit the sports page of a news website, you may see ads for gym equipment or sportswear.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques publicitaires
  • Internet et télématique
CONT

Contrairement aux bannières génériques, les publicités contextuelles sont des annonces qui s'adaptent dynamiquement au contexte du site sur lequel elles sont affichées : leur objectif est d'améliorer la pertinence des annonces en fonction du contenu des pages pour les rendre moins intrusives.

Spanish

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Record 4 2024-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maple Syrup Production
  • Maple-Sugar Industry
CONT

If you like a syrup that is more middle of the road, try a lighter grade, light, or medium.

OBS

A grade of maple syrup.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acériculture
  • Industrie de l'érable
DEF

Qui correspond à la classe de couleur déterminée par un pourcentage de transmission de lumière inférieur à 60,5 %, mais supérieur à 44 %, et équivaut, selon la classification canadienne, à la troisième classe de sirop.

CONT

Idéale pour la cuisson de viandes et généralement le plus souvent utilisé en pâtisserie (comme le pouding chômeur), le sirop [d'érable] médium présente un léger goût de caramel.

OBS

Catégorie de sirop d'érable.

Spanish

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Record 5 2024-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
  • Computer Graphics
  • Photography
CONT

The upper part of the hologram records the view of the upper part of the object, the right-hand side of the hologram, the right side of the object, and so on. It is like looking through a window at the object itself; and if you reduce the size of the window(e. g., by breaking the hologram into small pieces and looking through a single piece) … Such a hologram is often termed the master or primary hologram as distinguished from a copy or transfer hologram made from it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
  • Infographie
  • Photographie

Spanish

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Record 6 2024-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
  • Meteorology
CONT

If you regularly find yourself tracking the weather, like... snow or rainfall totals, at home or if you enjoy finding amazing weather pictures on the internet, you may want to take up weather photography.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
  • Météorologie

Spanish

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Record 7 2023-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephones
  • Wireless and Mobile Communications
  • Computer Display Technology
CONT

Foldable smartphones are more versatile than non-folding phones. If you choose a large folding smartphone... the open screen's size makes it great for watching videos, playing games, reading, and multitasking — just like on a tablet. Once you’re done, you can close the phone so it's a "normal" size and easier to carry around than a tablet, yet still usable like a non-folding phone.

Key term(s)
  • foldable smart phone
  • folding smart phone

French

Domaine(s)
  • Téléphones
  • Communications sans fil et mobiles
  • Techniques d'affichage (Ordinateurs)
CONT

Les téléphones pliables font partie des plus récentes technologies pour les téléphones intelligents. La caractéristique la plus importante qui définit ce nouvel appareil est le fait que l'écran en soi peut se plier en deux. Certains modèles sont de la taille d'un cellulaire normal et se plient pour devenir plus petits, tandis que d'autres peuvent se déplier pour atteindre la taille d'une petite tablette. Les téléphones pliables peuvent être utilisés lorsqu'ils sont plus petits et pliés, ou encore lorsqu'ils sont complètement dépliés sur leur axe horizontal ou vertical, selon le modèle.

Spanish

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Record 8 2023-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Histology
DEF

The transformation of an epithelium, usually mucosal or glandular, to a stratified squamous epithelium.

CONT

When an air passage is irritated(like from smoking or infection), the cells lining it can change from being like rectangles standing up next to each other, to being flatter and stacked on top of each other. This change is called squamous metaplasia because the cells now look like the type of cells called squamous cells. When the irritation disappears, for example when you stop smoking or the infection clears, the lining cells return to their normal appearance. Squamous metaplasia is not considered a pre-cancer, but if the irritation persists it can progress to squamous dysplasia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Histologie

Spanish

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Record 9 2023-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Estates (common law)
  • Funeral Services
DEF

The arrangement of an individual’s affairs to facilitate the passage of assets to beneficiaries and to minimize taxes payable upon death.

CONT

Estate planning means legally arranging for how you want your estate to be handled after you die or if you become incapacitated and unable to make critical decisions on your own. It might sound like estate planning only applies to property, but that's not the case. An estate-planning checklist typically includes a will[, ] a durable power of attorney [and] a medical power of attorney.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit successoral (common law)
  • Pompes funèbres
DEF

Dispositions prises par un particulier en vue de faciliter la transmission de ses biens à ses héritiers et de réduire au minimum les impôts de toutes sortes afférents à sa succession.

CONT

Une bonne planification successorale permet d'éviter de nombreux problèmes à vos proches après votre décès. [...] C'est aussi l'occasion de faire le point sur votre situation financière et familiale, et de faire connaître vos intentions à votre entourage. En plus, vous pouvez réduire l'impôt payable sur vos biens à votre décès.

Spanish

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Record 10 2022-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Working Practices and Conditions
  • Labour and Employment
DEF

The act of coming back to work in person at the offices of the employer after a period of having worked remotely.

CONT

Flexibility will still remain a high priority [...], which may result in some employees continuing their work remotely, or using a hybrid model of working from home and the office. If you are unsure of what your return to the workplace will look like, please have a discussion with your manager to create a plan that suits both your needs.

OBS

return to the workplace; re-entry to the workplace: not to be confused with "return to work," which should preferably be used when work has stopped for a specific period and has later resumed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Régimes et conditions de travail
  • Travail et emploi
DEF

Action de se rendre à nouveau aux bureaux de l'employeur en personne après avoir travaillé à distance pendant une certaine période.

CONT

Si l'employeur est d'avis que le retour au lieu de travail est nécessaire, il est préférable de le faire graduellement, en tenant compte des préoccupations des employés. Par exemple, malgré la vaccination, nombreux sont ceux qui craignent les variants; d'autres ont perdu un proche en raison de la Covid; certains éprouveront de l'anxiété face au retour au bureau ou à devoir côtoyer des collègues difficiles.

OBS

retour au bureau : ne pas confondre avec «retour au travail», qui devrait être privilégié pour des situations où le travail a cessé pour un certain temps et a après repris.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Prácticas y condiciones de trabajo
  • Trabajo y empleo
CONT

Empresas de todo el mundo están buscando la forma de llevar a las personas de regreso a sus lugares de trabajo tras el levantamiento de cuarentenas. Algunos trabajadores pueden estar ansiosos de salir finalmente de sus casas, pero otros siguen temerosos del contagio, movilizando a las organizaciones a aplicar protocolos y adecuaciones de infraestructura para asegurar su salud. En algunos casos, los empleadores están exigiendo el retorno a la oficina […]

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Record 11 2020-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physical Fitness Training and Bodybuilding
CONT

The rack deadlift is a partial version of the conventional deadlift. You perform it inside a power rack with pins set so that the bar is located just above the knees. It is an excellent exercise for beginners–you don’t have to use a full ROM [range of movement], and having the rack is like using a spotter. Deadlifts from a racked position emphasize your low back muscles, because you won’t be bending as low and thereby incorporating your legs. Use this exercise to help strengthen the low back specifically or if you want to attempt heavier weights than you can lift from the floor.

CONT

Begin this exercise using a shoulder-width stance with the arms just outside the thighs. Using an overhand grip, bend the knees slightly to grasp the bar. Inhale. Exhale as you pull the weight off the pins, keeping the back flat, the abs tight, the head up, and the weights close to the body. Don’t bounce the bar off the pins in the rack.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conditionnement physique et culturisme

Spanish

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Record 12 2020-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mountain Sports
CONT

Handjammies are a pair of sawed-off palmless gloves, which protect the back of the hands whilst jamming on the route of your choice. Each glove is made of a skin-saving piece of sticky rubber with nylon loops attached for the fingers and thumb, and a velcro-ized wrist strap that secures it to your hand. They also have a few thin foam cushions glued under the rubber approximately where the knuckles should line up.

OBS

These very simple devices are wonderful if you like crack climbing but don’t like the hassle and time of taping up your hands, or alternatively, using bare hands and leaving large amounts of skin on the rock as a souvenir of your passage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de montagne
OBS

Gants utilisés pour faire de l'escalade qui permettent d'éviter les égratignures sur le dos de la main.

Spanish

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Record 13 2020-04-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
  • Telephony and Microwave Technology
CONT

Wangiri/one ring scam. When your phone rings only once, late at night, you may be tempted to call back. But the call may be from a foreign country with an area code that looks deceptively like it's in the U. S. If you dial back, international calling fees may wind up on your bill.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
  • Téléphonie et techniques hyperfréquences
CONT

Si vous recevez un appel d'un numéro international inconnu qui raccroche presqu'immédiatement, cela pourrait faire partie d'une arnaque de niveau mondial, connue sous le nom de fraude wangiri. [...] Étant donné que ces numéros sont des numéros de téléphone outre-mer à tarif élevé, une fois que la victime aura rappelé, l'escroc s'efforcera de les garder en ligne le plus longtemps possible pour faire monter les frais.

Spanish

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Record 14 2020-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
DEF

The intrinsic angular momentum of an elementary particle or nucleus, which exists even when the particle is at rest, as distinguished from orbital angular momentum.

CONT

Elementary particles can be described in terms of a few simple properties. The most obvious of these are the mass and electric charge of the particle.... There is a... property which all particles carry, quantum mechanical spin. The name spin comes from an analogy with classical electro-magnetics. In classical electromagnetic theory, it is well known that a charged particle that is moving through a magnetic field will be deflected. If the particle... is spinning about some axis the deflection will be changed; i. e. the particle will go in a different direction than if it wasn’t spinning. The effect will depend on both the rate of spin and the rotation axis. In quantum mechanics, a similar effect is observed with any quantum particle. When passed through magnetic fields, they behave as if they are spinning electric charges. What's more, they behave as if their rates of spin are integral 0, 1, 2,... or half-integral(1/2, 3/2,...) of a base unit... much like charges come in basic multiples of the electron's charge. The concept of spin here is a bit more abstract than in the classical case. With a classical particle you can paint a little dot on the particle... and directly measure the rotation rate by counting the number of times you see the spot in a minute. This is not possible for quantum particles. They are not little spinning balls in that sense.

PHR

frustrated spin

PHR

down-spin, up-spin

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
DEF

Moment cinétique intrinsèque des particules élémentaires et des noyaux atomiques.

OBS

Il s'agit [...] d'une propriété essentiellement quantique qui n'admet pas d'interprétation en mécanique classique.

PHR

spin demi-entier, spin entier, spin frustré, spin non frustré

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física atómica
DEF

Momento angular intrínseco de un sistema. Se aplica especialmente a las partículas elementales y a los núcleos

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Record 15 2019-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewing Patterns
  • Sewing (General)
CONT

If you construct a zero-waste pattern you will need to plan the usage of the entire piece of textile by arranging your pieces like a jigsaw puzzle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Patrons (Couture)
  • Couture (Généralités)
CONT

Pour un patron zéro-déchet, on peut se servir d'une pièce de tissu composée de morceaux arrangés comme un [casse-tête].

Spanish

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Record 16 2018-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Safety Equipment (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
CONT

Driver monitoring systems monitor your driving performance and alert you if it detects a lack of attention or drowsiness. Some systems use a forward-facing camera installed between the windscreen and the rear view mirror to monitor the car's position on the road in relation to the road markings.... Other systems monitor things like your steering, speed, acceleration, use of turn signals, and pedals to determine your driving patterns... Still other systems feature a camera that monitors driver attention, driver vision or head pose.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
DEF

Dispositif embarqué qui, au moyen de capteurs, analyse le comportement du conducteur afin de détecter une éventuelle baisse de sa vigilance et de l'en avertir.

OBS

Les capteurs utilisés peuvent être des caméras qui analysent les mouvements des yeux et de la tête du conducteur. Il existe également des systèmes d'analyse de la rotation du volant qui permettent d'apprécier l'état de vigilance du conducteur.

OBS

système de contrôle de vigilance; contrôle de vigilance : termes et définition publiés au Journal officiel de la République française le 28 mars 2018.

Spanish

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Record 17 2018-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pastries
  • Pastries (Cooking)
CONT

Perma Ice Icing-1 Quart. Magic Line Perma Ice® is ideal icing for decorating dummy cakes, show cakes, ice cream displays and more. It is a non-edible, artificial icing specially formulated for creating beautiful display cakes. It looks exactly like ice cream if you use an ice cream dipper(tint a bit off white with paint set number 35-550 or acrylic paint). It may be thinned with water to appear as a milk shake, ice cream topping, etc. Slowly whip Perma Ice, then put in a pastry bag with a large star tip. Pipe on artificial sundae or milkshake to look like whip cream. Roll Perma Ice into a ball, paint red with acrylic paint when dry and when that dries, put on the fake Perma Ice "whipped cream" to look like a cherry.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pâtisserie
  • Pâtisserie (Art culinaire)
OBS

glace : Couche brillante et lisse comme un vernis, à base de sucre et de blanc d'œuf, dont on recouvre certains gâteaux, certaines confiseries.

OBS

Perma Ice® : Marque déposée d'une préparation servant à la décoration de faux gâteaux.

Spanish

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Record 18 2018-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
CONT

... to know the effect of a specific gauge and type of string at a specific tension. If you have a $300 racquet and you don’t use the right string at the right tension, it can be like buying a Porshe and then letting someone pump it full of regular gas.

PHR

to boost (string) tension, to add (string) tension

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Force avec laquelle le cordage est tendu.

CONT

Lorsque la tension du cordage est basse, par exemple 20 kg, la balle atteint le cordage et s'y enfonce en subissant très peu de déformations [...] Lorsque la tension du cordage est élevée, par exemple 30 kg, la vélocité de la balle après impact diminue; donc moins de puissance comparativement à celle obtenue à une tension plus basse.

CONT

Cordage : boyaux naturels (mouton ou bœuf, (idée de Babolat, lyonnais, fabricant de cordes à musique) il faut 2 intestins pour une garniture) ou synthétiques (nylon); grosseur appelée jauge : 7,5 (115 à 120-100 mm), 8 (120 à 125-100 mm), 8,5 (125 à 130-100 mm), 9 (130 à 140-100 mm); tension : boyau naturel, 122 à 26 kg, nylon 18 à 22 kg [...]

OBS

Phraséologie connexe : détendre le cordage.

PHR

soigner sa tension; tension s'harmonise (avec la souplesse du cadre)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
CONT

Después de haber decidido el tipo de cordaje que se va a montar, hay que tener en cuenta que los de tripa natural deben estar montados con una tensión de un par de kilos más que el sintético; puesto que, al margen de que cada fabricante recomienda una tensión máxima para cada tipo, estas tensiones deben oscilar entre los 12 y los 22 kilos en raquetas de dimensiones normales [...] hay que tener muy presente que cuanta más tensión haya en las cuerdas, más lenta sale la pelota, aunque con mayor control, y, naturalmente, con menor tensión, más veloz sale la pelota y se tiene menos control de dirección. También se rompen antes las cuerdas cuanto más tensas están.

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Record 19 2017-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Communication and Information Management
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

That's the buzz phrase, "go dark. "This means that, if you are an investigator, all of a sudden all of your access to information evaporates, because not only the material but the systems that carry the material are so heavily encrypted you are not able to even detect the trail that you might like to follow. That is a huge issue that is technological on one side, and legal and constitutional on the other side.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des communications et de l'information
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

C'est ce que signifient les expressions à la mode «devenir invisible» ou «devenir aveugle», selon le point de vue. Si vous êtes un enquêteur, vous perdez alors tout d'un coup l'accès à l'information qui vous intéresse parce que, non seulement l'information mais le système dans lequel elle se trouve est si puissamment crypté qu'il vous devient impossible de suivre la trace de cette information. C'est un problème majeur alors que la technologie et les corps policiers ou les organismes de renseignement se trouvent des côtés opposés de la problématique.

Spanish

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Record 20 2017-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Advertising
CONT

Concentrate on your target reader and speak to him/her. If you can name him, do so! Headline like "Attention residents of the Whispering Hills in Carrboro" make it impossible for residents of Whispering Hills not to read it!

French

Domaine(s)
  • Publicité
CONT

Au-delà du genre [littéraire] qui déterminera le lecteur-cible et, par la suite, le tirage, le plan de diffusion, les moyens de communication à mettre en œuvre, au-delà de tout ceci, il convient de se poser la question de la valeur de l'écrit.

Key term(s)
  • lecteur utile
  • lecteur cible
  • lectrice utile
  • lectrice cible

Spanish

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Record 21 2016-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Writing Instruments
CONT

If you like to carry your pencil in a shirt pocket, a pocket clip may be important to you.

PHR

spring-loaded clip

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments d'écriture
PHR

agrafe à ressort

Spanish

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Record 22 2014-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Women
  • Cinematography
CONT

It was Bechdel' s modest proposal for assessing how well a given film represented its female characters, and it went like so : Do you, movie, feature two or more named women? Do they talk to each other? About something besides a guy? If so, then congratulations! You have passed the Bechdel test.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des femmes
  • Cinématographie
CONT

Dans sa procédure comme dans son principe, le test de Bechdel est d’une simplicité biblique. Prenez n’importe quel film, et soumettez-le à trois questions. Ce film comporte-t-il au moins deux personnages féminins identifiables par un nom? Ces deux femmes se parlent-elles? Se parlent-elles d’autre chose que d’un homme? Cela a l’air trivial, mesquin voire vraiment trop facile, mais les candidats susceptibles de réussir ce test, ce qui suppose de répondre affirmativement aux trois questions posées, sont beaucoup plus rares qu’on ne l’imaginerait spontanément.

Spanish

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Record 23 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 24 2013-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Facilities and Venues
  • Skiing and Snowboarding
CONT

When we say that Les Arcs is purpose-built we mean that the place was started from scratch, not much more than a cow pasture to be exact. From there apartments were built, hotels designed and a great ski area was developed ... As in many purpose-built resorts, apres-ski entertainment can be limited, but we know of at least one lively hotel and couple of good pubs.

CONT

If like us, you dislike ugly purpose-built resorts, but like to cover a few kilometres on the piste, Meribel should be on the short list of resorts to visit... The convenience of a purpose built resort is always a trade-off between easy access to skiing and ugly architecture...

Key term(s)
  • purpose built resort

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et sites (Sports)
  • Ski et surf des neiges
DEF

Station de ski implantée dans un site vierge, suivant un plan d'ensemble et des normes de construction tendant à assurer l'unité de l'architecture.

CONT

Trois types de station ou centre ont été analysés : - la station-village traditionnelle [...] - la station intègre nouvellement créée et axée d'abord sur les sports d'hiver, telle Flaine en Haute-Savoie; - la station-village [...] ayant mis sur pieds une organisation du type «intégré».

Spanish

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Record 25 2013-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
CONT

You can get ready for change, but if you don’t prepare for transition, you can be unpleasantly surprised by the turmoil it creates internally. Even a positive change, like a desired move to another country, or home again, can profoundly disorient people because they have not prepared for the inner re-orientation they encounter.

CONT

Workers feel blindsided by [the company]. Employees at the company’s ... plant say they knew something bad was coming because of rumors, the closed front gate and unfilled positions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
CONT

Pour ne pas être désagréablement surpris, il est possible d'écouter les radios qui en toute légalité relaient les lieux de positionnement des radars signalés par leurs auditeurs.

CONT

Vous pouvez être prêt au changement, mais si vous ne l'êtes pas en ce qui concerne la transition, vous pourriez être désagréablement surpris de la crise personnelle qui vous attend. Même un changement positif, comme le désir de partir dans un autre pays ou de retourner dans son pays, peut profondément désorienter une personne si elle n'y est pas prête.

Spanish

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Record 26 2013-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
CONT

If you frequently update the content of a Web page and would like to avoid viewers seeing an older, cached copy, add the command shown below to your page.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)

Spanish

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Record 27 2012-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environment
  • Wind Energy
DEF

The shadowing of a given area by wind turbines in sunlit conditions, generally considered as an environmental problem.

OBS

Wind turbines, like other tall structures, will cast a shadow on the neighbouring area when the sun is visible. If you live very close to the wind turbine, it may be annoying if the rotor blades chop the sunlight, causing a flickering(blinking) effect while the rotor is in motion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Environnement
  • Énergie éolienne
DEF

Ombrage d'un territoire, d'un paysage par des éoliennes, considéré comme un problème environnemental.

Key term(s)
  • projection d'ombres

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medio ambiente
  • Energía eólica
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Record 28 2012-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

Someone who is endowed with privileges on a particular IRC channel. These privileges include the right to kick users, to change various status bits, and to make others into CHOPs.

CONT

Channel operators are kings/queens of their channel. This means they can kick you out of their channel for no reason. If you don’t like this, you can start your own channel and become a channel operator there

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

responsable de canal.

CONT

L'opérateur de canal est un utilisateur qui administre un canal «IRC». [...] Cette personne est roi de son domaine. Il possède tous les droits.

Spanish

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Record 29 2012-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cybernetic Systems
  • Marketing
CONT

In about 10 years, you’ll start to see much of your food tagged with these miniscule RFID[radio frequency identification] chips. Roll the cart up to an automated cashier and bingo: The bill is tallied!

CONT

Optical Supermarket Checkout Robot Model 887... speaks English and French can check out your groceries with, if not a smile, great efficiency and courtesy, thank you. Customers have to do some of the work by running purchased items over 887's scanner so it can read the code that identifies and prices the item. It can tell if you’ve made a mistake(like running the same item across the scanner twice). It can also detect cheating... It takes cash or credit cards and will give you the correct change

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes cybernétiques
  • Commercialisation
CONT

Un hypermarché rennais a généralisé depuis cet été les caisses automatiques, sans difficultés apparentes pour les consommateurs mais sous le regard inquiet des défenseurs du métier de caissière.

Spanish

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Record 30 2011-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

A manager who only interacts with employees to criticize their work or when a problem arises.

CONT

The president is acting like a seagull, swooping in, making a lot of noise and flying out. When operating in this mode, executives focus on finding people to criticize but never balance their efforts with finding an equal number of employees to praise. Counteract this tendency by spending time trying to catch employees in the act of doing something right, and praise them accordingly. This will improve morale for all your workers. If you focus only on being a seagull manager, your employees will cringe at the sight of you, will do only the minimum effort to get by and will tell all their friends to avoid your business.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
DEF

Gestionnaire qui intéragit avec ses employés seulement pour critiquer leur travail ou lorsque survient un problème.

Spanish

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Record 31 2011-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Freezing and Refrigerating
  • Food Industries
DEF

The freezing of unpacked products.

CONT

Texture is very important on these desserts so it is important to whip up the mixture during freezing and avoid freezing the mixture into large blocks of fruity ice as in the bulk freezing process. If you use the bulk freezing process, you are essentially making homemade fruit and juice pops similar to store bought brands like "Dole" and "Tropicana".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Congélation, surgélation et réfrigération
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
DEF

Mode de congélation pour produits non emballés.

Spanish

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Record 32 2010-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parks and Botanical Gardens
CONT

Pyramid fire. This is the best of all campfires. Three or four logs about 3 ft. to 5 ft. long are laid side by side and across them another layer with, if you desire it, a third layer on top of these. On top of the top layer the starting fire is laid. This is built up finally like a small pyramid. This type of fire is lit at the top. the starter fire ignites the logs below with falling coals and so this fire burns down-wards. It radiates heat evenly all round, and requires no attention during the night. Also, because there is no falling in of the fire the risk of sparks spreading and starting a bushfire is greatly minimised.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parcs et jardins botaniques
CONT

Feu en pyramide. C'est le meilleur des feux de camp car il chauffe bien surtout s'il est muni de réflecteurs. Il peut durer toute une nuit et assure une combustion presque parfaite des bûches sans entretien du foyer. Il peut mesurer jusqu'à 1,5 m de côté s'il doit chauffer un gros appentis ou être le centre d'une veillée hivernale. - Faites un premier lit de bûches à braises fixé par des pierres si le sol est pentu, sur un tapis de branches vertes si le sol est couvert de neige. Ce lit doit avoir la forme d'un carré régulier. - Faites un second lit de bûches croisées sur la première couche puis, éventuellement, un troisième lit de bûches croisées sur le second rang. - Sur la plate-forme, construisez un feu de branchages en cône dont le centre est occupé par de l'allume feu. - Placez ensuite deux bûches moyennes de part et d'autre du cône de branches puis deux autres bûches croisées sur les premières. Ce feu brûle par le sommet. Sa combustion est lente mais il irradie beaucoup de chaleur. C'est le feu de nuit idéal en tout lieu dès qu'il vous est possible de le construire avec soin en bûches régulières. Les extrémités des bûches forment un écran protecteur qui améliore la combustion et empêche les étincelles de voler. Comme il n'a pas besoin d'entretiens réguliers et que sa combustion est lente, il en fait de toute façon très peu. Ce feu est donc préférable à tout autre lorsqu'il y a risque d'incendie.

Spanish

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Record 33 2010-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Programming Languages
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

If you really want to force a new line, like in a street address, use the br tag to insert a line break.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Langages de programmation
  • Internet et télématique
CONT

Utilisez la balise BR pour forcer un saut de ligne et ainsi produire un document plus agréable à lire.

Spanish

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Record 34 2009-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Conservative Dentistry
CONT

Your bone and gum tissue should fit snugly around your teeth like a turtleneck around your neck. When you have periodontal disease, this supporting tissue and bone is destroyed, forming "pockets" around the teeth. Over time, these pockets become deeper, providing a larger space for bacteria to live. As bacteria develop around the teeth, they can accumulate and advance under the gum tissue. These deep pockets collect even more bacteria, resulting in further bone and tissue loss. Eventually, if too much bone is lost, the teeth will need to be extracted.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie conservatrice
DEF

Extension anormale du sulcus gingival pathologiquement approfondi par une maladie parodontale ou péridentaire.

Spanish

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Record 35 2008-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
  • Property Law (common law)
OBS

If you would like to make changes to the language in the form lease, please complete “Attachment B” to the form lease and manually strike out the form lease language after printing the document.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
CONT

Procédures judiciaires intentées contre Sa Majesté (requête en reconnaissance judiciaire du droit de propriété, radiation de bordereaux de bail, etc.).

Spanish

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Record 36 2008-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
DEF

A fee charged by the bank for using credit cards to withdraw money generally from an ATM or banking machine.

CONT

... The cash advance fee will vary between companies and type of credit card used, but it often amounts to around $2. 00 or $2. 50 per transaction, and it can be double that amount or more if the cash advance is obtained while you are out of the country. Cash advance fees, like all hidden credit card fees, are added to your card balance, and you will begin to pay interest on them from the day they are incurred.

OBS

[Cash advance fee] can be a flat fee per transaction or a percentage of the amount being advanced.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
DEF

Frais exceptionnels supplémentaires en raison d'une avance de fonds qui sont ajoutés au taux d'intérêt habituel et généralement calculés selon un pourcentage établi par rapport à la somme en espèces remise.

CONT

Frais pour avance de fonds au Canada : Des frais de 2.50 $ sont débités pour chaque avance de fonds obtenue au Canada, que ce soit dans une institution financière, à un guichet automatique affichant le symbole VISA ou INTERAC.

OBS

Selon les sources et les personnes-ressources consultées, «frais de» est la forme la plus fréquemment employée dans le domaine de la banque. On relève moins fréquemment «frais pour» dans des textes officiels du domaine.

Key term(s)
  • frais sur avance de fonds

Spanish

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Record 37 2008-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cosmetology
CONT

There are many brands of powder foundations including those that feel like liquid when applied but dry to a powder finish. If you do not need much coverage you can also just use pressed or loose finishing powder.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cosmétologie

Spanish

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Record 38 2007-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Roller Skating and Skateboarding
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
CONT

Longboards are just like long skateboards and that’s where their name came from. If you’re looking for longboard skateboards to cruise with, you’ve come to the right place.

CONT

Longboarding is kind of an underground sport. It allows you to ride with carving manoeuvres on hills or flat ground. Riding a longboard is quite different than a standard skateboard. Longboarding is all about flow.

Key term(s)
  • long-board skateboard
  • long board skateboard

French

Domaine(s)
  • Patin à roulettes et planche à roulettes
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
DEF

Planche longue et massive conçue pour les épreuves de vitesse et les figures de parc.

CONT

[...] la longueur d'une planche de park est d'environ un quart de plus que la longueur d'une planche de free. (Skate France International, n° 9, décembre 1978, p. 12).

Spanish

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Record 39 2007-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
CONT

Savings tip : Think about substituting in-branch transactions like bill payments with transactions at your bank's ABM-they typically cost less.... If you are under a certain age(typically 19), you may be eligible for a free youth plan. This plan will give you a certain number of electronic and in-branch transactions.

CONT

... Each face-to-face in-branch transaction is an opportunity for a branch staff to encourage online banking.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
CONT

Les transactions en succursale sont généralement réalisées face à face avec les clients et reposent largement sur du papier. Or, c'est de loin la façon la plus coûteuse d'effectuer une simple transaction bancaire. Dans l'échelle des coûts, les guichets automatiques viennent au deuxième rang - ils représentent environ le tiers du coût d'une transaction en succursale. Les transactions par guichet automatique sont elles aussi des transactions sur papier, mais la main-d'œuvre y est utilisée de façon beaucoup plus rationnelle.

Spanish

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Record 40 2006-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paddle Sports
DEF

[A] stroke used for forward motion and to counteract the tendency of the bow to swing away from the paddling side.

CONT

A canoe being paddled forward will veer to the side opposite the side on which the stern paddler is paddling. The J-stroke helps correct this problem without having to switch paddling sides.

CONT

If you just paddle like that, the canoe ends up going off to one side, right? Okay, to prevent this, the stern person should do the "J" stroke every second or third stroke. This is probably the trickiest stroke to pick up :you do about three-quarters of a normal stroke, then instead of bringing the paddle straight back, you give the blade a one-quarter turn outward to put a tiny reverse sweep on the end of the stroke.

CONT

Accomplished woodsmen can paddle all day without undue fatigue, using the J-stroke for propulsion and steering.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de pagaie
CONT

Le coup en J. Ce mouvement sert à rectifier la trajectoire du canot vers la gauche et n'est utilisé que par l'avironneur arrière.

CONT

Je prends pour acquis qu'on sait que le coup en J pratiqué à l'arrière à ce moment sert à faire tourner le canot vers la droite.

Spanish

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Record 41 2006-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education Theory and Methods
  • Training of Personnel
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

Why would people want to read a book on CD-ROM ? ... My answer is, "I don’t know -- I prefer books, myself." So why did I do a CD-ROM? Two reasons: The first is exploratory, the second pedagogic. The first reason is that I feel a strong obligation to try to produce, use, and reflect upon all new technologies. ... But the second reason is more interesting. There are many things one can do with a CD-ROM book that are impossible with a regular book. For example, little demos, video asides, and active interaction.

CONT

A CD book is a computerized version of a paper book. It has a cover, you open it, turn the pages, go back and forward and at the end has a back cover. Unlike a regular book though, it can contain links. A link lets you jump right to the topic page that you are looking for, such as a chapter page or subject page. This type of book can also play music or other sounds while you read. A neat feature is that a CD book can also contain videos, something a paper book could never do. If you find an interesting topic or page, you can also send this subject to your printer and have a hard copy for reference(like having an instant copy machine).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
  • Internet et télématique
CONT

Les techniques d'avenir. Le livre est en danger dans sa forme actuelle. Il faut renouveler le genre, donner envie de lire, rendre le livre attrayant pour les jeunes, ou pratique. [...] J'ai imaginé [...] créer un livre sur CD-ROM, un livre enrichi par cette nouvelle technologie qui envahit les foyers. L'idée était d'ajouter au livre tout ce qu'un livre ne peut fournir dans sa forme classique : du son, des images à la demande, des commentaires en hyper-texte.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Teorías y métodos pedagógicos
  • Capacitación del personal
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 42 2005-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Restaurant Industry (General)
  • Neology and Linguistic Borrowing
CONT

If you want to draw crowds for the long haul, I think you have to commit to the "labor of love" philosophy which means losing money for a while while the reputation builds, and event afterward only breaking even with minimal profit margins. If you see restauranting as an investment for profit, you’ll probably end up disappointing both yourself and your intended customers. The success of Starbucks is a good study : a coffee house with comfy chairs, chic-metro design, bistro ambiance. It made Dunkin Donuts feel like McDonalds. Design matters. The customer experience matters.

CONT

The most famous name in Sacramento restauranting is that of Frank Fat. His establishment adjacent to the State Capitol is a favourite with politicians and celebrities.

OBS

Restauranting is the restaurant business.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Restauration (Généralités)
  • Néologie et emprunts
CONT

La restauration est un secteur économique diversifié qui regroupe d'une part la restauration commerciale avec les restaurants traditionnels, les cafés restaurants, les restaurants à thème, les restaurants rapides à l'anglo-saxonne et à la française et les cafétérias et d'autre part la restauration collective. On compte plus de 120 000 établissements de restauration commerciale. La seule restauration traditionnelle représente environ 60 % de ces établissements.

Spanish

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Record 43 2005-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education Theory and Methods
  • Training of Personnel
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

If you feel like honing your Web skills this summer, check out the Oregon Online Internet Institute(OII). OII offers a combination face-to-face/online learning environment for teachers and media specialists interested in the effective use of technology in the classroom.

Key term(s)
  • face to face e-learning
  • face to face eLearning
  • face to face online learning
  • F2F eLearning
  • F2F videoconference eLearning

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
  • Internet et télématique
Key term(s)
  • apprentissage face à face virtuel

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Teorías y métodos pedagógicos
  • Capacitación del personal
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 44 2005-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education Theory and Methods
  • Training of Personnel
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

Tutor2000 :If you would like a local tutor or a personal e-mail tutor, check out Tutor2000. Click on "Search for a Tutor"(at the upper right) and follow the directions. Note : this site provides contact with fee-for-service tutors; this is not for free online tutoring.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
  • Internet et télématique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Teorías y métodos pedagógicos
  • Capacitación del personal
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 45 2005-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewing Techniques and Stitching
CONT

Put dress together by choosing cut of bodice, neckline, sleeve & pockets. Decide if you would like it cut close to the body or flared at the base.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques d'exécution et points de couture
CONT

Très original, ce blouson en fourrure de lapin est coupé près du corps et affiche de fines insertions verticales de coton Liberty, prises dans la fourrure.

Spanish

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Record 46 2005-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Provincial Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Provincial Administration
OBS

The OIP is not like other internship or co-op programs. If chosen as an OIP intern, you’ll be paid a competitive annual salary to complete challenging, full-time professional job assignments over a two year period. Work placements are carefully planned to capitalize on interns’ education and career interests.

Key term(s)
  • Ontario Internship Programme

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes de gouvernements provinciaux canadiens
  • Administration provinciale
OBS

Ce programme ne ressemble pas aux autres stages ou programmes coopératifs. Si vous êtes sélectionné pour faire un stage dans le cadre du programme, vous toucherez un salaire annuel compétitif pour effectuer des stages professionnels intéressants à temps plein, sur une période de deux ans. Les placements sont soigneusement planifiés de façon à tirer profit de l'éducation des stagiaires et de leurs intérêts de carrière.

Spanish

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Record 47 2004-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trademarks (Law)
  • Copyright, Patent and Trademark Law
CONT

Word marks are the most common type of trademark. They may consist of one or more words or a personal name, such as "JAPP" or "Marco Polo". A word mark may also consist of combinations of numerals or letters like SVT or 3RT. If you want to protect a slogan, a word mark is usually the best choice.

Key term(s)
  • word trademark

French

Domaine(s)
  • Marques de commerce (Droit)
  • Propriété industrielle et intellectuelle
CONT

[...] toute marque de commerce consistant seulement en mots ou chiffres de forme ou de présentation particulière, est réputée être un mot servant de marque.

CONT

Pour effectuer une bonne recherche, le requérant doit vérifier les diverses versions possibles de la marque. Dans le cas d'un mot servant de marque, il doit rechercher toutes les épellations imaginables.

Spanish

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Record 48 2004-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
  • Animal Pests (Crops)
CONT

The sod webworm is an off-white or tan-coloured caterpillar, about 2 cm long, that lives in the thatch layer of grass. Depending upon the species, it may have rows of darker spots along its back. If you have noticed small, whitish-brown moths flying above the lawn in the summer, you may have seen the adult stage of the sod webworm, the lawn moth. The adults are about 1 cm long with a wingspan of 2 cm. When at rest, they hold their wings close to their bodies. Two horns, forming a shape like a snout, protrude from their heads.

OBS

The first signs of sod webworm injury are small patches of yellow or brown grass on the lawn. If the infestation worsens, the brown patches join together, producing large, irregular areas of dying grass.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
  • Animaux nuisibles aux cultures

Spanish

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Record 49 2004-10-15

English

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

EVA Gloves(left and right). If you look at the bottom of an EVA glove, you’ll see that it has a ring. This ring is used to snap onto the sleeve of the upper torso. It also contains a wrist bearing that is used to help the astronaut rotate his hand. On the opposite end of the glove are rubber finger caps. The scientists chose silicone rubber so that the astronauts could have some sense of touch when working with equipment and tools. Along the gloves are loops. Tethers connected to small tools can be latched onto the loops to prevent the items from floating off into space. The astronauts also like to wear thin fabric comfort gloves with wristlets band of materials worn for warmth within their EVA gloves.

OBS

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

French

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

Gants pour EVA (gauche et droit). Si on regarde au bout d'un gant EVA, on voit un anneau. Cet anneau sert à fixer le gant à la manche du torse supérieur. Il comprend aussi un roulement pour le poignet, qui aide l'astronaute à faire la rotation des mains. À l'autre bout du gant, on observe un recouvrement de caoutchouc au bout des doigts. Les scientifiques ont choisi le silicone pour donner à l'astronaute un sens du toucher lorsqu'il travaille son équipement et ses outils. De petits anneaux sont [répartis] sur les gants afin d'y attacher de petits outils à l'aide de cordons. Ceci évite que les outils ne flottent librement dans l'espace. Les astronautes aiment aussi porter, pour leur confort, des gants faits de tissu mince et munis de poignets - bandes de tissu conservant la chaleur - à l'intérieur de leurs gants EVA.

OBS

gant de sortie extravéhiculaire : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 50 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 51 2004-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

A free-standing display unit for interactive inquiries.

CONT

More and more publishers feel that if you don’t have a claim stacked out on the virtual newsstand-either on existing information services like CompuServe or with your own Website directly on Internet-you’re nowhere.

CONT

America Online’s crowded digital newsstand.

Key term(s)
  • virtual newstand
  • digital news stand
  • electronic news stand

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 52 2004-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

Q. I’m behind my pony's motion a lot. If I moved my legs toward the girth more, would that fix it? A. I would guess your legs are already too far forward, forcing your seat too far back in the saddle, causing you to feel like you’re behind the motion.

PHR

To be or get left behind the motion of the horse.

Key term(s)
  • get left behind the motion

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
PHR

Retarder sur le mouvement du cheval.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
  • Fraseología de los lenguajes especializados
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Record 53 2004-07-22

English

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

We’re going to give you some exactas and/or trifectas to play in most of the races. We make these picks economical, so if you’re a big bettor(like some of us), buy multiple tickets on these bets.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux de hasard
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
CONT

Un gros parieur qui, pour des raisons évidentes, nous a parlé sous le couvert de l'anonymat, est catégorique: «Le volume, récemment important, des paris à crédit a définitivement diminué depuis que des mesures ont été prises par le gouvernement concernant la baisse de la betting tax».

Spanish

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Record 54 2004-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation
CONT

The withholding tax is like a tax bond-a guarantee that if there's a tax due, by paying it up front, you won’t skip out.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité
DEF

Procédé particulier [de règlement de l'impôt] qui permet au contribuable de soustraire au régime fiscal d'imposition (par application du barême progressif) certains de ses revenus, principalement : revenus d'obligations, produits des placements en prêt d'argent tels que bons de caisse, bons du Trésor et assimilés, titres de créances négociables et, de façon générale, autres créances, cautionnement et comptes courants.

Spanish

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Record 55 2004-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

Shake, Rattle & Roll Poster. Shake :... The International Space Station undergoes oscillations. If it is given a slight push, such as a bump from the Shuttle while undergoing a docking procedure, the ISS [International Space Station] vibrates with a to-and-fro shaking motion. Student Activity : Docking the Shuttle to an oscillating Space Station is a bit like trying to toss a ball into a swaying bucket from a distance. The trajectory of the ball must be perfect(the launch speed, angle and direction) and synchronized exactly with the motion of the oscillating bucket. Try it. Student Challenge : Clamp one end of a 30 cm steel ruler to the edge of a table so that it sticks straight out. Bend the free end of the ruler downward a few centimetres and release it. Observe what happens. Attach a heavy mass(approximately 200 grams), such as a large blob of putty or Plasticine, to the free end of the ruler. Again, depress the free end of the ruler a few centimetres and release it. Observe what happens. Try doubling the mass or changing the length of the free part of the ruler. Observe what happens to the motion of the ruler as the mass or length changes. Design an experiment to quantitatively measure the effect you have observed. Relate your findings to the oscillating behaviour of the International Space Station as it grows in mass and length.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
CONT

Affiche «Rock'n'roll spatial». Vibrations : [...] La Station spatiale internationale oscille. Si elle subit une légère poussée, comme suite à un choc causé par la navette pendant les procédures d'amarrage, l'ISS vibre dans un mouvement de va-et-vient. Activité de l'élève : Amarrer la navette à une station spatiale oscillante est un peu comme essayer de lancer une balle dans un seau en mouvement. La trajectoire de la balle doit être parfaite (vitesse, angle et direction de lancement) et en synchronisme précis avec les mouvements du seau oscillant. Faites l'expérience. Défi : Fixez solidement une règle d'acier de 30 cm à l'extrémité d'une table de manière à ce qu'un bon bout de la règle dépasse de la table. Pliez l'extrémité de la règle vers le bas (quelques centimètres) et relâchez-la. Observez ce qui se passe. Fixez un poids (environ 200 grammes de mastic ou de pâte à modeler) au bout de l'extrémité libre de la règle. Une fois de plus, pliez le bout de la règle vers le bas et relâchez-la à nouveau. Observez ce qui se passe. Reprenez l'exercice en doublant le poids de la pâte ou en modifiant la longueur de la partie libre de la règle. Observez ce qui se passe au niveau du mouvement de la règle en fonction du changement de masse et de longueur. Élaborez une expérience qui permettra de mesurer quantitativement l'effet observé. Associez les résultats obtenus au comportement oscillatoire de la Station spatiale internationale à mesure que sa masse et sa longueur augmentent.

Spanish

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Record 56 2003-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Programming Languages
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

An integer field is converted to either a four-byte or two-byte integer, depending on the size of integers on the machine on which the conversion is done.

OBS

Integers are whole numbers, and never have a decimal point. If you have a number like 1. 0, that's not an integer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Langages de programmation
  • Internet et télématique

Spanish

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Record 57 2003-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Chemistry
CONT

If you see a chemical compound with the "ol" as a suffix its an alcohol. You can have a low molecular weight alcohol like methanol(CH3OH) or a high molecular weight alcohol like glycerol(CH2OH·CHOH·CH2OH). What they all have in common is what chemists call a functional group-in this case it's the OH group-called a hydroxyl group. The number of hydroxyl groups determine whether it's an alcohol or a polyol(containing more than one hydroxyl groups). The most common ones are what chemists call the lower alcohols. In order of increasing molecular weight they are :-Methanol.... Ethanol.... Pure,(undenatured) alcohol.... SDA [which] is the most important commercial from of ethanol.... Industrial alcohol.... CDA [which] is completely denatured alcohol.... Propanol.... Butanol.

CONT

The physical properties of alcohols are influenced by the OH group. The lower alcohols are liquids, miscible with water and other hydrogen bonded liquids.

CONT

The lower alcohols, e.g. methanol, ethanol, are water-like liquids. They dissolve well in water, less well in other solvents.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Chimie

Spanish

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Record 58 2003-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Simulation (Cybernetic Systems)
  • Military Training
CONT

MILES is a system the Army uses for wargames. You mount a small box, the transmitter, on the end of the barrel of your weapon, and wear a harness that has several straps on the front and back with infrared receptors on them. You also have a key that is normally in the transmitter to enable it. The transmitter has a microphone in it, and whenever a shot is fired, the sound causes it to fire a coded IR laser beam. The sensors on the harness are wired to a box on the back which detects when you have been hit. If you are, a beeper starts sounding loudly. To turn it off you have to take the key out of the transmitter, thus disabling it, and put it in a switch in the harness. Then you are "dead", and have to wait for an observer to come around with a special key that can reset the harness. They can also use the God gun, which is so called because it can fire pulses that will "kill" you like the other transmitters, but it can also fire pulses that reset your harness(bring you back to life...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Simulation (Systèmes cybernétiques)
  • Instruction du personnel militaire

Spanish

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Record 59 2003-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

To strike the ball in such a way, usually without much pace, that it seems to spring slowly off the racquet, usually with a short, loopy trajectory.

CONT

If you like to smash the ball, use short sidespin/topspin serves in an attempt to get the opponent to pop up the ball.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

Si la raquette du serveur a frappé la balle par un mouvement de haut en bas, la balle est coupée, il faudra la soulever pour qu'elle passe le filet [...]

OBS

Exemple trouvé pour le tennis de table.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
CONT

Para sorprender a vuestro adversario y hacerle correr hacia adelante, generalmente llegará tarde y os entregará la pelota, que vosotros remataréis con facilidad.

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Record 60 2003-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rheology
CONT

Another important type of non-Newtonian fluid is a viscoplastic or "yield stress" fluid. This is a fluid which will not flow when only a small shear stress is applied. The shear stress must exceed a critical value known as the yield stress... for the fluid to flow. For example, when you open a tube of toothpaste, it would be good if the paste does not flow at the slightest amount of shear stress. We need to apply an adequate force before the toothpaste will start flowing. So, viscoplastic fluids behave like solids when the applied shear stress is less than the yield stress. Once it exceeds the yield stress, the viscoplastic fluid will flow just like a fluid. Bingham plastics are a special class of viscoplastic fluids that exhibit a linear behavior of shear stress against shear rate.... Examples of viscoplastic fluids are drilling mud, nuclear fuel slurries, mayonnaise, toothpaste, and blood.

Key term(s)
  • yield-stress fluid

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rhéologie
CONT

Les fluides à seuil sont des matériaux extrêmement courants dans l'industrie, en particulier pétrolière et agro-alimentaire. On peut citer comme exemples le yaourt, la mayonnaise, le dentifrice, la boue, etc. Pour faire couler ces matériaux, il est nécessaire d'appliquer une contrainte (force par unité de surface) supérieure à une valeur critique afin de casser leur structure interne.

CONT

[...] les applications concernent principalement les matériaux non newtoniens. Deux classes de lois de comportement très différentes sont abordées : les fluides viscoélastiques et les fluides à seuil, appelés également fluides viscoplastiques.

Key term(s)
  • fluide visco-plastique

Spanish

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Record 61 2003-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Distilling Industries (Food Ind.)
DEF

higher alcohols: Monohydric alcohols with more than two carbon atoms which occur in small amounts in fermented and distilled liquors.

OBS

Higher alcohols [include] propyl, isopropyl, butyl, isobutyl, amyl, isoamyl, hexyl, heptyl, octyl, nonyl, and decyl alcohols.

CONT

Alcohol' s are important solvents in finishing. If you see a chemical compound with the "ol" as a suffix its an alcohol. You can have a low molecular weight alcohol like methanol(CH3OH) or a high molecular weight alcohol like glycerol(CH2OH·CHOH·CH2OH). What they all have in common is what chemists call a functional group-in this case it's the OH group-called a hydroxyl group. The number of hydroxyl groups determine whether it's an alcohol or a polyol(containing more than one hydroxyl groups). The most common ones are what chemists call the lower alcohols.

CONT

The principle use [of ethylene oxide] is in the manufacture of ethylene glycol and higher alcohols which find important applications in automotive antifreeze, explosives, cellophane, polyester resins, synthetic fibers and rubbers, and hydraulic fluids. The higher alcohols such as di- and tri- are used as plasticizers, humectants, lubricants, and solvents.

Key term(s)
  • higher alcohols
  • high alcohols
  • superior alcohols

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Distillerie (Alimentation)
DEF

Expression qui désigne les alcools propyliques, butyliques et amyliques apparaissant dans la fermentation alcoolique.

CONT

Alcools supérieurs. On les nomme ainsi car leur chaîne moléculaire est plus longue que celle de l'éthanol. Dans cette famille on trouve : le propanol, le méthyle 2 propanol 1, le butanol 1 et 2, le méthyle 2 et 3 butanol 1. Bien que produit en faible quantité (500 mg) lors de la fermentation alcoolique, ils contribuent, sous forme libre ou estérifiée, à l'identité et à la complexité des vins.

CONT

Corps résultants de matières azotées. [Ce] sont des alcools supérieurs (nombre d'atomes de carbones supérieur à 2). Composants essentiels de l'arôme secondaire (surtout avec les alcools dont le nombre de carbone est supérieur à 10).

Key term(s)
  • alcools supérieurs
  • alcools de masse moléculaire relative élevée
  • alcool de masse moléculaire élevée
  • alcools de masse moléculaire élevée

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
  • Destilería (Ind. alimentaria)
Key term(s)
  • alcoholes elevados
  • alcoholes superiores
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Record 62 2002-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transportation Insurance
CONT

A not-at-fault accident includes things like when someone hits you from behind or if you’ve had a broken windshield claim.

Key term(s)
  • not at fault accident

French

Domaine(s)
  • Assurance transport
CONT

Un accident non responsable comprend notamment le fait d'avoir été heurté par l'arrière ou d'avoir fait une demande d'indemnité pour un bris de pare-brise.

Spanish

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Record 63 2002-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drainage and Irrigation (Agric.)
CONT

Actually drip irrigation -- where water seeps from tubing or drip emitters -- is only one type of micro-irrigation. Other forms include bubblers, micro-sprinklers (which rotate), and micro-sprayers (which are stationary).

CONT

Microsprinklers are like drippers as they do not require any special maintenance unless there is a problem. One of the things you will run into most often is the need to adjust the spray direction if they have moved. The other thing may be hard water deposits on the deflectors or nozzles. Some sprinklers you can clean this off and others you may need to replace occasionally. Occasionally does not mean every year or even two, it all depends on your water quality. Just check how they work every once in awhile.... Microsprinklers : 2 models, 21 gph/27 ft. diameter and 11 gph/21 ft. diameter. Both come with 90°, 180°, 360° and strip spray deflectors. Has 10/32 threads, fits any 1/4" microtube.

Key term(s)
  • micro sprinkler

French

Domaine(s)
  • Drainage et irrigation (Agriculture)
CONT

Les microasperseurs sont de petits asperseurs dynamiques, dont les débits sont plus élevés (100 à 300 l/h) et les portées de 3 à 6 m. Moins sensibles au colmatage, ils requièrent une finesse de filtration supérieure et sont utilisés en arboriculture et sous serre. Arrosant des surfaces de 1 à 6 mètres de diamètre, les minidiffuseurs et les microasperseurs sont nécessaires lorsque la diffusion latérale de l'eau est faible ou que l'eau n'est pas disponible tout le temps (tour d'eau).

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec les minidiffuseurs qui sont de petits asperseurs statiques.

OBS

Les minidiffuseurs sont de petits asperseurs statiques dont les débits sont de 20 à 150 l/h (20 ou 40 l/h sont les débits les plus utilisés en France) et les portées de 1 à 2 m. La forme de la surface arrosée varie selon le type de tête utilisé. Ces matériels relativement sensibles au bouchage requièrent une finesse de filtration de 120 à 150 microns et sont principalement utilisés en arboriculture.

Key term(s)
  • micro-asperseur
  • micro asperseur

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Drenaje y riego (Agricultura)
CONT

En este sistema de riego, evaluar la forma y tamaño del volumen húmedo permite definir aspectos tan importantes como: [...] número de goteros, microaspersores, mangueras o cintas por árbol [...].

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Record 64 2002-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audio Technology
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
CONT

triamping; triwiring : Basically like biamping and biwiring, but for three-way speakers. Needs three runs of cable in the case of triwiring and three stereo amps if you want to triamp the speakers...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électroacoustique
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
CONT

triamplification : Technique d'amplification qui, après la phase de pré-amplification, découpe le signal sonore en 3 gammes de fréquences (aigu/médium et grave) qui seront acheminées indépendamment jusqu'aux haut-parleurs. Pour une installation stéréo, 3 amplis seront nécessaires, un triple câble d'enceinte et des enceintes adaptées pour le tri-câblage (séparation électrique des voies aigu/médium et grave).

CONT

L'amplification. Les enceintes sont alimentées en triamplification active par trois amplificateurs stéréophoniques LK 140, comportant une carte de filtrage à l'entrée.

Spanish

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Record 65 2002-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audio Technology
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
CONT

triamping; triwiring : Basically like biamping and biwiring, but for three-way speakers. Needs three runs of cable in the case of triwiring and three stereo amps if you want to triamp the speakers...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électroacoustique
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
DEF

Technique d'amplification qui, après la phase de pré-amplification, découpe le signal sonore en 3 gammes de fréquences (aigu/médium et grave) qui seront acheminées indépendamment jusqu'aux haut-parleurs.

CONT

L'amplification. Les enceintes sont alimentées en triamplification active par trois amplificateurs stéréophoniques LK 140, comportant une carte de filtrage à l'entrée.

OBS

Pour une installation stéréo, 3 amplis seront nécessaires, un tripe câble d'enceinte et des enceintes adaptées pour le tri-câblage (séparation électrique des voies aigu/moyen et grave).

Spanish

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Record 66 2002-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Mechanics (Physics)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
  • Navigation Instruments
CONT

Because the gyroscope is supported as a pendulum, the support point, the center of mass of the gyroscope, and the center of the earth tend to lie along the same straight, vertical line.

CONT

Gravity acting on the center of mass of the gyroscope causes a torque at the gyroscope's point of contact with the surface on which it is resting. If you spun the gyroscope perfectly vertically, it wouldn’t do that(until friction perturbed it) because the force would be acting directly through the center of mass, nor would it precess like that if it were in free fall(because it is not in contact with any surface capable of inducing a torque).

OBS

Center of Mass - This is the point at which the entire mass of an object is centered.

Key term(s)
  • gyroscope center of mass
  • center of mass

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique générale (Physique)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Instruments de navigation
CONT

Gyros de références inertielles : Admettons que le montage de Cardan est idéal et le centrage de O parfait, c'est-à-dire que O est à la fois le point de croisement des axes des articulations et le centre d'inertie du gyro. Dans ces conditions en l'absence de tout couple moteur le gyro ne reçoit aucun couple et donc son axe reste inertiellement fixe.

OBS

En pratique, le gyroscope est formé par un disque installé dans une monture à cardan qui permet la liberté de mouvement dans toutes les directions. Si le gyroscope est bien équilibré, c'est-à-dire si son centre de masse est exactement au centre de la suspension, son axe de rotation conservera sa direction par rapport aux étoiles fixes.

OBS

centre de masse : Point auquel est associée une masse égale à la masse d'un système donné tel que par rapport à tous les plans, le moment statique de ce point soit égal à celui du système.

Key term(s)
  • centre de masse

Spanish

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Record 67 2002-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
CONT

Making a patchwork quilt... After the lining is sewn into the frame, a wool or polyester batt is spread on top if it. Wool makes a quilt a bit heavy, and is quite hard to sew, but it makes a fine comforter if you tie it. Polyester may not sound like the traditional material for quilting...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile

Spanish

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Record 68 2001-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (Canada)
  • Road Networks
CONT

K. Kulbisky informed County Council that he had received a letter dated November 14, 2000 requesting that the County erect Correction Line signs on Highway 36, on the north and south sides of the Correction Line.

OBS

Correction Lines.... the meridians are converging lines that meet at the poles. Like the meridians, the range lines also converge as the run north from the 49th parallel. As a result, the top or northern border of any town ship must measure slightly less in distance than its base or southern border.... This, of course, was a situation that the surveyors wanted to avoid, since the whole intent of the grid system was to create parcels of land of approximately the same size. To reduce distortion caused by the converging range lines, the surveyors used the following method. The second township line north of the 49th parallel and every fourth township line thereafter were established as correction line. At each correction line, the range line is displaced a certain distance. This jog, as it is called, in effect increases the area of the townships north of each correction line, thereby compensating somewhat for the convergence. The jogs in the range lines west of any meridian are accumulative. That is, if you follow a correction line west from any meridian, you will find that the jogs you first encounter are very small. The jogs increase as you move west from range line to range line.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (Canada)
  • Réseaux routiers
CONT

Correction Line, au sud des sections 1 et 2-47-24-W4, de la grande route 2A à la route secondaire 814 [...]

Spanish

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Record 69 2001-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Couplings (Mechanical Components)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

Gyroscopic coupling means that when the spacecraft was spinning about its roll axis, this roll momentum causes the spacecraft to behave more like a spinning top than a simple rigid body. If you push a top so as to tip it over away from you, it tips to the left instead.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Accouplements (Composants mécaniques)
  • Engins spatiaux

Spanish

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Record 70 2000-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Audio Technology
  • Radio Broadcasting
CONT

A compression limiter is not necessary, but very recommended if you are recording live audio to tape or to sound card samples. It is a separate piece much like an effects unit. It is used and connected usually directly in the path between instruments or microphones to your recording equipment. It auto adjusts the recording levels into your mixer or sound recording gear so that you cannot overload the record inputs. It also boosts the soft sounds so they do not get lost and hard to hear. It makes the soft strings or vocals audible as well as keeping those blazing guitars from over running the rest of your sounds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Électroacoustique
  • Radiodiffusion

Spanish

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Record 71 1999-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cytology
CONT

If you think about it, what's the most dangerous cell in your body? The most dangerous cell in your body is a cell that is replicating... So we believe now that every time you pick up the machinery to replicate a cell you also pick up this abort programme to potentially destroy it. So now the cell, in order to replicate and survive needs two completely different signals. One signal makes it replicate and dies, and the other signal tells it not to die. And the cell is, if you like, pinned on this double signal, and either one of them fades and the cell just destructs itself. There's an auto-destruct mechanism built into cells-and you just start again. It's far better to have a cell that destroys itself that one lying around as a rogue cell that could potentially become a tumor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cytologie
CONT

Lymphocyte caractérisé par des anomalies chromosomiques qui le rendent incapable de se multiplier.

Spanish

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Record 72 1999-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landscape Architecture
CONT

If Memphis was not developed and was left alone to grow naturally, it would be forest. Many of the plants that grow best in my shady garden, then are native woodland plants. So, if big trees dominate your landscape like mine, you might have to say goodbye to perky zinnias and marigolds, day lilies, petunias and sunflowers. But you can embrace another whole world of plants. They might not be as showy as the sunlovers, but they hold a delicate charm. Shade gardens are places of special, quiet beauty.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture paysagère
DEF

[Jardin] où les rayons du soleil sont empêchés de pénétrer par la présence d'ombrages assez denses.

Spanish

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Record 73 1997-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
  • Electronic Music
CONT

What you need in order to access on-line music distribution services : To get to the Internet Underground Music Archive(IUMA) RockNet, Kaleidospace and metaverse. com, you’ll be best off with full Internet access, and a sound card that gives your computer audio-capability, unless you own a Macintosh, which already has sound capacity built in. If you have full Internet access, connect to the World Wide Web(WWW). The quickest way to each service is to use your favorite WWW browser. With the more-powerful Mosaic browser, you can listen to the music on-line, but you need a very powerful computer. Point you browser at the following Universal Resource Locators(URL) : IUMA, RockNet, Kaleisdospace, metaverse. com. The home page of each site usually has a how-to guide. If your system doesn’t allow WWW access, but lets you use gopher(like Concordia University's Pavo system), go to your main command prompt, and type in gopher URI. for site. Once at the site, you will have to download the sound files to your Internet system, or directly to your PC(assuming you use a terminal server.)

OBS

Yet there are limits to the technology as it now exists. Even with a high-speed modem and the necessary sound card, a three- or four-minute song can take anywhere from 10 minutes to several hours to download. It can also use up a large amount of computer storage space.

Key term(s)
  • online music store
  • online music service
  • online music distribution

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
  • Musique électronique
OBS

Comparer à achat en ligne.

Spanish

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Record 74 1995-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
  • Optics
  • Optical Glass
CONT

If there's a job you want to finish outside in the yard or at the cabin, you will simply slip on your night-vision glasses, like the ones used by troops in Desert Storm operations. "Some stores on U. S. military bases are already selling relatively inexpensive modified night-vision glasses, "Jones said.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
  • Optique
  • Verres d'optique
OBS

nyctalope : qui a la faculté de distinguer des objets sous une faible lumière ou pendant la nuit.

Spanish

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Record 75 1995-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
OBS

It is a commonly held view that if Western countries want to avoid import restrictions, they should guarantee fixed interest rates on the debt to insulate countries like Brazil from the incredible risk you face if interest rates rise beyond current levels. Because of this foreign debt situation, the government can only achieve the trade surplus by restricting imports through the awarding of import permits and foreign exchange allotments.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur

Spanish

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Record 76 1994-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Eye
  • Psychology (General)
CONT

Visual awareness primarily involves seeing what is directly in front of you, but it can be influenced by a three-dimensional representation of the object in view retained by the brain. If you see the back of a person's head, the brain infers that there is a face on the front of it. We know this is true because we would be very startled if a mirror revealed that the front was exactly like the back.

CONT

Brief flashes of colored light enable researchers to infer the minimum time required for visual awareness. A disk of red light is projected for 20 milliseconds, followed immediately by a 20- millisecond flash of green light. But the observer reports seeing a single flash of yellow, the color that would be apparent if red and green were projected simultaneously. The subject does not become aware of red followed by green until the length of the flashes is extended to 60 to 70 milliseconds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oeil
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
CONT

La perception visuelle consciente est bien plus riche que la vision pure et simple : le cerveau conserve en mémoire une certaine représentation tridimensionnelle de l'objet regardé. Quand nous voyons la tête d'une personne qui nous tourne le dos, notre cerveau en déduit qu'il existe un visage de l'autre côté. Nous considérons cette proposition comme vraie et nous serions très étonnés si un miroir renvoyait une image du devant de la tête exactement identique à la vue arrière.

CONT

Grâce à des stimuli visuels brefs de lumière colorée on étudie le temps minimal nécessaire à la perception visuelle consciente. Une tache de couleur rouge est projetée pendant 20 millisecondes et remplacée immédiatement par une tache de lumière verte, pendant la même durée. L'observateur ne voit qu'une seule tache de couleur jaune, qu'il verrait également si les deux couleurs étaient projetées simultanément. Le sujet ne commence à percevoir la succession rouge-vert que lorsque les éclairs durent au moins 60 à 70 millisecondes.

Spanish

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Record 77 1994-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
  • Computer Graphics
CONT

[A Peano curve that] is infinite and nondifferentiable. Like the straight line, it is self-similar in the sense that if you enlarge any portion of it, the pattern always looks the same. Snowflake curves have the same property.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
  • Infographie
DEF

Courbe fractale de remplissage, en forme de Z, construite à partir de 7 hexagones réguliers.

PHR

courbe de Gosper d'ordre 1, d'ordre 2, d'ordre 3, d'ordre supérieur.

Spanish

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Record 78 1994-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
  • Taxation
CONT

Putting punitive taxes on legal merchandise like cigarettes and liquor, and then trying to seal Canada off from the rest of the world where normal market prices hold, will turn citizens into smugglers.... If you punish good qualities such as enterprise and hard work through punitive taxes, then they will be discouraged.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
  • Fiscalité
CONT

Les bateaux déchargeant dans la mer devraient être frappés de lourdes taxes ou amendes de dissuasion.

Spanish

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Record 79 1993-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
  • Food Additives
CONT

In sensory science we say that flavour is a composite of taste, aroma, and chemical feeling factors. The texture of food is equally if not more important. How would you like eating soggy potato chips?

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
  • Additifs alimentaires
DEF

Facteur(s) chimique(s) concourant à l'attrait sensoriel pour un produit alimentaire donné.

Spanish

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Record 80 1987-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baskets and Basketmaking
CONT

Put in handle liners, one on each side of the basket. Wale for four rounds still shaping the ends outwards. Put on a three, four, or five rod border and a follow-on trac border if you like. Cut one piece of handle cane 66 cm(36 in) long, shape into a bow and slype each end. Remove the handle liners and insert the handle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vannerie
CONT

Glissez les cales d'espacement de chaque côté de la corbeille. Torchez quatre tours tout en évasant les extrémités de la corbeille. Tressez une bordure à trois, quatre ou cinq brins et une bordure piquée si vous le désirez. Coupez une tige de rotin pour anses de 66 cm; donnez-lui la forme d'un arc et affilez chaque extrémité. Enlevez les cales d'espacement et introduisez la sous-anse.

Spanish

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Record 81 1986-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skiing and Snowboarding
CONT

If you live on the West Coast, where transitional snows(those around the freezing point) are often present, you might like the Karhu Gazelle Multigrade, or the Peltonen Sigma.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ski et surf des neiges
CONT

Sur la côte Ouest, où il y a souvent de la neige de transition (aux environs du point de congélation), vous aimerez peut-être le Karhu Gazelle Multigrade ou le Peltonen Sigma.

Spanish

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Record 82 1986-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tourist Lodging
OBS

In some contexts the English term "youth hotel" is used to translate "foyer de jeunes". In other contexts, "foyer de jeunes" is not translated.

OBS

In the following context "foyer" is written in italics.

OBS

Parisian foyers are a cross between youth hostels and college dormitoires-call them "youth hotels" if you like.... A good reason to stay in a foyer is to meet people, for they attract students and young tourists of all nationalities all year around.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hébergement (Tourisme)
DEF

Structure d'hébergement ou de rencontres accueillant des jeunes.

Spanish

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Record 83 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
  • Language Problems
CONT

Call this hoarding, if you like.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
  • Problèmes de langue
CONT

On peut, si l'on veut, qualifier un tel comportement de «thésaurisation» [...]. (SAM 297)

Spanish

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