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INITIAL WORK [48 records]

Record 1 2025-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Business and Administrative Documents
  • Accounting
DEF

The records of initial accounting entries and supporting records, such as cheques and records of electronic fund transfers, invoices, contracts, the general and subsidiary ledgers, journal entries and other adjustments to the financial statements that are not reflected in journal entries and records such as work sheets and spreadsheets supporting cost allocations, computations, reconciliations and disclosures.

OBS

accounting books and records; books and records: These expressions, though redundant, are in common use.

Key term(s)
  • accounting record

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écrits commerciaux et administratifs
  • Comptabilité
DEF

Livres-journaux et pièces et documents justificatifs tels que les chèques et les traces des transferts électroniques de fonds, les factures, les contrats, le grand livre général et les livres auxiliaires, les écritures de régularisation et les autres ajustements des états financiers qui ne se traduisent pas par des écritures de journal, les documents tels que les feuilles de travail et les feuilles de calcul à l'appui des répartitions de coûts, des calculs, des rapprochements et des informations fournies.

OBS

livres et registres : Cette expression ne devrait pas être utilisée parce que les termes sont redondants.

Key term(s)
  • document comptable

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Documentos comerciales y administrativos
  • Contabilidad
DEF

Libros oficiales de comercio y demás instrumentos, frecuentemente informatizados, que sirven para llevar la contabilidad.

CONT

Los «cinco libros» del comercio son el diario, el mayor, el de inventarios y balances, el copiador de cartas, y el de actas.

PHR

llevar los libros.

OBS

libros de contabilidad: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

Key term(s)
  • libro de contabilidad
  • registro de contabilidad
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Record 2 2024-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Execution of Work (Construction)
  • Environmental Management
CONT

What is a building retrofit?... Retrofitting a building involves changing its systems or structure after its initial construction and occupation. This work can improve amenities for the building's occupants and improve the performance of the building. As technology develops, building retrofits can significantly reduce energy and water usage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exécution des travaux de construction
  • Gestion environnementale

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ejecución de los trabajos de construcción
  • Gestión del medio ambiente
CONT

En el caso de los trabajadores con mucha experiencia, su formación debería capacitarlos para emprender proyectos de readaptación de edificios según los parámetros de la construcción ecológica [...]

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Record 3 2024-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Execution of Work (Construction)
  • Urban Housing
CONT

A home renovation contractor will manage all the aspects of the project, including the initial design to implementation and completion. In addition, they will handle scheduling and executing trades work, work with vendors and suppliers, and obtain permits when required.

Key term(s)
  • home renovations contractor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Exécution des travaux de construction
  • Habitation et logement (Urbanisme)

Spanish

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Record 4 2024-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

PPE [Power and propulsion element] is just one element of Gateway, but it is foundational. To form the initial Gateway space station, PPE will be integrated with Gateway's Habitation and Logistics Outpost(HALO) module, where astronauts will live, work, and prepare for lunar surface missions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux

Spanish

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Record 5 2024-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

labeled data: Pieces of data that have been tagged with one or more labels identifying certain properties or characteristics, or classifications or contained objects.

CONT

In supervised machine learning, labeled data act as the orientation for data training and testing exercises. The supervised machine learning program may start out with a set of entirely labeled data, or it may use initial labeled data to work with additional unlabeled data.

OBS

labelled datum; labeled datum: designations usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • labelled data
  • labeled data

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Intelligence artificielle
CONT

Les données étiquetées peuvent être utilisées pour déterminer des informations exploitables (par exemple, des tâches de prévision), tandis que les données non étiquetées sont plus limitées dans leur utilité.

OBS

donnée étiquetée; donnée annotée : désignations habituellement utilisées au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • données étiquetées
  • données annotées

Spanish

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Record 6 2023-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Search and Rescue (Paramilitary)
CONT

For work in the field, the main responsibility of the cadaver dog handler is to work under the direction of the requesting agency. However, the handler must evaluate the circumstances surrounding a case and gather the necessary information while combining it with their specific training to define the search area and formulate an initial action/search plan to ensure that the correct strategies are used to give the cadaver dog the best opportunity to locate the odor of human remains.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherche et sauvetage (Paramilitaire)

Spanish

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Record 7 2023-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Architecture
CONT

Architectural assistants work with architects and other professionals such as engineers, to competently design buildings and deliver architectural projects across scheme phases, from the initial client briefing process where objectives are agreed and feasibility studies conducted, through conceptual and technical proposals, to construction. In collaboration with other members of a project team, they respond to client requirements by preparing, reviewing and refining building design through the use of various media such as 3D [three-dimensional] modelling, drawings and model making.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Architecture

Spanish

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Record 8 2020-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
CONT

Direct listings are an alternative to initial public offerings(IPOs) in which a company does not work with an investment bank to underwrite the issuing of stock. While forgoing the safety net of an underwriter provides a company with a quicker, less expensive way to raise capital, the opening stock price will be completely subject to market demand and potential market swings. In a direct listing, instead of raising new outside capital like an IPO, a company's employees and investors convert their ownership into stock that is then listed on a stock exchange. Once the stock is listed shares can be purchased by the general public …

OBS

direct public offering: term extracted from the "OECD Economics Glossary English-French" and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
CONT

La cotation directe a la cote [chez] les entreprises [de nouvelles technologies]. Contrairement à [ce qui se produit dans le cadre d'un premier appel public à l'épargne (PAPE)], la détermination du prix d'introduction en bourse [lors d'une cotation directe] est le fruit d'une confrontation entre l'offre et la demande de titres [de l'entreprise concernée] directement sur le marché. Cette procédure est moins chère qu'une entrée en bourse classique, car elle permet d'éviter à l'entreprise de verser de lourds frais aux banques d'investissement pilotant les [PAPE].

OBS

introduction directe en bourse : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l'économie de l'OCDE anglais-français» et reproduit avec l'autorisation de l'Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bolsa de valores
CONT

El proceso de colocación directa, también conocido como oferta pública directa, no implica los servicios de un suscriptor ni la creación de nuevas acciones, lo cual puede ser más conveniente para las empresas sin los fondos para pagar un suscriptor o para quienes no quieren diluir sus acciones existentes; de esta forma, la empresa y los inversores presentes venden sus acciones directamente al público sin contratar los servicios de un suscriptor.

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Record 9 2019-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
  • Facilities and Equipment (Rubber)
CONT

Mold makers create, adjust, and adapt the molds used in cast manufacturing. Most frequently, tool and machine parts manufacturers are the employers for mold makers. Mold makers typically work with specifications from a design team, and they need to know how to work from schematics and be familiar with computer-aided design(CAD) programs for this purpose. The mold maker then creates initial molds. Upon the successful completion of production runs and quality control for parts from the casting, the maker then puts the mold into the production cycle. Mold makers often work with existing parts, making necessary adjustments to existing molds and conforming existing molds to new product specifications.

OBS

mouldmaker: term standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

Key term(s)
  • moldmaker

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Plasturgie
  • Installations et équipement (Caoutchouc)
DEF

Ouvrier capable d'exécuter des moules ou des modèles pour la fonderie ou la mise en forme des polymères.

OBS

mouliste : terme normalisé par l'Organisation internationale de normalisation (ISO).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Fabricación de plásticos
  • Instalaciones y equipo (Caucho)
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Record 10 2018-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Industrial Design
CONT

Tool designers work to engineer the initial designs of new equipment used in industrial manufacturing. To make these complex tools they use computer programs, design sketches, engineering data and intricate equations that take into account stress tolerances, temperature expansions and other potential situations. The fixtures, jigs, molds and dies they create are used to cut, shape, drill or smooth a wide range of products.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Dessin industriel

Spanish

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Record 11 2017-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Labour and Employment
OBS

Title of a report published in March 1996 by the Social Research and Demonstration Corporation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Travail et emploi
OBS

Titre d'un rapport publié en mars 1996 par la Société de recherche sociale appliquée.

Spanish

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Record 12 2017-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Copyright
CONT

The right, where granted, is a means by which the creator of an artistic work can share in the proceeds of successive sales of the original of that work, after its initial sale... The right, limited to originals of fine art, originated in France and spread to legislation in a few other countries...

OBS

Since the "droit de suite" exists only in France, Belgium and other European countries, and since even in Copyright and Designs Law (The Wilford Committee Report), published in Great Britain, the term "droit de suite" is used, it is preferable to avoid the proposed translations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droits d'auteur
DEF

Droit inaliénable dont jouissent les artistes et leurs héritiers d'effectuer un prélèvement sur le prix de revente de leur œuvres, tant que celles-ci ne sont pas incorporées au domaine public.

CONT

Le terme «droit de suite» identifie une forme de droit résiduel. Ce droit, lorsqu'il est accordé, constitue un moyen par lequel le créateur d'une œuvre artistique peut «suivre» l'original de cette œuvre et avoir sa part du produit des ventes successives de cet original, subséquemment à la vente initiale.

Spanish

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Record 13 2016-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Mathematics
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
DEF

A means of measuring the speed of computers used for AI applications.

CONT

The initial milestone in the Fifth Generation plan is a one-user PROLOG work station capable of performing one million LIPS. The final target aims for an inference supercomputer that can perform one hundred million to one billion LIPS.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques informatiques
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
DEF

Unité de mesure des systèmes intelligents de cinquième génération.

CONT

La puissance des ordinateurs de quatrième génération se mesure en M.I.P.S. (million d'instructions par seconde). Pour les ordinateurs de l'Intelligence Artificielle, on emploie [...] l'inférence logique par seconde ou L.I.P.S. («logical inference per second»). Les Japonais visent des performances de l'ordre de cent millions de lips voire même le giga-lips.

CONT

La capacité de la machine à inférence sera de l'ordre de 100 Milps à 1 Gilps (ilps : inférence logique par seconde). On estime qu'une inférence, réalisée par un ordinateur actuel, nécessite de 100 à 1 000 instructions; ainsi un ilps représente de 100 à 1000 instructions par seconde.

OBS

Cette unité est utilisée pour évaluer les performances de programmes ou processeurs déductifs utilisés en intelligence artificielle.

OBS

Les multiples des LIPS sont les Klips, les Mlips et les giga-lips.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Matemáticas para computación
  • Inteligencia artificial
  • Metrología y unidades de medida
DEF

Unidad que mide la velocidad del pensamiento de una aplicación en inteligencia artificial.

CONT

Los seres humanos pueden realizar cerca de 2 LIPS. En el computador, un LIPS equivale desde 100 a 1,000 instrucciones.

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Record 14 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Cotton Industry
DEF

The section of a cotton plant where the opening machines are located - breakers, feeders, openers, conducting trunks, and all other necessary equipment. It is usually located near the sources for raw cotton.

OBS

Opening : Covers the initial treatments given to raw cotton : the separation and opening up of the cotton to remove compression because of bailing and shipping. Heavier impurities are also removed from the stock. The bale breaker and various picker machines perform the work. The action of opening machines may be revolving and tumbling, beating, air draft, and suction. Opening is concluded when the cotton lap is made ready for actual carding.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Industrie cotonnière
CONT

Le nettoyage [...] a pour but d'éliminer la poussière terreuse, les débris de feuilles ou de coques présents dans le coton [...] Les flocons de fibres entraînés par des bras, des règles ou des cylindres garnis de dents viennent frapper des grilles, des lames ou des tôles perforées. Cette action ouvre les touffes et les secoue; elle est complétée par les transporteurs pneumatiques entre ces diverses sections de nettoyage.

Spanish

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Record 15 2015-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personnel and Job Evaluation
  • Industrial and Economic Psychology
CONT

Departments must ensure that... where employees are likely to be involved in critical incidents because of the nature of their work, a procedure is established to provide an initial stress debriefing session as soon as possible after such an incident and EAP [employee assistance program] follow-up if required...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Évaluation du personnel et des emplois
  • Psychologie industrielle et économique
CONT

Les ministères doivent faire en sorte [...] lorsque les employés sont susceptibles de participer à des incidents critiques en raison de leur emploi, que soit élaborée la marche à suivre pour leur fournir les premiers services d'intervention en matière de stress aussitôt que possible après un tel incident et faire le suivi du PAE [programme d'aide aux employés] au besoin [...]

OBS

service d'intervention en matière de stress : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • services d'intervention en matière de stress

Spanish

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Record 16 2015-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • National and International Economics
  • Economic Conditions and Forecasting
CONT

With these external factors, we must combine the internal factors that cause any initial change in investment to be amplified... as people who are given work in the capital goods industries respend part of their new income on consumption goods and as an air of optimism begins to pervade the business community...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie nationale et internationale
  • Prévisions et conjonctures économiques

Spanish

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Record 17 2015-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Courses
  • Training of Personnel
Universal entry(ies)
M404
classification system code, see observation
OBS

This course provides the knowledge and practical skills needed to manage a contract for services. Participants will improve their ability to work with consultants in a manner that allows them to manage risk and ensure that services rendered meet the requirements of the initial agreement.

OBS

M404: a Canada School of Public Service course code.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de cours
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
M404
classification system code, see observation
OBS

Ce cours permet d'acquérir les connaissances et les compétences requises pour gérer un marché de services. Les participants amélioreront leur gestion du travail des experts-conseils de manière à gérer les risques et à veiller à ce que les services fournis soient conformes à ce qui est énoncé dans l'entente initiale.

OBS

M404 : code de cours de l'École de la fonction publique du Canada.

Spanish

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Record 18 2014-05-12

English

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

Ideas can be intellectual(one-liners, slogans, jingles, branding, creative stories, etc.), an actual working invention, or a piece of creative work(artwork, etc.). It is the initial contact with the business sector, and the presentation of the idea, that gives the greatest advantage in attracting a sale of your business idea.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Brevets d'invention (Droit)
  • Propriété industrielle et intellectuelle
CONT

[...] l’importation de produits pharmaceutiques ne permettra plus de valider l’exploitation effective d’un brevet : le détenteur du brevet disposera d’une période de 3 ans pour exercer ses droits sous la forme d’une production locale.

Spanish

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Record 19 2014-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
  • Inventory and Material Management
CONT

The acquisition budgets include acquisition costs(ship design and construction work), the project office operations, and project contingencies. In the case of DND [Department of National Defence] vessels, the acquisition budgets also include a provision for ammunition, infrastructure costs(e. g. jetties) and an initial spares and support.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
  • Gestion des stocks et du matériel
CONT

Les budgets d'acquisition comprennent les coûts d'acquisition (travaux de conception et de construction des navires), les activités du bureau de projet et les imprévus liés au projet. Dans le cas des navires du ministère de la Défense nationale, les budgets d'acquisition comprennent également une provision pour les munitions, les coûts d'infrastructure (p. ex., jetées), les premières pièces de rechange et le soutien initial.

Spanish

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Record 20 2013-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Methods
DEF

The initial phase of architectural work that establishes the scope and physical outline of the project.

OBS

schematic design: term and definition used in the context of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés de construction
DEF

Phase initiale du travail architectural lors duquel la portée ainsi qu’un aperçu au plan physique sont établis.

OBS

avant-projet de conception : terme et définition utilisés dans le contexte du programme LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design).

Spanish

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Record 21 2012-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Administration (Indigenous Peoples)
  • Aboriginal Law
OBS

The Commission typically completes its work on a claim, including issuing its final report, two to five years from receipt of the initial request for an inquiry.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration (Peuples Autochtones)
  • Droit autochtone
CONT

D'ordinaire, la Commission termine son examen d'une revendication, y compris la publication d'un rapport final, deux à cinq ans après avoir reçu la demande initiale.

Spanish

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Record 22 2009-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Organization Planning
CONT

The Pan-Canadian Project Lead will lead and develop, in cooperation with key internal stakeholders, the Pan-Canadian work in support of the TB [Treasury Board] submission for the 2010-11 EI Part II Expenditure Plan. The Project Lead will also conduct an analysis of the policy direction and make some initial recommendations around future policy directions.

OBS

Pan-Canadian project lead: Human Resources and Skills Development Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Planification d'organisation

Spanish

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Record 23 2006-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
CONT

Carving tools. All tribes used some combination of chisels, crooked knives, adzes, wedges and mauls.... The most common adze type was the elbow adze used in the north and central regions [of the Northwest Pacific Coast]. The "elbow" in elbow adze refers to the crook of the haft and not its action in use.... The length and heft of the haft of an elbow adze determined the size of the blade and therefore the size of the chip.... A shaping elbow adze was used for the initial roughing and hollowing of the work. A finishing of surfacing elbow adze had the haft cut away so that the blade springs on impact, popping out the chip.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
CONT

Parallèlement à ces manches de houes, on peut noter deux formes semblables pour la herminette à bois [...] au fer spécifique plus petit et plus étroit que le petit fer de houe : la herminette coudée au manche plus fin [...], destinée à tailler les mortiers, les sièges, etc., et la herminette à manche droit, pour creuser l'intérieur du tambour long.

Spanish

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Record 24 2006-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Woodworking
  • Joints and Connections (Construction)
DEF

[A] mechanical friction process allowing the assembly of timber without any use of adhesives.

CONT

Glueless wood welding... is very quick. The process consists in applying rapid, alternating mechanical friction to the two wood surfaces to be welded, under some pressure. The equipment for this type of work already exists as it is used to weld thermoplastics joints as used in the car industry. At the very high temperatures attained by mechanical friction(higher than 180ºC) the characteristics of the wood lignin and hemicellulose between the wood cell walls change, and start to flow, hence the initial phase of "melting".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail du bois
  • Joints et assemblages (Construction)
DEF

Procédé qui fait appel à la friction pour réaliser l'assemblage de deux pièces de bois sans recourir aux adhésifs.

OBS

[Le soudage du bois] s'appuie sur la fusion de certains polymères constituants du bois, la lignine et les hémicelluloses, lorsque la température à l'interface des deux pièces atteint 180 ºC. Cela conduit à un enchevêtrement de fibres fortement comprimées localement.

Spanish

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Record 25 2006-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Woodworking
  • Joints and Connections (Construction)
DEF

A mechanical friction process allowing the assembly of timber by rotating wood dowels into wood substrates without any use of adhesives.

OBS

Glueless wood welding... is very quick. The process consists in applying rapid, alternating mechanical friction to the two wood surfaces to be welded, under some pressure. The equipment for this type of work already exists as it is used to weld thermoplastics joints as used in the car industry. At the very high temperatures attained by mechanical friction(higher than 180°C) the characteristics of the wood lignin and hemicellulose between the wood cell walls change, and start to flow, hence the initial phase of "melting".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail du bois
  • Joints et assemblages (Construction)
DEF

Méthode d'assemblage par friction de deux pièces de bois réalisé par la rotation à haute vitesse de chevilles de bois sans l'aide d'adhésifs.

OBS

[Le soudage du bois] s'appuie sur la fusion de certains polymères constituants du bois, la lignine et les hémicelluloses, lorsque la température à l'interface des deux pièces atteint 180 °C. Cela conduit à un enchevêtrement de fibres fortement comprimées localement.

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Record 26 2006-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Woodworking
  • Joints and Connections (Construction)
DEF

The bonding of two flat pieces of timber through mechanical friction without adhesives.

OBS

Glueless wood welding... is very quick. The process consists in applying rapid, alternating mechanical friction to the two wood surfaces to be welded, under some pressure. The equipment for this type of work already exists as it is used to weld thermoplastics joints as used in the car industry. At the very high temperatures attained by mechanical friction(higher than 180ºC) the characteristics of the wood lignin and hemicellulose between the wood cell walls change, and start to flow, hence the initial phase "melting".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail du bois
  • Joints et assemblages (Construction)
DEF

Assemblage par friction des surfaces planes de deux pièces de bois sans l'aide d'adhésifs.

OBS

[Le soudage du bois] s'appuie sur la fusion de certains polymères constituants du bois, la lignine et les hémicelluloses, lorsque la température à l'interface des deux pièces atteint 180 ºC. Cela conduit à un enchevêtrement de fibres fortement comprimées localement.

Spanish

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Record 27 2005-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
OBS

The formation of the Newfoundland and Labrador Health Record Association can be credited to the initial work of the Central Newfoundland Regional Medical Records Committee established in 1977. Challenged with the purpose of discussing issues of common concern, this committee grew in size and scope to become a forum for mutual problem solving and education advancement. Initial topics discussed at the Central Newfoundland Regional Medical Records Committee include patient care plans, medical audit programs, and family profiles. From the success of these meetings, it was proposed that a provincial association be established.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière

Spanish

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Record 28 - external organization data 2004-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Management
  • Mining Operations
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

The initial workshop involved only those government departments immediately involved in remedial work at legacy uranium mines whereas the second workshop brought together a broader cross-section of stakeholders including current licensees, private sector and public sector proponents.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion environnementale
  • Exploitation minière
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

Seuls les ministères participant directement aux travaux de restauration des sites des anciennes mines d'uranium ont assisté au premier atelier, alors que le deuxième atelier a réuni un vaste ensemble de parties intéressées, y compris des titulaires de permis ainsi que des promoteurs des secteurs privé et public.

Spanish

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Record 29 2003-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Doors, Windows and Openings (Building Elements)
CONT

Window types other than double-hung will need full-length screens and will be fitted following the same procedures as specified for their storm sash. Though the metal spline that comes with the aluminum screen frame section will work perfectly for the initial installation, it may not work so well if you have to later replace the screening. For replacement purposes, the screening can be secured by using a plastic spline that compresses slightly when installed. You can use a special tool, an inexpensive roller made for the purpose, to force the spline into the frame channel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ouvertures (Éléments du bâtiment)
CONT

Lors du remplacement, le grillage peut être fixé avec une languette de plastique qui se resserre un peu, après coup. Un rouleau spécial, peu coûteux, sert à cet usage. Enfoncez la languette de plastique dans la rainure du cadre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Puertas, ventanas y aberturas (Elementos de edificios)
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Record 30 2003-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tunnels, Overpasses and Bridges
  • Underground Planning (Urban Studies)
CONT

Predicting surface settlements is one of the key tasks for engineers in building urban tunnels. This work analyzes the set of information gathered during the boring phase for the northern tunnel of the "Toulon underground crossing".... The article then focuses on : the northern tunnel site of the Toulon underground crossing, the two real-time prediction methods used to control tunnel construction from 1998 to 2000, and the conclusions drawn from the surface settlement analysis along the tunnel. The first set of conclusions from this study highlight the importance of the initial geomechanical state of the ground, which has been inherited from the tectonic history of the site. The tunnel crossing of the site has revealed these differences in initial state, which assume the form of a sequence of alternatively contracted and dilated zones, thereby producing uneven surface settlements.

OBS

Bulletin des laboratoires des Ponts et Chaussées, nº 237, mars-avril 2002, pp. 5-36.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tunnels, viaducs et ponts
  • Aménagement souterrain (Urbanisme)
CONT

Permettre aux automobilistes de traverser le centre de Toulon dans de bonnes conditions de temps et de sécurité. - Désengorger le centre-ville de Toulon, réduire les nuisances en centre ville et faciliter les transports en commun. - Faciliter les déplacements dans Toulon et à la périphérie. Telle est la vocation de la traversée souterraine de Toulon, dont la première partie sera inaugurée samedi 6 juillet prochain [...] Cette liaison souterraine d'une longueur de 3 km permettra à terme de relier les deux autoroutes A 50 à l'Ouest et A 57 à l'Est, par deux tubes, chacun à sens unique.

CONT

[...] le Conseil municipal de Meyrin, sur proposition du Conseil administratif, a voté dans sa séance du 30 janvier 2001, l'ouverture d'un crédit de Fr. 10'000'000.-- représentant la participation communale à l'aménagement de la traversée souterraine de Meyrin-Village pour le trafic de transit.

CONT

Les autres champs de courses ou stades [...] verront leurs accès grandement facilités par les traversées souterraines, évitant ainsi les routes de banlieue désespérément encombrées.

Spanish

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Record 31 2002-12-18

English

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

Other than initial reclamation work, drainage operations are concerned with the orderly evacuation of all water surplus to requirements, to prevent it from causing harm on its way to the sea.

French

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

L'exécution des travaux de drainage, qui fut longtemps effectuée manuellement, est maintenant réalisée mécaniquement.

CONT

Les associations syndicales [...] permettent de regrouper les exploitants agricoles en vue de la réalisation de travaux de drainage.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Alcantarillas y drenaje
  • Drenaje y riego (Agricultura)
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Record 32 2001-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aquaculture
CONT

The new marine hatchery provides the College with facilities for research into aquaculture development opportunities and for training in all aspects of hatchery operation. Initial work will focus on the rearing of halibut for aquaculture and on the production of juvenile lobsters for a stock enhancement programme.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aquaculture
CONT

La ferme marine du Douhet (FMD) a profité de Bordeaux Aquaculture pour afficher sa place de leader européen de la production d'alevins de daurades, dans l'écloserie de La Brée-les-Bains, sur l'île d'Oléron, en Vendée.

Spanish

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Record 33 2001-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Drainage and Irrigation (Agric.)
  • Sewers and Drainage
DEF

Cumulative (positive) difference between precipitation and potential evaporation during a certain period.

CONT

Drainage... implies the removal or control of surplus water at the surface of the earth to enable man to live and work in safety and comfort.... Other than initial reclamation work, drainage operations are concerned with the orderly evacuation of all water surplus to requirements, to prevent it from causing harm on its way to the sea.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Drainage et irrigation (Agriculture)
  • Égouts et drainage
DEF

Phénomène résultant d'un bilan excédentaire entre les apports et les exportations d'eau d'un volume de sol donné, tel que l'activité agricole en est gênée.

OBS

Dans le cas d'un excès d'eau interne, on parle d'engorgement.

OBS

On distingue les excès d'eau internes (pluviaux) et les excès d'eau externes (ruissellement, mouillères, etc.).

OBS

Eau excédentaire (dans un sol).

Key term(s)
  • eaux excédentaires
  • eaux surabondantes

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
  • Drenaje y riego (Agricultura)
  • Alcantarillas y drenaje
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Record 34 2000-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Training of Personnel
CONT

Tools for Performing a Training Needs Assessment. To determine whether and what kind of training is needed, the manager or the training specialist(or both working together) should look at the current work situation, decide what skills are needed, and determine what skills the staff lack. There are two types of training needs assessments : one for basic training of new staff and one for strengthening the skills of current staff. For the first, use job descriptions or task analyses to determine the correct curriculum for initial training. For the second, use supervision or client surveys to reveal the problem areas to address in training.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
CONT

Le Conseil CAFIM [Centre d'AutoFormation et d'Innovation Multimédia] fournira aux CMFE [Comité mixte de formation en entreprise] le matériel et les services qui pourraient faciliter l'analyse et l'évaluation des besoins de formation en entreprise. On prépare actuellement un manuel décrivant comment un CMFE peut mettre en ouvre une analyse et une évaluation des besoins de formation.

Key term(s)
  • évaluation du besoin de formation

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Capacitación del personal
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Record 35 1999-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Labour and Employment
OBS

Title of a study published in February 1996 by the Social Research and Demonstration Corporation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Travail et emploi
OBS

Titre d'une étude publiée en février 1996 par la Société de recherche sociale appliquée.

Spanish

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Record 36 1999-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Social Security and Employment Insurance
OBS

Published in February 1996 by applied Research Branch, Strategic Policy, Human Resources Development Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Sécurité sociale et assurance-emploi
OBS

Publié en février 1996 par la Direction générale de la recherche appliquée, Politique stratégique, Développement des ressources humaines Canada.

Spanish

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Record 37 1998-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Thermodynamics
DEF

The work required to achieve, in an isothermal, isobaric and reversible manner, a separation at the interface between two phases(liquid/solid) with the formation of a new free liquid surface of the same dimensions as the initial interface, is reflected in an increase in the free energy of the system.... It is the sum of the free energy of wetting and the free surface energy. It is expressed in ergs. [Definition standardized by ISO. ]

OBS

free energy of adhesion: term standardized by ISO and AFNOR.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Thermodynamique
DEF

[...] travail à fournir pour provoquer d'une façon isotherme, isobare et réversible une séparation à l'interface limitant deux phases (liquide-solide) avec formation d'une nouvelle surface liquide libre conservant les mêmes dimensions que l'interface initiale, se traduit par un apport d'énergie libre au système. [...] Elle est la somme de l'énergie libre de mouillage et de l'énergie superficielle libre; elle s'exprime en ergs. [Définition normalisée par l'ISO.]

OBS

énergie libre d'adhésion : terme normalisé par l'ISO et par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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Record 38 1996-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transfer of Personnel
DEF

Any period or period of surplus status additional to the initial surplus period provided by the department pursuant to 1. 1. 14 and 1. 1. 31 of the Work Force Adjustment Directive.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mobilité du personnel

Spanish

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Record 39 1995-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Doors, Windows and Openings (Building Elements)
CONT

Window types other than double-hung will need full-length screens and will be fitted following the same procedures as specified for their storm sash. Though the metal spline that comes with the aluminum screen frame section will work perfectly for the initial installation, it may not work so well if you have to later replace the screening. For replacement purposes, the screening can be secured by using a plastic spline that compresses slightly when installed. You can use a special tool, an inexpensive roller made for the purpose, to force the spline into the frame channel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ouvertures (Éléments du bâtiment)
CONT

Lors du remplacement, le grillage peut être fixé avec une languette de plastique qui se resserre un peu, après coup. Un rouleau spécial, peu coûteux, sert à cet usage. Enfoncez la languette de plastique dans la rainure du cadre.

Spanish

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Record 40 1991-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
OBS

The initial work will start in November.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
OBS

initial : initial, premier - initial phase : phase initiale, premier stade.

Spanish

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Record 41 1989-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
  • Computer Graphics
CONT

One can almost see a Richardsonian cascade at work. A finite pinch of energy spreads a square ink blob around. Then the original eddy splits into smaller scale eddies, the effects of which are more local. The initial energy cascades down to ever smaller typical sizes, eventually contributing nothing but slight fuzziness to the outline of the final ink blob, just as in the following diagram from Corrsin 1959b.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
  • Infographie
OBS

Le caractère fractal de la cascade d'énergie semble actuellement le principal obstacle à une théorie déductive de la turbulence.

Spanish

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Record 42 1989-09-20

English

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

Development work on the TGW is expected to get under way in August 1980 with RFPs being issued to industry and initial concept definition contracts being let probably before the end of the year.... US-led teams are expected to receive definition contracts as a result of the RFPs...

French

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

Spanish

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Record 43 1988-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
CONT

Unified and American National screw thread standards for screws, bolts, nuts, and other threaded parts consist of six series of threads [UNC or NC; UNF or NF; UNEF or NEF; 8UN or 8N; 12UN or 12N; 16UN or 16N] and a selection of special threads that cover nonstandard combinations of diameter and pitch... The 8-thread series(8N) with 8 threads/in. for all diameters is used on bolts for high-pressure flanges, cylinder-head studs, and other fasteners against pressure, where it is required that an initial tension be set up so that the joint will not open when steam or other pressure is applied. This series has come into general use for many types of engineering work. It is sometimes used as a substitute for the coarse thread series for diameters greater then 1 in.

OBS

"8N": for the American National thread. "8UN": for the Unified National thread.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)
CONT

[...] un filetage Unified National à filets gros de 1 po de diamètre et de 8 filets au po, se cote : 1-8 UNC [...]

CONT

L'utilisation type des diverses séries est la suivante : [...]. Série à 8 filets. Boulons de serrage pour brides de canalisations sous pression élevée. Goujons pour culasses de moteurs [...]. Cette série remplace la série à filets gros sur les pièces de visserie de plus grandes dimensions.

OBS

Abréviation "8 N" pour le filetage American National et "8 UN" pour le filetage Unified National.

Spanish

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Record 44 1988-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

Procedure which corresponds to proof procedures which work forward from the initial set of assumptions, by using implications to derive conclusions from assumptions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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Record 45 1986-09-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cooking Appliances
CONT

Humidity sensors and temperature sensors work in somewhat the same way. Usually located in the exhaust vent, the sensors measure the humidity or temperature of the exhausted air.... Once the food begins cooking, an initial humidity reading is taken and approximate cooking time is automatically set by the oven's microprocessor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de cuisson des aliments
CONT

Les détecteurs d'humidité et de température fonctionnent à peu près sur le même principe. Généralement placés sur le conduit de sortie, les détecteurs mesurent l'humidité et la température de l'air qui échappe. (...) Le détecteur d'humidité fait la lecture du chiffre établi et le microprocesseur du four règle automatiquement la durée approximative de la cuisson.

Spanish

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Record 46 1983-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineral Prospecting
  • Preparatory Mining Work
CONT

Before diamond drilling became as usual a method of testing as it is today, exploration shafts and adits were more common during initial stages than they are now. They were often driven with hand steel, and many were just wide enough for a man to work in or crawl through.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prospection minière
  • Travaux préparatoires (Exploitation minière)

Spanish

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Record 47 1980-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations (General)
OBS

Distinct but interrelated steps or phases of a career, including, the prework stage, the initial work stage, the stable work stage, and the retirement stage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 48 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Training of Personnel

French

Domaine(s)
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel

Spanish

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