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LIFE LIE [7 records]

Record 1 2017-01-10

English

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

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

French

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

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

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biogeography
CONT

The Tubbataha Reefs, in the Centre of the Sulu Sea, lie in the richest biogeographic area of the world. This reef contains one of the world's largest assemblages of marine life, per unit area.

OBS

biogeographic area; biogeographic region: terms extracted from the “Glossaire de l’agriculture” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biogéographie
OBS

aire biogéographique : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l’agriculture» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Earth (Astronomy)
  • Planets
DEF

[The zone in which] the sum of the physical and chemical conditions ... would support the presence of liquid water.

CONT

It is no longer evident that the habitability zone, in which planets and their satellites may develop life, need to be found in a limited region near the star. In the case of our solar system, the habitability zone has been taken to lie outside the orbit of Venus(0. 7 AU [astronomical units]) and beyond the orbit of Mars(1. 5 AU [astronomical units]).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Terre (Astronomie)
  • Planètes
DEF

[....] zone dans laquelle la quantité d'énergie reçue par la planète permet à l'eau d'exister sous forme liquide.

Spanish

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Record 4 2008-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phraseology
OBS

An "ugly baby" is a reality that is difficult to confront but impossible to deny because it is blatantly obvious.

OBS

[Even] when we want to deceive ourselves it's difficult because inflation is such an in-our-face part of everyday life. It's almost like when your best friend gives birth to an ugly baby. You lie and tell her that the kid is beautiful, hoping that some day he will be. But the parents aren’t blind, and they know the kid isn’t going to be supporting the family by modeling anytime soon. [Inflation] is a funny thing. Like the ugly baby, you can deny its existence even as it is goo-gooing you in the face. But eventually the truth will come out.

OBS

Confronting the ugly baby... The culture you have created as a leader might not be as pretty as you think it is.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie

Spanish

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Record 5 2008-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
DEF

A reality that is difficult to confront but impossible to deny because it is blatantly obvious.

CONT

[Even] when we want to deceive ourselves it's difficult because inflation is such an in-our-face part of everyday life. It's almost like when your best friend gives birth to an ugly baby. You lie and tell her that the kid is beautiful, hoping that some day he will be. But the parents aren’t blind, and they know the kid isn’t going to be supporting the family by modeling anytime soon. [Inflation] is a funny thing. Like the ugly baby, you can deny its existence even as it is goo-gooing you in the face. But eventually the truth will come out.

CONT

Confronting the ugly baby... The culture you have created as a leader might not be as pretty as you think it is.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
DEF

Réalité difficile à affronter mais impossible à nier par son évidence même.

Spanish

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Record 6 2008-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
OBS

An "ugly baby" is a reality that is difficult to confront but impossible to deny because it is blatantly obvious.

OBS

[Even] when we want to deceive ourselves it's difficult because inflation is such an in-our-face part of everyday life. It's almost like when your best friend gives birth to an ugly baby. You lie and tell her that the kid is beautiful, hoping that some day he will be. But the parents aren’t blind, and they know the kid isn’t going to be supporting the family by modeling anytime soon. [Inflation] is a funny thing. Like the ugly baby, you can deny its existence even as it is goo-gooing you in the face. But eventually the truth will come out.

OBS

Confronting the ugly baby... The culture you have created as a leader might not be as pretty as you think it is.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 7 1984-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
DEF

(Adler) The individual’s rationalization that he cannot succeed because of obstacles or personal defects.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain

Spanish

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