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Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maneuvering of Ships
  • Special-Language Phraseology
Key term(s)
  • anchor is up and clear!

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manœuvre des navires
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité

Spanish

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Record 2 2025-07-03

English

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

Search experience optimization, or SXO, is the process of making sure [the] website not only shows up in search results, but also gives visitors a smooth, helpful experience once they get there. It combines the technical side of SEO [search engine optimization] — like using the right keywords and getting [the] site to rank — with the user experience side, like fast load times, clear messaging, easy navigation, and trustworthy content.

Key term(s)
  • search experience optimisation

French

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

Le concept réside dans l'association entre qualité de l'information et expérience positive de navigation par l'internaute.

Spanish

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Record 3 2025-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mental Disorders
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
  • Clinical Psychology
OBS

Withdrawal hallucinosis, usually visual or tactile, occurs in around 25% of people with alcohol dependence. It is more common in the first 48 [hours] after cessation of alcohol, but can occur up to days 4 or 5. It may occur without other preceding withdrawal symptoms and is often intermittent and self-limiting. Distinct from delirium tremens, it occurs in a state of clear consciousness and the sufferer may have insight about the perceptual disturbance.

OBS

alcoholic hallucinosis: This designation was used in the DSM-III (third edition of the Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders) published in 1987.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles mentaux
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
  • Psychologie clinique
OBS

état hallucinatoire alcoolique : Cette désignation était utilisée dans le DSM-III (troisième édition du Manuel diagnostique et statistique des troubles mentaux) publié en 1989.

Spanish

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Record 4 2023-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textiles: Preparation and Processing
  • Dyes and Pigments (Industries)
  • Clothes Cleaning and Dyeing Services
CONT

Solution Dyeing : This is also called dope dyeing or spun dyeing; the pigment color is [added to] the solution and is picked up as the filaments are being formed in the liquor. Cellulosic and non-cellulosic fibers are dyed to perfection by this method. The colors are bright, clear, clean and fast.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Apprêt et traitements divers (Textiles)
  • Teintures et pigments (Industries)
  • Teinturerie

Spanish

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Record 5 2022-10-28

English

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

Become lighter or more sunny.

PHR

the sky clears up

French

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

Devenir plus clair, moins sombre.

PHR

le ciel s'éclaircit

Spanish

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Record 6 2021-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Restaurant Equipment
  • Hygiene and Health
CONT

Sneeze guards started as clear protective partitions over salad bars or buffet stations, but these plexiglass panels are popping up all over – in office cubicles, at checkout counters in stores and restaurants, in doctors’ offices – everywhere people are interacting face-to-face.

PHR

buffet sneeze guard, cashier sneeze guard, self-service sneeze guard

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Restaurants)
  • Hygiène et santé
CONT

Le bar est-il muni d'une vitre hygiénique sous laquelle il serait difficile pour une personne de taille moyenne de passer la tête? S'il n'y en a pas ou si elle est sale, éloignez-vous à tout prix!

Spanish

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Record 7 2020-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Track and Field
CONT

... in good vaulting little speed is required to clear heights up to 13 ft...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Athlétisme
CONT

[...] le Soviétique V. Brumel [...] détint le record mondial de 1963 à 1971 en ayant franchi [une hauteur de] 2,28 m.

CONT

Franchir une hauteur de x,xx mètres en saut en hauteur ou en saut à la perche.

Spanish

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Record 8 2020-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • International Law
  • International Relations
CONT

This desire to heal relations is demonstrated by the parties abandoning their own subjective laws. The parties in agreeing to submit themselves to an arbitration by amiable composition, give up certain of their rights accorded under the law, in order to allow the arbitrator to provide for them the most reconciliatory solution. The stipulation of an amiable composition clause is already in itself clear and above board. The clause has a preventive function. The agreement of the parties over its choice is the sign of good faith which should permeate their future relations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Modes substitutifs de résolution des différends
  • Droit international
  • Relations internationales
DEF

Modalité d'arbitrage international par laquelle l'arbitre, agissant dans ce cas en amiable compositeur, tient du compromis d'arbitrage la faculté de s'écarter du droit strict, applicable au cas d'espèce, en vue de proposer une solution d'équité ou à tout le moins une solution différente, acceptable par les deux parties.

Spanish

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Record 9 2018-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Business and Administrative Documents
  • Communication and Information Management
CONT

Begin the note with a clear statement identifying the purpose of the note.... This is a preferred approach, particularly if you are presenting options and a recommendation because you will alert the reader right up front that this is a decision note.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écrits commerciaux et administratifs
  • Gestion des communications et de l'information

Spanish

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Record 10 2016-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wastewater Treatment
  • Water Pollution
CONT

It is necessary to remove the sludge to make the operation successful and in the solid bowl centrifuge, this process is accomplished by the scroll, or screw conveyor, that is placed inside the machine and rotates only slightly slower than the bowl. This screw action tends to convey the solids up onto the inclined beach and out the open end. The centrate, or clear liquid, flows out the holes on the other end of the bowl.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des eaux usées
  • Pollution de l'eau
CONT

Dans ces décanteuses l'alimentation ainsi que l'évacuation du centrat et du sédiment sont continues. Elles comportent essentiellement un bol cylindro-conique [...] à l'intérieur duquel tourne, à une vitesse légèrement différente, une vis hélicoïdale d'extraction.

Spanish

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Record 11 2016-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Offences and crimes
CONT

... Canadian courts were originally ambivalent about the seat belt defence, but now there is a clear trend in the cases to apportion damages where a passenger fails to buckle up.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Infractions et crimes
OBS

défense relative à la ceinture de sécurité : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 12 2015-06-16

English

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

It is less clear whether a clause can be penal if it provides for a payment on several events one of which is a breach while another is not. The problem has arisen under so-called minimum payment clauses in hire purchase agreements. Such a clause commonly provides that on premature determination of the agreement the hirer shall bring his payments under it up to a specified proportion of the hire purchase price(or the whole of it) "by way of agreed compensation for depreciation. "

French

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

Spanish

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Record 13 2015-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Processes - Various
CONT

[A four] color process inks are designed to be transparent so they will create other colors when they are overlapped. When these very transparent inks, without a white back up, are printed on a clear material to create a decal that will go in a window the whole imprint just disappears. By backing the four color process printing with white we can define and present a process image without losing any detail or color on an inside window decal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés d'impression divers
DEF

Fond blanc imprimé sur un support transparent ou un matériau réfléchissant avant l'impression des couleurs.

CONT

100 TEE SHIRTS couleur 150 gr marqués 1 couleur 1 face [...] Un aplat de blanc est aussi inclus sous la couleur.

OBS

On peut [...] utiliser [l'aplat de blanc] dans le cas où l'impression du visuel se fait sur un support foncé ou transparent dans le but d'obtenir au mieux les pantones souhaités.

Spanish

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Record 14 2015-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Accessories
OBS

Press a button [on the remote starter] and your vehicle will start, warm up, and have the windows clear of frost before you leave the house. Some even have an option that will start the vehicle automatically if the engine temperature drops below a programmed temperature for those times when you can’t plug it in.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Accessoires d'automobiles et de bicyclettes

Spanish

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Record 15 2015-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Relations
  • Mining Rights and Concessions
CONT

The cobalt industry is lining up to make one thing absolutely clear : cobalt is not a conflict mineral. New US regulations that seek to clean up the supply chain of minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC) do not apply to cobalt.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Relations internationales
  • Droit minier
DEF

Minerai stratégique dont la possession et l’exploitation deviennent l’objet de conflits armés.

OBS

minerai de conflit : terme et définition publiés au Journal officiel de la République française le 16 janvier 2015.

Spanish

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Record 16 2013-03-08

English

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

It is hardly necessary to point out that under the system of recording land titles which has grown up in the United States, it is practically essential to the security of ownership in real property that there exist some method by which title can be made clear of record.(66 Am. Jur., 2nd ed., 369).

French

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

titre foncier : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 17 2011-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Human Diseases
OBS

While progress has been made in vaccinating children against preventable diseases, there remains a clear need for continuing to support childhood immunization worldwide. CIII [Canadian International Immunization Initiative] and the Global Alliance on Vaccines and Immunization(GAVI) provide a complementary approach to immunization. CIII continues to focus on basic childhood immunization and systems strengthening, while GAVI provides vaccines for other diseases such as hepatitis B that make up a substantial burden of disease in developing countries.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Maladies humaines
OBS

Malgré les progrès de la vaccination des enfants contre les maladies évitables, il demeure nécessaire de maintenir l'appui à la vaccination des enfants dans le monde. L'ICII [Initiative canadienne d'immunisation internationale] et l'Alliance mondiale pour les vaccins et la vaccination (GAVI) emploient des approches complémentaires en matière d'immunisation. L'ICII continue de privilégier l'immunisation de base pour les enfants et le renforcement des systèmes, tandis que GAVI fournit des vaccins contre d'autres maladies telles que l'hépatite B qui constituent un fardeau considérable dans les pays en développement.

Spanish

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Record 18 2011-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Husbandry
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
DEF

A docked tail which has also had some muscles cut, resulting in a permanent cocked position.

CONT

The origins of the word "cocktail" are mysterious. It first appeared(in America) in the first decade of the 19th century, roughly contemporary with "cocktail" meaning "horse with a cocked tail"--that is, one cut short and so made to stick up like a cock's tail--but whether the two words are connected, and if so, how the drink came to named after such a horse, are not at all clear.

OBS

A cruel fashion, current in the United States of America, of breaking and setting the tails of saddle horses to give a high and showy tail carriage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des chevaux
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

Queue écourtée et niquetée dont on a incisé certains muscles pour qu'elle reste constamment relevée.

Key term(s)
  • queue courtaudée

Spanish

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Record 19 2011-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour Disputes
CONT

Mediation to Finality. This technique is mentioned here only to clear up any confusion concerning real meaning. In the 1967 railroad dispute, the final action taken by Congress was the establishment of a board to decide the issues. Donald Cullen notes, "Although the administration delicately termed this last step mediation to finality, few observers could discern how it differed from compulsory arbitration. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conflits du travail
DEF

Intervention extraordinaire dans un conflit en vue d'un règlement qui doit tenir compte des normes établies par l'État. Le Rapport Woods emploie l'expression médiation jusqu'à signature de l'entente.

Spanish

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Record 20 2010-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Track and Field
CONT

... we have seen many injuries result when a student, while attempting to clear a hurdle, catches a foot on a hurdle that has been set up backwards.

OBS

"Clear a hurdle" is the most neutral expression since it does not indicate the manner in which the hurdle is cleared.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Athlétisme
CONT

Il doit donc résoudre la contradiction qui dit que pour franchir une haie, il faut s'élever mais il faut savoir que plus je m'élève plus je perds de la vitesse.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Atletismo
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Record 21 2010-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Equipment (Motor Vehicles)
CONT

Forced out and up through cowling vents, air scooped in by a moving car might do the job of wipers in keeping a windshield clear of rain. Air pressure could be boosted by under-the-hood fans, and the air might be slightly warmed in transit to better cope with snow or sleet. The invisible, bladeless wiper action would also be squeak-free... the following patents have been issued on these inventions... Bladeless wiper-No 3, 769, 898 to Takashi Ide, Ruji, Japan.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement électrique (Véhicules automobiles)
DEF

Dispositif qui assure le balayage continu du pare-brise, en cas de pluie ou de neige, par l'utilisation de l'air absorbé par l'auto en mouvement et réchauffé au passage.

Spanish

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Record 22 2009-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Lethal Weapons
  • Police
CONT

A “Multi-Sensory Grenade” or “Clear-A-Space Device” employs light, sound and malodorant to overwhelm an individual or group [...]

CONT

The Clear A Space Device, which is similiar to a "flash-bang" grenade, but the effects last up to five minutes long. It would be used to disorient and remove personnel from an enclosed area, like a room or a ship's hold.

Key term(s)
  • multi sensory grenade

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes non meurtrières
  • Police

Spanish

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Record 23 2007-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Agricultural Economics
  • Viticulture
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
CONT

For each Member State a minimum and a maximum age shall be set for the trees to be grubbed up ... in order to prevent the grubbing up of trees which are too young or too old for the purpose of obtaining the grubbing-up premium.

OBS

grubbing : To dig up and remove all plants(roots and stem or trunk) in order to clear the land for planting or other use.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie agricole
  • Viticulture
  • Arboriculture fruitière
CONT

L'ONIFLHOR [Office National Interprofessionnel des Fruits, Légumes et de l'Horticulture] met en place l'attribution d'une prime d'arrachage pour cessation totale d'activité des producteurs de pommes et/ou de pêches. Principales dispositions : - cessation de toute activité arboricole; - arrachage total du verger; - superficie minimale à arracher : 0,50 ha; - superficie maximale à arracher 10 ha; - engagement de non-replantation pendant 10 ans de pommiers, pêchers et toutes autres espèces fruitières ou légumières.

OBS

Vignobles, vergers.

OBS

Union européenne.

OBS

prime d'arrachage; prime à l'arrachage : termes extraits du Glossaire de l'agriculture anglais/français et reproduits avec l'autorisation de l'OCDE.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía agrícola
  • Viticultura
  • Fruticultura
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Record 24 2006-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging Machinery and Equipment
  • Packaging in Metal
CONT

Basecoater. Depending on customer and design requirements, [beverage] cans may be externally coated with a white or clear base coat.... The next step is a highly sophisticated decorator, which applies the customer's design to the can using up to six colours.

Key term(s)
  • basecoating machine
  • base coating machine
  • base coater

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines et équipement d'emballage
  • Emballages en métal

Spanish

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Record 25 2006-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Accessories
CONT

After you’ve checked the windshield wipers, check the rear wiper too if your vehicle has a rear wiper system. Many sport utility vehicles, vans, minivans, station wagons, hatchbacks and fastbacks do. After all, it’s just as important to see what’s behind you when backing up in the rain as it is to see what’s ahead.

CONT

The rear wiper often gets forgotten, but in tough driving conditions this is where the rain and dirt build up, and it is vital you have a clear rear view.

Key term(s)
  • rear window wiper
  • back window wiper

French

Domaine(s)
  • Accessoires d'automobiles et de bicyclettes
CONT

[...] une 4 et une 5CV, cette dernière étant la plus puissante, la mieux équipée avec, entre autres, un essuie-vitre de lunette arrière.

OBS

Pluriel : des essuie-glaces.

OBS

essuie-glaces (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 26 2006-03-16

English

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

A learn-by-doing simulation in which students pursue a goal by practicing target skills and using relevant content knowledge to help them achieve their goal. There are seven essential components of a GBS: the learning goals, the mission, the cover story, the role, the scenario operations, the resources, and the feedback, including coaches and experts.

CONT

Schank and Kass succinctly describe their design for a learning environment architecture, goal-based scenario(GBS). GBSs are courses structured as a series of scenarios, each involving the pursuit of a clear, concrete mission through a set of activities designed to teach a set of skills. For example, the GBS scenario "Broadcast News" simulates a special-purpose video production studio as well as a set of mentors and colleagues. The student's main task is to edit text and video, which are given in rough draft form. Video clips of experts set up journalistic problems and critique the students’ work as they proceed through the scenario, providing specific challenges.

French

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

Pluriel : des scénarios.

OBS

scénarios (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2006).

Spanish

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Record 27 2005-03-23

English

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

... whirling columns of water droplets that spiral up from a lake or sea [and that] frequently form under clear skies.

CONT

Waterspouts form over (or move across) the coastal waters or intracoastal waters ... They are treated as tornadoes over water. There are two type of waterspouts: "fair weather" and "tornadic". Fair weather waterspouts are usually weaker, move slowly, and may not be associated with a thunderstorm. Tornadic waterspouts form within developing thunderstorms, or severe thunderstorms, and move much faster while being more intense.

CONT

The most common type of waterspout is a fairweather waterspout, which arises over warm seas, e.g. near Florida. It lasts for only a few minutes. These waterspouts are generally of F0 intensity, with winds of no more than 30 m/s. They typically occur during the developing stage of an airmass thunderstorm, below the main updraft. These thunderstorms are found in weakly sheared environments, so the spin-up must result mainly from vortex stretching and less from vortex tilting.

CONT

Fair weather waterspouts only form over water. ... The fair weather waterspouts are much more regular than tornadic waterspouts.

Key term(s)
  • fair-weather waterspout
  • fair-weather water-spout
  • fair-weather water spout
  • fair weather water-spout
  • fair weather water spout
  • fairweather water-spout
  • fairweather water spout

French

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

La trombe marine véritable se forme au-dessus de l'eau et n'est pas accompagnée d'un violent orage. Si jamais un orage intense produisant une tornade passe au-dessus d'une masse d'eau, cette tornade présente autant de danger que sur terre. La différence entre la tornade et la trombe marine tient exclusivement aux conditions atmosphériques en présence dans le second cas. Si le temps est frais et nuageux et qu'il y a quelques averses mais pas d'orage comme tel, tout entonnoir ressemblant à une tornade qui pourrait se former au-dessus de l'eau est une trombe marine.

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Record 28 2005-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)
  • Petroleum Technology - Safety
DEF

To remove brush, trees, large rocks, and other obstructions from an area, as the right-of-way of a pipeline or drilling site.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
  • Sondage et forage miniers
  • Sécurité (Technologie pétrolière)
DEF

Débarrasser un chantier de forage de ce qui l'encombre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Perforación de pozos petrolíferos
  • Sondeo y perforación (Minas)
  • Seguridad (Tecnología petrolera)
DEF

Retirar los escombros.

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Record 29 2004-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Economics
  • Corporate Management (General)
OBS

Seven Stages of Growth : Dreaming up the idea of a new business, developing plans and defining start-up requirements. Initiating the business plan and inspiring others in order to establish a presence in the market … Attacking the first problems of growth and coping with adolescence … Maturing the business with an emphasis on establishing controls, systems and methodologies … Overhauling the organisation with a clear focus on objectives … Networking the units of the business … Diversifying into new products and markets.

OBS

DIAMOND is an acronym for the seven stages of growth outlined in the model : Dreaming, Initiating, Attacking, Maturing, Overhauling, Networking and Diversifying.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie de l'entreprise
  • Gestion de l'entreprise (Généralités)
OBS

Les sept étapes de la croissance : Développer la nouvelle initiative et définir les exigences de l'entreprise en démarrage, Initier le plan d'affaires et en inspirer d'autres afin de percer le marché, Aborder les premières difficultés et composer avec l'adolescence, Mise en place de contrôles, de systèmes et de méthodologies, Accentuer une vision claire des objectifs, Nouer les unités de l'entreprise, Trouver de nouveaux produits et de nouveaux débouchés.

Spanish

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Record 30 2004-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Improvement and Fertilizer Management
  • Rural Planning (Agriculture)
OBS

on a farm

OBS

Improvement.... In American land laws. An act by which a locator or settler expresses his intention to cultivate or clear certain land; an act expressive of the actual possession of land; as by erecting a cabin, planting a corn-field, deadening trees in a forest; or by merely marking trees, or even by piling up a brush-heap.

OBS

usually plural

Key term(s)
  • on-farm improvement
  • on-farm development
  • land improvements
  • permanent improvements

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fumure et amélioration du sol
  • Aménagements ruraux (Agriculture)
DEF

Travaux qui modifient d'une façon durable les caractéristiques d'un fonds agricole ou d'une région (irrigation, épierrage, assèchement) et qui bénéficient souvent d'une aide financière de la collectivité.

OBS

par exemple, sur une exploitation agricole

OBS

le plus souvent au pluriel

Key term(s)
  • améliorations des terres
  • améliorations foncières
  • améliorations agricoles

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Abono y mejoramiento del suelo
  • Planificación rural (Agricultura)
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Record 31 2003-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
DEF

A "pop up" technique that ejects ballistic missiles from silos or submarines using power plants that are separate from the delivery vehicles. Primary ignition is delayed until projectiles are safely clear of the launcher.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
DEF

Technique de propulsion du missile hors de son silo par compression de gaz, autorisant la réutilisation du silo. La mise à feu des moteurs intervient lorsque la fusée a quitté le silo.

Spanish

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Record 32 2003-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silk-Screen Printing
CONT

... Center the stencil over the design and tape it in place, so that it can not move while you are cutting it out. Hand cut film is composed of a thin layer of film bonded to a clear plastic backing. You must tape the stencil down with the film side up in order to cut out your design...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sérigraphie
CONT

[...] or cette année là, dans un petit atelier de la 7e avenue à New York, Joe Ulano, un jeune peintre d'enseignes, voulant vérifier si la laque qu'il voulait appliquer avec un fusil à peinture s'échappait bien, fit un essai sur une boîte métallique. En séchant, cette laque se transforma en un film transparent. Par curiosité, Joe Ulano tenta de décoller cette mince pellicule et celle-ci se détacha entièrement sans se déchirer ni se craqueler. Il constata également que cette pellicule était flexible. De là à inventer le film de découpe, il n'y avait qu'un pas, rapidement franchi par cet homme perspicace [...]

Spanish

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Record 33 2002-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optical Instruments
  • General Hardware
  • Doors, Windows and Openings (Building Elements)
CONT

How to Protect your Home from Intruders ... It is advisable to have a wide angle viewer (peep-hole) in the door so that you can check a person’s identity without unlocking your door.

CONT

To avoid opening a door without knowing who is in front of it, a peeping hole should be installed. This device has a wide angle lens enabling one to see the person standing on the other side before opening the door.

OBS

Gives a clear one way view of caller. Fits up to 2 1/4" doors. Optical glass viewer, brass-color frame. Easily installed.

OBS

See record "door viewer; through the door viewer/microviseur; judas optique".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments d'optique
  • Quincaillerie générale
  • Ouvertures (Éléments du bâtiment)
OBS

Judas microviseur de porte permet de bien voir sans être vu. Pour portes jusqu'à 2 1/4" d'épais. Lentille grand angle; monture ton laiton.

OBS

Voir la fiche "microviseur; judas optique/door viewer".

Key term(s)
  • judas de porte

Spanish

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Record 34 2002-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organization Planning
  • Decision-Making Process
CONT

Establishing an integrated risk management function means setting up the corporate "infrastructure" for risk management that is designed to enhance understanding and communication of risk issues internally, to provide clear direction and demonstrate senior management support.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification d'organisation
  • Processus décisionnel
CONT

Pour créer une fonction de gestion intégrée du risque, il faut établir l'« infrastructure » ministérielle de gestion du risque qui vise à mieux faire comprendre et communiquer à l'interne les questions liées au risque, à fournir des directives claires et à faire la preuve du soutien de la haute direction.

Spanish

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Record 35 2001-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Public Law
  • International Relations
CONT

The practice of a state is shown by its acts and attitudes in its international relations with other states. When it becomes clear that each state acts in the same way, or takes up the same attitude to the acts or omissions of other states, the practice is uniform. When there is a repetition of such uniform practice over a period of time, the practice is constant. State practice which is both uniform and constant creates a "usage". Custom requires a "general practice". No precise answer can be given to the question of how general the practice needs to be. So long as a group of states follow the practice, and accept it as law, there is a custom. All customs have begun in the same way, and become of increasingly universal application as more states align their practice to them.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit international public
  • Relations internationales
DEF

Terme qui, dans les expressions : pratique des États, des organisations internationales, d'un organe international, désigne une manière habituelle d'agir, de procéder, de décider qui ne constitue pas une règle coutumière mais peut contribuer à la création de celle-ci.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho internacional público
  • Relaciones internacionales
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Record 36 2000-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lasers and Masers
CONT

The heterostructure laser. Heterostructures have been crucially important for the development of semiconductor lasers.... Alferov was the first to succeed in producing a lattice-adapted heterostructure(AIGaAs/GaAs, 1969) with clear borders between the layers. Alferov's research team succeeded in rapidly developing many types of components built up of heterostructures, including the injection laser which Alferov patented in 1963. A technological breakthrough occurred around 1970 when heterostructure lasers became able to work continuously at room temperatures. These properties have, for example, made fibre-optic communications practically possible.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Masers et lasers
CONT

[...] la durée de vie utile d'un laser à semi-conducteur est plus longue quand on limite la quantité d'électricité qui le traverse. Il existe plusieurs façons de limiter le courant électrique. On peut, par exemple, introduire d'autres éléments chimiques dans le cristal, de sorte que la couche active du laser soit située entre des matériaux dont la bande interdite est particulièrement large. On obtient ainsi une "hétérostructure" dont les barrières d'énergie internes empêchent la diffusion des porteurs de charge hors de la région active. (Pour la science, janvier 1985).

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Record 37 2000-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Burners and Steamfitting
  • Ovens, Furnaces and Boilers (Heating)
DEF

A pipe, mounted to the front plate of a combustion chamber, through which an optical flame detector sights the burner flame.

CONT

The Forney Dual Fuel Horn Igniter assembly consists of a mounting plate, combination oil and gas gun, High Energy Spark Igniter (HESI), 6" combustion air tube, flame detector and horn. The mounting plate retains the oil/gas gun, HESI and flame detector guide pipe. The flame detector head is mounted on a 1" sight pipe which provides an unobstructed view of the flame inside the horn.

CONT

This fibre optic viewing head extension is particularly useful for solving the sighting problems associated with tilting or movable burners. The flame envelope from this type of burner can be tilted from a horizontal position up or down as much as 30 degrees. It would be impossible to follow this flame pattern with a fixed sighting through the wind-box. Welding the tip guide(lens end) of this viewing head extension to the movable air compartment nozzle solves this problem. This viewing head extension can also be used for those applications where it is impossible to find a clear unobstructed view of the flame using a standard sight pipe. Here again the viewing head extension is mounted inside the furnace for a clear unobstructed view of the flame.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fumisterie et brûleurs
  • Fours et chaudières (Chauffage)

Spanish

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Record 38 1997-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maneuvering of Ships

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manœuvre des navires

Spanish

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Record 39 1997-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport par eau
OBS

Se dit d'une ancre lorsqu'on la remonte et qu'elle crève la surface de l'eau.

Spanish

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Record 40 1996-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Policies
CONT

Federalists, aware of Bouchard's appeal to so-called soft nationalists..., stepped up their efforts to send a clear message : a Yes vote means Quebec will become a separate country, and English Canada has no interest in the new partnership that the sovereigntists are promising.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politiques nationales
CONT

[...] M. Parizeau et son gouvernement auront le mandat de réaliser la souveraineté et de la proclamer après avoir offert et négocié un partenariat avec le Canada anglais [...]

Spanish

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Record 41 1993-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
  • General Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
  • Vocabulaire général
OBS

une question

Spanish

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Record 42 1993-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pulp Preparation (papermaking)
  • Papermaking Machines
CONT

For simple thickening of very dilute stocks up to 12% consistency, multidisc thickeners... can be used. A fiber mat forms on the face of each sector as it submerges in the vat of stock. After complete submergence, vacuum is applied and more pulp is deposited while filtrate is drawn through the mat. The initial filtrate is relatively cloudy and can be segregated(by the action of the end valve) for dilution uses. The later(clear) filtrate is sufficiently free of fiber to be used for shower water. Following emergence from the vat, the pulp mat is further dewatered and finally removed from the filter media by a knockoff shower. Multidisc thickeners are most commonly used as save all devices, i. e., to recover fine fibers from white water and reuse the water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préparation de la pâte à papier
  • Machines à papier
CONT

Pour obtenir un épaississage à une concentration ne dépassant pas 12 %, on peut faire appel à des épaississeurs à disques [...] Un matelas fibreux se forme à la surface de chacun des segments à mesure que ceux-ci plongent dans la cuve de pâte. Après immersion complète, un vide est appliqué qui entraîne un dépôt supplémentaire de pâte, tandis que le filtrat est aspiré à travers le matelas. Le premier filtrat est relativement trouble et peut être isolé (par l'appareil de robinetterie d'extrémité) aux fins de dilution. Le filtrat subséquent (plus clair) possède une teneur en fibres suffisamment faible pour servir d'eau de rinçage. À sa sortie de la cuve, la couche de pâte continue d'être épaissie, puis est enfin détachée du disque filtrant au moyen d'un rinceur de choc.

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Record 43 1993-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
DEF

A clear vinyl page that holds up to twenty 2" X 2" mounted transparencies. Viewing is possible without removing slides from their pockets.

OBS

slide holder: not to be confused with the meaning of "slide changer".

French

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

Feuille en plastique transparent dotée de pochettes permettant de loger des diapositives.

CONT

Pour le rangement des diapositives, la pochette semi-rigide permet une visualisation rapide de l'ensemble d'une diapothèque. Ce type de pochette à diapositive est disponible en format pour cahier à anneaux pouvant contenir chacune 20 phototypes; ou en version plus professionnelle pouvant abriter 20 ou 24 diapositives sous forme de fichier suspendu.

Spanish

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Record 44 1993-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Design
CONT

The standard for lettering was established in 1935 by the American National Standards Institute(ANSI)... The standardized lettering format was developed as a modified form of the Gothic letter font. The term font refers to a complete assortment of any one size and style of letters. The simplification of the Gothic letters resulted in a simplification of elements for each letter that became know as single-stroke Gothic lettering... The term single stroke comes from the fact that each letter is made up of a single straight or curved line element that makes it easy to draw and clear to read.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dessin industriel
CONT

Il existe plusieurs types d'écritures utilisées en dessin technique, dont la principale est l'écriture bâton, les autres étant à pleins et à déliés ou filiformes. Ces trois écritures peuvent être, soit en majuscule, soit en minuscule, l'une et l'autre pouvant être droite ou inclinée; l'inclinaison habituelle, pour la lettre bâton en particulier, est de 75 °; c'est cette inclinaison qui est recommandée par les normalisations belges et françaises.

CONT

Les titres et les écritures des dessins techniques se font en écriture bâton. On utilise soit des plumes à palette, soit des plumes tubulaires caractérisées par la largeur (...) du trait qu'elles permettent de tracer.

Spanish

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Record 45 1988-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
OBS

Voir" élagage", "état de recherche".

OBS

irréalisable : qui ne peut se réaliser.

Spanish

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Record 46 1988-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paperboard
  • Packaging in Paperboard
DEF

... paperboard with a heat-resistant coating which enables it to withstand conventional oven temperatures, and also permits microwave energy to pass through it. The board, which is typically extrusion coated with clear or white pigmented PET, resists temperatures of up to 400 °F. The coating also creates a continuous moisture barrier, thereby preventing leakage and protecting the contents of the package.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Carton
  • Emballages en carton
DEF

Carton utilisé dans l'industrie de l'emballage alimentaire, en particulier dans la fabrication des barquettes, et qui se prête à la cuisson au four conventionnel ou au four à micro-ondes.

OBS

Équivalent formulé d'après le modèle de "film de cuisson" dans "Emballages Magazine" no 445 (1987, page 51).

Spanish

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Record 47 1987-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Interiors
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

Push spider pin up to clear top of galley unit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aménagement intérieur des aéronefs
  • Constructions aéronautiques
OBS

broche à sabot strié : terme accepté par le Comité d'étude de la terminologie des cartes de travail du DC-9.

Spanish

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Record 48 1986-12-02

English

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

As the body passes over the centre of the jump, the forelegs begin to extend, to take the shock of the landing while the hind legs are tucked up... the forelegs clear the ground before the hind legs touch.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
CONT

Les antérieurs [du cheval] arrivent au sol. L'encolure se relève pour préparer l'amortissement du choc de la réception.

Spanish

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Record 49 1984-08-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Traffic Control
CONT

... consists of switchable green taxiway centreline lighting with red stop bars between blocks. It is operated by a lighting controller who can use the computer-controlled switching system to set up predetermined routes across the airfield and to protect them with stop bars at intersections. Runways are protected with stop bars, and the controller has an override key to prevent a preselected route from penetrating the runway until it is clear to do so.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circulation et trafic aériens
CONT

Les chemins de roulement sont équipés d'une ligne axiale de feux verts commutables par tronçons. Un signal rouge transversal sépare chaque tronçon du suivant, l'ensemble du système étant commandé par un contrôleur de la signalisation lumineuse aidé d'un ordinateur de commutation. Les accès à la piste sont eux aussi protégés par une barre transversale rouge. Le contrôleur dispose d'une clé d'interdiction qui maintient au rouge le point d'accès à la piste d'un itinéraire prédéterminé sur lequel il a autorisé un avion à rouler, et ce jusqu'à ce qu'il ait acquis la certitude que la piste est libre.

Key term(s)
  • système de sectionnement des chemins de roulement

Spanish

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Record 50 1982-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aluminum Production
CONT

In a modern [aluminum] smelter(...), alumina is dissolved in smelting cells-deep, rectangular steel shells lined with carbon-that are filled with a molten electrolyte or conductor, consisting mostly of an aluminum compound called cryolite.(...) In actual practice, long rows of smelting cells, called potlines, are electrically connected in series. Normal voltages for cells range from four to six volts(...). From 50 to 150 cells may form a single potline with a total line voltage of up to about 750 volts, thus making clear why power is one of the most costly ingredients of aluminum.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production de l'aluminium
CONT

Série d'électrolyse. La tension aux bornes d'une cuve [d'électrolyse] est voisine de 4 V. Les cuves d'une même installation sont placées en série, leur nombre pouvant atteindre un chiffre voisin de 250, soit 1 X 1 000 V aux bornes de la série.

Spanish

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Record 51 1981-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment and Tools (Water Supply)
  • Wastewater Treatment
CONT

Rack-and-pinion bar screen. This... screen... cuts out all mechanical cable links. The self-driven carriage moves up and down on a fixed rack which is completely clear of the water. Depth of installation limited to 2. 5 metres.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et outillage (Alimentation en eau)
  • Traitement des eaux usées
CONT

Dégrilleur à crémaillère - Ce dispositif [...] supprime toute liaison mécanique par câble. Le chariot auto-moteur prend appui à la montée puis à la descente sur une crémaillère fixe entièrement sortie de l'eau. Profondeur d'installation limitée à 2,50 m.

Spanish

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Record 52 1981-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

... use is made of special comminuting pumps which both clear the screenings collecting channel and recycle the screenings until they are broken up sufficiently to pass through the screen.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
CONT

On utilise [...] des pompes dilacératrices spéciales permettant à la fois de balayer la goulotte de réception des matières dégrillées et de recycler celles-ci jusqu'à ce que leur broyage soit suffisant pour traverser la grille.

Spanish

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Record 53 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
  • Language Problems

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
  • Problèmes de langue

Spanish

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Record 54 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
  • Language Problems

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
  • Problèmes de langue
OBS

(sans complément)

Spanish

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Record 55 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
OBS

and all that adds up to the fact that clairvoyance literally "clear seeing"-is a power that most of us would give our right arm to have. [Midnight, 0501]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
OBS

elle eut sacrifié un doigt de la main pour savoir ce que Palisson avait dit. (Julien Green, Léviathan)

Spanish

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