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Record 1 2024-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Diagnostic Aids (Psychology)
CONT

An emotion wheel is a visual guide with no set start or end. Emotion wheels can help you identify your emotions and help increase your emotional intelligence. You can use it to help figure out what may have caused your emotions and then ways that you may be able to handle them positively. It may also serve as a good visual guide to help children recognize emotions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie clinique
  • Aides au diagnostic (Psychologie)
CONT

Les roues des émotions (dont il en existe une multitude) représentent visuellement la gamme des émotions humaines. Ces aides visuelles aident à enseigner les émotions de base, à développer le vocabulaire émotionnel et à nommer les émotions.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clinical Psychology
CONT

Neuroscientists have researched what they call memory reconsolidation. It's where you revise an emotion tied to an old experience with a new emotion. As you update this memory, you actually create a neurological change in your brain. Therapists call this process a corrective emotional experience.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie clinique
CONT

Nous ne pouvons pas modifier ce passé mais l'interaction thérapeute-patient va inévitablement ajouter du nouveau «passé» et à ce titre modifer le contexte futur des actions du patient. On rejoint ici le concept d'expérience émotionnelle correctrice [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 2024-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Neuroses
  • Clinical Psychology
CONT

Severe anxiety symptoms present themselves in a variety of ways. Before finding out the ways that this disease manifests itself, it is important for you to have a background on the causes of severe anxiety. In general, the main sources of severe anxiety are either an unresolved emotional trauma, which leads to what is commonly known as post-traumatic stress disorder. It can also be caused by emotional underdevelopment, which leads to the incapacity to deal with stress, or it could also be rooted in physiological causes such as hormonal imbalances.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Névroses
  • Psychologie clinique
CONT

L'anxiété sévère survient lorsque le corps réagit fréquemment et exagérément par de l'agitation face à des situations qui ne sont pas dangereuses en soi. L'anxiété peut devenir un gros handicap lorsque la personne qui en souffre cherche à éviter de nombreuses situations qui provoquent chez elle de l'anxiété. Les symptômes sont très désagréables et peuvent engendrer une grande détresse.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Neurosis
  • Psicología clínica
CONT

[La] ansiedad grave [entraña] una reducción significativa del campo perceptivo; la persona puede centrarse en detalles específicos, sin poder pensar nada más.

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Record 4 2024-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education (General)
CONT

Prior Knowledge. Before the students begin the lesson, ensure that you know what previous exposure they have had to the subject matter, and how much they know of it. This information is important when interpreting the data you collect during the rest of the session.

CONT

The problems of background knowledge cannot be ignored for the proposed monitoring of self-directed enquiry learning. No learner will embark on a "self-directed" exercise without the background knowledge to motivate it.

OBS

Contrast with foreground knowledge.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pédagogie (Généralités)
DEF

Connaissances de l'apprenant avant l'enseignement.

OBS

[...] acquis antérieurs à l'apprentissage.

OBS

Distinct de l'acquis, ou connaissances regroupant toutes les notions acquises par l'apprenant durant l'enseignement.

OBS

pré-acquis : ce préfixe n'est jamais suivi d'un trait d'union.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pedagogía (Generalidades)
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Record 5 2024-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Contracts
  • Public Sector Budgeting
CONT

Depending on your industry, there are numerous cloud-based systems that allow you to plan, track and efficiently manage purchasing. [Here are] four areas where digital procurement can streamline your purchasing and save you money. 1. Managing inventory. When thinking about purchasing, the first place to start is to know what you have in stock, what's been committed to fill orders and what new material has been ordered and is on its way.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Marchés publics
  • Budget des collectivités publiques
CONT

Selon votre secteur d'activité, il existe une variété de systèmes infonuagiques permettant de planifier, de suivre et de gérer efficacement vos activités d'achat. [...] l'approvisionnement numérique présente quatre façons de simplifier vos activités d'achat et de vous permettre d'économiser. 1. Gérer vos stocks. Lorsque vous songez à acheter des marchandises, la première chose à faire est de déterminer ce que vous avez en stock, les quantités engagées pour remplir des commandes, ainsi que les quantités commandées et (ou) en cours de route.

Spanish

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Record 6 2022-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Games and Toys
DEF

A game where people are locked into a room and have to find a way to escape by finding clues.

CONT

Escape room games have become a very popular form of entertainment. What was once reserved for gaming systems has broken into a live, mainstream event. The concept is based on the popular video games by the same name. The object is to solve a series of puzzles in order to obtain the clues needed to escape from the room you are in.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux et jouets
DEF

Jeu, construit autour d'un scénario, qui consiste à résoudre, collectivement et dans un temps limité, un problème ou une énigme afin de s'échapper d'un espace clos, qu'il soit réel ou virtuel.

CONT

Un jeu d'évasion grandeur nature se joue en général en équipe et se déroule dans une pièce dont il faut tenter de sortir dans un temps limité en résolvant un certain nombre d'énigmes. Les membres de l'équipe doivent collaborer, trouver des indices, s'organiser pour être le plus efficace dans la résolution d'énigmes et ainsi remporter le jeu ([c'est-à-dire], sortir avant le temps maximum imparti).

OBS

jeu d'évasion : désignation et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 9 juillet 2019.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Juegos y juguetes
DEF

Actividad de ocio que se practica en equipo y que tiene como objetivo salir de una habitación en la que se está encerrado, para lo que se requiere lógica, inteligencia y deducción.

OBS

juego de escape: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que la expresión "juego de escape" es una alternativa válida en español al anglicismo "escape room".

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Record 7 2022-02-09

English

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

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

CONT

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

OBS

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

French

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

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

CONT

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

OBS

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

Spanish

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

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

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Record 8 2021-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • Nervous System
CONT

A concussion, al​so called a mild traumatic brain injury, is a head injury caused by the brain being shaken around inside the skull after a direct blow to the head, or a sudden jerking of the head or neck when the body is hit.... You don’t have to pass out(lose consciousness) to have a concussion. Some people will have symptoms of a concussion, such as passing out or forgetting what happened right before the injury, but others won’t. Common causes of a concussion/mild brain injury are falls, sports, physical assaults, and motor vehicle collisions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Système nerveux
CONT

La commotion cérébrale ou TCCL se produit lorsque le cerveau se heurte aux parois de la boîte crânienne après un choc direct à la tête ou lors d'un impact d'une autre partie du corps occasionnant un mouvement brusque de la tête. Les symptômes apparaissant suite à un TCCL peuvent apparaître immédiatement ou plus tardivement suite à l'impact.

Key term(s)
  • traumatisme cranio-cérébral léger

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades humanas varias
  • Sistema nervioso
CONT

Un traumatismo cerebral leve es una sacudida fuerte repentina en la cabeza que modifica temporalmente la manera en que funciona el cerebro. Puede deberse a un golpe en la cabeza, una explosión, o un movimiento repentino y severo de la cabeza que hace que el cerebro rebote dentro del cráneo.

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Record 9 2021-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Applications of Automation
  • Simulation (Cybernetic Systems)
DEF

Of, or relating to, a lifelike figure that is animated in a realistic way by means of electromechanical devices.

CONT

Have you ever wondered what goes into making [an] animatronic animal? The hair, the skin, and the muscles must look as realistic as possible.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Automatisation et applications
  • Simulation (Systèmes cybernétiques)
CONT

[Un] chien animatronique [...] a été conçu comme un compagnon pour les personnes âgées atteintes de démence.

Spanish

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Record 10 2020-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Bird Watching (Hobbies)
CONT

Incidental observations are casual wildlife sightings that happen when you’re outside – hiking, camping, swimming, driving, etc. Spotting a species in the "right place at the right time" can have a far-reaching effect. Knowing what species are present in different locations helps identify areas that are important (e.g. breeding sites, hibernation sites, migration routes, etc.), which also helps to improve conservation efforts.

CONT

Chance observations provided the earliest data on raptor diet, and are still recorded today. These are the events all naturalists happen to see, such as a flying buzzard with an especially long snake dangling limply below it ... There was no forethought to go and record what buzzards were eating, but having seen something exciting the observer may want to record it in a local bird report or online. Why should a modern scientist bother with such unsystematic data when trying to make an assessment of buzzard diet? ... while such chance observations can’t be used on their own to understand common buzzard behaviour, they do supplement the more rigorous data collection and help to complete the picture of diet diversity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Observation des oiseaux (Passe-temps)
CONT

Consigner les observations fortuites d'animaux sauvages constitue un moyen peu coûteux et efficace de recueillir des renseignements sur les tendances à long terme de l'abondance et de la répartition des espèces sauvages. C'est également une activité à laquelle les visiteurs du parc peuvent participer et ainsi contribuer à la surveillance de l'intégrité écologique du parc. Dans le parc national des Monts-Torngat et ses environs, ces observations sont consignées sur des fiches dont les données sont saisies dans une base de données.

Spanish

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Record 11 2019-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
CONT

Think and rethink your strategic choices in negotiation, reviewing what mediation procedures you prefer, who will do or say what, what your bottom line is and how you determine whether you have achieved a good result or not.

OBS

mediation procedure: designation usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • mediation procedures

French

Domaine(s)
  • Modes substitutifs de résolution des différends
OBS

procédure de médiation : désignation habituellement utilisée au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • procédures de médiation

Spanish

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Record 12 2019-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Software
CONT

It doesn’t matter what application/program you use to create documents for staff or students, there are some basic principles that you can use to ensure that the documents have the structural elements necessary for people using adaptive technology such as screen readers.

French

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

La structure d'un document représente la façon dont il est organisé logiquement (par exemple en chapitres, avec une introduction et une table des matières, etc.). Un élément […] qui spécifie la structure du document est appelé un élément structurel. […] Considérons par exemple l'en-tête d'un document. […] En HTML, l'en-tête est un élément structurel […]

Spanish

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Record 13 2019-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
  • Computer Hardware
CONT

What does the message "The smart hard disk check has detected an imminent failure" mean?... Computer disks have hard errors and soft errors.... So if you see such a message, back up your drive and be prepared to replace it soon.... It would be a good idea to back it up to some external media and then buy a compatible disk, and make an image copy so you can directly replace that failing disk.

Key term(s)
  • compatible disc

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
  • Matériel informatique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medios de almacenamiento (Procesamiento de datos)
  • Equipo físico de computadora (Hardware)
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Record 14 2019-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Software
CONT

There are really only three questions that matter in informatics.... 1. What is the problem that we are trying to solve? 2. How will we know when we have succeeded? 3. Is technology the best solution or are there simpler alternatives?... If you know enough to answer them, you might be held up as an informatics guru.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique
  • Internet et télématique
  • Logiciels
DEF

Expert en informatique qui utilise ses connaissances pour aider les autres, agissant en quelque sorte de personne-ressource, et qui est vénéré chaque fois qu'il règle un problème.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Informática
  • Internet y telemática
  • Soporte lógico (Software)
CONT

En la actualidad [...] nadie se puede salvar de algún robo o pérdida de un portátil. [...] La prevención es tan sencilla que no se necesita ser un gurú en informática para implementar las medidas de seguridad necesarias para recuperar un portátil.

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Record 15 2018-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Emergency Management
  • Fire-Fighting Services
CONT

Contrary to what you might think, you are not indestructible. You have been given protective clothing to ensure that you go home at the end of your shift. This clothing cannot protect you if it stays on the hook in the apparatus room. Wear your hood, pull down your helmet shroud, button your collar and wear your structure gloves.

OBS

structure glove: term usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • structure gloves

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des urgences
  • Service d'incendie
OBS

gant de protection pour combattre les incendies de bâtiment; gant de protection : termes habituellement utilisés au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • gants de protection pour combattre les incendies de bâtiment
  • gants de protection

Spanish

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Record 16 2018-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Documents (Industries)
  • Software
CONT

When you release an update to a mobile app on [the] app store, you have to include release notes : a short update of what has changed since the last version.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Documents techniques (Industries)
  • Logiciels

Spanish

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Record 17 2017-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Eye
CONT

Viewing Distance at Computer Workstations. ... Accommodation is when the lens capsule in your eye changes shape to focus on a close object. The eyes have a default accommodation distance, called the resting point of accommodation (RPA). That is the distance at which the eyes focus when there is nothing to focus on. In total darkness our eyes are set to focus at a particular distance, so that if the lights were turned on, an object at that distance would be in clear focus. The RPA averages 30 inches for younger people and gets farther away with age.

CONT

... reading from a computer screen... Our eyes have what is called a "dark focus. "This is the point in space where your focus would be if your eyes were totally relaxed. Imagine a pitch black room. In such an environment, where you can’t see anything, your eyes are actually focusing on a fixed point in space, that is why it is called the "dark" focus. This focus is known as the Resting Point of Accommodation(RPA) and is unique to every individual, but it usually rests more than three feet away from your face(and does not depend on time of day or age).

Key term(s)
  • accommodation resting point
  • accommodation resting state

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oeil
DEF

État passif de l'accommodation de l'œil en absence de stimulation (lorsqu'un sujet est plongé dans l'obscurité ou lorsqu'il fixe un espace lumineux vide).

OBS

L'accommodation, de la position de repos au punctum proximum, serait la réponse à la stimulation du système parasympathique; l'accommodation de la position de repos au punctum remotum serait la réponse à la stimulation du système sympathique.

Spanish

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Record 18 2017-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meats and Meat Industries
DEF

An edible part of a slaughter animal that is cut away when the carcass is dressed including liver, kidney, brain, spleen, pancreas, thymus, tripe, and tongue.

CONT

But as we’ve grown further away from the farm, our food tastes have become more homogenized and pickier. The meat cases of sleek supermarkets reflect this :You may find a few lonely packages of liver. Brains, kidneys and other innards are seldom seen except at ethnic markets and specialty butcher shops. Most restaurant menus are likewise almost bereft of what the French call abats de boucherie, the British "offal" and Americans, somewhat euphemistically, "variety meats, "which include one of the most luscious delicacies of all, sweetbreads.

Key term(s)
  • variety meat
  • fancy meat

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salaison, boucherie et charcuterie
DEF

Ensemble des parties comestibles du cinquième quartier des animaux de boucherie.

OBS

On distingue les abats blancs [tête, pieds, panse], et les abats rouges [foie, cœur, rate, langue].

OBS

En France, les termes «abats» et «abats comestibles» sont synonymes. Par contre, au Canada, on distingue entre les abats comestibles et les abats non comestibles (nommés «issues» en France), le terme «abats» étant plus général.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria cárnica, de fiambres y embutidos
DEF

Todas aquellas partes comestibles [destinadas al consumo humano] que se extraen de los animales destinados a carne y que no están comprendidas dentro del término canal, salvo alguna excepción como los riñones, patas y cabeza.

OBS

despojo: No confundir con menudencias o vísceras comestibles ya que estas solo comprenden los órganos internos y no partes como las patas, que sí se consideran despojos.

OBS

despojo de matadero; despojo de carnicería: No son despojos destinados al consumo humano, sino que a veces se utilizan para elaborar harina de carne para alimentación de animales. Algunos de ellos se consideran materiales especificados de riesgo ya que pueden causar epizootias tales como la encefalopatía espongiforme bovina.

OBS

canal: Cuerpo de los animales de las especies citadas para carne, desprovistos de vísceras torácicas, abdominales y pelvianas.

OBS

despojo; despojo comestible: términos utilizados generalmente en plural.

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Record 19 2016-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Law
  • Industrial Techniques and Processes
CONT

... the term "state of technology"(a standard term used in licences) is a dynamic concept and both the availability and the economic feasibility of the technology become issues. Dr. Rainer HAMM(Rechtsanwalt)(defence attorney) commented that there is a sensitive major tax on waste water. Those who have a licence to use a river to pollute have to pay a fee depending on the degree of pollution. The waste water effluent fees are quite effective to minimize pollution.... Large corporations also have high incentive to develop technology. It is they who develop technology. While universities can and do develop standards, they cannot build technology and compare standards. That can only be done by industry itself. Thus it is the industry which makes the law by defining the standards of technology. They are motivated to do so by the new device, popular in the United States, known as "technology forcing. "Dr. HAMM was however sceptical of using criminal law to pursue dynamic concepts. If you include a state of technology that can change any time and then punish someone for not having fulfilled the state of technology, then you blur the distinction between what is criminal and what is not criminal.

CONT

... technology forcing (i.e. development of more cost-effective approaches in response to regulations); ...

OBS

technology forcing: This expression (hyphenated) is also used as an adjective, as in "technology-forcing emission limits," "technology-forcing regulations," "technology-forcing standards."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit environnemental
  • Techniques industrielles
CONT

[...] forçage de la technologie (c.-à-d. élaboration d'approches plus rentables en réaction aux règlements); [...]

CONT

Les exigences fédérales américaines sont en place depuis 1998. Par conséquent, la reformulation des produits permettant de se conformer aux limites de contenu ne devrait pas constituer un forçage technologique.

OBS

forçage : Le fait de soumettre (quelqu'un) à une pression, à une contrainte.

Spanish

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Record 20 2016-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Employment Benefits
OBS

Human Resources Development Canada.

Key term(s)
  • If you have an accident

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Avantages sociaux
OBS

Développement des ressources humaines Canada.

Key term(s)
  • Si vous avez un accident

Spanish

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Record 21 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
  • Investment
CONT

What you need is someone who will look at your overall financial situation, and tell you if you have the right kind of life insurance and whether your coverage is adequate; what kind of investment program you should be following, depending on your age and your personal financial objectives; whether you will have enough money to live on in retirement, and if not, what to do about it; and even how to squeeze more savings out of your limited income... there are good financial planners who can give you invaluable assistance in putting your financial situation in order.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
  • Investissements et placements
DEF

Spécialiste chargé d'apprécier la situation financière personnelle d'un particulier et d'établir un programme afin de permettre à ce dernier de satisfaire ses besoins financiers et d'atteindre ses objectifs.

Spanish

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Record 22 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
OBS

Twin lens reflex cameras have two lenses... The upper or "viewing" lens reflects off a fixed mirror and forms an image on a ground glass screen on top of the camera. The lower lens is the one which takes the photograph, and is fitted with a shutter and diaphragm. To use... look down onto the focusing screen to see what you are photographing. Turning the focusing knob moves both lenses backwards and forwards, so when your subject is sharply imaged on the ground glass the taking lens is also focused to give a sharp image on film.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
OBS

On écrirait mieux «réflex».

OBS

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

OBS

C'est pourquoi la formule du reflex à deux objectifs - c'est-à-dire deux chambres superposées, celle du bas servant à la prise de vues, celle du haut à la visée reflex - s'est largement répandue [...]. Certains de ces appareils sont semi-automatiques [...]. Les deux objectifs ont la même distance focale : l'objectif de prise de vues étant seul équipé d'un obturateur central et du diaphragme. Portés par une même platine, porte-objectifs, ils sont, pour la mise au point, éloignés ou rapprochés solidairement du verre dépoli, grâce à un chariot à double crémaillère dissimulé dans le boîtier, commandé par un bouton placé sur le côté gauche de l'appareil.

Spanish

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Record 23 2015-12-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phraseology
  • Trade
  • Finance
CONT

A powerful brand conveys a message about who you are and what you stand for. It has the power to influence purchasing behavior by being positioned as a leader in your market area. Your message stands for something in people's minds. When you have an established position, you can own the market.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie
  • Commerce
  • Finances
CONT

Certaines compagnies ont commencé avec de piètres produits pour finir par posséder le marché à coups de publicités, d’améliorations et de nouvelles fonctionnalités[.]

Spanish

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Record 24 2015-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Aids for Persons with Disabilities
  • Hearing
CONT

If you have a standard telephone and have difficulty hearing what is said, a telephone amplifier may help. It will make incoming speech louder.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aides techniques pour personnes handicapées
  • Ouïe
CONT

Des amplificateurs téléphoniques peuvent aussi se brancher à un téléphone ordinaire pour augmenter le volume de la parole.

Spanish

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Record 25 2015-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Business and Administrative Documents
  • Personnel and Job Evaluation
  • Training of Personnel
CONT

Taking into account what you have said, your manager/supervisor will re-examine the problem and break it down to identify specific areas where improvements are required.... Each of these actions will have a deadline or milestone so that you know when you will be getting help(such as coaching or training) and when you are expected to have improved your performance. All of this will be documented using the action plan template...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écrits commerciaux et administratifs
  • Évaluation du personnel et des emplois
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
CONT

En tenant compte de ce que vous avez dit, votre gestionnaire ou superviseur réexaminera le problème et le disséquera afin d'isoler les points à l'égard desquels des améliorations sont requises. [...] Chaque mesure sera assortie d'une date d'échéance ou d'étape à laquelle vous recevrez de l'aide (encadrement ou formation) et à laquelle vous devriez avoir amélioré votre rendement. Ce cheminement sera consigné dans le gabarit du plan d'action [...]

Spanish

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Record 26 2015-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Agricultural Chemicals
  • Cultural Practices (Agriculture)
  • Crop Protection
DEF

A selective herbicide applied after the crop is sown but before it emerges.

CONT

Have you hesitated to use a preemergent herbicide because you didn’t understand what it does or how to apply it? Did you try one and have poor results?... These preventative herbicides actually can be helpful throughout the majority of the growing season.

Key term(s)
  • pre-emergent herbicide

French

Domaine(s)
  • Agents chimiques (Agriculture)
  • Soin des cultures (Agriculture)
  • Protection des végétaux
DEF

[Herbicide] appliqué après le semis mais avant l'apparition des adventices et des jeunes plants.

CONT

Les herbicides préventifs (anti-germinatifs) appliqués sur le sol propre sont absorbés par les radicelles des graines en germination, par les racines ou les parties aériennes des très jeunes plantules traitées et détruisent les mauvaises herbes dès leur levée : ils n’ont aucune action sur les mauvaises herbes développées.

Spanish

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Record 27 2015-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prepared Dishes (Cooking)
  • Restaurant Menus
CONT

A mushroom risotto can be taken in many different ways, depending on what kind of mushrooms you have and whether they are introduced at the very beginning of cooking or just added at the end...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plats cuisinés
  • Menus (Restauration)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Platos preparados (Cocina)
  • Menú (Restaurantes)
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Record 28 2014-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
  • Examinations and Competitions (Education)
CONT

How many anchors should a questionnaire have? The little verbal comments above the numbers("strongly agree, "etc.) are what we call anchors. In survey work, where the questions are factual, it is considered a good idea to have anchors above all the response options, and this will give you accurate results.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
  • Docimologie
CONT

[...] les échelles dites «objective» ou «temporelle» (par exemple : jamais, une fois au cours des six derniers mois, deux à trois fois au cours des six derniers mois [...], devraient être privilégiées. Les ancres employés dans ce type d’échelle ont l’avantage de constituer le même référent pour l’ensemble des participants et d’identifier clairement la prévalence des AMT [agressions en milieu de travail] lors d’un diagnostic.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicometría y psicotécnica
  • Exámenes y oposiciones (Educación)
PHR

Ítem, test de anclaje.

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Record 29 2014-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Administration
  • Working Practices and Conditions
  • Health Insurance
CONT

What are my Disability Benefits? As a Public Service employee, you are protected against loss of income due to disability under one of two plans : If you are a member of the The Public Service Management Insurance Plan(PSMIP) you will have Long-Term Disability(LTD) insurance... All other employees are eligible for coverage under the Disability Insurance(DI) Plan.

OBS

disability benefit: term usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • disability benefits

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration fédérale
  • Régimes et conditions de travail
  • Assurance-maladie
CONT

En quoi consistent les prestations d'invalidité? En tant que fonctionnaire, vous êtes protégé contre la perte de revenus par suite d'invalidité en vertu d'un des deux régimes suivants : L'assurance-invalidité de longue durée (AILD) pour les participants du Régime d'assurance pour les cadres de gestion de la fonction publique (RACGFP) [...] Tous les autres employés sont admissibles à une protection en vertu du Régime d'assurance-invalidité (RAI).

OBS

prestation d'invalidité : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • prestations d'invalidité

Spanish

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Record 30 2014-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations
CONT

So what we have captured is to think about whether what we develop is hard-shell or soft-shell organizations. Exogenous or endogenous organizations.... A soft-shell organization is built on the assumption that there are no perfect processes. And, therefore, what you have to do is allow professionals enough discretion between the processes and within them to flex them, where necessary, to avoid the catastrophe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion

Spanish

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Record 31 2014-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations
CONT

So what we have captured is to think about whether what we develop is hard-shell or soft-shell organizations. Exogenous or endogenous organizations. So, hard-shell organizations are built around the assumption that you can have a perfect process, which will keep you safe, keep your organization safe and there will be no catastrophes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion

Spanish

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Record 32 2013-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
  • Pleasure Boating and Yachting
  • Wind Energy
CONT

Windpower... Average windspeed for a day is not a good indication that you have adequate wind. A gust followed by hours of very light or no wind will give a false impression of what is available. A steady wind 12-25 mph is a good wind resource.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
  • Yachting et navigation de plaisance
  • Énergie éolienne
CONT

La journée est superbe pour naviguer : grand soleil, vent constant entre 5 et 6 beaufort, mer peu agitée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física de la atmósfera
  • Vela y navegación de placer
  • Energía eólica
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Record 33 2012-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electoral Systems and Political Parties
CONT

It's ok to have your own voice and opinion and vote the way you want to vote, but when you know six are going to vote anyway for it, and it's going to pass regardless, and you’re demanding a special meeting is what I call a sandbox vote.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques

Spanish

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Record 34 2012-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clinical Psychology
DEF

A pleasant state of mind.

CONT

People who have bipolar disorder also can spend a good bit of time in normal mood which is called euthymia. So it's not that they are always depressed or always manic. However, if you follow adults in particular who have bipolar disorder over a number of years, what we find is that they spend a great deal of their time depressed actually-not necessarily severely depressed, but mildly to moderately depressed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie clinique
CONT

L'euthymie. Elle correspond à un comportement extérieur joyeux ou à une humeur gaie. C'est le bien-être, l'état comme «normal» en regard des autres formes d'humeur. On parle notamment d'euthymie lors des rémissions ou des répits entre des états pathologiques de dépression ou d'agitation.

Spanish

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Record 35 2012-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

We have seen a lot of [Web] 2. 0 demonstrations from various US companies, a lot of which emphasize sexiness rather than what is really important to users. In contrast, if you see the demonstrations from Japan, you will see how they took care of every aspect of user-centricity : look and feel, screen layout, style, visual cues, navigation, efficiency, performance, etc. to the degree that you almost feel the Japan culture embodied within these applications.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Internet y telemática
CONT

El principal objetivo de este proyecto es establecer un nuevo paradigma de comunicación centrado en el usuario (user centricity), en contraposición al paradigma actual centrado en las propias operadoras de comunicación (network centricity), así como la implementación y definición de protocolos y arquitecturas que lo soporten.Este nuevo paradigma permitiría al usuario controlar tanto su identidad, como sus preferencias de interconexión con la red, habilitando al usuario una libre movilidad […]

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Record 36 2012-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Swimming
DEF

Each of the swimming divisions in a swimming pool, six in a semi-Olympic pool (25 metres) and eight in an Olympic-size pool (50 metres).

CONT

A lane shall be not less than 1.8 m (6 ft) wide unobstructed by steps, ladders, fountains, or overhanging pieces that may interfere with swimming or turning. (FINA requires lanes 2.5 m wide for major International Games Competition.).

CONT

As you approach the wall for a turn, cross over to the far left-hand corner of the lane once the people ahead of you have passed by. Make your turn in the left corner of the lane, and push off along what is now the right side of the swimming lane.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Natation
CONT

Les couloirs doivent avoir une largeur minimale de 1,8 m (6 pi) et n'être obstrués par aucune marche, échelle, fontaine ou aucun objet suspendu susceptible de gêner les mouvements de nage ou de virage. (Pour les compétitions internationales importantes, la FINA exige des couloirs de 2,5 m de largeur).

OBS

Une piscine semi-olympique se divise en six couloirs alors qu'une piscine olympique en compte huit, parfois dix, les deux en extrémité servant de zone tampon pour absorber les retours de vagues.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Natación
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Record 37 2011-10-31

English

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

Solid fences are jumps that consist of boards, walls, roll tops and other solid implements that are placed either by themselves between standards or below regular jumping rails. Some horses become confused when they are asked to jump solid fences, so you’ll have to train the horse to know what he is supposed to do.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport

Spanish

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Record 38 2011-05-11

English

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

I can’t stress how important it is to get a vet check done on a horse you wish to buy... The vet will issue a written report to you. You can also ask the vet whether the horse will be physically suitable for the discipline that you want to use the horse for... The vet will look at the horse's structure and determine whether his feet and bone structure are suitable for what you wish to do with the horse. He’ll also be able to point out any imperfections. He’ll check the horse's vital signs and check for lameness after being exercised. He’ll check the horse's teeth to see if they correspond to the age the seller claims the horse to be and he’ll also look to see whether the equine's teeth have been maintained. Essentially the vet will check the horse's conformation, movement and soundness, wind, gut sounds, heart and lungs, eyesight and hearing. If anything untoward is apparent then it's a chance for further investigation.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 39 2010-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
CONT

Data dredging bias: when data are reviewed for all possible associations without prior hypothesis, the results are suitable for hypothesis-generating activities only.

OBS

I know there's an association in here somewhere. You’ve got a river of data and nothing's making a ripple. What do you do when you’re looking for something lost in a river of data : Data dredge! All you need is a computer and a good statistical analysis program that can go through your data and look at every possible association. All you have to do is pick the association you think makes your case and write it up.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)

Spanish

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Record 40 2010-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Site Equipment
  • Earthmoving
CONT

Could you please describe what is meant by hoe "ditch requirement"?... Typically, ditch excavation across the Prairies, of course, is undertaken by a wheel ditcher, a large bucket wheel trencher that excavates the material on to a conveyor belt and moves it off to the side of the trench line. A hoe ditch is a backhoe--you know, a Cat 235, 245, that type of equipment--that you have to utilize to excavate a trench where you have a fairly severe bend, because these bucket wheel ditchers can only go in a straight line, essentially.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de chantier
  • Terrassement
DEF

Trancheuse fonctionnant à l'aide d'une roue, généralement munie de godets dont les bords sont dentés, permettant de creuser des tranchées et d'en évacuer les déblais. [Définition normalisée par l'Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF).]

OBS

trancheuse à roue : terme normalisé par l'Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF).

Spanish

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Record 41 2010-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Doctrines, Systems and Policies
CONT

Simple living-aka [also known as] voluntary simplicity-has just about as many definitions as there are individuals who practice it. Simple living is not about living in poverty or self-inflicted deprivation. Rather, it is about living an examined life one in which you have determined what is important, or "enough, "for you, discarding the rest.

French

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

Deux semaines plus tard, dans le cadre d'une réunion d'un jour consacrée à la «simplicité volontaire», un centre new-yorkais d'éducation pour adultes, la Learning Alliance, s'intéressera aux moyens de résister à la société de consommation, à l'autosuffisance, à la promotion des économies locales.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Doctrinas, políticas y sistemas económicos
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Record 42 2009-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Marketing Research
OBS

What habits are linked to export success? Is it all risk-taking and dynamic deal-making? How important is it to look before you leap? We interviewed three Canadian companies, and found they all place a high value on researching their target markets. And all three have tapped into a source of information specific to their sectors and markets through Canada's Market Research Centre to assist them in making informed decisions related to international business-a service available online via your Vitual Trade Commissioner.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Étude du marché
OBS

Quelle est la recette du succès en exportation? Se résume-t-elle à savoir prendre des risques et à conclure des marchés? Combien important est-il que l'on examine tous les aspects avant de se lancer dans l'aventure? Nous avons interviewé trois entrepreneurs canadiens, et avons constaté qu'ils accordent tous une grande importance à la recherche des marchés cibles. Et les trois ont consulté à cette fin une source d'information propre à leur secteur d'activité et à leur marché, par l'intermédiaire du Centre des études de marché du Canada, afin de prendre des décisions éclairées en matière d'affaires internationales - service qui vous est offert en ligne grâce au Délégué commercial virtuel.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités federales (canadienses)
  • Estudio del mercado
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Record 43 2009-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marketing
CONT

The completed open-to-buy plan also enables a small retailer to evaluate, before the season starts, critical inventory productivity metric like inventory turnover and gross margin return on investment(GMROI).... [It] establishes the critical benchmarks for evaluating exactly where you are once you get into the season. It's after the season gets underway that an open-to-buy truly earns its keep. In season, key decisions have to be made about what to reorder, what to back off on, and how to allocate any remaining open-to-buy dollars.

Key term(s)
  • open to buy plan

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commercialisation

Spanish

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Record 44 2009-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law
  • Rights and Freedoms
  • Police
  • Law of Evidence
CONT

Administered on arrest :"You do not have to say anything unless you wish to do so, but what you say may be given in evidence".

OBS

... no suspect shall be questioned without a warning of his right to remain silent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal
  • Droits et libertés
  • Police
  • Droit de la preuve
DEF

Déclaration par laquelle un particulier ou une autorité publique attire l'attention de quelqu'un sur un droit, une obligation.

OBS

[...] à la première occasion raisonnable, à un suspect qui fait une déclaration spontanée [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho penal
  • Derechos y Libertades
  • Policía
  • Derecho probatorio
DEF

Información comprensible e inmediata que debe facilitarse a toda persona que sea detenida o apresada respecto de los hechos que se le imputan, las razones que han motivado su privación de libertad, así como los derechos legalmente previstos que le corresponden.

OBS

instrucción de derechos: Expresión y definición reproducidos del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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Record 45 2009-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Laws and Regulations (Canadian)
  • Taxation
OBS

The Taxpayer Bill of Rights is a set of fifteen rights confirming that the Canada Revenue Agency(CRA) will serve taxpayers with a high degree of accuracy, professionalism, courteousness and fairness. The Taxpayer Bill of Rights will make it easier for you to understand what you can expect in your dealings with us; that you will be treated fairly under clear and established rules, and that you can look forward to high standards of service in all your interactions with us. The Taxpayer Bill of Rights also includes the CRA Commitment to Small Business, a five-part statement through which the CRA undertakes to support the competitiveness of the Canadian business community by ensuring that interactions with the CRA are as effective and efficient as possible. These commitments complement the Government of Canada's pledge to create a competitive and dynamic business environment in which Canadian businesses will thrive. Taxpayer rights have been evolving since 1985 when the National Revenue Minister introduced a publication titled "Declaration of Taxpayer Rights. "Several factors such as new tax laws and the changing environment in which businesses and taxpayers operate were some of the catalysts behind these new expanded and enhanced taxpayer rights.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements fédéraux canadiens
  • Fiscalité
OBS

La Charte des droits du contribuable est un ensemble de quinze droits qui confirment que l'Agence du revenu du Canada (ARC) servira les contribuables avec un degré élevé d'exactitude, de professionnalisme, de courtoisie et d'équité. La Charte des droits du contribuable facilitera votre compréhension de ce que vous pouvez vous attendre lorsque vous traitez avec nous, du fait que vous serez traité équitablement en vertu de règles établies et claires, et que vous pouvez espérer des normes élevées de service au cours de nos échanges. La Charte des droits du contribuable comprend aussi l'Engagement de l'ARC à l'égard des petites entreprises, un énoncé en cinq parties dans lequel l'ARC s'engage à soutenir la compétitivité de la collectivité des entreprises canadiennes en s'assurant que les échanges avec l'ARC sont aussi efficaces et efficients que possible. Ces engagements complètent la promesse du gouvernement du Canada de créer un environnement d'affaires compétitif et dynamique dans lequel les entreprises canadiennes prospéreront. Les droits du contribuable évoluent depuis 1985, date où le ministre du Revenu national, a présenté une publication intitulée « Déclaration des droits du contribuable ». Plusieurs facteurs, comme les nouvelles lois fiscales et l'évolution du contexte pour les entreprises et les contribuables, ont conduit à la mise en place de droits nouveaux ou améliorés du contribuable.

Spanish

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Record 46 2009-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Political Theories and Doctrines
CONT

What is the greatest danger to our freedom? My answer is, cacocracy. For those of you, who have never heard this word, I’ll explain it. "Kakos" in Greek means "bad" and "kratein" to rule. Thus, "cacocracy" means the rule, or at least the dominance, of the bad.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et doctrines politiques
DEF

Gouvernement par les plus mauvais, les pires. Il s'oppose à l'aristocratie.

OBS

Étymologie : du grec kakos, mauvais et kratos, pouvoir, autorité.

Spanish

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Record 47 2009-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
CONT

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

CONT

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
CONT

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

Key term(s)
  • état de pseudo transe

Spanish

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Record 48 2008-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Federal Administration
OBS

By Rick Fullerton, October 27, 2003. This article explores the relationship between coaching and organizational culture. You are invited to consider these ideas as they apply to your experience and situation. As you begin, you may want to reflect of what coaching and organizational culture mean to you, and what questions you have. Along the way, insights and perspectives will be shared. And to close, suggestions for continuing learning about coaching and organizational culture will be offered.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Administration fédérale
OBS

Par Rick Fullerton, 27 octobre 2003. Cet article décrit les rapports entre coaching et culture organisationnelle. Vous êtes invité à transposer ces idées à votre propre expérience ou situation. Au départ, réfléchissez à ce que représentent pour vous ces deux concepts et pensez aux interrogations qu'ils soulèvent. On exposera, au fur et à mesure, des idées et des points de vue, et on conclura en formulant des suggestions d'apprentissage continu concernant le coaching et la culture organisationnelle.

Spanish

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Record 49 2007-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephone Services
  • Telephone Facilities
CONT

What every Canadian is supposed to have. This refers to standard residential telephone service which is supposed to be provided to most Canadians. Current "basic service" features include : hearing a dial tone when you pick up your phone; being able to call an operator when you need one; getting your name listed in the phone book; getting repair service; being able to make local or long distance calls be dialing direct instead of going through an operator.

OBS

Terminology related to the Free Trade Area of the Americas negotiating process (FTAA).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Services téléphoniques
  • Installations (Téléphonie)
CONT

Le service dont tous les Canadiens devraient jouir. On entend par service téléphonique de base, le service téléphonique de résidence universel, qui est censé être fourni à la majorité des Canadiens. A l'heure actuelle, ses caractéristiques sont les suivantes : vous entendez une tonalité quand vous décrochez le récepteur; vous pouvez appeler un téléphoniste si vous en avez besoin; votre nom paraît dans l'annuaire; vous avez accès à un service de réparation; vous pouvez faire des appels locaux ou interurbains en composant le numéro directement vous-même plutôt qu'en passant par le téléphoniste.

OBS

Terminologie du processus de négociation de la Zone de libre-échange des Amériques (ZLEA).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Servicios telefónicos
  • Instalaciones telefónicas
OBS

Terminología relacionada con el proceso de negociación del Área de Libre Comercio de las Américas (ALCA).

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Record 50 2007-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Video Technology
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
CONT

Pioneer Home Theater. The new look, sound and feel of home entertainment. Imagine. No more worries about being late for the show. Or what to wear. You get the best seats in the house. And you don’t have to sit in the dark with people you don’t even know. Your choice of great movies, spectacular theatrical performances, fantastic shows, memorable sports events, plus the latest home entertainment karaoke! All in your home...

Key term(s)
  • home movie
  • home cinema
  • home theatre

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vidéotechnique
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
DEF

Installation permettant de visionner et d'écouter chez soi un film dans des conditions proches de celles d'une salle de cinéma.

OBS

Divertissement à domicile maintenant possible grâce à des téléviseurs dotés d'écrans de 40 à 55 pouces. Ces téléviseurs, dotés d'un amplificateur à cinq voies et de plusieurs haut-parleurs pour la stéréophonie, permettent de recréer l'ambiance des salles de cinéma.

Spanish

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Record 51 2006-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paddle Sports
CONT

"Personnaly, I would not want to stroke the boat, but Stacey is really good at it, "said Brown. "In order to be the stroke, you definitely have to be a lot more focused on what you are doing all the time, because you have to keep a solid rhythm. If you slow down for one stroke, the whole boat behind you will be affected because they have to follow that rhythm.

Key term(s)
  • stroke

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de pagaie
DEF

Régler la cadence des rameurs.

CONT

Bastien Ripoll était le chef de nage du huit barré d'Oxford. Le Toulousain était chargé d'impulser la cadence.

Spanish

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Record 52 2006-03-21

English

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

Your organization will likely want to engage the help of consultants to help you develop your e-learning strategy. A good e-learning strategy addresses issues of learning effectiveness and technology. Decisions will have to be made about what you will do in-house and what you will outsource. Do you have instructional designers who can design web-based courses? Does your IT department have the capabilities to develop, host, and maintain your courses? Do you need to select vendors to do some or part of this work? These are just a few of the questions that you will need to answer. An e-learning consultant can help you develop your e-learning strategy that will guide you through this maze.

CONT

It will not matter whether you decide to call yourself an online tutor, e-trainer, learning advisor or online learning consultant, the skills required will be the same. Tutors will need to be engaging, reassuring, welcoming and supporting.

French

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

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Teorías y métodos pedagógicos
  • Capacitación del personal
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 53 2006-03-21

English

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

Listening is a combination of hearing what a person is saying and involving yourself with the person who is speaking. While effective listening does not require that you agree with what a person is saying, being able to respectfully hear another's point of view is an important skill to have. Good listening skills can be beneficial in friendships, family relationships, educational settings, and the workplace.

French

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

Pour bien communiquer, il faut avoir des aptitudes à écouter et à communiquer verbalement et par écrit [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Capacitación del personal
  • Internet y telemática
  • Teorías y métodos pedagógicos
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Record 54 2005-07-25

English

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

New information about canning will be discussed and participants are even asked to bring items you have canned in the past and all of your canning questions to see what advice... canning judge and canning expert, can offer.

French

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

Le 10 février, un expert en conserves de la FDA, envoyé en Belgique, signalait que la boîte incriminée présentait un petit orifice en forme de poinçon triangulaire, et que les morceaux de saumon encore présents dans la boîte présentaient à l'examen microscopique de nombreuse spores.

Spanish

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Record 55 2005-06-28

English

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

Free learning may be all very well and good for the future, but what about those of us who have already been through the system? How can we establish a more positive and fruitful relationship to learning? The answer, it seems to me, is to clean out the garbage, expand your learning skills, and then use those skills. It is never too late to start being a free learner. As a start along that direction, I would especially recommend Jean Houston's The Possible Human. Get together with some friends and start a learning circle devoted to expanding your learning capacities. You might be amazed at the results.

French

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

En plus des informations liées à son état civil, chaque usager sera affecté à une catégorie (étudiant, stagiaire, apprenant libre, enseignant, formateur, responsable de formation, évaluateur, ...). En dehors des apprenants libres qui font exclusivement de l'autoformation, tous les autres usagers doivent être affectés à au moins un établissement professionnel ou scolaire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Capacitación del personal
  • Internet y telemática
  • Teorías y métodos pedagógicos
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Record 56 2005-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Security
  • Rights and Freedoms
  • Labour Law
CONT

What is the Right to Refuse? Under the law,(Manitoba's Workplace Safety and Health Act), you can refuse any task that you have reasonable grounds to believe is dangerous to your safety and health or the safety and health of others.

CONT

The Occupational Health and Safety Act gives a worker the right to refuse work that he or she believes is unsafe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité générale de l'entreprise
  • Droits et libertés
  • Droit du travail
CONT

Droit de refus. L'article 19 de la Loi sur l'hygiène et la sécurité au travail stipule ce qui suit : «Un salarié peut refuser d'accomplir tout acte à son lieu de travail lorsqu'il a des motifs raisonnables de croire que cet acte mettra vraisemblablement en danger sa santé ou sa sécurité ou celle de tout autre salarié.»

CONT

Lorsque vous utilisez votre droit de refus, vous devez rester sur les lieux de travail pendant les heures normales de travail.

Spanish

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Record 57 2005-04-18

English

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

Manitoba Health.

OBS

Pharmacare is a benefit program designed to help protect Manitobans from high drug costs. You still have to pay for part of the cost of your eligible drug prescriptions-what is called the Pharmacare deductible-but Pharmacare pays for the rest.

French

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

Santé Manitoba.

OBS

Le Régime d'assurance-médicaments est un programme de prestations destiné à protéger les Manitobains du coût élevé des médicaments admissibles. Vous devez toujours payer une partie du coût des médicaments admissibles qui vous sont prescrits -- ce que l'on appelle la franchise annuelle --, mais le Régime d'assurance-médicaments paie le reste.

Spanish

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Record 58 2004-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Research
CONT

Medical testing isn’t yet what you could call a career choice, but being a human guinea pig has definitely become a way many people in this city have chosen to make ends meet.

Key term(s)
  • human guinea-pig

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherche scientifique
CONT

[ ... ] cobayes humains [ ... ]. Ce sont des malades qui, par dépit ou par courage, vont essayer un remède inédit ou accepter de se livrer à un nouveau traitement médical.

CONT

Des chercheurs chinois ont commencé à expérimenter un vaccin contre le SRAS sur quatre volontaires dans un hôpital de Pékin. Il s'agirait de la première expérience de ce type sur des cobayes humains.

Key term(s)
  • cobaye-humain

Spanish

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Record 59 2004-11-04

English

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

The second class of the day was the Table AM5 C&D Grade class and this saw 62 starters with another 28 going through to the jump off again so again you were fairly sure that you would have to jump clear to have a chance of a placing but this jump off produced 11 clear jump off rounds so in this class you had to jump clear and fast to place and that is what the five placegetters did!

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
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Record 60 2004-07-27

English

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

There is a distinction between listening and hearing. Hearing is a function of the physical. If you have the right parts in your head, the stirrup, the anvil, the ear drum etc you can hear. Listening however is a function of the emotional. What you listen to has an emotional impact on you. Listening is your interpretation of what you hear, or the spin you put on what you hear.

French

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

On peut se représenter la communication visuelle comme constituée par deux parties entrelacées : le caractère spécifique (le 'look and feel') et l'organisation visuelle. Le caractère spécifique d'une présentation est responsable de son impact émotionnel -- la réaction instinctive à ce que vous voyez. Le développement d'un caractère spécifique approprié, se fait à l'aide des couleurs, des fonts, de la texture, etc, pour vous permettre de transmettre le message précis à votre audience.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Teorías y métodos pedagógicos
  • Capacitación del personal
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 61 2004-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Industrial Operations
  • Food Industries
CONT

What is a food manufacturer? You are considered a manufacturer if you :... Produce a food product or a component of a food and either package it for customer self-serve or sell to another business that will serve to customers or resale(i. e. grocery stores, restaurants, convenient stores, etc.)... Have another firm produce your product, but your company's name and address is on the label...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types d'exploitation industrielle
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
CONT

Kellogg Canada est le premier fabricant de produits alimentaires à mettre sur le marché un emballage qui renseigne sur l'étiquetage nutritionnel.

CONT

Tout fabricant de produits alimentaires doit avoir en place un système qui permet le retrait complet et rapide de tout lot de produits alimentaires.

OBS

fabricant de produits alimentaires : terme extrait du Glossaire de l'agriculture anglais/français et reproduit avec l'autorisation de l'OCDE.

Spanish

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Record 62 2004-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skydiving, Paragliding and Hang Gliding
CONT

There are several types of partial malfunctions and actions for each. If you have a semi-inversion, squid, cigarette roll or complete inversion with damage to the canopy or suspension lines, you must activate your reserve parachute. If you have a compare inversion with no damage to the canopy or suspension lines, do not activate your reserve parachute. If you have damaged suspension lines, blown section or gore, you must compare your rate of descent with your fellow jumpers. If you are falling faster than your fellow jumpers, you will activate your reserve parachute. If you are not falling faster than your fellow jumpers, you will activate your reserve parachute. If you are not falling faster, maintain what you have.

CONT

Partial malfunctions occur when the parachute deploys, but does not work properly. This creates a situation that does not allow you to land safely. Canopies that partially malfunction do not look "good" and tend to move violently. The following conditions may cause a partial malfunction: line over (a line goes over the canopy instead of straight down to the harness), entangled or broken lines, and holes, burns and/or rips in the canopy. The exact procedure to follow varies by drop zone, but genrally you will cut away the main canopy and open the reserve parachute.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parachutisme, parapente et deltaplane
CONT

On parle de défaillance partielle lorsque le parachute se déploie mais ne fonctionne pas correctement. Cette situation est dangereuse car elle ne vous permet pas d'atterrir en toute sécurité. Les voiles défaillantes présentent un aspect un peu usé et ont tendance à se balancer violemment. Les conditions suivantes peuvent provoquer une défaillance partielle : suspente passée au-dessus de la voile (et non pas tendue entre la voile et le harnais), suspentes emmêlées ou cassées et voile trouée, brûlée et/ou déchirée. La procédure exacte à suivre varie selon les zones de sauts, mais il vous sera généralement conseillé de couper la voile principale pour ouvrir le parachute de secours.

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Record 63 2004-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
  • Public Sector Budgeting
  • Financial Accounting
CONT

If... we don’t have any debt service to speak of, and our total full-up cost is $7 million a month compared to what they were... when they had a huge debt... you can see the tremendous change in the fundamentals of the company.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
  • Budget des collectivités publiques
  • Comptabilité générale
Key term(s)
  • coûts complets

Spanish

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Record 64 2004-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
  • Thermodynamics
DEF

A special case of process lapse rate, defined as the rate of decrease of temperature with height of an air parcel lifted in a saturation-adiabatic process through an atmosphere in hydrostatic equilibrium.

CONT

So, if condensation is taking place, latent heat is being released to the surrounding air. So you have two opposing trends going on at the same time within this parcel of air. It's rising and cooling, but it's also condensing and being warmed. Which one will win out? That is, will the air get colder, or will it get warmer? Well, what happens is that the air will still cool off, but not as fast. If water vapor in the air is condensing, the adiabatic rate is less. The air is only cooling off at a rate of about 5 degrees C/1000 meters(3. 3 deg per 1000 feet). This is called the Saturated adiabatic lapse rate(or the wet adiabatic lapse rate, or the moist adiabatic lapse rate, depending on the textbook you are using). The saturated lapse rate varies with the original temperature of the air parcel, but 5 degrees C/1000 meters is a commonly used value.

OBS

The pseudoadiabatic lapse rate is so close to the moist adiabatic lapse rate that meteorologists tend to ignore this difference and often refer to them synonymously. In fact, on adiabatic charts (or pseudoadiabatic charts), the moist adiabatic lapse rate lines are referred to interchangeably as moist, saturated, or pseudoadiabatic.

OBS

Owing to the release of latent heat, this lapse rate is less than the dry-adiabatic lapse rate (...)

Key term(s)
  • saturated-adiabatic lapse rate
  • wet-adiabatic lapse rate

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
  • Thermodynamique
DEF

Gradient adiabatique de l'air saturé.

CONT

Le refroidissement par détente [d'une particule d'air saturé en mouvement ascendant] provoque la condensation de la vapeur d'eau et la libération de la chaleur de condensation [...] Dans ce cas, la transformation n'est plus entièrement adiabatique, et la décroissance thermique se réduit à 0,5 °C par 100 m («gradient pseudo-adiabatique»).

OBS

En raison de la libération de chaleur latente, sa valeur est inférieure à celle du gradient adiabatique de l'air sec.

Key term(s)
  • gradient adiabatique de l'air saturé

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física de la atmósfera
  • Termodinámica
DEF

Gradiente adiabático del aire saturado.

OBS

Debido al desprendimiento del calor latente, su magnitud es inferior a la del gradiente adiabático del aire seco.

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Record 65 2004-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
CONT

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

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Record 66 2004-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Silviculture
CONT

The stands of juvenile trees don’t need to be spaced the same distance that mature trees require, because there is an optimum spacing which encourages natural pruning of lower branches. Such natural pruning is a desirable energy saver for the land owner. Also, conifers have a growth habit built in, called geotrophism, which is what makes a tree grow vertically rather than just meandering crookedly up to its finished height. Using the force of geotrophism to advantage, we may just crowd our trees just enough to keep them reaching higher than a specimen tree with its bushy branching and its severly bushy habit. All this doesn’t give you a formula to work with though, so try this approach. You should thin most stands of juvenile age to intermediate age trees to about eight feet apart. Later, as the trees mature, they could be spaced even farther to as much as twelve feet apart.

CONT

The objective of this study was to describe the different morphological gradients being used as the basis for the development of the shape of the stem system in young forest-grown 7-year-old beeches ... Three simple morphogenetic gradients explain the developmental dynamics of their overall stem system ... The third one is characterized by a gradual reduction in annual growth rate as well as of the branching angle of the lowest axes of the tree, indicating their decline and their imminent elimination by natural pruning.

Key term(s)
  • self-pruning

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Sylviculture
CONT

L'élagage naturel se fait mieux quand les arbres ont poussé à l'état serré, mais certaines essences ne s'élaguent pas naturellement ou s'élaguent très mal (ex. Douglas); il est alors nécessaire de couper les branches basses en pratiquant l'élagage artificiel.

CONT

Cette étude a pour objectif de mettre en évidence, chez de jeunes hêtres forestiers âgés de 7 ans, les différents gradients morphologiques servant de base à l'élaboration de la forme de leur système caulinaire [...] Trois gradients morphogénétiques simples rendent compte de la dynamique de développement de leur système caulinaire global [...] Le troisième se traduit par la réduction graduelle du taux d'accroissement annuel et du degré de ramification des axes les plus bas dans l'arbre et annonce leur déclin et leur disparition prochaine par élagage naturel.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Silvicultura
DEF

Caída espontánea de las ramas de un árbol debida a falta de luz, condiciones climáticas adversas o pudrición.

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Record 67 2004-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

By means of a "portable address" linked to your current or future [Internet] email account, your correspondents will always be able to find you, no matter where you move or with what provider you have your account.

OBS

"Portable addressing" means that you will still keep whatever email address and service provider you already have, but that you will also have a portable email address, which you can take with you to any service provider. All email directed to your portable address will be automatically rerouted to you at wherever your email account is.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique

Spanish

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Record 68 2003-10-29

English

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

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

CONT

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

CONT

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Chimie

Spanish

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Record 69 2003-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Business and Administrative Documents

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Écrits commerciaux et administratifs
OBS

Ministère du Solliciteur général du Nouveau-Brunswick.

Key term(s)
  • Ça vous concerne : Participez!

Spanish

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Record 70 2003-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heating
CONT

Some households have a dual source system of heating(e. g. electricity with gas or oil). Apart from your main source, what other source do you use to heat your home?

CONT

... the dual-source system introduced at Miyazaki Oki electric ... consists of a combination thermal-electric/thermal supply system based on an on-site CGS facility and conventional power purchased from the power company. The CGS facility is comprised of a diesel engine, electrical generator, and exhaust gas steam boiler, and the total electrical generating capacity of the system introduced by Miyazaki Oki is approximately 10,000 KW/Hr. By linking this with the existing system for receiving power company electrical power, a dual-source power supply is created to provide power for production, etc.

Key term(s)
  • dual source heating system
  • two source heating system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chauffage
CONT

Ainsi, dans un système à deux sources, la source de base, bien que ne représentant que 40 % de la puissance maximale, peut fournir 83 % de l'énergie calorifique totale pour le chauffage, la source d'appoint n'étant sollicitée que pendant les périodes de grands froids.

OBS

Conformément au contrat d'affermage [...] du système de chauffage urbain et de services de chauffage dans la ville de Kalisz [...] concernant la production, la vente, le transport et la distribution de la chaleur, PEC SA fournit la chaleur à 56 000 habitants, ce qui constitue 52 % du total. PEC SA fournit la chaleur à toutes les grandes et à la plupart des petites coopératives d'habitation de Kalisz ainsi qu'aux différentes institutions, bureaux, écoles maternelles, entreprises et usagers particuliers. Le système de chauffage de Kalisz, c'est un réseau de 56 km environ. Il est alimenté de deux sources, de la Chaufferie Régionale (CR) exploitée par PEC SA et de la Centrale Chaleur - Électricité Piwonice (EC). En plus, PEC SA exploite 49 chaufferies à gaz et 547 sous-stations.

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Record 71 2003-02-06

English

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

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

OBS

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

CONT

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

CONT

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

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

French

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

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

CONT

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

CONT

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

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

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
  • Destilería (Ind. alimentaria)
Key term(s)
  • alcoholes elevados
  • alcoholes superiores
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Record 72 2002-06-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Aircraft Maneuvers
CONT

What I found most different is that with a canard pusher airplane, you don’t have any propwash over the wing with the elevator. Unlike a C150, where you can lift the nose off very soon after starting your takeoff roll, the canard won’t lift the nose off till you have built up considerable speed(60-70 kts). Of course, while this speed is building you are steering with the brakes and rudders. Steering this ways is different too. The high speed taxi tests will get you conditioned for this aspect. I found the approach and landing to be quite conventional, a bit fast. I think the "fly it on" landing technique makes landing a Cozy easier than landing a C172.

Key term(s)
  • fly it on landing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Manœuvres d'aéronefs
CONT

Si le vent est fort, il sera dangereux de poser l'avion suivant cette méthode dite trois points. Il faudra l'amener au sol tangentiellement, queue haute, le plaquer au sol pendant qu'il roule en l'empêchant de décoller à nouveau et le laisser rouler jusqu'à ce qu'il perde sa vitesse et pose sa queue au sol. C'est l'atterrissage de piste qui se fait à une vitesse supérieure.

Spanish

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Record 73 2001-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial and Economic Psychology
DEF

Theory which compares naked self-interest with cooperation.

OBS

You and a friend have been caught by the police with a stolen car. They rightly suspect both of you of another, more serious offence, but have no proof. You are being held in separate cells and cannot communicate. The police offer you a deal : if you tell them about your friend's other crime you will not be charged with stealing the car. You surmise that they have offered your friend the same deal. What do you do? If you both stay silent, both of you will be charged with the lesser crime-a good result. If both of you talk, both will go to jail for a more serious offence, on evidence of each other's testimony-a bad result. But the dilemma is : if you alone stay silent, you will be punished for both offences while your accomplice walks free.

CONT

The "prisoner’s dilemma" has been a favourite story of economists for many years, for it illustrates a much more widespread problem: how individual ambition can lead to collective misery. Traffic jams are prisoner’s dilemmas: the more people take individual steps to alleviate congestion (by using public transport) the more they benefit others who do not share their public-spiritedness. Price wars in the airline industry are another example.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie industrielle et économique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología económica e industrial
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Record 74 2001-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Motivation and Advertising Psychology
CONT

Bus ads stimulate immediate recognition of WHO you are, WHAT you have to offer, and WHERE you could be found.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Motivation et psychologie de la publicité

Spanish

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Record 75 2001-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
CONT

Notice in the drawing routines, especially the arc routines, that familiarity with how the arc routine works is important. In the first arc statement, the command arc is executed and the first point is entered. The center option is chosen before the second point is entered. At this point, you should be able to decipher what is happening in the first nine statements of this function. Next, the arc number value is initialized and set. This value counts how many times you run through this routine. Each time you run through the routine, you create one first arc. The next statement calculates the arc length by calculating the distance between the start and end points of the first arc. Now that you have the arc number and the length of the arcs, you can calculate the overall length of the insulation. Notice the last statement of the routine. That is precisely what happens. In the while loop, the variable total is compared to the wall length. If the total variable is less than the wall length variable, the routine will be run again. Otherwise, the routine is ended.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique
OBS

Le calcul des arcs, anneaux et tubes circulaires.

Spanish

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Record 76 2001-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
  • Special-Language Phraseology
OBS

On a comparable basis, or any number of expressions along those lines. Simply means the companies(subsidiaries etc.) consolidated are unchanged, or that account has been taken of changes in the comparison. It means "at constant scope of consolidation" or "at comparable structure". You can say simply "on a comparable basis" or "on a like-for-like basis", but then you leave some question as to what adjustments have been made(e. g. have exchange rates been held constant as well?).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité

Spanish

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Record 77 2000-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personnel and Job Evaluation
DEF

A section of the UCS Supplementary Application Guidelines that provides basic instructions to help correct misconceptions and common rating errors in the use of the standard. It guides evaluators to what to look for and provides tips about how to evaluate it once you have found it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Évaluation du personnel et des emplois
DEF

Section des Lignes directrices supplémentaires d'application qui donne des instructions de base pour éviter les méprises et les erreurs d'évaluation communes dans l'utilisation de la Norme. Elle guide les évaluateurs et évaluatrices sur les aspects qu'il faut rechercher et donne des conseils sur la façon d'évaluer ces aspects.

Spanish

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Record 78 2000-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastic Arts (General)
CONT

Other popular matching system colors, including plastic and vinyl, can be precisely matched. We have a computerized formula library with calculated color information to help you make an exact color match every time, no matter what color you need. Custom colors, even without a manufacturer's code number, can be exactly determined and formulated. Even if you simply have color chips, fabric swatches, or material samples, send them to us, we’ll match color and gloss levels quickly. Formulas can be quickly faxed.

Key term(s)
  • chip

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts plastiques (Généralités)
Key term(s)
  • chip

Spanish

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Record 79 2000-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
OBS

API: application program interface.

OBS

Windows programs are based around a standard set of features known as the application program interface or API. All programs call on the API for most of their functions. But some of the API functions are not accessed directly from Visual Basic. Using the API is not difficult, but the API is picky. Everything must be just so, and much of what you have to add to your programs is quite detailed. The API viewer enables you to cut and paste the required declarations. It helps you avoid errors and is a great time saver.

Key term(s)
  • application program interface viewer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels
OBS

Source(s) : PC EXPERT, nov. 1999, p. 242.

OBS

API : interface de programme d'application.

Key term(s)
  • visionneuse d'interface de programme d'application

Spanish

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Record 80 1999-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Organization Planning
DEF

A strategy or plan that outlines how information technology will be used to support the current and future business of an organization. It is driven by the Business Vision; this vision describes what business you will be in and the impact external and internal influences will have, and includes a statement of goals, objectives and critical success factors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Planification d'organisation
DEF

Stratégie ou plan qui décrit la manière dont la technologie de l'information sera utilisée pour appuyer les activités actuelles et futures d'une entreprise. Cette stratégie est fondée sur la vision de l'entreprise, vision qui détermine les activités futures et les répercussions de divers facteurs internes et externes et comprend un énoncé des buts, objectifs et facteurs de succès critiques.

Key term(s)
  • stratégie en matière de TI
  • stratégie en matière de technologies de l'information
  • stratégie de la technologie de l'information

Spanish

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Record 81 1999-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Management (General)
CONT

Industrial intelligence is the art of keeping one step ahead of the competition. If you dont’t know what the competition is up to, soon you will find out from dropping sales and losing market share. Spies and counter intelligence have been essential management tools from the beginning of history. In business keep tabs on your competition. Keep tabs on your competition keeping tabs on you. Your intellectual property, your next move, your next product innovation, your next winning move can be pre-empted by an alert competitor.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 82 1999-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education Theory and Methods
  • Group Dynamics
DEF

Attribute listing is a great technique for ensuring all possible aspects of a problem have been examined. Attribute listing is breaking the problem down into smaller and smaller bits and seeing what you discover when you do.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
  • Dynamique des groupes
CONT

Pour aider les participants à sortir franchement des sentiers battus, on peut les inciter à suivre un certain nombre de "pistes de recherche" assez inhabituelles: c'est ce qu'on appelle le concassage. Concasser un problème, c'est l'envisager successivement sous des angles insolites qui permettent à l'imagination de se laisser aller dans des voies qu'elle n'emprunte pas ordinairement, voies sur lesquelles elle risque de trouver des idées originales qu'elle aurait des difficultés à avoir par le simple jeté d'idées du brainstorming.

CONT

Le concassage en forçant les participants à envisager le problème étudié sous des angles nouveaux constitue, sans un long apprentissage préalable, un excellent moyen pour éviter les idées routinières.

Spanish

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Record 83 1997-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
CONT

Color Calibration and Monitor Controls-What to Trust. Because there is a wide variety of methods and procedures involved in monitor color and density calibration, it is beyond the scope of these instructions to address this topic exhaustively. Most software applications already have monitor controls and gamma adjustment options so you can refer to the manufacturers instructions should it be required.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie

Spanish

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Record 84 1997-05-15

English

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

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

OBS

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

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
  • Musique électronique
OBS

Comparer à achat en ligne.

Spanish

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Record 85 1996-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marketing
  • Food Industries
  • Sociology
CONT

It used to be enough just to make a fairly decent product and market it. Not anymore. In the ’90's, you’ve got to have a Corporate Soul. The consumer will want to know who you are before buying what you sell... Who you are will mean publicly stating your environmental policy, your stance on health care and child care, how(or if) you deal with an Apartheid country, what other brands you have or other names you market under.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commercialisation
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Sociologie

Spanish

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Record 86 1996-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Standardization
CONT

Global standards will have to focus more on the what than the how. Performance-based standards, standards that define how you are supposed to do something are very restrictive because they stifle innovation and... cause all kinds of problems in the marketplace. So ultimately, you are going to have to say... what it is you want to accomplish with the standard and then let the marketplace or the supplying industries decide what is the best way to deliver that.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Normalisation industrielle
CONT

Les normes internationales devront porter plus sur l'objet que sur la façon de faire. Les normes axées sur la performance, qui indiquent comment on doit faire quelque chose, sont très restrictives. Elles nuisent à l'innovation. En fin de compte, vous allez devoir dire ce que vous voulez accomplir avec la norme, puis laisser le marché ou les industries décider de la meilleure façon d'y arriver.

Spanish

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Record 87 1995-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
CONT

There are two major types of bugs : those that you are given information about, and those you have to discover yourself. The former are much easier to find and fix that are the latter.... Unknown errors are usually logical and occur when the program executes properly but does not do what you had intended it to do. An example of this would be a calculation using an incorrect formula. Such a program would be acceptable to the computer because it satisfied the command syntax, but on running would produce incorrect results.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique

Spanish

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Record 88 1994-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Television Arts
CONT

Prepare the commercial lineup to be aired during a TV presentation of the movie "Total Recall". What products would you choose to advertise. You have five blocks of five commercials each for a total of twenty-five commercials.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télévision (Arts du spectacle)
OBS

conducteur : programme d'une émission en direct sur lequel sont portés l'ordre des séquences, leur origine, leur minutage, ainsi que les noms des réalisateurs.

Spanish

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Record 89 1994-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging in Plastic
CONT

"There's no difference between flowrapping and HFFS"(horizontal-form-fill seal], says one machinery pro. "Flowrapping is a European term for what Americans call HFFS. "Others disagree completely. Says a manufacturer who does so. "You have to differentiate between either making the bag first or forming a bag around the product. A flowrapper makes the bag around the product. But I am using a machine to make a bag first and then fill it. "Yet another variation on the theme are horizontal machines that use premade pouches.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Emballages en matières plastiques
DEF

Technique d'emballage consistant à envelopper de la marchandise (produits alimentaires, petits objets) sous sachet tubulaire de dimensions prédéterminées provenant d'une bobine de film plastique.

Spanish

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Record 90 1993-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
  • Mental Disorders
DEF

Thinking characterized by speech in which ideas shift from one subject to another that is completely unrelated or only obliquely related to the first without the speaker's showing any awareness that the topics are unconnected. Statements that lack a meaningful relationship may be juxtaposed, or the person may shift idiosyncratically from one frame of reference to another. When loosening of associations is severe, speech may be incoherent. The term is generally not applied when abrupt shifts in topics are associated with a nearly continuous flow of accelerated speech(as in flight of ideas). Example : Interviewer :"What did you think of the whole Watergate affair?" Subject :"You know I didn’t tune in on that, I felt so bad about it. But it seemed to get so murky, and everybody's reports were so negative. Huh, I thought, I don’t want any part of this, and I don’t care who was in on it, and all I could figure out was Artie had something to do with it. Artie was trying to flush the bathroom toilet of the White House or something. She was trying to do something fairly simple. The tour guests stuck or something. She got blamed because the water overflowed, went down in the basement, down, to the kitchen. They had a, they were going to have to repaint and restore the White House room, the enormous living room. And then it was at this reunion they were having. ’And it's just such a mess and I just thought, well, I’m just going to pretend like I don’t even know what's going on. So I came downstairs and cause I pretended like I didn’t know what was going on, I slipped on the floor of the kitchen, cracking my toe, when I was teaching some kids how to do some double dives". Loosening of associations may be seen in Schizophrenia, Manic Episodes, and other psychotic disorders.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
  • Troubles mentaux
DEF

Pensée caractérisée par un discours où les idées passent d'un sujet à un autre n'ayant aucun rapport ou un rapport lointain, l'un avec l'autre, sans que le locuteur manifeste la moindre conscience de cette absence de relation. Des affirmations sans relations compréhensibles entre elles peuvent être juxtaposées. L'individu peut également passer de manière idiosyncrasique d'un registre de référence à un autre. Lorsque le relâchement des associations est marqué, le discours peut être incohérent. Ce terme n'est généralement pas appliqué lorsque, à des changements brusques de thèmes, est associé un flot rapide presque ininterrompu du discours comme dans la fuite des idées. Exemple : Interlocuteur : « Qu'avez-vous pensé de l'affaire du Watergate?» Patient: «Vous savez, je ne suis pas branché là-dessus. Cela m'a tellement affecté. Mais cela avait l'air si embrouillé et tout le monde avait l'air d'en penser du mal. J'ai pensé en moi-même : je ne veux rien savoir de cela et je me fous de savoir qui était dedans et ce que j'ai compris, c'est qu'Artie avait quelque à voir là-dedans. Artie a essayé de tirer la chasse d'eau des toilettes de la salle de bains de la Maison Blanche, ou quelque chose comme ça. Ce qu'elle a essayé de faire était très simple. Les visiteurs ont été bloqués ou je ne sais quoi. On l'a réprimandée parce que l'eau a débordé et a coulé au rez-de-chaussée dans la cuisine: ils allaient devoir repeindre et restaurer l'énorme salle de séjour de la Maison Blanche. Et puis, c'était à cette réunion qu'ils étaient; et c'était tellement embrouillé que j'ai pensé que j'allais faire comme si je ne savais pas ce qui se passait. Alors je suis descendu et, parce que je faisais comme si je ne savais pas ce qui se passait, j'ai glissé sur le carrelage de la cuisine et je me suis fait mal au pied quand j'apprenais aux gosses à faire un saut périlleux ». Le relâchement des associations peut s'observer dans la Schizophrénie, les Épisodes maniaque

Spanish

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Record 91 1992-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial and Economic Psychology
  • Labour and Employment
CONT

What have you done to prevent burnout? "When I had these two flame-outs(a short-term downer in which I’ve experienced absolute exhaustion), they lasted about three days.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie industrielle et économique
  • Travail et emploi

Spanish

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Record 92 1991-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
  • Stock Exchange
DEF

Dealers purchase gold on their own account and then sell it to an investor, or vice versa. They have a position in the gold market at all times. They may be "short" gold(they have a net debt in gold) or they may be "long" gold(they possess gold). A dealer makes his money on the "spread", the difference between the price at which he purchases gold and what he can sell it for. He usually does not charge a commission for the transactions you conduct through him. In North American, dealers operate primarily in gold bullion, gold certificates, and coinage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
  • Bourse
CONT

Délivrés par un négociant d'or reconnu, [les certificats aurifères] assurent la propriété de lingots d'or gardés dans la chambre forte du négociant (frais de stockage exigibles en sus).

Spanish

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Record 93 1991-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
OBS

After searching a document, searching within what you have selected in your first search-to make a finer search.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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Record 94 1989-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment
CONT

Of course when the correction starts you don’t know whether the correction will be a flat or a zigzag, but by the time the first wave is completed you have a pretty good idea as to what can be expected to follow.

OBS

Term used in technical analysis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements
OBS

Ce terme appartient à l'analyse technique.

Spanish

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Record 95 1989-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment
CONT

Of course when the correction starts you don’t know whether the correction will be a flat or a zigzag, but by the time the first wave is completed you have a pretty good idea as to what can be expected to follow.

OBS

Term used in technical analysis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements
OBS

Ce terme appartient à l'analyse technique

Spanish

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Record 96 1989-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Loans
CONT

A credit report is an accumulation of information about how you pay your bills and repay loans, how much credit you have available, what your monthly debts are, and other types of information that can help a potential lender decide whether you are a good credit risk or a bad credit risk.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prêts et emprunts

Spanish

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Record 97 1988-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Materials Handling
  • Commercial Fishing
  • Cargo (Water Transport)
CONT

You have heard of the vacuum unloading, and the pitch fork unloading which they used to do many years ago. What is happening in your area?

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manutention
  • Pêche commerciale
  • Cargaisons (Transport par eau)
OBS

[L'emmagasinage du poisson à fond de cale dans des récipients] présente les avantages suivants : 1) manutention rapide et efficace du poisson 2) élimination du chargement à la fourche [au projet de courroie transporteuse] (...)

Spanish

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Record 98 1987-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parks and Botanical Gardens
CONT

Using a portable toilet can have its unpleasant moments. The worst is what people in the trade call "blowback"-wastes shooting up from the toilet bowl. The whole mess is caused by a pressure buildup in the holding tanks of the flushable models. Without prior release, pressure from the waste tank can literally blow wastes up and out when you try to flush them through the bowl opening.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parcs et jardins botaniques
CONT

Les toilettes portatives peuvent avoir des aspects déplaisants. Le pire, c'est que les gens du métier appellent le «rejet», c'est-à-dire le vidange qui ressort de la cuvette. Ce phénomène est causé par la pression qui s'accumule dans les réservoirs des [toilettes portatives] à chasse d'eau. Si on ne la détend pas au préalable, la pression accumulée dans le réservoir de déchets peut littéralement faire jaillir les matières fécales lorsqu'on fait fonctionner la chasse d'eau.

Spanish

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Record 99 1986-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
  • Language Problems

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
  • Problèmes de langue

Spanish

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Record 100 1981-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surveys (Public Relations)
  • Advertising
  • Statistical Surveys
OBS

By this method, a preselected sampling of people is called up and asked, "Do you have a television set? How many members of the family are watching it? What channel? What program?"

French

Domaine(s)
  • Enquêtes et sondages (Relations publiques)
  • Publicité
  • Sondages et enquêtes (Statistique)
OBS

méthode de sondage statistique par laquelle on interroge les enquêtés sur un événement qui se déroule au moment de l'appel téléphonique.

Spanish

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