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WRITER [100 records]

Record 1 - external organization data 2025-08-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • braille writer operator

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 2 2025-08-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Literature
DEF

A person who writes short stories.

OBS

short story: a prose work of fiction, differing from a novel by being shorter and less elaborate.

Key term(s)
  • short-story writer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Littérature
OBS

nouvelle : œuvre littéraire, proche du roman, qui s'en distingue généralement par la brièveté, le petit nombre de personnages, la concentration et l'intensité de l'action.

Spanish

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Record 3 2025-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Software
  • Education
DEF

A person who creates or modifies courseware to provide information or knowledge to the courseware learner.

French

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

[Le] créateur de didacticiel est un «communicateur» qui veut transmettre quelque chose et son effort de communication porte aussi sur la rédaction du manuel d'utilisation.

Spanish

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Record 4 2024-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Plans and Specifications (Construction)
CONT

specification: A document, drawn up by the applicant for a patent and submitted to the proper authority, giving an explicit description of the nature, details, construction, and use of an invention.

Key term(s)
  • construction specification writer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Devis, cahiers des charges et plans (Construction)

Spanish

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Record 5 - external organization data 2023-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • transportation schedule writer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 6 - external organization data 2023-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 7 - external organization data 2023-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 8 - external organization data 2023-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 9 - external organization data 2023-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • writer editor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)
Key term(s)
  • rédacteur réviseur
  • rédactrice réviseure

Spanish

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Record 10 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 11 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 12 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 13 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 14 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 15 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 16 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 17 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 18 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 19 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 20 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 21 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 22 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 23 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 24 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 25 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 26 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • programed-instruction writer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 27 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 28 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 29 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 30 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • self instruction manual writer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 31 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 32 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 33 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 34 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 35 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 36 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 37 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • speech-writer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 38 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 39 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 40 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)
Key term(s)
  • scénariste dialoguiste

Spanish

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Record 41 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 42 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 43 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)
Key term(s)
  • auteur compositeur en musique
  • auteure compositrice en musique

Spanish

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Record 44 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • author composer performer
  • singer songwriter composer
  • writer composer performer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)
Key term(s)
  • auteur compositeur interprète
  • auteure compositrice interprète

Spanish

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Record 45 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 46 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 47 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 48 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 49 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 50 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)
Key term(s)
  • concepteur scénariste
  • conceptrice scénariste

Spanish

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Record 51 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 52 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 53 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 54 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 55 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 56 2023-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Scholarships and Research Grants
OBS

Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Bourses d'études et subventions de recherche
OBS

Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Denominaciones varias
  • Becas de estudios y subvenciones para la investigación
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Record 57 - external organization data 2022-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 58 2022-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Office-Work Organization
  • Meetings and Assemblies (Administration)
  • Writing Styles
DEF

A person who specializes in taking dictation in shorthand.

Key term(s)
  • short-hand writer
  • short-hander

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Organisation du travail de bureau
  • Réunions et assemblées (Administration)
  • Techniques d'écriture

Spanish

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Record 59 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • The Press (News and Journalism)
  • Sports (General)
DEF

A person who writes about sports, especially for a newspaper or magazine.

Key term(s)
  • sport writer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Presse écrite
  • Sports (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 60 - external organization data 2022-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 61 - external organization data 2022-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 62 - external organization data 2022-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 63 - external organization data 2022-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)

Spanish

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Record 64 2018-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • News and Journalism (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Information et journalisme (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 65 2018-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Cinematography
  • Television Arts

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Cinématographie
  • Télévision (Arts du spectacle)
DEF

Personne qui rédige et met au point le dialogue d'un film ou d'une émission de télévision.

Spanish

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Record 66 2018-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
CONT

Medical writers require an understanding of the medical concepts and terminology, knowledge of relevant guidelines as regards the structure and contents of specific documents, and good writing skills. They also need to be familiar with searching medical literature, understanding and presenting research data, the document review process, and editing and publishing requirements.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé

Spanish

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Record 67 2018-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Business and Administrative Documents
Key term(s)
  • hand book writer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Écrits commerciaux et administratifs
Key term(s)
  • rédacteur de guide et de manuel
  • rédactrice de guide et de manuel

Spanish

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Record 68 2018-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Position and Functional Titles (Armed Forces)
  • Naval Forces

French

Domaine(s)
  • Postes et fonctions (Forces armées)
  • Forces navales

Spanish

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Record 69 - external organization data 2018-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Universal entry(ies)
178
occupation code, see observation
OBS

178: Royal Canadian Mounted Police job code.

OBS

The member is responsible for: writing and editing feature articles, editorial outlines, police notices, and other publications, e.g. RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) Gazette, Pony Express; participating in all stages of production, planning and layout; soliciting articles for publication; and providing additional editorial services.

Key term(s)
  • Editor and Writer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
178
occupation code, see observation
OBS

178 : code d'emploi de la Gendarmerie royale du Canada.

OBS

Le membre remplit les fonctions suivantes : rédiger et réviser des articles de fond, des sommaires, des avis de police et autres publications, p. ex. la Gazette de la GRC (Gendarmerie royale du Canada), le Pony Express; participer à tous les stades de production, de planification et de mise en page; solliciter des articles aux fins de publication; fournir des services de rédaction-révision supplémentaires.

Key term(s)
  • rédacteur et réviseur
  • rédactrice et réviseure

Spanish

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Record 70 2018-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names
  • Naval Forces
  • Water Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois
  • Forces navales
  • Transport par eau
OBS

Au Québec, la désignation «commis» est épicène, c'est-à-dire à la fois masculine et féminine. En Europe, le féminin «commise» est employé.

OBS

commis chef du bord : désignation uniformisée par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

Spanish

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Record 71 - external organization data 2017-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Key term(s)
  • communications writer and editor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)

Spanish

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Record 72 2017-11-17

English

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

Signwriters design, manufacture and install signs, including advertising signs for shops, businesses and public facilities as well as signs for transport systems.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 73 2017-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Ship's Organization (Military)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Organisation du navire (Militaire)

Spanish

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Record 74 2017-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Publication and Bookselling
  • Literature
  • News and Journalism
DEF

A person who is hired to [write novels, biographies, reports, blog posts], speeches, articles, ... or other texts that are officially credited to another person.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Édition et librairie
  • Littérature
  • Information et journalisme
DEF

Personne payée pour ébaucher ou écrire entièrement au nom d'une autre personne (écrivain, scientifique, politicien, artiste, etc.) un texte (roman, article, ouvrage scientifique, biographie, etc.) signé par cette seule autre personne.

OBS

rédacteur anonyme; rédactrice anonyme : Ces termes, retenus pour la Classification nationale des professions (CNP) de 2016, sont des équivalents de «ghostwriter» moins satisfaisants que «prête-plume». En effet, l’adjectif «anonyme» devrait en principe signifier «dont on ignore le nom», «qu’on n’a pas pu identifier» ou encore «qui ne fait pas connaître son nom» (sources : Petit Robert 2017 et Usito).

Spanish

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Record 75 2016-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Programming Languages
  • Office Automation
OBS

report writer control system; RWCS: term and abbreviation standardized by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Langages de programmation
  • Bureautique
DEF

Système de gestion de l'éditeur; fourni par le réalisateur, ce système de gestion de l'exécution permet l'établissement d'états.

Spanish

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Record 76 2016-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Programming Languages
OBS

report writer logical record: term standardized by ANSI.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Langages de programmation
DEF

Article comprenant la ligne d'impression de l'éditeur et l'information de contrôle qui permet sa sélection et son alignement.

Spanish

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Record 77 - external organization data 2015-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Key term(s)
  • executive reports writer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)

Spanish

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Record 78 2015-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Painting (Arts)
  • Criminology
  • Handwriting Analysis and Cryptography
CONT

Controversies that surround graffiti continue to create disagreement amongst city officials, law enforcement, and writers who wish to display and appreciate work in public locations.

CONT

[Most] graffiti writers maintain a hierarchy of sorts; a tag can legitimately be covered by a throw-up, and a throw-up by a piece, and this is commonly done without incident. If a piece has previously been slashed (or "dissed"), it is also acceptable for another writer to go over it.

Key term(s)
  • graf writer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peinture (Arts)
  • Criminologie
  • Graphologie et cryptographie
DEF

Personne [ou] artiste qui réalise des graffs à la bombe de peinture.

CONT

Les tunnels des réseaux de transports en commun souterrains sont [les lieux] appréciés par les graffeurs.

Spanish

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Record 79 2014-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 80 2014-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Official Documents
OBS

[A] title used in non-automated missions.

OBS

passport writer: terminology used by the Passport Office of Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Documents officiels
OBS

Titre utilisé dans les missions non automatisées.

OBS

rédacteur de passeport : terminologie en usage au Bureau des passeports du Canada.

Spanish

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Record 81 2014-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names
  • Tourism
CONT

Well-known Australian blogger and travel writer ... travelled to Quebec in February for skiing and other winter activities at Mont Tremblant, Montréal's Mount Royal Park and Carnaval de Québec.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois
  • Tourisme
DEF

Spécialiste de l'information, souvent journaliste, qui se spécialise dans le reportage touristique, c'est-à-dire que par le biais d'un reportage sur un produit touristique précis en fera le portrait dans une publication généraliste ou spécialisée.

CONT

[Une] célèbre blogueuse et rédactrice touristique australienne a visité le Québec en février. Elle a fait du ski et participé à d'autres activités hivernales à Mont-Tremblant, au parc du Mont-Royal (à Montréal) et au Carnaval de Québec.

Spanish

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Record 82 2013-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

A person who provides content for a [website].

CONT

They write blogs, create copy, and sometimes even take photos or build images. Web writers are often hired as freelancers to write articles for the site. They may also work in marketing or support or other departments and provide content to the [website].

OBS

web writer: The Translation Bureau recommends in its revised 2013 Linguistic Recommendation that “web” not be capitalized when it is part of a compound, whether the compound is written as two words or one, with or without a hyphen.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Internet et télématique
OBS

rédacteur Web; rédactrice Web : Le Bureau de la traduction préconise dans sa Recommandation linguistique révisée en 2013 la majuscule initiale lorsque «Web» est employé après un nom qu’il qualifie. Il est toujours invariable.

OBS

rédacteur sur le Web; rédactrice sur le Web : Le Bureau de la traduction préconise dans sa Recommandation linguistique révisée en 2013 la majuscule initiale lorsque «Web» est employé seul, en tant que nom.

Spanish

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Record 83 2013-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI

Spanish

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Record 84 2012-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
DEF

A program that can direct the production of output reports if supplied with input file detail as well as the format and content of the required output.

OBS

report generator: term and definition officially approved by the Government EDP (Electronic Data Processing) Standards Committee (GESC).

Key term(s)
  • state generator

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
DEF

Programme qui engendre la production d'états imprimés à partir d'informations qui décrivent le fichier, la présentation et le contenu désirés.

OBS

générateur de rapports : terme et définition uniformisés par le Comité des normes gouvernementales en informatique (CNGI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
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Record 85 2012-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Equipment and Supplies
  • Banking
DEF

A device (as a machine) that imprints figures or amounts on the faces of bank checks or drafts in such a way (as by perforation or embossing) as to prevent fraud by alteration or erasure.

OBS

The preferred Canadian spelling form is "cheque," not "check."

Key term(s)
  • check writing machine
  • cheque writing machine
  • cheque-writing machine

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et fournitures de bureau
  • Banque
DEF

Machine servant à préparer des chèques et, plus particulièrement, à inscrire le montant de ces derniers de manière à en prévenir l'altération.

Key term(s)
  • protectographe
  • machine à rédiger les chèques

Spanish

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Record 86 2012-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Position Titles
  • Administration (Indigenous Peoples)
  • Language (General)
OBS

In use at the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de postes
  • Administration (Peuples Autochtones)
  • Linguistique (Généralités)
OBS

En usage au ministère des Affaires indiennes et du Nord canadien.

Spanish

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Record 87 2012-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Position Titles
  • Administration (Indigenous Peoples)
  • Language (General)
OBS

In use at the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de postes
  • Administration (Peuples Autochtones)
  • Linguistique (Généralités)
OBS

En usage au ministère des Affaires indiennes et du Nord canadien.

Spanish

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Record 88 2012-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Position Titles
  • Administration (Indigenous Peoples)
  • Literature
OBS

In use at the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de postes
  • Administration (Peuples Autochtones)
  • Littérature
OBS

En usage au ministère des Affaires indiennes et du Nord canadien.

Spanish

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Record 89 2012-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Occupational Codes - Non-commissionned Members
Universal entry(ies)
TG
occupation code
OBS

TG: trade specialty qualification code.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Groupes professionnels militaires pour les militaires du rang
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
TG
occupation code
OBS

TG : code de qualification de spécialiste (métiers).

Spanish

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Record 90 2012-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Occupational Codes - Non-commissionned Members
Universal entry(ies)
TR
occupation code
OBS

TR: trade specialty qualification code.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Groupes professionnels militaires pour les militaires du rang
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
TR
occupation code
OBS

TR : code de qualification de spécialiste (métiers).

Spanish

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Record 91 2012-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Occupational Codes - Non-commissionned Members
Universal entry(ies)
831.10
occupation code
OBS

831.10: trade specialty qualification code.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Groupes professionnels militaires pour les militaires du rang
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
831.10
occupation code
OBS

831.10 : code de qualification de spécialiste (métiers).

Spanish

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Record 92 2011-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Occupational Codes - Non-commissionned Members
Universal entry(ies)
NU
occupation code
311.37
former designation, occupation code
OBS

NU: trade specialty qualification code.

OBS

The code 311.37 was converted to NU.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Groupes professionnels militaires pour les militaires du rang
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
NU
occupation code
311.37
former designation, occupation code
OBS

NU : code de qualification de spécialiste (métiers).

OBS

Le code 311.37 a été changé pour NU.

Spanish

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Record 93 2011-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Federal Administration

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Administration fédérale

Spanish

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Record 94 2011-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Hardware
  • Computer Graphics
DEF

The parts of a display unit used to create visible marks on the display surface.

OBS

display writer: term standardized by CSA International.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel informatique
  • Infographie
OBS

marqueur : terme normalisé par la CSA International.

Spanish

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Record 95 2010-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Positions
  • News and Journalism (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Postes gouvernementaux
  • Information et journalisme (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 96 - external organization data 2009-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
05.04.10 (19762)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

electronic device for performing the process of retrieving data from and potentially transmitting data to a transponder and, as appropriate, the contention and error control management, and channel and source decoding required to recover and communicate the data entered at source

OBS

The device may also interface with an integral display and/or provide a parallel or serial communications interface to a host computer or industrial controller.

OBS

reader/interrogator; reader/writer: terms and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 19762-3:2008].

French

Spanish

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Record 97 2009-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Reinsurance and Coinsurance
CONT

The insured only has rights of recourse against the direct insurer, not against the reinsurer.

OBS

direct insurer: term and definition reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réassurance et coassurance
DEF

Assureur (dans son acceptation essentielle d'entreprise d'assurance), par opposition à cet «assureur indirect» [...] qu'est le réassureur ou a fortiori le rétrocessionnaire.

CONT

La réassurance des sommes a pour but de réduire le montant du risque couvert par l'assureur direct.

OBS

assureur direct : terme et définition extraits du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduits avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Reaseguro y coseguro
DEF

Parte que interviene en el contrato de seguros y que se hace responsable del pago de la correspondiente indemnización al beneficiario o al asegurado. El contratante de una póliza sólo tiene acción directa contra él, nunca contra el reasegurador.

OBS

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

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Record 98 2009-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radio Transmission and Reception
  • Remote Sensing
DEF

A device that can both retrieve information from a tag and write information to a tag.

OBS

The device may also interface with an integral display and/or provide a parallel or serial communications interface to a host computer or industrial controller.

OBS

reader/writer: term standardized by ISO/IEC [International Electrotechnical Commission].

Key term(s)
  • reader-writer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Émission et réception radio
  • Télédétection
Key term(s)
  • lecteur/scripteur

Spanish

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Record 99 2009-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insurance
DEF

An insurance company which sells its policies through salaried employees or agents who represent it exclusively, rather than through independent local agents or insurance brokers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Assurances
DEF

Société d'assurance qui vend ses contrats par l'intermédiaire de préposés salariés (agents agréés) qui la représentent en exclusivité, plutôt que par l'intermédiaire de courtiers indépendants, qui représentent plusieurs assureurs.

Spanish

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Record 100 2008-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment
DEF

The person who has written an option, and has thereby undertaken with the Clearing Corporation to deliver, in the case of a call, or to purchase, in the case of a put, the underlying security in accordance with the terms of the option.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements
DEF

Personne qui, après avoir conclu l'opération de vente d'un contrat d'option et en avoir encaissé la prime, a l'obligation d'exécuter la transaction convenue dans le contrat d'option si l'acheteur de l'option décide d'exercer son droit.

Spanish

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