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Record 1 2001-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Deposits
OBS

See also "pay thickness."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gisements pétrolifères

Spanish

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Record 2 1984-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Management Operations
Key term(s)
  • Offender Programmes Management Team

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Opérations de la gestion
OBS

(Soll. gén.). GB 4/84.

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Equipment and Supplies
  • Office-Work Organization
DEF

A folded sheet of light cardboard used to cover or hold papers, letters, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et fournitures de bureau
  • Organisation du travail de bureau
DEF

Couverture (cartonnée, toilée) dans laquelle on insère des documents.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo y artículos de oficina
  • Organización del trabajo de oficina
DEF

Útil de escritorio que consiste en un una pieza rectangular, generalmente de cartón o plástico, que, doblada por la mitad y atada con cintas, gomas o cualquier otro medio, sirve para guardar o clasificar papeles, dibujos o documentos.

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Record 4 1996-08-06

English

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Postes et fonctions (Forces armées)
  • Forces terrestres
OBS

Source(s) : G3 DLI.

Spanish

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Record 5 1986-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Traction (Rail)
OBS

bobtail: a switching locomotive.

OBS

Term used in the Express Traffic Reporting and Accounting System (XTRAS) of Canadian National Railways.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traction (Chemins de fer)
OBS

Terme utilisé dans le système Comptabilité de la gestion centralisée du traffic messageries (XTRAS) du Canadien National.

Spanish

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Record 6 1986-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique

Spanish

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Record 7 2011-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
DEF

Behavior in which the individual moves away from a stimulus.

Key term(s)
  • avoiding reaction

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
CONT

Il est remarquable que la réaction d'évitement n'apparaît qu'à partir d'un certain rythme cardiaque [...]

Spanish

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Record 8 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Planning

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aménagement urbain
OBS

aqueduc, égouts, rues, trottoirs, éclairage etc.

Spanish

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Record 9 2002-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
  • Labour and Employment
OBS

"Please be advised that ARLAC (African Regional Labour Administration Centre) and CRADAT are two different organizations. ARLAC is for English speaking African countries while CRADAT is for French speaking African countries. For translations, the name ARLAC should not be translated into French so as to distinguish our publications/documents from those of CRADAT. Similary, the name CRADAT should not be translated into English so as to avoid the same confusion with ARLAC publications/documents". Information received from the director of ARLAC.

Key term(s)
  • African Regional Labour Administration Center
  • Africa Region Labour Administration Center
  • Africa Region Labour Administration Centre
  • African Regional Labour Administration Centre
  • African Regional Labor Administration Center
  • Africa Region Labor Administration Center
  • Africa Region Labor Administration Centre
  • African Regional Labor Administration Centre

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens
  • Travail et emploi

Spanish

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Record 10 2015-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personnel Management (General)
  • Labour and Employment
  • Corporate Management (General)
DEF

[Activity] carried out by an employee in a position, such as providing service to the public, supervision, personal or central services.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion du personnel (Généralités)
  • Travail et emploi
  • Gestion de l'entreprise (Généralités)
DEF

Activité exercée par un employé dans un poste, [par exemple] le service au public, la surveillance, les services personnels et centraux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión del personal (Generalidades)
  • Trabajo y empleo
  • Gestión de la empresa (Generalidades)
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