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Record 1 1997-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paints and Varnishes (Industries)
  • Construction Finishing
  • Masonry Practice
OBS

concrete paint: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peintures et vernis (Industries)
  • Finitions (Construction)
  • Maçonnerie
OBS

peinture pour béton : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Track and Field
DEF

A field event in which a heavy, circular plate of stone or metal is hurled for distance with one hand from within a throwing circle which is 8 feet 2 1/2 inches in diameter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Athlétisme
CONT

Le lancer de disque est un lancer à dominante rotation (volte), mais il y a aussi une translation puisque le lanceur avance dans le plateau.

OBS

Le terme «lancement du disque» est très rarement employé au niveau international. (Jean-Paul Baert, Entraîneur national, Association canadienne d'athlétisme amateur.)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Atletismo
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Record 4 2006-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chronology
  • Geology
CONT

... late Pliocene deposits of El Laco in Chile ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chronologie
  • Géologie
CONT

Gisements du Pliocène tardif (gisement d'El Laco) au Chili.

Spanish

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Record 5 2004-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
  • Labour and Employment
CONT

People with disabilities more likely to be employed or working in the margins.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
  • Travail et emploi

Spanish

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Record 6 2001-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Display Technology
OBS

Term taken from documentation consulted to prepare the terminology of PRISM, the new computer system to be used by the Parliament of Canada employees and other federal government employees (e.g. Parliamentary Translation).

Key term(s)
  • drop down arrow

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques d'affichage (Ordinateurs)
OBS

Terme relevé à partir de la documentation consultée dans le but d'établir la terminologie reliée à PRISME, le nouveau système informatique qui sera utilisé par les employés du Parlement du Canada et autres employés du gouvernement fédéral (la Traduction parlementaire, par exemple).

Spanish

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Record 7 2005-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Courts
DEF

In medieval England, a court having jurisdiction over a fair or market and presided over by the organizer's steward.

OBS

The name is a corruption of two French Words (pied and poudre) meaning "dusty feet".

OBS

Historical; no longer current in law.

Key term(s)
  • court of pie-powders
  • curia pedis pulverisati
  • court of piepowders
  • pie-powder court

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tribunaux
Key term(s)
  • cour des piépoudres

Spanish

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Record 8 2002-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Black Products (Petroleum)
  • Lubrication Technology
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Produits noirs (Pétrole)
  • Tribologie
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance

Spanish

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Record 9 2005-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Winemaking
DEF

Unfermented juice of unripe grapes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie vinicole
DEF

Jus acide, non fermenté, de raisins cueillis verts, entrant dans la préparation de certains mets et condiments.

Spanish

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Record 10 1998-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Administration
  • Finance
  • Personnel Management

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration fédérale
  • Finances
  • Gestion du personnel
OBS

Source(s) : Lexique des PSR [Programmes de la sécurité du revenu].

Key term(s)
  • bénéficiaire déléguée

Spanish

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