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Record 1 2012-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prepared Dishes (Cooking)
  • Spices and Condiments
DEF

Paste made from sesame seeds, usually eaten as a dip; also used in preparation of hummus.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plats cuisinés
  • Épices et condiments
DEF

Pâte fine à base de graines de sésame.

Spanish

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Record 2 1996-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
CONT

... the Board issued a licence "principally in order to control the disposition of the waste." The Board now indicates dissatisfaction with intermediate and long-term management of these wastes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Déchets nucléaires

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión de los desechos
  • Desechos nucleares
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Record 3 2016-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupational Bodies and Committees
  • Accounting
OBS

CPABC is responsible for the training and certification of CPA students. [It] is also responsible for the regulating and professional development of its members, and the protection of the public through its ethical standards and discipline processes.

OBS

In B.C., legislation to unify the legacy professional accounting bodies—the Institute of Chartered Accountants of B.C. (ICABC), the Certified General Accountants Association of B.C. (CGA-BC), and the Certified Management Accountants Society of B.C. (CMABC)— went into force on June 24, 2015.

Key term(s)
  • Chartered Professional Accountants of B.C.
  • CPA British Columbia

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités professionnels
  • Comptabilité
OBS

CPABC est responsable de la formation et la certification des étudiants CPA. Il est également responsable de la réglementation et du développement professionnel de ses membres, ainsi que la protection du public grâce à ses normes éthiques et processus disciplinaires.

OBS

En Colombie-Britannique, la législation visant à unifier les organismes professionels de comptables, soit le Institute of Chartered Accountants of BC (ICABC), la Certified General Accountants Association of B.C. (CGA-BC) et la Certified Management Accountants Society of B.C. (CMABC), est entrée en vigueur le 24 juin 2015.

Key term(s)
  • Chartered Professional Accountants of B.C.
  • CPA British Columbia

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meetings
  • Public Administration (General)
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
Key term(s)
  • Meeting of Northern Development Ministers

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réunions
  • Administration publique (Généralités)
  • Coopération et développement économiques

Spanish

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Record 5 - external organization data 2005-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Plant Safety
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

Why is it necessary to have backup cooling for the main moderator system?

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sûreté des centrales nucléaires
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

Pourquoi est-il nécessaire de disposer d'un refroidissement de secours pour le circuit principal du modérateur?

Spanish

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Record 6 2015-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

... short-limbed (micromelic) dwarfism that usually causes death within the first few hours after birth.

CONT

Thanatophoric dysplasia is due to a lethal mutation (change) in the same gene that produces achondroplasia, a familiar and far more common form of short-limbed dwarfism that is compatible with life.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Os et articulations
CONT

La dysplasie thanatophore (DT) est une grave maladie du squelette qui est mortelle dans la période néo-natale. [...] La plupart des individus souffrant de DT meurent au cours des premières heures ou des premiers jours de leur vie d'une insuffisance respiratoire secondaire due à la réduction de la capacité thoracique ou à la compression du tronc cérébral.

OBS

Nanismes : dysplasie thanatophorique (TDI, TDII), achondroplasie, SADDAN (Severe Achondroplasia with Developmental Delay and Acanthosis Nigricans), hypochondroplasie.

Spanish

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Record 7 2015-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Family Law (common law)
CONT

There is some doubt about the scope of the modern action [for loss of consortium] in those provinces where it survives. ... It is ... probable that a spouse may recover damages for a partial loss of consortium as well as for its total destruction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
OBS

perte partielle de consortium : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 8 2002-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biological Sciences
  • Biotechnology
Key term(s)
  • aniso-syndetic

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences biologiques
  • Biotechnologie
Key term(s)
  • aniso-syndétique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciencias biológicas
  • Biotecnología
Key term(s)
  • aniso-sindético
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Record 9 1986-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Exhibitions (Arts and Culture)
OBS

Exhibit during Sourdough Rendezvous.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Expositions (Arts et Culture)
OBS

Exposition au Rendez-vous Sourdough.

Spanish

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Record 10 2012-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Codes (Software)
DEF

An action that affects the recording, processing, transmission or interpretation of data. Examples: Starting or stopping a process; carriage return, font change; rewind; end of transmission. [Definition standardized by ISO and officially approved by GESC.]

OBS

control function; control operation: terms standardized by ISO and officially approved by the Government EDP (Electronic Data Processing) Standards Committee (GESC).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Codes (Logiciels)
DEF

Opération qui affecte l'enregistrement, le traitement, la transmission ou l'interprétation des données. Exemples: La mise en route ou l'arrêt, le retour de chariot, le changement de jeu, le rebobinage, la fin de transmission. [Définition normalisée par l’ISO et uniformisée par le CNGI.]

OBS

fonction : terme normalisé par l’ISO et l'AFNOR.

CONT

fonction de commande : terme uniformisé par le Comité des normes gouvernementales en informatique (CNGI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Códigos (Soporte lógico)
DEF

Acción que afecta el registro, procesamiento, transmisión o interpretación de los datos; por ejemplo, iniciar o detener un procesamiento, retorno del carro, cambio de tipo de letra, rebobinamiento y terminación de la transmisión.

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