23 All the vocabulary concerning the translation of texts. terms
This glossary will be useful to learn new english words and to allow me to remember them more easily, especially with pictures.
Competitor
Noun
Corresponds to a person, team, or company that is competing against others, for example, by trying to make bigger sales in a particular market.
Example: In this market, there are a lot of competitors, so it is very difficult to get clients.
en: Concurrent
Damages
Noun
A sum of money claimed or awarded in compensation for a loss or an injury.
Example: The company was ordered to pay damages to landowners for its role in causing the disaster.
en: Dommages et intérêts
Eco-design
Noun
An approach to designing products and services that gives special consideration to the environmental impacts of a product over its entire lifecycle.
Example: The eco-design directive will also help EU industry to face worldwide challenges related to the environmental changes.
en: Eco-conception
Effectiveness
Adjective
Corresponds to the degree to which something is successful in producing a desired result; success.
Example: The doctor guaranteed me the effectiveness of the treatments in curing my brother's cancer.
en: Efficacité
Experiment
Noun
It is a scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact.
Example: This psychologist made different social experiments on kids.
en: Expérience
Finding
Noun
Information discovered as the result of an inquiry or investigation.
Example: The researcher's findings are really strange, don't you think?
en: Résultat
Free-range
Adjective
In this context, term used to talk about eggs, free-range eggs are eggs produced from birds that may be permitted outdoors.
Example: We only offer cage-free eggs for sale, they are much better for the health.
en: En plein air
Grand larceny
Group of nouns
A category of larceny—the offense of illegally taking the property of another—in which the value of the property taken is above a certain legally specified amount.
Example: This man committed grand larceny, as a consequence, he will surely go to prison now.
en: Vol qualifié
Hem
Noun
It is the edge of a piece of cloth or clothing which has been turned under and sewn.
Example: I have just finished sewing the hem of my new pair of jeans.
en: Ourlet
Husbandry
Noun
The care, cultivation, and breeding of crops and animals.
Example: His family has been doing husbandry on this farm for generations.
en: Elevage
Hustler / Con artist / Scammer
Noun
Someone who makes money using illegal methods, especially by tricking people.
Example: The company will not call you to ask for your Social Security or account number, but scammers might.
en: Arnaqueur
Legal fees / costs / expenses
Group of nouns
The money that helps pay for the lawyers and the court in a legal case, usually paid by the person or organization that has lost the case.
Example: The swindler had to pay legal fees after he proudly admitted having imagined this scam alone.
en: Frais de justice
Misleading
Adjective
Means giving the wrong idea or impression
Example: Your essay contains some misleading information, which can be very problematic for when you return it.
en: Trompeur
Ordeal
Noun
A very unpleasant and painful or difficult experience.
Example: During all his life, he had to go through a lot of ordeals, but finally, that is what made him who he is today.
en: Epreuve
Power plant
Group of nouns
A power plant is an industrial facility that generates electricity from primary energy.
Example: In addition, there was strong criticism surrounding the lack of financial control over the third nuclear power plant.
en: Centrale électrique
Quilt / Duvet
Noun
A warm bed covering made of padding enclosed between layers of fabric and kept in place by lines of stitching, typically applied in a decorative design.
Example: I was just snuggling down into my warm duvet/quilt when my phone rang.
en: Couette
Refrigerant
Noun
A refrigerant is a working fluid used in the refrigeration cycle of air conditioning systems and heat pumps where in most cases they undergo a repeated phase transition from a liquid to a gas and back again.
Example: The ideal refrigerent would be non-corrosive, non-toxic, non-flammable and also preferably, totally natural.
en: Frigorigène
Scalloped back / Low necked / Scoop back
Noun
Cut low so as to leave the neck and shoulders exposed.
Example: This dress seems amazing, but unfortunately it has a scalloped back and I really hate that on a dress.
en: Dos échancré
Storyline / Plot / Narrative
Noun
In a book, film, play, it corresponds the series of events that happen in it.
Example: I can not stop reading this book, the plot is really very interesting and intriguing.
en: Intrigue
Swindle
Noun
A situation in which someone gets money dishonestly from another person by cheating them.
Example: They created a huge swindle in order to get money from all the people working in this building.
en: Escroquerie
To sue
Verb
To take legal action against a person or organization, especially by making a legal claim for money because of some harm that they have caused you.
Example: She sued the paper for damages after they wrongly described her as a cheater.
en: Poursuivre en justice
User fees
Group of nouns
A sum of money paid as a necessary condition to gain access to a particular service or facility.
Example: People don't always realize it, but they often pay user fees for the use of many government-affiliated services and facilities as well.
en: Frais d'utilisation
Willingness
Noun
The quality of being happy to do something if it is needed.
Example: My sister shows a willingness to help my parents with housework.
