This glossary aims to aid learning specific terms in the topics taught in the Traduction appliquée au monde professionnel L2 course.
a commission rate
noun group
A commission rate is the payment associated with either a fixed payment or percentage of a sale.
Example: "This allowed the company, based in Cupertino, California to charge a commission rate of 30% for 14 years."
en: les commissions
a con-artist
noun
a person who tricks other people in order to get their money.
Example: "The couple lost their savings to a con artist who told them he was an investment broker."
en: l'arnaqueuse (f)
a criminal offence
noun group
An act or behaviour prohibited by criminal law and therefore punishable by law.
Example: "First, the bill would create a separate and specific criminal offence for stealing a car."
en: une infraction pénale
a key factor
noun group
A key factor is defined as the factor in the activities of an undertaking which, at a particular point of time or over a period, will limit the volume of output.
Example: "The new machine is a key factor in the company's success."
en: un facteur clé
a law firm
noun group
a business that is engaged in the practice of law.
Example: "Again, the law firm also represented the same third competitor."
en: un cabinet juridique
behaviour
noun
the way in which one acts or conducts oneself, especially towards others.
Example: "The young boy has excellent behaviour in public."
en: la conduite
competitors
plural noun
someone who takes part in a contest or an organisation/country engaged in commercial or economic competition with others.
Example: "Several competitors are racing to fill the gap between supply and demand."
en: les concurrents
Eco-friendly cleaning products
noun group
Using cleaning methods and products with environmentally friendly ingredients and procedures which are designed to preserve human health and environmental quality.
Example: "She has been using eco-friendly cleaning products for many years."
en: les produits de nettoyage écologiques
Legal fees
noun group
a fee paid for legal service
Example: "My associate agreed to cover all legal fees."
en: les frais de justice
manufacturer
noun
a person or company that makes goods for sale.
Example: "Apple is being sued by French app developers who are accusing the iPhone manufacturer of violating the USA’s antitrust law through their imposing of extortionate usage fees in the App Store."
en: le constructeur
misuse of company assets
noun group
when the director of a commercial company (SAS, SARL, etc.) knowingly uses the assets of this company for personal purposes, contrary to the company's interest.
Example: "He was prosecuted for buying a car with company funds."
en: abus de biens sociaux
plaintiff
noun
a person who brings a case against another in a court of law.
Example: "the plaintiff commenced an action for damages"
en: le plaignant
suppliers
plural noun
a person or organisation that provides something needed such as a product or service.
Example: "Every major energy supplier has upped their prices."
en: les fournisseurs
swindling
verb - present participle
to deprive or deceive someone of money or possessions.
Example: "An unscrupulous salesman swindled my grandmother."
en: l'escroquerie (f)
to cultivate
verb
to prepare and use (land) for crops/gardening or to try to acquire or develop (a quality or skill).
Example: The farmers are cultivating the fields.
en: cultiver (qqch.) / labourer
to kill
verb
to end the life of someone else
Example: "He killed the man in broad daylight."
en: tuer
to offer
verb
to present or proffer (something) for (someone) to accept or reject as desired.
Example: "May I offer you a drink?"
en: proposer/offrir
To pick up where someone left off
phrasal verb
To resume doing something from the last point where someone else had stopped.
Example: "Please be back by 1:00 pm and we'll take up where we just left off."
en: Reprendre où qqn s'est arrêté
to sue
verb
to institute legal proceedings against (a person or institution), typically for redress.
Example: "The government will sue those responsible for the fraud."
en: poursuivre en justice
wastage
noun
the action or process of losing or destroying something by using it carelessly or extravagantly.