Glossaire GRIMAUD LOU DAPI
Glossaire GRIMAUD LOU DAPI
26 Traduction appliquée au monde professionel terms
- BURIAL
- the action or practice of burying a dead body
- Example: his remains were shipped home for burial
- fr: Enterrement
- COMPETITION
- noun
- a situation in which someone is trying to win something or be more successful than someone else
- Example: The business's competition was weak.
- fr: concurrence
- ENERGY-INTENSIVE
- adjective
- Describes a building, mode of transportation or industrial process that uses large amounts of energy.
- Example: It's energy-intensive, it represents 10% of global electricity consumption.
- fr: énergivore
- FABRIC
- noun
- Fabric is cloth or other material produced by weaving cotton, nylon, wool, silk, or other threads together.
- Example: Fabrics are used for making things such as clothes, curtains, and sheets.
- fr: tissu
- FLAVOR
- noun
- fr: Arôme
- FOOD WASTE
- Noun
- food that is intended for human consumption that is wasted and lost
- Example: The volume of food waste globally is enough to feed three billion people
- fr: gaspillage alimentaire
- FUNERAL
- noun
- A ceremony or group of ceremonies held in connection with the burial or cremation of a dead person.
- Example: Kate had to fly home to attend her friend's funeral.
- fr: Funérailles
- GLOBAL ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION
- noun
- Global energy consumption is defined as the total energy used by an individual or organizations from around the world.
- Example: It's energy-intensive, it represents 10% of global electricity consumption.
- fr: consommation électrique mondiale
- GREEN WASHING
- when a company or organisation spends more time and money on marketing themselves as being sustainable than on actually minimising their environmental impact.
- Example: while they can be useful, these sorts of standards are sometimes used quite cynically—as corporate greenwash
- fr: blanchiment écologique
- HEAT WAVE
- noun
- A prolonged period of abnormally hot weather.
- Example: When a heatwave occurs many people become increasingly bad-tempered
- fr: canicule
- HEM
- noun
- the edge of a piece of cloth, such as the bottom edge of a skirt or dress, that is folded over and sewn so that it does not develop loose threads
- Example: I took the hem up
- fr: ourlet
- KITCHEN GARDEN
- noun
- a garden in which plants (such as vegetables or herbs) for use in the kitchen are cultivated
- Example: The first known use of kitchen garden was in the 14th century
- fr: Potager
- MILK SOLIDS
- noun
- Dried powder left after all the water is removed from liquid milk.
- fr: Lait en poudre
- MISLEADING
- adjective
- designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently
- Example: The article contains several misleading statements.
- fr: trompeur
- PRESERVATIVE
- A chemical compound that is added to protect against decay or decomposition
- Example: Nitrates are used as preservatives in food manufacture.
- fr: conservateur
- RIOT
- noun
- a violent disturbance of the peace by a crowd
- Example: riots broke out in the capital
- fr: émeute
- ROAD SAFETY
- noun
- means methods and measures aimed at reducing the likelihood or the risk of persons using the road network getting involved in a collision or an incident that may cause property damages, serious injuries and/or death
- Example: Road safety is also determined by the Road signs and the respect that drivers and pedestrians have towards them.
- fr: La sécurité routière
- SCARECROW
- an object made to resemble a human figure, set up to scare birds away from a field where crops are growing.
- Example: He uses a scarecrow to scared the birds.
- SLAUGHTER HOUSE
- a place where animals are slaughtered for food.
- Example: Rescuers saved eighteen dogs from a slaughterhouse in Vietnam after the owner decided to give up the business and surrender the remaining canines at the facility.
- fr: abattoir
- THE PLAINTIFFS
- a person who brings an action in a court of law
- Example: The plaintiff accused his neighbour of assaulting him.
- fr: les plaignants
- TO COMMIT
- verb
- Example: We need people who are able to commit, so please don't apply for the job unless you can.
- fr: s'engager
- TO EXEMPT
- verb
- to free from an obligation or liability to which others are subject
- Example: A grade above B+ is required in order to exempt a student from an examination.
- fr: exonérer
- TO PRIVILEGE
- verb
- Example: Do you think the interviewers privileged you over the other candidates because you're male?
- fr: Favoriser
- TO RESERVE THE RIGHT TO
- If you say that you reserve the right to do something, you mean that you will do it if you feel that it is necessary.
- Example: He reserved the right to change his mind.
- fr: Se réserver le droit de ...
- TREE NUTS
- noun
- Example: Contains tree nuts
- fr: fruit à coques
- WOOLEN
- noun
- Example: Simone is wearing a woollen pullover.
- fr: laine
