CELIA KROUK L2 LEA Anglais-Espagnol TD1-A
CELIA KROUK L2 LEA Anglais-Espagnol TD1-A
23 Traduction appliquée terms
- animal welfare
- noun
- statutory procedure designed to promote the basic physical and material well-being of animals.
- Example: Animal welfare is the center of all debates recently.
- fr: bien-être animal
- astonishing
- adjective
- extremely surprising or impressive; amazing.
- Example: His achievements as an athlete are astonishing.
- fr: incroyable, étonnant
- carbon footprint
- noun
- a measure of the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere as a result of the activities of a particular individual, organization, or community.
- Example: This company has been trying to reduce its carbon footprint by using train for businesses trips instead of the car.
- fr: empreinte carbone
- chemical fertilizers
- noun
- a substance applied to soils or directly onto plants to provide nutrients optimal for their growth and development.
- Example: Chemical fertilizers are not good for the environment.
- fr: engrais chimiques
- coal
- noun
- a combustible black or dark brown rock consisting chiefly of carbonized plant matter, found mainly in underground seams and used as fuel.
- Example: Coal is needed for this machine to function.
- fr: charbon
- consumer
- noun
- a person who purchases goods and services for personal use
- Example: We hope to reach more consumers.
- fr: consommateur
- eco-friendly
- adjective
- not harmful to the environment.
- Example: This brand recycles to try to be eco-friendly.
- fr: respectueux de la nature
- free range farming
- noun
- relating to or produced by farm animals that are allowed to move around outside and are not kept in cages: free-range eggs/chickens.
- Example: Free range farming is becoming popular because it’s better for the animals.
- fr: élevage en plein air
- global warming
- noun
- a gradual increase in world temperatures caused by gases such as carbon dioxide that are collecting in the air around the earth and stopping heat escaping into space
- Example: Global warming is dangerous for the planet.
- fr: réchauffement climatique
- greenhouse effect
- noun
- the trapping of the sun's warmth in a planet's lower atmosphere, due to the greater transparency of the atmosphere to visible radiation from the sun than to infrared radiation emitted from the planet's surface.
- Example: The planet is suffering from the greenhouse effect.
- fr: gaz à effet de serre
- greenwashing
- verb
- behaviour or activities that make people believe that a company is doing more to protect the environment than it really is.
- Example: The campaign was little more than greenwashing to improve the oil company's image.
- fr: écoblanchiment
- heat wave
- noun
- a prolonged period of abnormally hot weather.
- Example: When a heatwave occurs many people become increasingly bad-tempered.
- fr: canicule
- ice cap
- noun
- a covering of ice over a large area, especially on the polar region of a planet.
- Example: The ice caps are melting.
- fr: calotte glacière
- overfishing
- verb
- deplete the stock of fish in (a body of water) by excessive fishing.
- Example: Fishers have to be careful of not overfishing.
- fr: supêche
- pesticide
- noun
- a substance used for destroying insects or other organisms harmful to cultivated plants or to animals.
- Example: Pesticides are potentially toxic.
- fr: pesticide
- salesperson
- noun
- a person whose job involves selling or promoting commercial products, either in a shop or visiting locations to get orders.
- Example: The salesman tried to sell us this product.
- fr: vendeur
- shortage
- noun
- a state or situation in which something needed cannot be obtained in sufficient amounts.
- Example: There is a food shortage due to global warming.
- fr: pénurie
- supply and demand
- noun
- the amount of a commodity, product, or service available and the desire of buyers for it, considered as factors regulating its price.
- Example: By the law of supply and demand the cost of healthcare will plummet.
- fr: l’offre et la demande
- sustainable
- adjective
- able to be maintained at a certain rate or level.
- Example: This company has had a sustainable growth.
- fr: durable
- to concern
- verb
- make (someone) anxious or worried.
- Example: Global warming concerns me for the next generations.
- fr: inquiéter
- to cope
- verb
- deal effectively with something difficult.
- Example: They’ve been coping with worsening climate conditions.
- fr: faire face
- to go bankrupt
- verb
- unable to pay what you owe, and having had control of your financial matters given, by a law court, to a person who sells your property to pay your debts
- Example: This company went bankrupt after the economic crisis.
- fr: faire faillite
- worsening
- adverb
- make or become worse.
- Example: The conditions have been worsening lately.
- fr: se détériorant