54. The Corporate World Flashcards

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Une entreprise, une société

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A company / a firm

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Le monde de l’entreprise

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The corporate world

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Une (société) multinationale

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A multinational (company)

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Une entreprise publique

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A state-owned company

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Privatiser / la privatisation de

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To privatize / the privatization of

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Une PME

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A medium-sized business

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Une petite entreprise

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A small business

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Diriger une entreprise

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To run a company

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Le président-directeur général / le pdg

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The chief executive officer / the CEO

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Être salarié d’une entreprise

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To be on the payroll

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Le personnel

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The staff

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La direction

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The management

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Un cadre supérieur

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A senior executive / a top executive

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Un cadre moyen

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A junior executive

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Un employé

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An employee

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Un patron

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An employer

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Un chef d’entreprise

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A company director

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L’esprit d’entreprise / d’initiative

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Enterprise / the spirit of enterprise

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Un créateur d’entreprise

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An entrepreneur

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Être entreprenant

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To be enterprising

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Créer une entreprise

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To set up / to establish a company

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Le monde des affaires

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The business world

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(Faire) une acquisition

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(To make) an acquisition

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Acquérir

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To acquire

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Une fusion

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A merger

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Fusionner avec

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To merge with

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Racheter une entreprise

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To buy out a firm

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Absorber une entreprise

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To gobble up / to swallow up a firm

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Une offre publique d’achat, une opa

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A takeover bid

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Faire des bénéfices

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To make a profit

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Enregistrer, subir une perte

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To make a loss

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Un actionnaire

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A shareholder

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L’intéressement (aux résultats)

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Profit sharing

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Une entreprise compétitive

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A competitive firm

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La faillite

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Bankruptcy

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Faire faillite

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To go bankrupt / go broke / go bust

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Renflouer une entreprise

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To bail out a company

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La restructuration d’une entreprise

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The restructuring of a company

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Restructurer, réorganiser une entreprise

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To restructure / to revamp / to streamline a company

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Récompenser

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To reward

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Ceux qui veulent monter une affaire

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Those who want to set up in business

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En dégraissant les effectifs

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By downsizing staff

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La compétivité

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Competitiveness

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Des sommes d’argent

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Amounts of money

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Des parts sur le marché mondiale

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Global market share

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Pas rentable

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Unprofitable

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Mettre la clé sous la porte

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To shut up shop