Business and Trade Flashcards

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1
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Le libre-échange

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Free trade

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Le marché intérieur

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The domestic market

The home market

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Le marché mondial

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The world market

The global market

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L’offre et la demande

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Supply and demand

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Croître / augmenter

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To grow
To rise
To increase

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Diminuer / baisser

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To decrease
To go down
To fall

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Une vague de prospérité

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A boom

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Un arrêt (s’arrêter)

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A standstill (to be at a standstill)

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Une reprise

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A recovery

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Un marché à la baisse / à la hausse

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A falling / rising market

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S’effondrer

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To slump

To collapse

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Une devise forte / sûre

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A strong / hard currency

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Une devise stable

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A firm / steady currency

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Une devise instable

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An unsteady currency

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Le taux de change

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The exchange rate

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Etre quoté en bourse

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To be quoted on the Stock Exchange

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Monter

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To go up

To rise

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Monter en flèche

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To soar

To rocket

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Chuter

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To drop

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Dégringoler

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To plunge

To plummet

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Un employé de banque

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A clerk

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Un guichet

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A window

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Un distributeur de billets

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A cash point

A dispenser

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Un retrait

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A withdrawal

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Déposer de l’argent

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To deposit money (a deposit)

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Les économies/ l’épargne

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Savings

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Etre à découvert

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To be overdrawn (an overdraft)

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Un chèque

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A cheque

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Acheter à crédit

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To buy on credit

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Un magnat

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A tycoon

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Un quartier d’affaires

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A business center

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Une PME

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A medium-sized business

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Le chiffre d’affaire

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The turnover

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Faire des affaires

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To do business

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35
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Etre dans les affaires

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To be in business

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Conclure une affaire

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To clinch a deal

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37
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Rentabiliser qqch

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To make sth profitable

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38
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Lucratif / rentable

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Profit-making

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La croissance / le déclin d’une entreprise

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Upsizing

Downsizing

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Perdre sa clientèle

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To lose business

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Une société / une entreprise

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A corporation

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Une entreprise / une compagnie

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A firm

A company

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Une multinationale

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A multinational

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Une entreprise étatisée

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A state-owned company

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La raison sociale

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The corporate name

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L’image (de marque) d’une société

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The corporate identity

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La culture d’entreprise

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The corporate culture

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Une filiale

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A subsidiary

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Le siège sociale

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The head office

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Le président

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The chairman

The chairperson

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La direction

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The management

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Le PDG

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The managing director

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Le directeur commercial

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The sales manager

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Le directeur du personnel

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The personnel director

The personnel manager

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Le personnel

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The staff

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Un représentant de commerce

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A commercial traveler

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La vente à domicile (démarcher)

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Door-to-door selling (to sell door-to-door)

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Présider

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To chair

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Recruter

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To recruit

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Embaucher / engager

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To hire

To take on

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Employer (en tant que)

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To employ (as)

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Un commerçant

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A shopkeeper

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Le stock

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The supply

The stock

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La gestion des stocks

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Stock management

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Les marchandises en stock

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The stock-in-trade

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Un entrepôt

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A warehouse

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Un grossiste

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A wholesaler

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Un détaillant

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A retailer

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Un réseau de distribution

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A supply chain

A supply channel

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Une commande

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An order

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Une livraison

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A delivery

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Une facture

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An invoice

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Facturer qqch à qqun

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To invoice sb for sth

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La recette

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The takings

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Contracter des dettes

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To run into debts

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Un rival

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A challenger

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Un appel d’offre

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A bid

A tender

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Un tarif douanier

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A customs tariff

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Une barrière douanière

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A trade barrier

A trade wall

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Les droits de douane

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Customs duties

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L’excédent / le déficit du commerce extérieur

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Trade surplus

Trade deficit

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Une guerre commerciale

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A trade war

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Un marché protégé

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A sheltered market

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Appliquer des sanctions (contre)

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To enforce sanctions (against)

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Un blocus

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A blockade

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Une étude de marché

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A market survey

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Un sondage d’opinion

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An opinion poll

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Un échantillonnage

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A sampling

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Un questionnaire

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A questionnaire

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Une banque de données

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A database

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Mettre sur le marché

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To market

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Fidéliser les clients

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To build brand

To build consumer loyalty

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Une offre d’essai

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A trial offer

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Une offre spéciale

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A promotional offer

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Les biens de consommation

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Consumer goods

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Les produits de première nécessité

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Staple goods

Staple commodities

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Les produits alimentaires

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Food products

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Une gamme

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A range

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Démodé

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Outdated

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D’occasion

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Second-hand

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Une étiquette (étiqueter)

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A label (to label)

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Un bon rapport qualité prix

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Good value for money

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Abordable

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Affordable

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Pouvoir se payer qqch

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To be able to afford sth