Industry Flashcards

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l’industrie

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industry / industries

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un industriel

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an industrialist

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un secteur d’activité

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an industry (the multimedia industry)

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l’industrie lourde

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heavy industry

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l’industrie artisanale

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the cottage industry

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l’artisanat

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the crafts industry

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la grande distribution

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the retail sector

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l’industrie agro alimentaire

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the Agri-food industry (agribusiness)

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les services

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the service industry

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une société

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a firm, a company, a business, an enterprise

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une grande entreprise

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a corporation

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une PME

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an SME

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un artisan

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a self-employed person

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actionnaires

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shareholders / stockholders

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Conseil d’administration

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the board of directors

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le PDG

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the CEO

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les cadres dirigeants

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top management / a top manager

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les cadres supérieurs

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a senior manager / a high-level executive

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les cadres moyens

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middle managers

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les salariés

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workers

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employé de bureau

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office worker

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un vendeur

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a sales person

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un vendeur en magasin

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a shop assistant

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politique salariale

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wage policy

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négociation, accord salarial
wage talks, wage agreement
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licencier
to lay-off / to let sb go / to make someone redundant
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indemnité de licenciement
severance pay, redundancy payment
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une création de poste
a job opening
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un psote à pourvoir
a vacancy
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recruter, embaucher
to recruit, to take sb on, to hire, to employ
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recruteur, cabinet de recrutement
recruiting consultant, a recruitment firm / agency
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le siège
headquarters
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une maison mère
a mother / parent company
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une filiale
a subsidiary
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un service par ex de recherche
a (research and development) department + finance, human ressources, marketing, sales after sales
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usine
factories, a plant, a production unit
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fabriquer
to manufacture products
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un fabricant
a manufacturer
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biens et services
goods and services
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le chiffre d'affaire
a turnover / sales figures
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faire des bénéfices
to make profits (a profit-making company)
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rentable
profitable
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des pertes
losses
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investissement
investment, to invest
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équilibrer son budget
to balance one's budget
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augmenter la productivité
to increase / raise productivity
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les coûts de fonctionnements
running costs
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la réduction de coût
cost-cutting, to cut down costs
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fermer une usine
to close down a factory
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délocaliser la production
to outsource production / to move production overseas
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sous-traiter
to subcontract
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la concurrence
competition, competitors
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satisfaire la demande
to meet demand
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satisfaire les actionnaires
please shareholders
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payer des dividendes
to pay out dividends
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une stratégie à court/ long terme
a short term / long term strategy
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payer les fournisseurs
pay providers
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être endetté
to be in debt
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un taux d'endettement
a debt level
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se déclarer en faillite
to file for bankruptcy
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faire faillite
to go bankrupt
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une entreprise innovante
an innovative company
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une entreprise florissante
a thriving, prosperous, money-making company
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un entrepreneur
an entrepreneur
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une OPA
a buy out
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un rachat d'entreprise par endettement
a LBO (leveraged buy out)
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une fusion
a merger, to merge
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les actifs (bâtiments...)
assets
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un lieu de vente
an outlet