Journalese Flashcards

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Faire polémique

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To arouse controversy

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Polémique

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Controversy

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Être polémique

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To be controversial

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Être aux antipodes

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To be poles apart

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Syndicat et direction

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Labour and management

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Un défaut

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A flaw = a defect

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Abandonner

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To scrap = to abandon

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De deux maux il faut choisir le moindre

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The lesser of two evils

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Entrer en vigueur

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To come into a force

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Commencer de 0

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To start from scratch

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Fusionner

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To merge

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Être au point mort

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To be at a standstill

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N’avoir rien à voir avec

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To be besides the point

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De même

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By the same token = similarly

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Dans le court/moyen/long terme

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In the short term, medium term, long term

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N’est pas la priorité

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To put in the back burner

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Être sur le point de/être au bord de

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To be on the brink of = to be on the verge of

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Sièges sociaux

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Headquarters

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Être médiatisé

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To be hype(d up) = to be publicized

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Être médiatisé

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To be great (media) coverage

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Faire semblant de s’intéresser, apporter un soutien de façade

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To pay lip service = to pretend to back up

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Être à la base de, soutendre

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Underpin

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Faire les frais de

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To bear the brunt

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S’atteler au problème

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To come to grips = to tackle = to address an issue

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Abandonner
To jettison = to scrap a plan = to get rid of
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Dernier en date, plus récent
Latest
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Un journaliste indépendant
A freelance journalist
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Preface
Foreword
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Côte de popularité
An approval rating
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Taux de participation
A turnout
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Démagogie
Grandstanding
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Être informé
To be informed | To be apprised (+ formel)
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Un débat (problématique)
À vexed/thorny issue
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Where the congress is located
Capitol
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Sondage
Opinion polls
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Aller voter
To go to the polls
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Mener une campagne
To fight a campaign
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être candidat à
To stand for office/election | To run for office ...
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Conseillers
Advisers | Aids
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Paradoxal
Counter-intuitive
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Couvrir un événement
To cover an event
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Avoir un écho médiatique
To be given (great) media coverage
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Audience
Audience ratings
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Media de l'audiovisuel
Broadcast media
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Être un sujet de grosse audience, "moneyable"
To be bankable | Source of high ratings
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tourner (au cinema)
to make off
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monter un film
to edit
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scène brutale, grossière
grossly violent scene
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générique
credits
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séance de prise de photos
photo shoots
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se maquiller
to make up
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censure
censorship
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paroles de chansons à caractère choquant
explicit lyrics
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une critique
a critic
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critiquer
to criticize
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zapper
to flick
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critiques
criticism
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une critique journalistique
a review
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un critique
a reviewer
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feuilleton télévisé
soap opera
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une info
a news item
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liberté d'expression
freedom of speech
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une information
a piece of information
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liberté de presse
freedom of the press
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audimat
audience ratings
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un amateur d'art dramatique
a theatre goer
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un téléspectateur
a TV viewer
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un cinéphile
a movie goer
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faire les gros titres
to grab the headlines
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Un affichage, un étalage | une vitrine
a display
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producteur
a Producer
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un chef d'œuvre
a masterpiece
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prix anglais de littérature
the Bookerprize
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prix américain de la littérature et journalisme
Pulitzer
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le film à l'écran
the film which is on
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equipage/equipe de tournage
crew
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un parolier
a lyricist
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auteur dramatique (de pièces)
a playwright
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Mélange d'information et de divertissement
Infotainment
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Journalisme d'enquête
Investigative journalism
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Creuser (information ...)
``` To dig (up) (information ..) To unearth/uncover scandals To delve into an issue ```
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Editorial
``` Op eds (USA) Opinion column (U.K.) ```
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Un journaliste sur le terrain
a on the spot journalist
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les gens médiatisés, célébrités
the glitterati
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un conseiller en communication Expert en relation publiques
a spin doctor a spin doctor's job is t o spin (tisser, raconter) tales/stories they tell politicians what to say or not to say