L'Anglais - La mondialisation - La crise economique Flashcards

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L’anglais, la langue anglaise

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English, the English language

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une langue maternelle

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a mother-tongue

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une langue de travail

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a working language

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un pays anglophone

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an English-speaking country

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un anglophone

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an native English speaker/ an anglophone

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la progression de l’anglais

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the spread of English

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la langue soutenue, soignée

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formal language

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la langue familière

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informal, colloquial language

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l’argot

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slang

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l’anglais parlé / écrit

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spoken / written English

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une expression

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a phrase, an expression

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une formule, un slogan

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a catch phrase

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un mot à la mode

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a buzz word

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un cliché

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a cliché

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la langue de bois

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cant

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verbiage, blabla

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waffle, twaddle

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un néologisme

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a neologism

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inventer un mot

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to coin a word

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épeler un mot

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to spell a word

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20
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l’orthographe

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spelling

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21
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une figure de style

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a figure af speech

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Ce n’est qu’une façon de parler

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It is only a figure of speech

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23
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une litote

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an understatement

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vouloir dire, signifier

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to mean

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que veut dire “gibberish” ?

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What does “Gibberish” mean ?

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le sens

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meaning

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dénué de sens

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meaningless

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28
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en d’autres termes

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in other words

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29
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c’est-à-dire

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that is to say

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30
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Surfant sur la vague de la mondialisation et de la technologie

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Riding the crest of globalization and technology

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31
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Comment dirais-je ?

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How can I put it ?

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32
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Comment dit-on “chic” en anglais ?

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What’s the English for “chic”?

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traduire un texte en arabe

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to translate a text into Arabic

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traduire un texte du japonais

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to translate a text from Japanese

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35
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mal traduire qqc

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to mistranslate sth

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36
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engendré

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spawned

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37
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la barrière de la langue

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the language barrier

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38
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parler bien l’espagnol

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to speak Spainish well, to speak good spanish

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parler le portugais couramment

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to speak Portuguese fluently, to speak fluent Portuguese

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40
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parler le cantonais sans accent

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to speak Cantonese without an accent

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41
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l’aisance de quelqu’un a s’exprimer en suédois

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sb’s fluency in Swedish

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42
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compétence en anglais

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proficiency in English

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43
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un test de compétence

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a proficiency test

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44
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parler un mauvais hollandais

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to speak poor Dutch

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45
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parler mal le chinois

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to speak broken Chinese

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46
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parler le turc avec un fort accent

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to speak heavily accented Turkish

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47
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s’exprimer

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to express oneself

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48
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se faire comprendre

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to make oneself understood

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49
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être bon / mauvais / nul en langues

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to be good / bad / hopeless at languages

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50
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rafraîchir son allemand

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to brush up one’s German

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51
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suivre un cour d’italien

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to do an Italian course

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52
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un accent marqué, prononcé

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a broad accent

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53
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le charabia

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gibberish, gobbledygook

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charabia incompréhensible

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mumbo jumbo

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l’anglais simplifié parlé par les non-anglophones

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globish

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une frontière

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a border

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un monde sans frontières

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a borderless world

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le commerce, les échanges

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trade

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le commerce extérieur

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overseas trade

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le libre-échange

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free trade

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un partisan du libre-échange

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a free trader

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l’économie de marché

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the free market, free market economy

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un partisan du libéralisme

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a free-marketeer

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le libéralisme

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liberalism

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la libération des échanges

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the liberation of trade

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la déréglementation

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deregulation

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dérèglementer le transport aérien

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to deregulate the airline industry

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une zone de libre-échange

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a free trade area

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un partenaire commerciale

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a trading partner

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les chiffres du commerce extérieur

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trade figures

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la balance commerciale

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the balance of trade

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un excédent, un déficit commerciale

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a trade surplus, a trade deficit

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la libre circulation des marchandises

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the free flow of goods

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le flux des capitaux

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capital flow

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la fuite de capitaux

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flight of capital

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un paradis fiscal

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a tax haven

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les bienfais et les dangers de la mondialisation

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the benefits and pitfalls of globalisation

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les avantages et inconvénients de la mondialisation

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the pros and cons of globalisation, the advantages and drawbacks of globalisation

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les arguments pour / contre la globalisation

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the case for / against globalisation

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se développer

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to develop

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s’industrialiser

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to industrialize

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la croissance économique

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economic growth

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les pays riches

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the rich world

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les pays du nord, les pays développés

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developed, industrialized countries

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les pays du Sud, les pays en voie de développement

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developing, industrializing countries

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le Tiers-Monde

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the Third World

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un pays émergent

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a emerging country

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les PMA, les pays les moins avancés

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LDCs, least developed countries

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un pays émergent, une économie émergente

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an emerging economy

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la Chine et l’Inde

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Chindia

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le commerce equitable

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fair trade

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des objets artisanaux

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handicrafts

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un exportateur, un importateur

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an exporter, an importer

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un pays exportateur de pétrole

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an oïl-exporting country

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le taux de change

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the exchange rate

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pénétrer sur un marché

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to break into a market

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s’emparer d’un marché

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to corner, capture a market

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le protectionnisme

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protectionism

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les tarifs douaniers, les droits de douane

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tariffs

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les droits de douane

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trade barriers

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abaisser, supprimer les barrières douanières

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to lower / remove trade barriers

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une multinationale

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a multinational (company)

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les délocalisation

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outsourcing, offshoring, relocatings

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délocaliser la production, des emplois

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to outsource, relocate production / jobs

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implanter une usine

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to set up a factory

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s’implanter a l’étranger

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to settle abroad

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un fournisseur

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a supplier

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un centre d’appels

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a call center

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emplois du secteur secondaire

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manufacturing jobs

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le tertiaire, les services

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the service industries, the service sector

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profiter de la main d’œuvre bon marché

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to take advantage of cheap labour

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le travail des enfants

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child labour

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les conditions de travail

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working conditions

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les normes en matière d’emploi / d’environnement

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labour / environmental standards

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les coûts de production / salariaux

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production / wage costs

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la concurrence

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competition

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concurrence acharnée / déloyale

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fierce / unfair competiton

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le dumping

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dumping

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vendre a perte

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to trade at a loss

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compétitif

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competitive

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la compétitivité

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competitiveness

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être en concurrence avec des travailleurs peu payés

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to compete with low-paid workers

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être a la traine

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to lag behind

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rattraper un concurrent

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to catch up with a competitor

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se maintenir au même niveau qu’un concurrent

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to keep up with a competitor

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l’occidentalisation

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Westernisation

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l’uniformisation

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standardisation

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l’exception culturelle

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cultural exception, cultural exemption

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un militant anti-mondialiste

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an antiglobalization activist, protester, an antiglobalist

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la démondialisation

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deglobalisation