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Le monde de l'entreprise Flashcards

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l’industrie (en général)

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industry (indénombrable)

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un secteur industriel

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an industry (the car industry)

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un industriel

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an industrialist

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une société/entreprise

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a firm, a company, a business

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une grande entreprise

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a corporation

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une petite entreprise /PME

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a small and medium enterprise (SME)

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une entreprise de conseil

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a consulting firm

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une entreprise de travaux publics

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a civil engineering firm

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une entreprise de transports routiers

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a haulage contractor/ a trucking company

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un artisan

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a self-employed (+ la spécialité: carpenter, plumber…)

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une compagnie cotée en bourse

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a public company (publicly-listed)

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un actionnaire

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a shareholder/stock holder

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un conseil d’administration

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a board of directors

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le directeur général

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the CEO (chief executive Officer)

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un chef d’entreprise

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a busiiniess owner/ the head of a company

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les dividendes

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share dividends/ to pay out dividends

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le siège

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headquarters

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la maison mère

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a mother/parent company

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une filiale

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a subsidiary

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une succursale, agence, antenne

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a branch

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un service

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a department (a research and development department)

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une usine

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a factory (production unit, plant)

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un complexe, une installation

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a facility (a cold-storage facility/a warehouse facility/a production facility)

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un fabricant

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a manufacturer

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produire

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produce

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des biens et/ou des services

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goods or services

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le chiffre d’affaire

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the turnover/sales

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les profits

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make profits

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les pertes

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losses

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le personnel

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the workforce/human resources

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les employés

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employees

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les intérimaires

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temp workers

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un stagiaire

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an intern

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un stage

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to find/get/do a work (job) placement in a company

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le personnel d’encadrement

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managerial staff/managerial officers/the management

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les cadres supérieurs/moyens

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senior/junior managers (senior management)

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une entreprise rentable/non rentable

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a profitable/profit -making/losing company

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une (bonne) gestion saine

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sound management

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équilibrer son budget

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to balance one’s budget

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réduire les coûts

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to cut down costs (cost-cutting=réduction des couts)

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augmenter la productivité

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to increase productivity (productivity gains: gains de productivité)

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les couts de fonctionnement

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running costs

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rationaliser/dégraisser

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to streamline one’s operations

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licencier

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to lay off someone/a lay-off/to make someone redundant/redundancies

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licenciement individuel

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to be sacked/to give somebody the sack/to let somebody go

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embaucher

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to hire

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réduire la masse salariale

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to cut the payroll

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augmenter la charge de travail

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to increase the workload

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charges patronales

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payroll charges

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fermer une usine

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to close down a factory/a production unit (a closing-down)

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délocaliser

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to outsource one’s operations/production/to move one’s operations overseas

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pays à bas salaires

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low-wage countries

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la main d’oeuvre peu qualifiée

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(low-skilled) labour (indénombrable)

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un emploi bien/mal payé

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a well/low-paying job

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un travail(leur) bien payé

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a well-paid worker

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une grève/faire grève

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a strike, to go on strike/to be on strike

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un syndicat

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a trade union (UK)/a labour union (USA)

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revendication

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demand/to take union action

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allocation chômage

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unemployment benefit

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le droit du travail

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labor laws (some employers flaunt labor laws: ne respectent pas)

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salaire minimum

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to be on minimum wage

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augmentation de salaire

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a pay rise

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bulletin de salaire

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a pay slip

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s’élever/progresser dans l’entreprise

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to rise in the company/to climb the corporate ladder

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