Le Monde Sans Technologie - Vous Etes Fou? Flashcards
Download
Télécharger
To chat
Tchatter
Social media
Réseaux sociaux
To dump (girlfriend)
Plaquerais
Really!
Carrément!
Status
Statut
Texts
Textos
@
arobase
Mon adresse courriel est Frenchy arobase mail point com. [Frenchy@mail.com] (My email is Frenchy at mail dot com.)
Database
Base de données (f)
“La base de données aide la société à trouver les meilleurs clients.”
(The database helps the company find the best clients.)
Computer desktop
Bureau (m) — [Computer] desktop.
In the non-tech world, bureau refers to either a desk or an office.
Il y a trop de fichiers sur mon bureau.
(There are too many files on my desktop.)
USB Stick
Clé USB (f) — USB stick.
USB stands for “Universal Serial Bus,” which in French translates to Bus universel en série. Because the Anglophone world seems to dictate tech-lingo, we say clé USB (USB stick) instead of the “more French” clé BUS.
J’ai toujours une clé USB sur moi.
(I always have a USB stick with me.)
Courriel (m) — Email.
The word courriel is an abbreviation of courrier éléctronique (literally: electronic mail). (Courrier refers to a piece of mail delivered by post.) The anglicism un e-mail (an email) is often used, but courriel is preferred by l’Académie française.
Data
Donnée (f) — [A point of] data.
You will most often see this in its plural form, données.
Les données sont sur le serveur.
(The data is on the server.)
Folder
Dossier (m) — Folder.
J’ai créé un dossier pour chaque matière sur mon ordinateur.
I made a folder for each subject on my computer.
Screen
Écran (m) — Screen.
L’écran est sale.
The screen is dirty.
File
Fichier (m) — File or document.
Toutes les informations sont dans ce fichier.
All of the information is in this file.
Internet
Internet (m) — The Internet. (You guessed it!)
The definite article le (the) is rarely used before the word Internet in French. It’s treated like a proper noun, hence its capitalization.
Elle passe beaucoup de temps sur Internet.
(She spends a lot of time on the Internet.)
The Web
La toile (the web)
The net
le net (the ‘Net)
Computer programme
Logiciel (m) — Computer program.
J’utilise trois logiciels au quotidien.
I use three programs on a daily basis.
Memory
Mémoire (f) — Memory.
Combien de mémoire a ton ordinateur ?
How much memory does your computer have?
Password
Mot de passe (m) — Password.
J’ai oublié mon mot de passe.
I forgot my password.
Search engine
Moteur de recherche (m) — Search engine.
Le moteur de recherche a remplacé l’encyclopédie.
The search engine has replaced the encyclopedia.
Computer
Ordinateur (m) — Computer.
In colloquial spoken French you’ll often hear the shortened ordi. Cute, right? The French for “laptop” is ordinateur portable, which translates literally to “carry-able computer.” You’re more likely to hear a person refer to their portable (laptop), which, incidentally, is also the word for cell phone. Context usually clues you in regarding the item in question.
L’ordinateur de Sarah a un grand écran.
(Sarah’s computer has a big screen.)
Website
Site web (m) — Web site.
Easy peasy! It’s common for French speakers to refer to un site (a site), tout simplement (quite simply).
La société a un nouveau site web.
(The company has a new website.)
Mouse
Souris (f) — Mouse.
Je navigue sur le site à l’aide de la souris.
I explore the site with help of the mouse.
Word processing
Traitement de texte (m) — Word processing.
J’utilise un logiciel de traitement de texte pour prendre des notes.
I use a word processing program to take notes.
To save
Enregistrer — To save.
In other contexts, enregistrer can also mean “to record.”
J’enregistre le fichier tout de suite.
(I am saving the file right away.)
To save
Saisir — To enter or to input.
In other contexts, the verb saisir can also mean “to grasp,” both literally and figuratively, as in “to understand (a concept or idea).”
Je saisis les informations dans la base de données.
(I’m entering the information into the database.)
To backup
Sauvegarder — To backup.
Je sauvegarde mon travail toutes les deux heures.
I backup my work every two hours.