Monde de l'entreprise Flashcards

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Le monde de l’entreprise

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The corporate world

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un secteur industriel

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an industry

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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 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 + spécialité…

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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 PDG

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The CEO (Chief Executive Officer)

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Un chef d’entreprise

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a business 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 / 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

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un entrepot

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a warehouse 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 / the human ressources

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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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internship / a work 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

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une entreprise rentable / non rentable

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a profitable / profit-making / losing company

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une 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 couts

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to cut down costs (cost-cutting)

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augmenter la productivité

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to increase productivity

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gains de productivité

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productivity gains

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Les coûts 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 / to make someone redundant

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licenciement

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a lay-off / redundancies

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embaucher

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to hire

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réduire la massa 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 closing-down)

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délocaliser

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

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pays à bas salaire

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low-wage countries

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la main d’oeuvre peu qualifiée

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low-skilled labour

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un emploi bien / mal payé

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a well / low-paying job

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un travailleur bien payé

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a well-paid worker

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Un comptable

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An accountant

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L’industrie

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industry