Monde de l'entreprise Flashcards by Hervé Gaborieau

Le monde de l’entreprise

The corporate world

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un secteur industriel

an industry

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une société / entreprise

a firm, a company, a business

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une grande entreprise

a corporation

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une PME

a small and medium enterprise (SME)

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une entreprise de conseil

a consulting firm

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une entreprise de travaux publics

a civil engineering firm

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une entreprise de transports routiers

a haulage contractor / a trucking company

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un artisan

a self-employed + spécialité…

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une compagnie cotée en bourse

a public company (publicly listed)

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un actionnaire

a shareholder / stock holder

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un conseil d’administration

a board of directors

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Le PDG

The CEO (Chief Executive Officer)

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Un chef d’entreprise

a business owner / the head of a company

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les dividendes

share dividends / to pay out dividends

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le siège

headquarters

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la maison mère

a mother / parent company

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une filiale

a subsidiary

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une succursale / antenne

a branch

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un service

a department (a research and development department

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une usine

a factory, production unit, plant

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un complexe, une installation

a facility

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un entrepot

a warehouse facility

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un fabricant

a manufacturer

produire

produce

des biens et/ou des services

goods or services

le chiffre d'affaire

the turnover / sales

les profits

make profits

les pertes

losses

le personnel

the workforce / the human ressources

les employés

employees

les intérimaires

temp workers

un stagiaire

an intern

un stage

internship / a work placement in a company

le personnel d'encadrement

managerial staff / managerial officers / the management

Les cadres supérieurs / moyens

senior / junior managers

une entreprise rentable / non rentable

a profitable / profit-making / losing company

une gestion saine

sound management

équilibrer son budget

to balance one's budget

réduire les couts

to cut down costs (cost-cutting)

augmenter la productivité

to increase productivity

gains de productivité

productivity gains

Les coûts de fonctionnement

running costs

rationaliser / dégraisser

to streamline one's operations

licencier

to lay off someone / to make someone redundant

licenciement

a lay-off / redundancies

embaucher

to hire

réduire la massa salariale

to cut the payroll

augmenter la charge de travail

to increase the workload

charges patronales

payroll charges

fermer une usine

to close down a factory (a closing-down)

délocaliser

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

pays à bas salaire

low-wage countries

la main d'oeuvre peu qualifiée

low-skilled labour

un emploi bien / mal payé

a well / low-paying job

un travailleur bien payé

a well-paid worker

Un comptable

An accountant

L'industrie

industry