Parizale A-B

Question 1

Dipendente

Answer 1

Employee (countable)

Question 2

Occupazione/impiego

Answer 2

Employment (uncountable)

Question 3

Disoccupazione

Answer 3

Unemployment (uncountable)

Question 4

Assumere/dare del lavoro

Answer 4

To employ

Question 5

Assumere

Answer 5

To hire/to take on

Question 6

Datore di lavoro

Answer 6

Employer (countable)

Question 7

Agenzia del lavoro/interinale

Answer 7

Employment agency (uncountable-countable)

Question 8

Small business

Answer 8

You can work for yourself, be self-employed, a sole trader, work free lance

Question 9

Firm

Answer 9

Small/medium business, it usually refers to a family firm such as law firm
Law firm —> noun phrase
Head noun + pre-qualifier (law)

Question 10

Big business

Answer 10

Corporations, multinationals, private and public companies employ large number of people

Question 11

Public company organisation

Answer 11

It’s a company which is open to the public to invest in. Members of the public can buy shares in the company and become part of the ownership of the company

Question 12

Shareholders

Answer 12

When people buy shares, they are the owners of the company, they own part of the company, these people are at the top. They cannot directly represent themselves

Question 13

The board of directors

Answer 13

Appointed by the shareholders. They represent the shareholders. Their job is to work for the shareholders. They have to guarantee that the company is managed in a way to make profits. They are led by the chairman. They check the work of the people that work at the company

Question 14

Senior executives

Answer 14

Directly responsible of the running of the business

Question 15

Managing director/chief executive (CEO)

Answer 15

Big boss of the company, takes part in board meetings, they have to inform what is happening

Question 16

Direttore finanziario

Answer 16

Chief financial officer (CFO)

Question 17

Presidente del consiglio di amministrazione

Answer 17

Chairman/president

Question 18

Employee/staff

Answer 18

Paid employee to do a specific job

Question 19

Impiegato

Answer 19

Clerk

Office administrator. Somebody who works with papers and documents

Question 20

White collar workers

Answer 20

Office staff of office workers in general

Question 21

Blue collar workers

Answer 21

Manual workers or technical workers. People who work with hands

Question 22

DIRECTOR of medical services

Answer 22

A title of a senior management role, NOT a company director. We use the word “DIRECTOR” as a title, when you give it as a title, you use the capital letter

Question 23

Dipendenti

Answer 23

Employee/staff

The more general you speak, then you use “employee”, when you say “i nostri dipendenti” you use “staff”

Question 24

Operaio/addetto

Answer 24

Worker/a blue collar worker

Question 25

Amministratore delegato

Answer 25

Chief/Executive officer

Question 26

Azionisti

Answer 26

Shareholders

Question 27

Personale

Answer 27

Staff/employee

Question 28

Presidente

Answer 28

Chairman

Question 29

Lavoratori

Answer 29

Workers/workforce

Question 30

Responsabile

Answer 30

Manager/supervisor | It is ONLY an adjective, it can’t be a noun. It is somebody who is in a higher position but not a manager

Question 31

Dirigente

Answer 31

CEO/Senior executive/management | A company director, but might simply be the CEO

Question 32

Impiegati

Answer 32

Office workers/white collar workers

Question 33

Impiegato

Answer 33

Clerk/I work in an office

Question 34

Production department

Answer 34

Often collaborate with purchasing department - Quality control

Question 35

Purchasing department

Answer 35

They buy raw materials

Question 36

Marketing department

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They find what costumers would like

Question 37

R&D department

Answer 37

Research and development

Question 38

HR department

Answer 38

Human Resources

Question 39

Product design

Answer 39

The following departments deal with product design: Marketing, T&D, production They Elise with each other

Question 40

Security, catering, cleaning

Answer 40

Services. These are often outsourced. Once, they were internal to the company, nowadays they find these sources through external companies

Question 41

Finance

Answer 41

Investment budgets

Question 42

Customer relations

Answer 42

The following departments deal with customer relations marketing, sales department

Question 43

Wages

Answer 43

Accounting department

Question 44

Transport

Answer 44

Logistic

Question 45

Training (formazione)

Answer 45

HR

Question 46

Logistica

Answer 46

Logistic

Question 47

Salari/libro paga

Answer 47

Wages/payroll

Question 48

Il reparto acquisti

Answer 48

The purchasing department

Question 49

Assunzione e licenziamento

Answer 49

Hiring and firing

Question 50

Formazione

Answer 50

Training

Question 51

Assistenza

Answer 51

Customer relations/care

Question 52

Imballaggio/confezione

Answer 52

Packaging

Question 53

Assicurare/in tempo

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To ensure/on time

Question 54

Soddisfare gli ordini

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To meet orders

Question 55

Manutenzione dell’impianto

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Plant maintenance

Question 56

Sicurezza

Answer 56

Security

Question 57

Sicurezza

Answer 57

Safety

Question 58

Venditori

Answer 58

Salesman/saleswoman | We’ll staff is used nowadays because of the gender

Question 59

Value products

Answer 59

Not so expensive products

Question 60

Higher-end products

Answer 60

Very expensive products

Question 61

Breve rapporto/relazione

Answer 61

Short report | Describing graphs/figures

Question 62

Cifre/dati

Answer 62

Figures | Numbers/percentage/statistics. You can also describe a graph using a precise specific number

Question 63

Circa, intorno a

Answer 63

Approximately/roughly/around

Question 64

Quasi

Answer 64

Almost/nearly/just under

Question 65

Un po’ di più

Answer 65

Over/just over | More than a specific number

Question 66

Un po’ di più

Answer 66

A little more than/slightly more/far less

Question 67

Molto di più

Answer 67

A lot more/much more/far more/ a great deal

Question 68

Il doppio

Answer 68

Twice as much

Question 69

La metà

Answer 69

Half as much

Question 70

Fallire

Answer 70

To go bankrupt

Question 71

Presentarsi un problema

Answer 71

occur/come up/emerge/surface/arise

Question 72

Vendite interne

Answer 72

Domestic sales

Question 73

Ristrutturare

Answer 73

Reorganise

Question 74

Stabilimento

Answer 74

Building/plant

Question 75

Forte calo

Answer 75

Big fall

Question 76

Fatturato

Answer 76

Sales/revenues/turnover

Question 77

Leggera crescita

Answer 77

Slight increase/rise

Question 78

Primo trimestre

Answer 78

First quarter

Question 79

Saldare

Answer 79

Pay

Question 80

Bilancio

Answer 80

Budget

Question 81

CdA

Answer 81

Board of directors

Question 82

Laureati

Answer 82

Graduates

Question 83

Norme di assunzioni

Answer 83

Employment regulations/laws

Question 84

Tagli del personale

Answer 84

Cut staff/lay off staff numbers/downsize

Question 85

Licenziare

Answer 85

To fire/to dismiss

Question 86

Assunzione/reclutamento

Answer 86

Recruitment

Question 87

Ridurre (per risparmiare denaro)

Answer 87

To cut down on

Question 88

Ti mandano a casa finì a quando l’azienda non si recupera economicamente

Answer 88

To lay off/to make staff cuts/to make lay offs

Question 89

Licenziarsi

Answer 89

To resign/to hand in your notice

Question 90

Ridimensionare

Answer 90

To downsize | Different way of talking about reducing the number of staff

Question 91

Periodo di preavviso

Answer 91

A period of notice | When you have a contract, it could be from one week to three months

Question 92

Stilare/redigere

Answer 92

Draw up

Question 93

Posto vacante

Answer 93

Vacancy

Question 94

Valutare

Answer 94

Evaluate

Question 95

Domanda (di lavoro)

Answer 95

Application

Question 96

Svolgere/effettuare

Answer 96

Carry out

Question 97

Lettera di presentazione

Answer 97

Cover letter

Question 98

Colloquio di lavoro

Answer 98

Interview

Question 99

Chi subisce il colloquio

Answer 99

Interviewee

Question 100

Candidato

Answer 100

Candidate/applicant It’s a person who is being considered for the role It’s someone who tries to get the job

Question 101

Competenze fondamentali

Answer 101

Core competencies

Question 102

Inoltrare domanda/fare domanda per un lavoro

Answer 102

Apply for a job

Question 103

Trasferire

Answer 103

To relocate

Question 104

Fornitore

Answer 104

Supplier

Question 105

Cliente

Answer 105

Customer

Question 106

Crollare

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To crash

Question 107

Notevole calo

Answer 107

Considerable decrease/fall/drop/decline

Question 108

Giro di affari

Answer 108

Turnover

Question 109

Gestire

Answer 109

To manage/to run

Question 110

Valore delle azioni

Answer 110

The share value/price

Question 111

Scendere

Answer 111

To fall

Question 112

Rapidamente

Answer 112

Dramatically

Question 113

Acquisizione

Answer 113

Turnover/takeover

Question 114

Sconto

Answer 114

Reduction/discount