Public Service Vocab Flashcards
To increase (quantity) To enhance (quality)
Accroître
Executive manager
Cadre supérieur
Acknowledge of receipt
Accusé de réception (M)
To that end
À cet effet
To dismiss
Démettre
To forward, to send
Acheminer
Starting
À compter de (+ date, jour, heure, moment)
Validity, merit, justification
Bien-fondé (m)
Conditional to, as long as
À condition de (+ infinitif)
Subscription, Membership
Abonnement
In the short/medium/long term
À court/moyen/long terme
Current events
Actualité (f)
Administrative Assistant
Adjoint(e) administratif (ive)
Eligible
Admissible
Fund-raising
Campagne de financement (f)
At present, at the moment, currently
Actuellement
Posting
Affectation (f)
Because
Car
To be assigned
Affecté
Posted
Affiché
In order to
Afin de (+infinitif)
So that
Afin que (+ subjonctif)
Dairy, organizer
Agenda (m)
Elsewhere
Ailleurs
Provided that, On the condition that
À condition que
Up-to-date
À jour
Retired
À la retraite
After
À la suite de
In the future
À l’avenir
At that time (in the past)
À l’époque
Out of the country
À l’étranger
Under construction
À l’étude
To allocate
Allouer
As far as I know
À ma connaissance
Improvement
Amélioration (f)
Unless
À moins que (+ subjonctif)
Seniority, years of service
Ancienneté (f)
Fiscal year
Année financière
And also, as well as
Ainsi que
As of, beginning, effective
À partir de
Outline, overview
Aperçu
Tendering
Appel d’offres (m)
To support
Appuyer
To assign (something to someone)
Assigner
To attend a course, a meeting
Assister à
To take on responsibilities
Assumer
disability plan
Assurance invalidité (f)
Workshop
Atelier (m)
Part-time
À temps partiel
Full-time
À temps plein
As a (profession)
À titre de (+ profession, fonction)
To enclose, to attach
Annexer
To reach
Atteindre
Given that, since
Attendu que
Expectation
Attente (f)
To diminish, to lessen
Atténuer
Certification
Attestation (f)
To allocate
Attribuer
If necessary
Au besoin
During
Au cours de
At first, initially
Au départ
Gradually
Au fur et à mesure
Increase
Augmentation (f)
For your information
À titre d’information
At least
Au moins
By (+ date), at the latest
Au plus tard (+ date, jour, heure, moment)
Before
Au préalable
Contact
Auprès de
Within
Au sein de
At the completion of
Au terme de
As soon as
Aussitôt que
Social benefits
Avantages sociaux (m pl)
To notify
Avertir
Notice, opinion
Avis (m)
To inform
Aviser
To increase
Augmenter
To have the right to
Avoir le droit de (+ infinitif)
To have as it’s aim
Avoir pour objet
To have an influence on
Avoir une incidence sur
Database
Banque de données (f)
Recipient
Bénéficiaire
To benefit from
Bénéficier
Volunteer work
Bénévolat (m)
Volunteer
Bénévole (m/f)
Although
Bien que (+ subjonctif)
Well-being
Bien-être
Summary, assessment
Bilan (m)
To be entitled to
Avoir droit à
Goods, possessions
Bien (m)
Aim, goal
But (m)
Bursary, grant
Bourse
Pension plan
Caisse de retraite (f)
Application
Candidature (f)
However
Cependant
Which is, meaning, in other words
C’est-à-dire
Leader
Chef de file (M)
To grant, To allow
Accorder
Unemployed person
Chômeur(se)
Hereafter, below
Ci-dessous
Attached, enclosed
Ci-inclus (ci-joint)
Filling
Classement (m)
Filing cabinet
Classeur (m)
To chat (Internet)
Clavader
Management committee
Comité de gestion (m)
Unemployment
Chômage (m)
Accountant
Comptable (m/f)
Budget cuts
Compressions budgétaire (f pl)
To intend to
Compter (+ infinitif)
Report
Compte rendu (m)
Considering
Compte tenu de (+ nom)
To dial
Composer
Clerk
Commis
Competitive
Concurrentiel
To trust someone with something
Confier (qqch) à (qqn)
According to, In Accordance with something.
Conformément à (qqch)
Leave without pay
Congé sans solde (m)
Competition
Concours (m)
Concurrence (f)
To devote
Consacrer
Advice
Conseil (m)
To dismiss (formal)
Congédier
Treasury board
Conseil du trésor (m)
Dismissal at work
Congédiement (m)
To notice, to observe
Constater que
Taxpayer
Contribuable (m/f)
To suit someone
Convenir à qqn
To agree on
Convenir de qqch
Instruction, rule
Consigne (f)
To invite someone to attend a meeting
Convoquer
Contact information
Coordonnées (f)
Dues
Cotisation (f)
Courriel
Collective agreement
Convention collective (f)
Deadline
Date limite (f)
Also, as well
Également
On leave
En congé
To be responsible for
Être responsable de
By
D’ici (+ date, jour, heure, moment)
Public service
Fonctionnaire (m/f)
To print
Imprimer
To be advised that, to that note that
Prendre note que
To forward, to send
Faire parvenir
Because of
En raison du
Obstacle
Empêchement
Agreement
Entente
To be responsible
Être chargé d’
By
D’ici (+ date, jour, heure, moment)
Deadline
Date limite (f)
Also, as well
Également
On leave
En congé
To be responsible for
Être responsable de
To forward, send
Faire parvenir
Public servant
Fonctionnaire (m/f)
To print
Imprimer
To be advised that, to take note that
Prendre note que
To remind, to reiterate, to call back
Rappeler
Human resources
Ressources humaines (f/pl)
Retirement
Retraite
Please
Veuillez (+infinitif)
By
D’ici
To perform, to make, to execute, to do
Effectuer
To hire
Embaucher
Investigation, inquiry
Enquête
To be transferred
Être muté
To postpone
Reporter
Survey, opinion poll
Sondage (m)
Duty, task
Tâche (f)
Moreover
De plus
To lodge a complaint
Déposer une plainte
Available
Disponible
Data
Donnée (f)
To be part of
Faire partir de
To participate in
Participer à
Loss
Perte (f)
Briefcase
Porte-documents
Poste
To retire
Prendre sa retraite
Plan
Régime (m)
Network
Réseau
To emphasize, to point out, to underline
Souligner
To download
Télécharger
Donation
Don (M)
Costs, fees
Frais (M/P)
Software
Logiciel
Ministry, department
Ministère
Update
Mise à jour (f)
Amount
Montant (m)
Position (job)
Poste (f)
To make an appointment
Prendre rendez-vous
To take on/up a challenge
Relever un défi
To register
S’inscrire
Union
Syndicat (m)
To have the right to
Avoir le droit de (+infinitif)
Unemployed person
Chômeur (m)
Chômeuse (f)
