Recent trends in global business Flashcards

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1
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la population active

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the working population

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2
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industries traditionelles

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smokestack industries

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3
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se déindustrialiser

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to deindistrialise

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4
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l’automatisation

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automation

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5
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aller à l’encontre d’un tendance

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to buck a trend

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6
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un changement radical

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un substantial shift

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7
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les biens immatériels

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intangible goods

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8
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le secteur quaternaire

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the quaternary sector

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9
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entraver

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to hinder, to hamper

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10
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protégé des effets de la crise

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a recession-proof company

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11
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inféreur, subalterne

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menial

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12
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des personnes qui changent fréquemment d’emploi

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job-hoppers

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13
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un emploi alimentaire

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a bread-and-butter job

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un emploi sans perspective de carrière

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a dead-end job

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15
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avoir des répercussion sur

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to have a knock-on effect on

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16
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péjoratif

A

derogatory

17
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des expressions à la mode

A

vogue expressions

18
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vernis, apparence

A

veneer

19
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chimérique (adj)

A

make-believe

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global (adj)

A

accros-the-board

21
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racheter, réparer

A

to redeem

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filiale

A

arm

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contre-attaquer

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to strike back

24
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les NTIC

A

the TMT sector

25
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annoncer l’arrivée de

A

to herald

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perturber

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to be disruptive to

27
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sortir indemne de la crise

A

to ride out the storm

28
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un pionner

A

a trailblazer

29
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l’éclatement de la bulle internet

A

the dotcom crash

30
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faire faillite

A

to go bust