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La recherche et la technologie

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Research and technology

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La science

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Science

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Les sciences

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The sciences

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Les sciences exactes

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Exact sciences

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Les sciences sociales

Les sciences humaines

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Social sciences

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Les sciences dures (sciences naturelles / formelles)

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Hard sciences

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Sciences molles (= sciences sociales / humaines)

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Soft sciences

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Les progrès scientifiques

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Scientific progress

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Les progrès médicaux

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Medical advances

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Les progrès technologiques

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Technological advances

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Un scientifique

Un savant

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A scientist

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La communauté scientifique

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The scientific community

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Avoir une formation scientifique

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To be scientifically trained

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Le scientisme

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Scientism

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Prouvé scientifiquement

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Scientifically proven

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Société savante

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Learned society

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Devise

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Motto

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La physique

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Physics

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Un physicien

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A physicist

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La chimie

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Chemistry

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Un chimiste

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A chemist

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Un astronome

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An astronomer

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L’informatique

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Computer science

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Un informaticien

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A computer scientist
A computer engineer
An IT specialist

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Références

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Credentials

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La connaissance
Les connaissances
Le savoir

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Knowledge

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Une théorie

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A theory

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Théorique

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Theoretical

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Une hypothèse

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A hypothesis

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Des données

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Data

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Des preuves

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Evidence

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Avoir la preuve de quelque chose

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To have proof of something

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Mettre une théorie à l’épreuve

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To test a theory

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Remettre en cause une croyance

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To call a belief into question

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Contester une idée

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To challenge an idea
To question an idea
To dispute an idea

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Contestable

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Questionable

Disputable

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Incontestable

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Unquestionable

Indisputable

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Exposer

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To expound

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Précurseur

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Forerunner

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Who is considered as the forerunner of the scientific method?

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Francis Bacon (1561-1626) because of the scientific method he expounded in his book “Novum Organum”

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La recherche

Des recherches

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Research

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Faire de la recherche

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To do research

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Faire des recherches sur un sujet

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To carry out research into a subject

To carry out research on a subject

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La recherche de pointe

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Cutting-edge research

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Des recherches révolutionnaires

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Groundbreaking research

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Un laboratoire de recherches

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A research laboratory

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Un chercheur

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A researcher

A research worker

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Un chercheur attaché à une université

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A research fellow

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Un étudiant de doctorat

Un doctorant

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A research student

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Comité directeur

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Director and board

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What is the National Science Foundation (NSF)?

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A US government agency that funds fundamental research

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La recherche fondamentale

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Basic research

Fundamental research

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La recherche appliquée

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Applied research

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Des conclusions

Des résultats

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Findings

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Une découverte

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A discovery

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Une percée

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A breakthrough

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Une étude

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A study

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Mener une étude

Réaliser une étude

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To conduct a study

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Un article

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A paper

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Une revue scientifique

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A journal

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Un érudit

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A scholar

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Un universitaire

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An academic

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Le grand public

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The general public

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Une expérience

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An experiment

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Un phénomène

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A phenomenon

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Des phénomènes

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Phenomena

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Faire une expérience

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To carry out an experiment
To conduct an experiment
To make an experiment

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Faire des expériences sur des souris

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To experiment in mice

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Expérimenter un nouveau vaccin

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To experiment with a new vaccine

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Un laboratoire

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A laboratory

A lab

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Un cobaye

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A guinea pig

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What expresses the phrase “publish or perish”?

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The pressure on academics to publish the results of their research in order to pursue their career

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Se faire titulariser

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To obtain a tenured position

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Recherche et développement

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Research and development

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Mettre au point

Élaborer

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To develop

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Essayer une technique

Faire l’essai d’une technique

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To try out a technique

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Concevoir

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To devise

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Un appareil
Un dispositif
Un mécanisme

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A device

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Concevoir

Élaborer

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To design

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Un prototype

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A prototype

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Un modèle

Une maquette

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A model

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Un plan

Un projet

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A blueprint

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Changements de paradigme

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Paradigm shifts

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Questionnement

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Inquiry

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Accumulation

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Heaping up

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Technique

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Technique

Technical

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Technologie

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Technology

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Un technicien

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A technician

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Un détail technique
Une difficulté
Un ennui technique

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A technicality

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Une technopole

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A science park
A science and technology park
A research park
A technology park

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Les gens qui ont une compétence technique

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The technorati

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Un technophobe

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A technophobe

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Technophobe

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Technophobic

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La technophobie

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Technophobia

Technofear

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La technocratie

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Technocracy

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Filatures

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Mills

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Tisserand

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A weaver

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Machines à tricoter

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Knitting machines

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What were luddites?

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Workers who destroyed machinery, especially in cotton mills, because they consider it threatened their jobs

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When was the Luddism movement?

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1811-1816

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Where does the name “Luddism” come from?

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Ned Ludd who broke knitting machines in a fit of rage

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Améliorer

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To improve

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Mettre à jour

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To upgrade

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Révolutionner

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To revolutionize

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Une technique révolutionnaire

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A revolutionary technique

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Un brevet

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A patent

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Innover

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To innovate

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Une innovation

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An innovation

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Un inventeur

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An inventor

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Inventif

Créatif

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Inventive

Creative

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Inventivité

Créativité

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Inventiveness

Creativity

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Un pionnier

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A pioneer

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Faire œuvre de pionnier

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To act as a pioneer

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Un travail pionnier

Un travail novateur

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Pioneer work

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Etre l’un des premier à étudier quelque chose

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To pioneer the study of something

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Un moteur

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An engine

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Un ingénieur

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An engineer

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Le génie

L’ingénierie

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Engineering

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Le génie civil

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Civil engineering

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La robotique

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Robotics

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L’électronique

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Electronics

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La mécanique

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Mechanics

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Mécanique

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Mechanical

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Un mécanisme

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A mechanism

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Les machines

La machinerie

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Machinery

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Faire fonctionner un système

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To operate a system

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Le matériel

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Equipment

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Un gadget

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A gadget

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Des gadgets

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Gadgetry

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Un machin

Un truc

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A gizmo

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Hi-tech

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Hi-tech

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Dernier cri

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State-of-the-art

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Etre calé en matière de technologies

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To be tech-savvy

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Un téléphone portable

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A mobile phone

A cell phone

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Un appareil sans fil

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A wireless device

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Un téléphone intelligent

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A smartphone

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Un écran tactile

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A touch-screen

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Un lecteur MP3

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A MP3 player

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Un capteur

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A sensor

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Feuille de vigne

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A figleaf

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Difficile à accepter

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Unpalatable

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