Staff and human resources Flashcards

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1
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A covering/cover letter

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Une lettre de motivation

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Unemployment

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Le chômage

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(Spare) parts

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Pièces détachées

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A bar chart

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Un histogramme

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A blue collar

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Un col bleu / un ouvrier

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A bonus/an incentive

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Une prime de rendement

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A boss

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Un patron

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A branch

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Succursale, agence (agency)

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A career

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Une carrière (emploi)

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A career plan

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Un plan de carrière

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A chart

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Un graphique, diagramme

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A clerical worker/a clerk

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Un employé de bureau

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A company car

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Une voiture de fonction

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A company/a business

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Une société / entreprise

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A contractor

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Entrepreneur (entreprise), un contractuel

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A corporation

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Une société

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A degree/diploma

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Un diplôme

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A department

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Un service

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A dismissal

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Un renvoi

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A doctor’s note

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Un certificat médical

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A executive

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Un cadre

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A factory/a plant

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Une usine/ fabrique / manufacture

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A field of activity

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Un secteur d’activité

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A final warning

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Un dernier avertissement

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A firm/a business

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Une entreprise

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A fixed income

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Un revenu fixe

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A fixed-term contract

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Un CDD

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A floor manager

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Chef de groupe

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A Formative

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Un formateur

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A free-lancer

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Un travailleur indépendant

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A gap year

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Une année sabbatique

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A GM (General Manager)/ Managing Director

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Un DG (Directeur Général)

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A job

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Un emploi

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A job interview

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Un entretien d’embauche

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A job offer

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Une offre d’emploi

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A law firm

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Cabinet d’avocat

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A merger

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Une fusion

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A multinational (company)

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Une multinationale

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A new hire

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Un nouvel employé

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A night shift

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Une équipe de nuit

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A nuclearplant

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Une usine nucléaire

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A pension plan

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Un rérime de retraite

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A permanent/open-ended/unlimited-term contract

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Un CDI

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A pink slip

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Formulaire / lettre de licenciement

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A position

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Un poste

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46
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A posting

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Une affectation (poste)

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47
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A private limited company

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Une SARL

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48
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A promotion

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Un avancement

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A public limited company

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Une société anonyme

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A raise

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Une augmentation

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51
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A raise

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Une augmentation

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52
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A report

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Un bilan / un rapport / un compte rendu

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53
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A resignation

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Une démission (d’un poste)

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54
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A resume/résumé

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Un CV (Curriculum vitae)

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55
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A retirement plan

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Un plan de retraite

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56
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A sales manager

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Chef de vente

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57
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A schedule

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Un emploi du temps

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58
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A sick leave

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Un congé maladie

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59
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A signing bonus

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Une prime d’embauche

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60
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A site

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Un chantier

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A subsidiary (company)

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Une filiale

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A takeover

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Un rachat, absorption, reprise

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A trade union

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Un syndicat

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A trade unionist

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Un syndiqué

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65
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A training scheme

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Un plan de formation

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66
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A transfer

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Une mutation

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67
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A travel agent

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Un voyagiste

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A trial period/ probation period

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Une période d’essai

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69
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A union representative

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Un représentant syndical

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70
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A vacancy

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Un poste vacant

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71
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A volunteer

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Un bénévole

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72
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A wage dispute

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Conflit salarial

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73
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A want ad/an ad/a job ad

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Une petite annonce / une annonce pour un emploi

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A white collar

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Un col blanc / un cadre

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75
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A work

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Un travail

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A work team

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Une équipe de travail

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A workshop

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Un atelier

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A joint venture

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Une entreprise commune

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A top (US)/senior (GB)executive

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Un cadre supérieur

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80
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Aminutes

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Un compte rendu

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81
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Atemporary worker (a temp)

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Un travailleur temporaire

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82
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An additional clause

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Un avenant

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83
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An appendix

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Une annexe (document)

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84
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An applicant

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Un candidat

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85
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An application

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Une candidature

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An appointment

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Un rendez-vous

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87
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An apprentice

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Un apprenti

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An assembly line

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Une chaîne de montage

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An assembly plant

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Une usine de montage

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An employee

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Un employé

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An employer

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Un employeur

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An executive

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Un cadre

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93
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An expense report

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Note de frais

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An identification badge

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Un badge d’identité

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An intern

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Un stagiaire

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An interview

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Un entretien

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An opening

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Une ouverture de poste

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Apprenticeship

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Apprentissage

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Assets

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Atouts

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Attentive

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Attentif

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Background

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Expérience

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Board meeting

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Réunion du conseil d’administration

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Board of Directors

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Conseil d’administration

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Boardroom

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Salle du conseil

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Chief Administrative Officer

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Directeur Administratif

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Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

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Président Directeur Général

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Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

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Directeur des Affaires Financières (DAF)

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Chief Operating Officer

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Directeur de l’exploitation

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Company day nursery

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Crèche d’entreprise

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Company newsletter

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Journal d’entreprise

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Company policy

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Politique d’entreprise

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Responsabilité sociale des entreprises

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Credentials

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Références sur le CV

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Current position

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Poste actuel

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Dedicated

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Dévoué

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Department Head

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Chef de service

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Department head/Head of department/Department supervisor

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Chef de rayon / chef de service

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Employment contract

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Un contrat de travail

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Headquarters

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Le siège

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Hourly rate

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Taux horaire

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Human resources director

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Directeur des ressources humaines

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Income

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Revenus

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Job advertisement

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Annonce d’emploi

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Job center

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Agence pour l’emploi

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Job seeker

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Chercheur d’emploi

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Layoff

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Licenciement

127
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Make shift

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Faire un roulement

128
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Malpractice

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Faute professionnelle

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Managing Director

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Directeur général

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Manpower/ Laborforce (US) / Workforce

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Main d’œuvre

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Middlemanager

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Cadre moyen

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Monthly retainer

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Avances mensuelles sur honoraires

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Occupational HealthDoctor

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Médecin du travail

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On the factory floor

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Dans les ateliers

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Outplacement

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Aide au reclassement après un licenciement de la part de l’employeur,insertion professionnelle

136
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Outsourcing

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Sous-traitance

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Overqualified

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Surqualifié

138
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Paid vacation / paid leave

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Congés payés

139
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Pay slip

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Feuille de salaire

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Payroll charges

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Charges salariales

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Perks

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Avantages additionnels au salaire

142
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Pleased

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Satisfait

143
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Pregnancy leave

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Congé maternité

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Profit sharing

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Intéressement

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Promising

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Prometteur

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Promotion on seniority

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Avancement à l’ancienneté

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Reduction in force

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Plan social

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Redundancy

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Chômage économique /licenciement économique

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Reliable/trustworthy

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Fiable/en qui l’on peut avoir confiance

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Relocation

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Délocalisation

151
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Retirement

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Départ à la retraite

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Retirement plan

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Plan de retraite

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Safety measures

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Des mesures de sécurité

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Salary rise

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Hausse de salaire

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Salary scale/pay grid

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Grille des salaires

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Self-motivated

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Motivé par soi-même

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Seniority

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Ancienneté

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Severance pay

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Indemintés de licenciement

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Sick leave

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Arrêt/congé maladie

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Skills, abilities

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Aptitudes, capacités , compétences

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Social and medical benefits

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Les bénéfices sociaux et médicaux

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Staff attendance

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Présence du personnel

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Staff canteen

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Cantine / restaurant d’entreprise

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Staff reduction

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Compression/réduction des effectifs

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Staff representative

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Représentant du personnel

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Straightforward

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Direct

167
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Telecommuting

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Travail chez soi / à distance

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Term of notice/notice period

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Délai de préavis

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Termination date

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Date de licenciement

170
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The day / night shift

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Équipe de jour/ poste de jour / équipe de nuit

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The factory floor

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L’usine / les ouvriers/ l’atelier

172
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The headquarters

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Le siège (d’une entreprise) /direction générale

173
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The staff (singular) is…

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Le personnel, les employés sont…

174
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The turnover

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Le chiffre d’affaires

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To add to the agenda

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Ajouter à l’ordre du jour

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To apply for a job

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Candidater / poser sa candidature / postuler à une offre d’emploi

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To appoint

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Nommer

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To arrange a meeting

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Organiser un rendez-vous

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To arrange/set a time

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Fixer une heure

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To assess

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Evaluer

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To be a good fit for a position

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Etre la bonne personne pour un poste

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To be lax with standards

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Etre laxiste au niveau des standards

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To be responsible for/in charge of

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Etre responsable de

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To be shortlisted

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Être sélectionné (candidat)

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To be suitable for/to be suited for

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Convenir à, être convenable à/être fait pour

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To be/go on strike

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Etre/se mettre en grève

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To blame

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Blâmer, tenir pour responsable

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To clock in

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Pointer (en arrivant dans l’entreprise)

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To clock out

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Pointer (en quittant l’entreprise)

190
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To conduct research

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Conduire des recherches

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To convenea meeting

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Convoquer à une réunion

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To dismiss somebody

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Congédier, renvoyer quelqu’un

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To do overtime/to do extra hours/to workextratime

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Faire des heures supplémentaires

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To draw the line somewhere

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Mettre les limites quelque-part

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To earn a salary

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Gagner un salaire

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To fulfill duties

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Accomplir ses missions, devoirs

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To gain experience

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Gagner de l’expérience

198
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To get laid off

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Se faire licencier (congédier)

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To give notice

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Donner son préavis

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To graduate from

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Être diplômé de

201
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To hire/recruit/sign up/ (informal) take onsomebody

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Recruter, embaucher quelqu’un

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To hold a meeting

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Tenir une réunion

203
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To lay somebody off/to make somebody redundant

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Licencier quelqu’un

204
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To liaise

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Coopérer

205
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To make somebodyredundant/to lay somebody off

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Licencierquelqu’un

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To meet a deadline

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Respecter une date butoir

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To meet an objective

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Atteindre un objectif

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To meet someone’s standards

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Répondre aux critères

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To operate a business

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Faire marcher une entreprise

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To outsource

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Délocaliser / externaliser / sous-traiter

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To process materials

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S’occuper des matériaux

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To put one’s job at risk

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Risquer son emploi

213
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To quit a job

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Quitter un emploi / démissionner

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To reduce staff mass/to downsize

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Réduire la masse salariale/dégraisser

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To renew a contract

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Renouveler un contrat

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To resign - resignation

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Démissionner - démission

217
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To resign

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Démissionner

218
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To retire

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Prendre sa retraite

219
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To revamp

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Restructurer (entreprise)

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To sack, fire somebody

A

Mettre quelqu’un à la porte

221
Q

To schedule (a meeting)

A

Programmer (une réunion)

222
Q

To shortlist

A

Sélectionner pourune liste plus petite

223
Q

To speak highly of someone

A

Parler de quelqu’un en de bons termes

224
Q

To speak sharply of someone

A

Parler de quelqu’un sévèrement

225
Q

To subcontract

A

Sous-traiter

226
Q

To telecommute

A

Télétravailler : travailler à distance

227
Q

To temp

A

Faire du travail intérimaire

228
Q

To terminate a contract

A

Mettre fin à un contrat

229
Q

To volunteer

A

Faire du bénévolat

230
Q

To work freelance

A

Travailler à son compte

231
Q

To work in shifts

A

Travailler en trois huit