T8 - Unit 98 : The Company Flashcards

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The company

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L’entreprise

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A company / a firm / a business

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Une entreprise / une société

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A businessman / woman

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Un homme / une femme d’affaires

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A corporation

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Une grande entreprise

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Corporate

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de l’entreprise

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A multinational

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Une multinationale

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Transnational

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Transnational

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A tycoon

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Un magnat

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A trust

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Un cartel / un trust

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A start-up

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Une start-up

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A subsidiary

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Une filiale

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To set * up

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Monter / implanter

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To found

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Fonder

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The founder

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Le fondateur

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Business organization

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L’organisation de l’entreprise

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A CEO (chief Executive Officer)

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Un PDG

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A head (of a company)

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Un chef d’entreprise

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To manage / To run / to head

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Diriger

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The management

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La direction

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To chair

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Présider

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The chairman / the chairperson

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Le président

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An entrepreneur

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Un entrepreneur

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Entrepreneurialism / entrepreneurship

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L’esprit d’entreprise

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The staff / the personnel

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Le personnel

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25
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A department

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Un service

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Business activities

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Les activités de l’entreprise

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a brand/ a make

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une marque

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a patent

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un brevet/ une licence

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to register

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déposer

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to produce

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produire

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a product

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un produit

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production

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la production

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productivity

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la productivité

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the output

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le rendement

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to manufacture

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fabriquer

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a manufacturer

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un fabricant

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a factory/ a plant

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une usine

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goods/ wares

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des marchandises

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39
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a warehouse

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un entrepôt

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a commodity

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un produit (de base)/ un article

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to store

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entreposer

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stock-in-trade

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le stock

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a deal/ a contract

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une transaction/ un contrat

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a customer

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un client

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to negotiate

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négocier

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a negotiation

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une négociation

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to order

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commander

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an order

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une commande

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to invoice

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facturer

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an invoice/ a bill

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une facture

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to settle

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régler

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to invest

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investir

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an investment

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un investissement

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to fund

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financer

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funds

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des fonds

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business strategy

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la stratégie de l’entreprise

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efficient

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efficace/ rentable

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efficiency

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efficacité/ rentabilité

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a profit

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un bénéfice/ un profit

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profit-making

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lucratif

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profitable

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rentable

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profitability

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rentabilité

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profit-sharing

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l’intéressement aux bénéfices

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to buy out/ to take over

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racheter

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a buy-out/ a takeover

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un rachat

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to merge

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fusionner

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a merger

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une fusion

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to acquire

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acquérir

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an acquisition

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une acquisition

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a partner

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un associé

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a partnership

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une association

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to outsource

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externaliser/ sous-traiter

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outsourcing

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externalisation

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to relocate

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délocaliser

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relocalisation

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la délocalisation

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to diversify

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se diversifier

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diversification

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la diversification

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an outlet; a niche

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un débouché; un créneau

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to restructure

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restructurer

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restructuring

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une restructuration

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to streamline

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dégraisser

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streamlining

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un dégraissage

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to downsize ≠ to upsize

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réduire/ revoir à la baisse ≠ agrandir

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downsizing ≠ upsizing

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restructuration avec licenciements ≠ restructuration avec embauches

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an incentive; a bonus

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une incitation; une prime

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to update

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moderniser

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to green (up)

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rendre plus écologique

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accounting

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la comptabilité

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a CFO (chief financial officer)

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un directeur financier

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a payslip

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un bulletin de salaire

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the turnover

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le chiffre d’affaire

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revenues

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les recettes

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earnings ≠ expenses

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les gains ≠ les dépenses

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overheads

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les frais généraux

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to lose -> Losses

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perdre -> les pertes

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ailing (company)

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en difficulté

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bankrupt

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mis en faillite

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a bankruptcy

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une faillite

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to close down

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fermer ses portes

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a closure

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une fermeture définitive