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les tenants et aboutissants de qc

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the ins and outs of sg

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droite alternative américaine

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alt-right

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perturbation

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disruption

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perturbateur

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disruptive

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l’échelle d’une entreprise

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the corporate ladder

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assaillir

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to beset

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discrimination sexuelle

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gender bias

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manipuler, traiter

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to handle

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être dans le pétrin (2)

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to be in a bind

to be in a predicament

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relancer un débat

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to reignite / revive a debate

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dispositions naturelles et acquises

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innate ; acquired abilities

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être inadapté à

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to be unsuited to/for

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être prédisposé à

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to be predisposed to

to be prone to

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réprimander

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to dress down

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liberal dans un contexte américain veut dire :

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social-liberal → open-minded… : left-wing

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its leftist leanings

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ses tendances de gauche

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mot d’ordre (2)

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a motto, a watchword

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ne jurer que par

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to swear by

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mot d’ordre des entreprises

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disruptive innovation is the watchword of business culture

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il affirmait que…

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he made the case that …

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étouffer/faire taire les contestataires

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to silence dissenters

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exprimer le désaccord (2)

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to voice / express dissent

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discrimination positive

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affirmative action

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mettre en place des quotas (h/f, raciaux)

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to set race/gender quotas

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personnes politiquement correct

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PC (politically correct) people

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faire le buzz

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to go viral

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ne pas avoir d’autre choix que…

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to have no other choice but to…

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sur fond de…

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against a backdrop of

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une atmosphere chargée, tendue

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charged atmosphere

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rendre des comptes à qn

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to be accountable to sb

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évaluation par les collèges

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to use peer review (process)

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deux fois plus que

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twice as many (nombrable) / much (dénombrable) as

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un fondu d’informatique

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a techie

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humiliant

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demeaning

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faire des contacts (business)

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to network

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surnom Silicon Valley

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sexism / segregated Valley

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être assailli de (2)

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to be beset/surrounded with

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un investisseur

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an investor

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fraternité / sororité

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fraternity / sorority

Équivalent UK : “the old school tie”

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slacktivism ≈ virtue-signalling

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Slacktivisme, « activisme paresseux » mot-valise formé de slacker (« fainéant ») et du mot « activisme » : forme de militantisme sur Internet qui s’est développé sur les réseaux sociaux → cliquer pour participer à un mouvement collectif virtuel sans s’engager plus activement et concrètement.

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être mis au ban de la société

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to be ostracized

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avoir son mot à dire

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to have a say

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faire une chasse à la sorcière contre qc

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to launch a witchhunt against sb

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le chroniqueur aimerait que Google donne plus de retours sur leurs quotas

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the columnist wished Google gave more feedbacks about gender quotas.

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to fare well / badly

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s’en sortir bien / mal

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franchise

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frankness

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Les patrons ont une large marche de manoeuvre dans l’élaboration des règles sur le liberté d’expression au travail

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Bosses have broad leeway in setting rules concerning free speech in the workplace.

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The Alt-Right

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Far right ideologies. Reject mainstream conservatism in favor of white nationalism. Want the creation of a white ehtno-state.
Beliefs : isolationist, protectionist, antisemitic, and white supremacist, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, antifeminism, misogyny, and homophobia, right-wing populism. The concept has been associated with the 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump. → they supported Trump.
Marched in Charlottesville. → it’s an online mouvement.
Hate political correctness.

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déposer plainte auprès de qn contre…

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to file a complaint with sb against sb…

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un groupe vaguement défini

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a loosely defined group

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saluer, acclamer qn comme

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to hail sb as

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négocier

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to bargain

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judicieusement

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wisely

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combler un vide juridique

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to close a legal loophole

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une lacune

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a loophole

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intrépide, audacieux (3)

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bold
daring
audacious

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ne jurer que par qc, respecter à la règle qc

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to live and die by sg

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être à la hauteur de

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to live up to

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relativiser

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to put sg into perspective

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introspection

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soul-searching

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gronder qn

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to tell sb off

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des gens qui disent ce qu’ils pensent (2)

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vocal people

outspoken people

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négliger

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to overlook

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être intrigué de qc

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to be puzzled at sg

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