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The corporate world Flashcards

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une entreprise

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a company

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une société

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a firm

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une (société) multinationale

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a multinational (company)

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une entreprise publique

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a state-owned company

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privatiser

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to privatize

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nationaliser

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to nationalize

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une PME

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a medium-sized business

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une petite entreprise

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a small business

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diriger une entreprise

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to run a company

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le PDG (président-directeur général)

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the chief executive officer / the CEO

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être salarié d’une entreprise

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to be on the payroll

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le personnel

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the staff

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la direction et les syndicats

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management and unions

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un cadre supérieur

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a senior executive /a top executive

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un cadre moyen

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a junior executive

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un employé

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an employee

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un patron

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an employer

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un chef d’entreprise

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a company director

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la libre entreprise

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free enterprise

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l’esprit d’entreprise

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enterprise

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l’entreprenariat

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entrepreneurship

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un entrepreneur

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an entrepreneur

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être entreprenant

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to be enterprising

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créer une entreprise

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to set up a company

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le financement participatif

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crowdfunding

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le monde des affaires

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the business world

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(faire) une acquisition

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(to make) an acquisition

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acquérir

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to acquire

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une fusion

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a merger

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fusionner avec

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to merge with

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racheter une entreprise

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to buy out a firm

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absorber une entreprise

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to swallow up a firm

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une offre publique d’achat / une OPA

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a takeover bid

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faire des bénéfices

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to make a profit

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enregistre / subir une perte

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to make a loss

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l’intéressement (aux résultats)

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profit sharing

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la compétitivité

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competitiveness

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compétitif

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competitive

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la faillite

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bankruptcy

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faire faillite

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to go bankrupt / go broke / go bust

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être en déficit

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to be in the red

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être créditeur

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to be in the black

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renflouer une entreprise

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to bail out a company

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la restructuration d’une entreprise

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the restructuring of a company

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restructurer / réorganiser une entreprise

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to restructure / to revamp / to streamline a company

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est bien plus (prêtre à)

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is much more (prepared to)

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récompenser

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to reward

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pardonner

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to forgive

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échec

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failure

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ceux

A

those / these

51
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la paperasserie

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red tape

52
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contribuent à étouffer l’esprit d’entreprise

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help to crush the entrepreneurial spirit

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l’entreprise était en déficit et ils n’ont pas eu d’autre choix que de la restructurer radicalement en réduisant les coûts et en dégraissant les effectifs

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the company was in the red and they had no alternative but to radically restructure it by trimming costs and downsizing staff

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dernier cri / de pointe

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state-of-the art …

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ont été placées en redressement judiciaire

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have been put into receivership

56
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alimentée par une concurrence féroce, la folie des fusions ne semble pas pouvoir être arrêtée

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fueled by fierce competition, merger mania appears unstoppable

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les entreprises doivent souvent débourser des sommes considérables pour gagner de nouvelles parts sur le marché mondial

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Firms often have to fork out considerable amounts of money to improve their global market share.

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son entreprise familiale n’était plus rentable. Aussi a-t-il décidé de mettre la clé sous la porte

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His family business had become unprofitable, so he decided to shut up shop

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il a bâti son empire en partant de rien

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he built his empire up from scratch

60
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pour ceux qui créent une entreprise au Royaume-Uni, l’impôt annuel sur les sociétés est nettement moins élevé qu’en France et le coût de la main-d’oeuvre aussi

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for those starting a business in the UK, annual corporation tax is much lower than in France and so are labour costs

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