The Economic Crisis Flashcards

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1
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Une récession

A

A recession

A slump

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Un ralentissement

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A slowdown

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L’effondrement de l’économie mondiale

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The global economic meltdown

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Le taux d’inflation

Le taux de chômage

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Inflation rate

Unemployment rate

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La bulle du crédit

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The credit bubble

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La crise du crédit

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The credit crunch

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La bulle immobilière

La crise immobilière

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The housing bank

The housing crisis

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Une banque d’affaires

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An investment bank

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Un fonds de pensions

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A pension fund

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La bourse

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The stock exchange

The stock market

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Des actions

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Shares

Stocks

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Un actionnaire

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A shareholder

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Épargner

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To save

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Économies

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Savings

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Les petits épargnants

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Small savers

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Une obligation

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A bond

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Une obligation pourrie

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A junk bond

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Un investisseur

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An investor

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Un spéculateur

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A speculator

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20
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Un fonds spéculatif

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A hedge fund

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21
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Une prime

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A bonus

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22
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Le délit d’initiés

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Insider dealing

Insider trading

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23
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Un gros capitaliste

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A fat cat

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24
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La politique économique

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Economic policy

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25
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Mesures d’austérité

Politique de rigueur

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Austerity measures

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Un plan de relance

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A stimulus plan

A stimulus package

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27
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Un plan de sauvetage

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A rescue plan

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28
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Renflouer une entreprise

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To bail out a company

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29
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Renflouement

Sauvetage

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Bailout

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30
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Les dépenses publiques

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Public spending

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31
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Équilibrer un budget

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To balance a budget

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32
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Réductions budgétaires

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Budget cuts

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33
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Un déficit budgétaire

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A budget deficit

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34
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Une augmentation des impôts

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A tax rise

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35
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Un contribuable

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A taxpayer

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36
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Une faillite

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A bankruptcy

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37
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Faire faillite

Être en faillite

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To go bankrupt

To be bankrupt

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38
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Une dette

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Debt

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39
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Rationaliser

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To streamline

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40
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Dégraisser ses effectifs

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To downsize

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41
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Restructuration

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Restructuring

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42
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Réduire les coûts salariaux

Réduire les coûts de production

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To reduce wage costs

To reduce production costs

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43
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Supprimer des emplois

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To cut jobs

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44
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Licencier des salariés

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To lay off workers

To make workers redundant

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Un licenciement

A

A redundancy

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Un départ volontaire

A

A voluntary redundancy

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Un plan social

A

A redundancy plan

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Indemnité de licenciement

A

Redundancy payment

Severance pay

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Un parachute doré

A

A golden parachute

A golden handshake

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Se redresser

Se rétablir

A

To recover

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La reprise

A

Recovery

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Un travail

Un emploi

A

A job

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Une carrière

A

A career

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Le monde du travail

A

The world of work

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Le lieu de travail

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The workplace

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Travailler à temps partiel

Travailler à mi-temps

A

To work part time

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Travailler à plein temps

A

To work full time

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La population active

A

The working population

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Les conditions de travail

A

Working conditions

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Un atelier

A

A workshop

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Une cuisine

A

A factory

A plant

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Le chômage

A

Unemployment

Joblessness

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Être au chômage

A

To be unemployed
To be jobless
To be out of work

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Taux de chômage

A

Unemployment rate

Jobless rate

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Les chômeurs

A

The unemployed

The jobless

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Le chômage de longue durée

A

Long term unemployment

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Le chômage des jeunes

A

Youth unemployment

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Le marché du travail

Le marché de l’emploi

A

Job market

Labour market

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Un contrat à durée déterminée

CDD

A

A fixed-term contract

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Un contrat à durée indéterminée

CDI

A

An open-ended contract

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La flexibilité de l’emploi

A

Job flexibility

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La sécurité de l’emploi

La précarité de l’emploi

A

Job security

Job insecurity

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Les travailleurs pauvres

A

The working poor

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Employer

A

To employ

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Un employeur

A

An employer

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Un employé

A

An employee

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Embaucher un travailleur

A

To hire a worker

To take on a worker

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Recruter

A

To recruit

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Une période d’essai

A

A trial period

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Un demandeur d’emploi

A

A job seeker

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Être candidat à un emploi

Faire une demande d’emploi

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To apply for a job

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Un candidat à un poste

A

An applicant

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Une demande d’emploi

A

A job application

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Un entretien d’embauche

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A job interview

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Une offre d’emploi

A

A job offer
A job vacancy
A job opportunity

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Travail

A

Labour

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Les normes en matière d’emploi

A

Labour standards

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La main d’œuvre

A

Manpower
Workforce
Labour

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Un travailleur qualifié
Un travailleur peu qualifié
Un travailleur non qualifié

A

A skilled worker
A low-skilled worker
An unskilled worker

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Un fonctionnaire

A

A state employee

A civil servant

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Gagner sa vie

A

To earn a living
To earn one’s living
To make a living

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Un salarié

A

A wage earner

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Avantage

Avantage annexe

A

A perk

A fringe benefit

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Réduction du temps de travail

RTT

A

Reduction of working hours

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Les 35 heures

La semaine de 35 heures

A

The 35-hours working week

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Un conflit social

A

An industrial dispute

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Se mettre en grève

Être en grève

A

To go on strike

To be on strike

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Un délégué syndical

A

A shop steward

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Un syndicat

A

A trade union

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Une revendication

A

A claim

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Des revendications salariales

A

Wage claims

Wage demands

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Une augmentation de salaire

A
A payrise (GB)
A payraise (US)
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Reprendre le travail

A

To resume work

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La retraite

A

Retirement

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Prendre sa retraite

A

To retire

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Un retraité

A

A pensioner

An old age pensioner

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Partir en pré-retraite

A

To take early retirement

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L’âge de la retraite

A

Retirement age