Theme 2: The Media/communication Flashcards

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Un média d’information

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A news outlet

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Les médias traditionnels

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The mainstream media

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La presse écrite

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The press

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La presse de qualité

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Quality papers

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La presse à scandales

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The gutter press

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Le tirage

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The circulation

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S’abonner

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To subscribe

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Un kiosque à journaux

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A newsstand

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Un marchand de journaux

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A newsagent

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Un rédacteur en chef

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An editor

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Un pigiste

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A freelancer

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Un magnat de presse

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A press mogul/tycoon

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Une nouvelle

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A piece of news

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Une information

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A news item

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Une tendance

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A trend

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Un sujet d’actualité

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A topical issue

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Couvrir un événement

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To cover an event

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La couverture médiatique

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Media coverage

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19
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Donner des informations erronées

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To misinform

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Vérification des sources/ des faits

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Fact-checking

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21
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Éditorial

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A leader / leading article / editorial

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Une rubrique / chronique

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A column

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23
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Un marronier

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A seasonal feature

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Le courrier du coeur

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An agony column

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La rubrique des chiens écrasés

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Fillers / small town news

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Un article de fond

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A feature

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Un sondage

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A poll

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Enquête

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A survey

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Un compte rendu, un reportage

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A report

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30
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Faire payer pour accéder au contenu

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To charge for content

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31
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Une source de revenus

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A revenue stream

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32
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Site internet d’informations payant

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A paywalled newspaper

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33
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Le paiement à l’article

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Per-article fees

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34
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Enquêter sur qlqc

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To investigate sth

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Dénicher, mettre au jour

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To dig sth up/ to unearth

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36
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Rendre une info publique

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To make information available to the public

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Sensibiliser l’opinion

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To sensitise public opinion

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Dénoncer, discréditer

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To expose

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39
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Vérifier ses sources

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To check one’s sources

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40
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Divulguer

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To leak

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41
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Une fuite

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A leak

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42
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Étouffer qch

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To hush sth up

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43
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Donner l’alerte sur qch

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To blow the whistle on sb/sth

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44
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Un lanceur d’alerte

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A whistleblower

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La liberté de la presse

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The freedom of the press

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Censurer qlqc

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To censor qth

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Calomnier

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To slander

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48
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Partisan/ tendancieux

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Biased/ prejudiced

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Informer d’une façon tendancieuse

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To slant information

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50
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Faire les gros titres

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To hit the headlines

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51
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Battage médiatique

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Media hype

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52
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Saturation de l’info

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Information glut/ overload

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Le jargon journalistique

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Journalese

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Fiable

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reliable

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Sujet à caution

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Unreliable

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Qui a un intérêt médiatique / mérite d’être dans l’actualité

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Newsworthy

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Approprié

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Appropriate

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Exact/ précis

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Accurate

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Rechercher le sensationnel

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To sensationalise news

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L’alarmisme

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Scaremongering

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Exhorter à

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To urge sb to do sth

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Regarder la télévision

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To watch television

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Télévision linéaire

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Linear programming

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Replay / tv à la demande

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Catch-up/ pay-per view television

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Diffuser

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To broadcast

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Une émission de télé

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A tv program

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Diffusion en continu, en flux

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Streaming

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Visionnage marathon, à la chaîne

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Binge-watching

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Les heures de grande écoute

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Prime time

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Les actualités

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The news

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Présentateur

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A host/ an anchorman

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Une série télé

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A tv series/ soap opera

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Une pub

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A commercial

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Chaîne de télé

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A tv channel

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Un téléspectateur

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A tv viewer

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Le public

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The audience

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L’audimat

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Audience ratings

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Un téléphone portable

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A mobile/ cell phone

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Passer un coup de fil

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To place/ make a call

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Rappeler qn

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To return a call

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Être dérangé/déconcentré

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To get distracted

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Pratique / gênant

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Convenient/ inconvenient

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Déranger

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To disturb (disturbance)

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Importun / gênant / intrusif

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Intrusive

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Perturber

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To disrupt

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Un fournisseur d’accès

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An ISP (internet service provider)

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Un moteur de recherche

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A search engine

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Un navigateur

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A web browser

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Un internaute

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A netsurfer

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Aller sur le net

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To go online/ browse the net

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Se connecter à un site internet

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To log into a website

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Rechercher des informations avec google

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To google sth

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Dévoiler des informations personnelles

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To disclose personal data

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Un forum de discussion

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A chat room

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Un réseau social

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A social network

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Un site de partage de fichiers

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A file sharing site

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Une base de données

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A database

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Conserver des infos

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To store data

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Faire appliquer des lois sur l’informatique et les libertés

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To enforce data protection legislation

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Protéger la vie privée des abus commerciaux

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To safeguard privacy from commercial abuse

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La propriété intellectuelle

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Intellectual property

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Téléchargements illégaux

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Illegal downloading

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Violations des droits d’auteur

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Copyright violation

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Copier un fichier

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To copy a file

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Porter atteinte de droits de qlq

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To infringe on sb’ rights

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Retrouver, localiser qn

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To track sb down

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Poursuivre qn en justice

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To prosecute sb

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Condamner qn à une amende

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To fine sb

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Priver un internaute d’accès internet

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To disconnect a user

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Un pirate

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A hacker, a pirate

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Bon en informatique

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To be computer-literate

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Calé en informatique

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To be computer-savvy

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Pirater un système informatique

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To hack into a computer

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Voler des mots de passe

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To steal passwords

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Être victime d’un virus

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To be struck by a virus

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La cyberintimidation

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Cyber-bullying

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Lynchage en ligne

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Cyber-lynching

118
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Le vol de données électroniques

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Cybertheft

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La cybercriminalité

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Cybercrime

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La cyberguerre

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Cyberwarfare

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Surveillance électronique

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Electronic surveillance

122
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Atteinte à la vie privée

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Invasion of privacy

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Espionner qn

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To spy on sb/ to snoop on sb

124
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Un appareil GPS

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A GPS device

125
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Caméras de vidéosurveillance

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CCTV (closed circuit television)

126
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Récolter des infos (d’un compte facebook)

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To harvest information (from a facebook account)

127
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Faire ses courses en ligne

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To cybershop/ shop online

128
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Envoyer des publicités ciblées

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To deliver targeted ads

129
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Régler les paramètres de confidentialité

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To adjust privacy settings

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Pas de nouvelles, bonne nouvelles

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No news is good news