Unit 1 - Setting Up In Business Flashcards

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une entreprise

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a firm, an organisation

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s’établir en affaires

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to set up in business

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une société

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a company

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Le siège social

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the Registered Head Office

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dissoudre, liquider une société

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to wind up / to dissolve / to liquidate a company

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une entreprise individuelle

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a one-man firm

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une société anonyme (SA)

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a Public Limited Company (Ltd/PLC)

an Incorporated Company (Inc.)

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une société à responsabilité limitée (SARL)

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a private limited company (Ltd)

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la société mère

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the parent company

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une succursale

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a branch

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une filiale

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a subsidiary

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le capital social

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share capital

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un actionnaire

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a shareholder

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un associé

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a partner

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la faillite

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bankruptcy

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l’Assemblée Générale Annuelle

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the Annual General Meeting (AGM)

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l’ordre du jour

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the agenda

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présider une séance

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to chair a meeting

to be in the chair

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un point à l’ordre du jour

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an item on the agenda

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le Procès-Verbal

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the Minutes

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l’Annuaire des Actionnaires

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the List of Shareholders

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considéré comme lu et approuvé

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taken as read and approved / agreed

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un rappel à l’ordre

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a call to holder

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inscrire à l’ordre du jour

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to list on the agenda

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un administrateur

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a director

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le Conseil d’Administration

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the Board of Directors

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la Salle du Conseil

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the Board Room

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le Président du Conseil d’Administration

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the Chairman of the Board (of Directors)

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l’Administrateur Délégué

le Directeur Général

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the Managing Director

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le PDG

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the Chairman and Managing Director

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le secrétaire général

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the company secretary

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un commissaire aux comptes

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an auditor

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un suppléant, un adjoint

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a deputy

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les clients

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the customers

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la clientèle (~la réoutation)

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the goodwill

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le fondateur

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the founder

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le démarrage

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the inception

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le sens des affaires

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business acumen

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un intermédiaire

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a middleman

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un propriétaire

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a sole trader

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la raison sociale

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the trade name

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le Registre du Commerce

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the Register of Companies

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Le Conservateur du Registre du Commerce

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the Registrar of Companies

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les statuts d’une société (UK)

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Memorandum and Articles of Association

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les statuts d’une société (US)

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Statute Laws

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une disposition statutaire

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a provision of the Articles

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une société commerciale en nom collectif

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a general partnership

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une société en commandite

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a limited partnership

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un établissement public

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a public body / a corporation

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liquider

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to liquidate / to wind up

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la liquidation

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winding up

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tomber en faillite

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to go bankrupt

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la cessation de paiements

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stoppage of payment

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l’administrateur judiciaire

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the Receiver

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une saisie conservatoire

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a charging order

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une créance

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a claim

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un concordat

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a composition

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un abus de confiance

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a breach of trust

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un failli non réhabilité

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An undischarged bankrupt

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être accablé, criblé de dettes

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to be deep in debt

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un commanditaire

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a limited partner

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un bailleur de fonds

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a sleeping partner

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tenir une Assemblée Générale Annuelle

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to hold a AGM

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convocation à une Assemblée Générale Annuelle

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notice of the AGM

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convoquer les actionnaires

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to summon the shareholders

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une Assemblée Générale Extraordinaire

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an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM)

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convoquer une assemblée

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to call a meeting

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“questions diverses”

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Any Other Businness (AOB)

Matters Arising

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les délibérations

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the proceedings

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une scéance

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a meeting

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procuration

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a proxy

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le vote par procuration

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voting by proxy

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le vote prépondérant

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the casting vote

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le quorum n’est pas atteint

à défaut d’un quorum

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a quorum is not present

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le discours du Président

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the Chairman’s Adress

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le Rapport Annuel

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the Annual Report

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l’exercice social

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the financial year

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adopter (voter) une résolution

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to pass a resolution

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faire un rapport

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to report

ON something TO someone

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soumettre un rapport

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to submit a report

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soumettre à l’approbation

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to submit for approval

to somebody

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interrompre une séance

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to adjourn a meeting

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reprendre une séance

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to resume a meeting

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une décision sans appel

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a final decision

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l’organigramme

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organisation chart

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un service

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a department

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un directeur

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a manager

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un cadre

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an executive

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la maîtrise

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supervisory staff

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tableau d’affichage

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a notice board

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une note de service

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a memo(-randum)

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un apporteur de capitaux

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a vendor

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la personne morale

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the body corporate

corporate body

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une société de portefeuille

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a holding company

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une société d’utilité publique

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a public utility company

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une société (d’assistance) mutuelle

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a mutual aid society

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une société de secours mutuel

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a friendly society

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un artisan

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a craftsman

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une petite/moyenne entreprise

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a small/medium-sized business

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le capital entièrement versé

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fully paid-up capital

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l’apport initial

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opening capital

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l’auto-financement

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self-financing

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l’augmentation de capital

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increase of capital

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les parts de fondateur

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founder’s shares

vendor’s shares

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un gros actionnaire

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a major shareholder

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un petit porteur (d’actions)

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a small shareholder

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un intérêt minoritaire

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a minority interest

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un intérêt majoritaire

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a majority interest

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distribuer un dividende

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to distribute a dividend

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fixer un dividende

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to declare a dividend

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les actions de garantie

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qualifying shares

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le registre des actionnaires

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the share register

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une action gratuite

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bonus share

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être introduit en bourse

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to go public

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émettre des actions

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to issue shares

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le Rapport

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the Progress Report

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le Bilan

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the Balance Sheet

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le Rapport des Commissaires aux Comptes

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the Auditors Report

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donner quitus pour leur gestion aux administrateurs

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to give discharge to the directors for their management

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un administrateur sortant

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a retiring director

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l’année sous revue

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the year under review

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l’année civile

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the calendar year

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un jeton de présence

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a director’s fee

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honorer de sa présence

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to grace with one’s presence

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soulever une question

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to raise a point

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je propose (au vote) que…

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I move that… (+subjonctif)

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définir une politique

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to lay down a policy

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faire une proposition

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to put forward a proposal

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proposition

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proposition (theoretical assumption)

proposal (suggestion)

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la motion est votée à l’unanimité

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the motion is carried unanimously

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soutenir une motion

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to second a motion

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la minorité dissidente

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the dissenting minority

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appliquer une politique

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to carry out / to implement a policy

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les affaires

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business

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faire des affaires

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to do business

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un homme d’affaire

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a businessman

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une société familiale

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a family business

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une action

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a share

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répartir des actions

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to allot shares