79 Le Marché Du Travail - The Labour Market Flashcards

1
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Le plein emploi

A

Full employment

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Le travail

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Work

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3
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La population active

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The working population

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4
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La main d’oeuvre

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The labour force, the workforce, manpower

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5
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La main-d’oeuvre intermittante

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Casual labour

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6
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Un manoeuvre

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A labo(u)rer

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Un ouvrier spécialisé

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A semi-skilled worker

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Un ouvrier qualifié / non qualifié

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A skilled worker / an unskilled worker

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9
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Un employé

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An employee

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10
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Un salarié

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A wage-earner

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11
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Les salaires

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Wages

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12
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Des honoraires

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Fees

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13
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La paie

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The pay

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14
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Un bulletin de paie

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A payslip

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Le jour de paie

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Payday

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16
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Une augmentation

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A raise

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Une prime

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A bonus

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18
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Une prime d’ancienneté

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Seniority pay

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19
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Un ticket restaurant

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A luncheon voucher

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20
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Un congé

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A leave

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21
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Une note de frais

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An expense account

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22
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Un intérimaire

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A temp(orary worker)

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23
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Un contrat de travail

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A work contract

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24
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Un CDD

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A term contract

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25
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Un CDI

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A permanent contract

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26
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Un emploi

A

A job

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27
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La sécurité de l’emploi

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Job security

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28
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Un poste à pourvoir

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A vacancy, a vacant position

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29
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Un chasseur de têtes

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A headhunter

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30
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Une candidature

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An application

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31
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L’expérience professionnelle

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Work experience

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32
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Un apprenti

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A trainee, an apprentice

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33
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L’apprentissage

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Apprenticeship

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34
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La formation professionnelle

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Training

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35
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Une période d’essai

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A probationary period, a trial period

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36
Q

Les heures supplémentaires

A

Overtime

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37
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Les trois-huit

A

Shift work

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38
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Le temps de travail

A

Working time

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39
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À temps plein / à temps partiel / à mi-temps

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Full-time / part-time / half-time

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40
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Travailler

A

To work

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41
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Engager qqun

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To hire sb, to take sb on

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42
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Postuler à un emploi

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To apply for a job

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43
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Nommer qqun à un poste

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To appoint sb to a post

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44
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Être à l’essai

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To be on trial / probation

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45
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Accorder une promotion

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To promote

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46
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Rétrograder

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To demote, to downgrade

47
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**Le chômage**

A

**Unemployment**

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Les chômeurs

A

The unemployed, the jobless

49
Q

Un demandeur d’emploi

A

A job seeker

50
Q

Des réductions d’effectifs

A

Downsizing

51
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Un licenciement

A

A lay-off, a redundancy

52
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Une prime de licenciement

A

A redundancy payment

53
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Sans emploi, au chômage

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Unemployed, jobless, out of work

54
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Supprimer des emplois, dégraisser

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To downsize, to shed jobs

55
Q

Licencier

A

To lay off, to make redundant, to dismiss

56
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Donner sa démission

A

To resign

57
Q

Se recycler

A

To retrain

58
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**Les syndicats**

A

**Trade unions**

59
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Le syndicalisme, le mouvement syndical

A

Organized labour, the union movement

60
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Un syndicaliste

A

A trade-unionist

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Un travailleur syndiqué

A

A union member

62
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Un responsable syndical

A

A union official

63
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Un représentant syndical

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A union representative

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Un dirigeant syndical

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A union leader

65
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La base (du syndicat)

A

The shopfloor

66
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Un délégué syndical

A

A shop steward

67
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Une cotisation syndicale

A

Union fees / dues

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Les négociations collectives

A

Collective bargaining

69
Q

Une convention collective

A

A collective agreement

70
Q

Le comité d’entreprise

A

The works council

71
Q

Syndiqué

A

Unionised

72
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**Les conflits sociaux**

A

**Labour disputes**

73
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L’agitation sociale

A

Industrial unrest, labour unrest

74
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Un conflit salarial

A

A wage dispute

75
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Une revendication salariale

A

A wage claim / demand

76
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Une revendication

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A claim

77
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Une grève

A

A strike, industrial action

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Une grève générale

A

An all-out strike

79
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Un préavis de grève

A

A strike notice

80
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Un appel à la grève

A

A strike call

81
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Un gréviste

A

A striker

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Un non-gréviste

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A non-striker

83
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Un briseur de grève

A

A scab

84
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Un piquet de grève

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A picket (line)

85
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Une impasse

A

A deadlock, a dead-end

86
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Un arbitrage

A

Arbitration

87
Q

Appeler à la grève

A

To call (for) a strike

88
Q

Se mettre en grève

A

To go on strike

89
Q

Forcer un piquet de grève

A

To cross the picket line

90
Q

Reprendre le travail

A

To resume work

91
Q

Que faites-vous dans la vie ?

A

What do you do for a living?

92
Q

Je suis travailleur indépendant

A

I’m a freelance worker / a self-employed person

93
Q

Combien gagnez-vous ?

A

How much do you earn / make?

94
Q

Je travaille pour un salaire de misère

A

I work for a pittance

95
Q

Je suis en congé. J’ai pris ma journée

A

I’m on leave. I took a day off

96
Q

Je me suis fait virer

A

I got the sack, I got fired

97
Q

Mary est à la recherche d’un emploi

A

Mary is job-hunting

98
Q

Les chômeurs de longue durée

A

The long-term unemployed

99
Q

Un ouvrier qui fait les trois-huit peut faire partie de l’équipe de jour ou de l’équipe de nuit

A

A shiftworker can be on day shift or on night shift

100
Q

Ce travail offre des avantages en nature : une voiture de fonction et un logement de fonction

A

This job comes with perks: a company car and company accomodations

101
Q

Cette société a du personnel en surnombre

A

The company is overstaffed

102
Q

La confédération intersyndicale britannique

A

The Trade Union Congress

103
Q

Le MEDEF, le patronat

A

The CBI (Confederation of British Industries)

104
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Il n’y a pas que le travail dans la vie

A

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

105
Q

Bien joué!

A

Good work!, Good job!

106
Q

C’est un bourreau de travail

A

She’s a workaholic

107
Q

Elle travaille comme une brute

A

Se works like a Trojan / a dog / a horse

108
Q

Gagner des clopinettes

A

To earn chickenfeed

109
Q

À chacun son métier

A

Every man to his trade

110
Q

Les ficelles du métier

A

The tricks of the trade

111
Q

Touche-à-tout, bon à rien

A

A Jack of all trades is a master of none

112
Q

Ça fera l’affaire

A

It’ll do the job

113
Q

C’est ta responsabilité de t’occuper de lui

A

It’s your job to look after him

114
Q

**L’emploi**

A

**Employment**