8. Getting Global Flashcards

(48 cards)

1
Q

The economic situation

A

la conjoncture

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2
Q

a budget deficit

A

un déficit budgétaire

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3
Q

to compete with

A

concurrencer

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4
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a downturn

A

une régression

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5
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a drop, decline

A

une baisse

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6
Q

forecasts

A

les prévisions

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7
Q

a global corporation

A

une multinationale

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8
Q

insider-trading

A

opération, délit d’initiés

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9
Q

a lobby

A

un groupe de pression

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10
Q

rates

A

impôts locaux

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11
Q

a slowdown

A

un ralentissement

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12
Q

a subsiadiary

A

une filiale

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13
Q

tax evasion

A

la fraude, l’évasion fiscale

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14
Q

unfair competition

A

concurrence deloyale

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15
Q

Value-added tax (VAT)

A

taxe à la valeur ajoutée (TVA)

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16
Q

globalization

A

la mondialisation

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17
Q

abroad, overseas

A

à l’étranger

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18
Q

bribes

A

des pot de vin

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19
Q

a buyout

A

un rachat d’entreprise

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20
Q

to corner a market

A

s’emparer d’un marché

21
Q

developping countries

A

pays en voie de développement

22
Q

economic

A

qui a trait à l’économie

23
Q

economical

A

qui réduit les frais

24
Q

emerging economies

A

les economies émergentes

25
foreign trade
le commerce exterieur
26
to freeze prices
bloquer les prix
27
to fund
financer
28
a grant, a subsidy
une subvention
29
growth
la croissance
30
home trade
le commerce interieur
31
to boost
dynamiser
32
to invest abroad
investir à l'étranger
33
a merger
une fusion
34
the monopoly
le monopole
35
outsourcing
l'externalisation
36
profitability
la rentabilité
37
the recovery
la reprise economique
38
relocation
la délocalisation
39
to settle
s'installer
40
supply and demand
l'offre et la demande
41
the standard of living
le niveau de vie
42
to subcontract
sous-traiter
43
to subsidise
subventionner
44
a takeover
une prise de controle, un rachat
45
tax-free
exempt d'impot
46
a tax heaven
un paradis fiscal
47
the Third World
le tiers monde
48
the welfare state
l'état-providence