Election & candidacy Flashcards by Erwan P

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Se présenter comme aux élections

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To run for office

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Un candidat

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A candidate

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Être en compétition pour…

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To bid for…

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Prendre position

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Take a stand

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Révélation fracassante

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Bombshell

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Ingérence de quelqu’un

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Interference from somebody

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Prétendre

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To allege

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S’abstenir de

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To refrain from

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Une dictature

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Dictatorship

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La censure

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Cersorship

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Un chef d’état

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A head of state

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La propagande

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Propaganda

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Fiable, digne de confiance (x2)

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Reliable, truthworthy

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Alarmiste

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Scaremonger

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Un magnat des médias

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A media mogul

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La liberté de la presse

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Freedom of the press

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La liberté d’expression

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Freedom of speech

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Abréger, raccourcir, condenser

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To abridge, (shorten, deprive)

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Vérification des faits

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Fact checking

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Fausses information

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Fake news

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Le journalisme d’investigation

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Watchdog journalism, investigative journalism

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Lanceur d’alerte

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Whistleblower

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Éditorial

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Editorial

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Une tribune, une lettre d’opinion

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An op-ed

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Article d'opinion

Opinion column

Un chroniqueur

A columnist

Plafon (de verre) qui limite l'ascension professionnelle

Glass ceiling

Démissionner

Step down

Prendre ses fonctions

To take office

Briser

Shatter

Préjugé

Bias

Surmonter

To overcome

Enlever

To remove

Être catégorique/inflexible

To be adamant

Découler de

To stem from

Être d'accord avec

To agree with, to concur with

Jalon, événement marquant

Milestone

Normaliser

To normalize

Déposer son bulletin de vote, voter

To cast a ballot

Profondément enraciné

Deep-rooted

Toile de fond, arrière plan

Backdrop

Critique

Criticism

Bilan

A (track) record

Bien nécessaire (ex: un élan bien nécessaire)

Much-needed (a much-need momentum)

Identité de genre

Gender identity

Changer les mentalités

To shift the mindset

Prêter serment

To take an oath

Ministre (Americain) des affaires étrangères

US Secretary of State

Rappeler, évoquer

To echo

Stagiaire

Intern

Un caricaturiste

A cartoonist

Un jeu de mots

A pun, a play on words

Victoire écrasante (ex: élection écrasante)

Landslide (usage politique : a landslide election)

Parti de gauche (/de droite)

Left-wing (/right-wing)

État dont le vote sera décisif

Swing State

Un colistier (candidat à la vice-présidence)

A running mate

Titres, références

Credentials

Accélérateur de changement

Catalyst for change

Propulser (+ propulsé)

To propel (/ propelled)

Mieux adapté

Better suited

Paire de candidat

Ticket

Un âne

A donkey

Donner lieu à

To give rise to

Le quatrième pouvoir

Fourth Estate

Un mandat

A term

Une démission

A resignation