Part one A to F

Question 1

action

Answer 1

share/stock

Question 2

association à but non lucratif / société de personnes

Answer 2

non-profit-making-association / society / charity

Question 3

associés

Answer 3

partners

Question 4

avantage en nature

Answer 4

perk

Question 5

avoir trop de personnel

Answer 5

to be overstaffed

Question 6

bénéfice brut

Answer 6

pre-tax profit

Question 7

bénéfice

Answer 7

profit

Question 8

bilan

Answer 8

balance sheet

Question 9

bureau d’études

Answer 9

research and development departement

Question 10

bénéfice d’exploitation

Answer 10

operating profit

Question 11

cercle de qualité

Answer 11

quality circle

Question 12

chaîne de montage

Answer 12

assembly line

Question 13

chasseur de tête

Answer 13

headhunter

Question 14

chiffres d’affaires

Answer 14

turnover / gross

Question 15

classer

Answer 15

to file

Question 16

co-entreprise

Answer 16

joint venture

Question 17

comité d’entreprise

Answer 17

staff committee

Question 18

comptabilité

Answer 18

accounting

Question 19

conseil d’administration

Answer 19

board

Question 20

coûts de fabrication

Answer 20

manufacturing costs

Question 21

coûts de fonctionnement

Answer 21

running costs

Question 22

coûts financiers

Answer 22

financial costs

Question 23

coûts salariaux

Answer 23

labour costs

Question 24

créer des bénéfices

Answer 24

to generate profits

Question 25

créer une société

Answer 25

to set up / start / launch a business

Question 26

dégraisser

Answer 26

to streamline, to downsize

Question 27

délocaliser

Answer 27

to relocate

Question 28

devise ( monnaie) forte/ faible

Answer 28

hard/soft currency

Question 29

direction

Answer 29

management

Question 30

diriger une affaires

Answer 30

to manager/run/oversee a company

Question 31

économie d’échelle

Answer 31

economies of scale

Question 32

entreprise citoyenne

Answer 32

corporate citizen

Question 33

entreprise

Answer 33

company, firm, business, corporation

Question 34

entreprise familiale

Answer 34

family business

Question 35

entreprise qui démarre

Answer 35

start-up company

Question 36

esprit d’entreprise

Answer 36

entrepreneurial spirit

Question 37

être à son compte

Answer 37

to be self-employed

Question 38

être bénéficiaire

Answer 38

to be in the black

Question 39

être en déficit

Answer 39

to be in the red

Question 40

facture

Answer 40

invoice/ bill

Question 41

faire des bénéfices

Answer 41

to make profits/ to turn a profit / to be in the black