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BF Unité 2
Business French Unité 2
| français | anglais |
|---|---|
| rentrer | to come back (home) |
| proposer | to propose |
| pénétrer | to penetrate (markets) |
| isolé | single standing |
| justifier | to prove, to justify |
| il faut que | one must |
| il ne faut pas que | one must not |
| concessionnaire | dealer, license-holder |
| il vaut mieux que | it is better that |
| il ne vaut mieux que | it is not better that |
| aimer mieux | to prefer |
| en tenant compte de | keeping in mind |
| sans que | without |
| un service | a division, a department |
| un commerce | a commercial store |
| une coopérative | a cooperative |
| une valeur | a value |
| une télécopie | a fax |
| une commande | an order |
| une marque | a brand name |
| une tâche | a task |
| une politique | a policy |
| un magasin | a store |
| un village | a village |
| un rayon | a shelf, an aisle |
| le courrier | the mail |
| un courriel | an e-mail |
| un concessionnaire | a concession owner |
| un prix | a price |
| un pouvoir | power |
| un assortiment | an assortment |
| un début | a beginning |
| une méthode | method |
| une décision | decision |
| une ville | city |
| une taille | a size |
| une solution | a solution, an answer |
| une boutique | a shop |
| une négociation | negociation |
| une fluctuation | fluctuation |
| rassembler | to assemble (people) |
| résulter | to result, to end up |
| bénéficier | to benefit from |
| discuter | to discuss |
| conseiller | to counsel |
| exploiter | to profit from |
| formuler | to formulate |
| risquer | to risk |
| proposé | proposed |
| réagir | to react |
| maintenir | to maintain |
| permettre | to allow |
| désirable | desirable |
| expedié | expedited |
| intensif | intensive (masc.) |
| intensive | intensive (fem.) |
| complet | complete (masc.) |
| complète | complete (fem.) |
| indépendant | independant |
| moyen | average |
| moyenne | average (fem.) |
| intégré | integrated |
| fort | strong |
| exclusif | exclusive |
| provocant | provocative |
| absolument | absolutely |
| seulement | only |
| aussi | also |
| bien | well |
| assez | enough |
| à travers de | through |
| très | very |
| à mon avis | in my opinion |
| un magasin en libre service | a self-service store |
| en face de | in the face of |
| le point de vente | point of sale |
| négocier | to negociate |
| apprécier | to appreciate |
| rectifier | to rectify, to set straight |
| vérifier | to verify |
| identifier | to identify |
| varier | to vary |
| étudier | to study |
| remercier | to thank (again) |
| il est necessaire que | it is necessary that |
| il est important que | it's important that |
| il est utile que | it's useful that |
| il est urgent que | it's urgent that |
| aimer | to like, to love |
| préférer | to prefer |
| demander | to ask |
| désirer | to want, to desire |
| souhaiter | to wish, to hope for |
| douter | to doubt |
| ne pas penser | not to think so |
| ne pas croire | not to believe |
| il est douteux | it is doubtful |
| il n'est pas sûr | it is not sure |
| avoir peur | to fear |
| être content | to be happy, content |
| être heureux | to be happy |
| être triste | to be sad |
| être furieux | to be furious, angry |
| être fâché | to be angry |
| regretter | to regret |
| à condition que | provided that, on the condition that |
| jusqu'à ce que | until |
| pour que | so that, in order that |
| afin que | so that, in order that |
| avant que | before |
| à moins que | unless |
| en libre service | self-service |
| conclure | to conclude |
| lancement | launching (stage 1) |
| maturité | maturity (of a product, stage 3) |
| déclin | decline (stage 4) |
| un producteur | producer |
| un détaillant | retailer |
| surveiller | to watch over |
| jouir | to enjoy |
| accroître | to increase |
| associé | affiliated |
| un commerce intégré | a chain store |
| la valeur ajoutée | added value measured by production costs minus indirect costs of production |
| le point de vente agréé | a point of sale in specialized stores only to preserve the image of the product |
| un courtier | a broker |
| un commissionnaire | commission agent |
| pourvu que | as long as, provided that |
| un réseau | a branch, an avenue |
| un domaine | an area |
| Voyageur, Représentant, Placier (VRP) | traveling sales person, representative |
| afin de | in order to |
| auprès de | (here) in |
| un commerce indépendant isolé | an independently small-owned business |
| un commerce indépendant associé | an independently owned affiliated business |
| une coopérative de commerçants | a cooperative of small businessmen (often agricultural) |
| autrui | other people |
| attente | hopes, expectations |
| un échec | faiure |
| croissance | development (stage 2) |
| un grossiste | wholesaler |
| bien que | although |
| quoique que | although |
| afin que | so that |
| commerce de détail | retail trade, business |
| disponible | available |
| aménagement | layout |
| une tenue vestimentaire | dress (way a person is dressed) |
| une emprise | control |
| la vente par correspondance (VPC) | distant sales |
| préconisée | recommended |
| viser | to aim for |