Thursday, May 6, 2010

Internship vocabulary

Domestic violence:Violence domestique
when someone you live with attacks you and tries to hurt you.
sentence: domestic violence against women.

substance abuse:
the use of a drug to get pleasure, or to improve a person's performance of an activity, or because a person cannot stop using it.

Advisor -
Conseiller
Someone whose job is to give advice about a subject

Appropriate
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S'approprier
suitable or right for a particular situation or occasion.
sentence-I didn't think his comments were very appropriate at the time.

Attitude
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Attitude
A feeling or opinion about something or someone, or a way of behaving that is caused by this.
sentence-He seems to have undergone a change in of attitude recently, and has become much more co-operative.

Colleague -
Collègue
one of a group of people who work together

Cover letter-
Couvrir la lettre
A letter or note which contains information about the thing it is sent with.
sentence:Please send a covering letter with your application form.

Co-worker- a person working with another worker, especially as a partner or helper.


Criticism
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Critique
when you say that something or someone is bad.
sentence:The designs for the new mosque have attracted widespread criticism.

Discrimination-
Discrimination
treating a person or particular group of people differently, especially in a worse way from the way in which you treat other people, because of their skin color, religion, ect

Duty-
Devoir
something that you have to do because it is part of your job, or something that you feel is the right thing do.
sentence:He only went to see her out of duty because he thought he should.

Employee-
:Employé
someone who is paid to work for someone else.

Employer-
Employeur
A person or organization that employs people

Evaluate-
Evaluer
to judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount or value of something.
Sentence: It's impossible to evaluate the results without knowing more information.

Evaluation-
Evaluation
to judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount or value of something.
sentence-It's impossible to evaluate these results without knowing more about the research methods employed.

Flexible-
Flexible
Able to change or be changed easily according to the situation

Sentence: My schedule is quite flexible

Harassment-
Harcèlement
behavior that annoys or upsets someone.

Sentence: sexual harassment

Initiative-
Initiative
the ability to use your judgment to make decisions and do things without needing to be told what to do.
Sentence: If you do something on your own initiative, you plan it and decide to do it yourself without anyone telling you what to do.

Proactive-
Dynamique
taking action by causing change and not only reacting to change when it happens.
Sentence: Companies are going to have to be more proactive about environmental management.

Qualifications-
Qualifications
n official record showing that you have finished a training course or have the necessary skills, etc.
Sentence: Do you have any teaching,legal,medical,academic qualifications?

Recommendation-
Recommandation
A suggestion that something is good or suitable for a particular purpose or job.
Sentence: I bought this computer on John's recommendation,because John told me that it was good.

Reference-
Référence
A writer or a book, article, etc. that is mentioned in a piece of writing, showing you where the person writing found their information.
Sentence: In all future letters on this subject, please use/quote our reference

Salary-
salaire
A fixed amount of money agreed every year as pay for an employee, usually paid directly into his or her bank account every month.
Sentence: She's on quite a good/decent salary in her present job.

Task-
Tâche
A piece of work to be done, especially one done regularly, unwillingly or with difficulty.
Sentence:
We usually ask interviewees to perform a few simple tasks on the computer just to test their aptitude


Wages – wage
To fight a war or organize a series of activities in order to achieve something.

Sentence: Surely the President needs Congress' permission to wage war on another country.

Novice
-Novice
Definition: Someone who has entered in a job to learn.

Reliable-fiable

Definition: Dependable of somebody.

Sentence: I reliable on my father.

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