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20:52 Jul 3, 2007 |
French to English translations [PRO] Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general) / types of businesses | |||||||
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4 +2 | university (spin-off) company |
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4 | junior enterprise |
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4 | university-based company |
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3 | multinational company |
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3 | Academic association |
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3 | Deemed University |
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multinational company Explanation: is what this sound more like, to me, and also is more logical. Somehow, the universitaire/universal seems to have gotten the wrong treatment. |
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Academic association Explanation: Please see example I found on Termium: 1. Subject Field(s) – Organismes internationaux Subject Field(s) – International Bodies Société universitaire européenne de recherches financières Source CORRECT SUERF Source CORRECT, EUROPE European Academic Association for Financial Research Source CORRECT |
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university (spin-off) company Explanation: sounds to me like a company founded to exploit the work of a university department - very common in research-led fields such as biotech -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 49 mins (2007-07-03 21:42:08 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- all kinds of grefs under "spin-off company" - for instance http://www.brad.ac.uk/admin/pr/May2002/AGT.HTM |
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