French Vocabulary
Business Negotiation, Conflict Resolution & Crisis Management
Vocabulary for mediation processes, strikes, corporate restructurings, and managing public relations crises.
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Vocabulary for mediation processes, strikes, corporate restructurings, and managing public relations crises.
Vocabulary
Gérer les conflits en entreprise
The vocabulary of contracts, corporate law, and the workplace was introduced in corporate law, contracts & regulatory compliance and the corporate workplace and employment lifecycle. This lesson provides the lexicon of negotiation, mediation, industrial action, and crisis management. The expansion connectors en outre and par ailleurs, studied in advanced connectors: expansion & progression, are frequently used to structure arguments in this domain.
Négociation et médiation
| French | English |
|---|---|
| négocier (avec) | to negotiate (with) |
| faire des concessions | to make concessions |
| le compromis | compromise |
| le point de blocage | sticking point / deadlock |
| la médiation | mediation |
| le médiateur / la médiatrice | mediator |
| l’arbitrage (m) | arbitration |
| le protocole d’accord | memorandum of understanding |
| les pourparlers (m) | talks / negotiations (often political) |
Conflits sociaux et restructurations
| French | English |
|---|---|
| la grève | strike |
| le syndicat | trade union |
| le débrayage | walkout / short strike |
| la manifestation | demonstration |
| le plan social / le plan de sauvegarde de l’emploi | redundancy plan |
| la restructuration | restructuring |
| la fusion | merger |
| l’acquisition (f) | acquisition / takeover |
Gestion de crise
| French | English |
|---|---|
| la crise de réputation | reputation crisis |
| le porte‑parole | spokesperson |
| la communication de crise | crisis communication |
| le communiqué de presse | press release |
| la cellule de crise | crisis unit / task force |
| atténuer les dégâts | to mitigate the damage |
| redorer son image | to restore one’s image |
Examples
- Le syndicat a accepté de reprendre les pourparlers. En outre, il a promis de suspendre la grève.The connector en outre (see advanced connectors: expansion & progression) adds an additional concession.
- La fusion a été difficile, mais le médiateur a aidé les deux parties à trouver un compromis.The vocabulary of mediation (médiateur, compromis) and the opposition connector mais.
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Business Negotiation, Conflict Resolution & Crisis ManagementVocabulary for mediation processes, strikes, corporate restructurings, and managing public relations crises.Lead mock mediation sessions to resolve complex disputes between competing stakeholders.VocabularyB2vocabularyLearn French VocabularyFrench VocabularyGérer les conflits en entrepriseThe vocabulary of contracts, corporate law, and the workplace was introduced in corporate law, contracts & regulatory compliance and the corporate workplace and employment lifecycle. This lesson provides the lexicon of negotiation, mediation, industrial action, and crisis management. The expansion connectors en outre and par ailleurs, studied in advanced connectors: expansion & progression, are frequently used to structure arguments in this domain.