French Vocabulary
Professional Meetings, Agile Updates & Corporate Protocols
Vocabulary for project management agendas, team standups, reporting timelines, and strategy adjustments.
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Vocabulary for project management agendas, team standups, reporting timelines, and strategy adjustments.
Vocabulary
En réunion
The vocabulary of the corporate workplace and recruitment was introduced in the corporate workplace and employment lifecycle. This lesson provides the specific lexicon of meetings, project management methodologies, and formal communication during a professional gathering.
Organiser une réunion
| French | English |
|---|---|
| convoquer une réunion | to call a meeting |
| l’ordre du jour (m) | agenda |
| le compte rendu | minutes / report |
| le participant / la participante | participant |
| le tour de table | roundtable (each person speaks) |
| l’animateur / l’animatrice | facilitator |
| la prise de décision | decision‑making |
| le vote | vote |
Méthodes agiles (Agile methods)
| French | English |
|---|---|
| le stand‑up / la mêlée quotidienne | daily stand‑up meeting |
| le sprint | sprint (work cycle) |
| le backlog | backlog (task list) |
| la tâche | task |
| la priorité | priority |
| le livrable | deliverable |
| le rétroplanning | retroplanning / timeline |
Pendant la réunion
The following phrases are used to structure a meeting:
- Commençons par le premier point. (Let’s start with the first point.)
- Qui prend le compte rendu ? (Who is taking minutes?)
- Passons au point suivant. (Let’s move on to the next point.)
- Pourriez‑vous répéter, s’il vous plaît ? (Could you repeat, please? – conditional of politeness)
- Je propose que nous décidions… (I propose that we decide… – subjunctive trigger, to be studied later)
- Nous devons livrer le projet avant vendredi. (We must deliver the project before Friday.)
Examples
- Pendant le stand‑up, chacun explique ce qu'il a fait hier et ce qu'il fera aujourd'hui.The use of stand‑up and the contrast of past (a fait) and future (fera) in a professional context.
- L'ordre du jour inclut trois points : le budget, les priorités et le rétroplanning.The term ordre du jour (agenda) is followed by the list of items.
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These are the main phrases this lesson covers: