Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

exercise of industry

French translation:

Activité professionnelle

Added to glossary by Chakib Roula
Feb 16, 2017 11:41
7 yrs ago
English term

exercise of industry

English to French Law/Patents Law (general) Marriage contract
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Dans un contrat de mariage,

Any income which either of them may generate through the exercise of industry, skill, judgment or work of any kind.

exercise de......, talent, jugement...

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Feb 20, 2017 08:33: Chakib Roula Created KOG entry

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Activité professionnelle

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Merci
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agree Françoise Vogel : ou "profession"
16 mins
Tout court,merci.
agree ph-b (X) : Modif : Euh... en fait, non.
4 hrs
Merci Ph-b
agree Sylvie Chartier
14 hrs
Merci.
neutral Daryo : kind of, but it won't really work here
3 days 10 hrs
neutral B D Finch : That is not the meaning of "industry" here: nothing to do with "profession".
4 days
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Merci"
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23 hrs

travail acharné/assidu

This is not about professions or manufacturing, but the older meaning of "industry":

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/industr...
"4. uncountable noun
Industry is the fact of working very hard.
[formal]
No one doubted his ability, his industry or his integrity.
Synonyms: diligence, effort, labour, hard work "

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Note added at 23 hrs (2017-02-17 11:14:12 GMT)
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Alternative: "diligence.
Peer comment(s):

agree ph-b (X) : application, assiduité (au travail)
5 days
Thanks. It is not necessarily "au travail" at all. E.g. somebody might work very hard at something that is not their job, but which they do for their own satisfaction, and later find this has produced items that they can sell at a substantial profit.
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