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récompensant la bravoure au combat. 
 
written by a superior officer and sent to the high 
command, in which is described the soldier's gallant or 
meritorious action in the face of the enemy. 
En service commandé  
 in the course of duty 
Punition consistant à faire des tours de caserne 
avec l'équipement de combat  
 pack drill (GB) 
Lever le camp  
 to decamp 
Être de garde  
 to be on guard duty 
garde descendante / montante  
 outgoing guard / new guard, relieving guard 
Être de faction (sentinelle…)  
 to be on sentry duty 
Prendre son service  
 to report for duty 
Être rappelé en service actif  
 to be recalled to the Colours (GB) 
Être (de service) de guet  
 to be on picket duty 
Se barricader dans  
 to barricade oneself in/into 
En permission  
 on leave, on furlough 
Partir en permission  
 To go on leave 
Rentrer chez soi en permission  
 to come home on leave 
récupération entre deux combats, permission en 
OPEX 
 R&R20 rest and recuperation/recreation permission 
(US) 
Date de fin de séjour  
 Rotation date 
J'ai pris une permission de dix jours  
 I took ten days' leave 
Les permissions sont supprimées  
 all leave has been cancelled 
Le colonel a supprimé toutes leurs permissions aux 
appelés  
 the colonel cancelled all the leaves of the draftees 
Un CIRFA  
 recruiting office 
Réussir un test d’embauche/de recrutement  
 to pass a recruit selection test 
Faire une ronde  
 to go the rounds 
Une ronde de nuit [la patrouille]  
 a night patrol 
Une ronde de nuit [le tour]  
 night rounds 
Ils virent passer la ronde  
 they saw the soldiers pass on their rounds 
Avant-garde  
 advance guard 
Désorganiser les lignes de communications 
ennemies  
 to disrupt enemy LOCs (lines of communications) 
Briser une inertie  
 to disrupt a momentum 
Désorganiser les unités ennemies en mouvement  
 to disrupt moving enemy units 
Faire/tenter une sortie  
 to make/to attempt a sortie 
Faire une descente sur l’ennemi, faire irruption dans l
camp ennemi  
 to make a descent on the enemy (camp) 
Ils ont conservé leurs positions  
 they held their line 
Nous attaquons les positions ennemies à l’aube  
 we will attack the enemy positions at dawn 
La troupe a pris position sur la crête  
 the troop has taken up its position on the ridge 
Une pente raide / douce  
 a steep / gentle slope 
Colmater une brèche  
 to seal a gap 
Ils ont du mal à se plier à la discipline militaire  
 they have a hard time submitting to military discipline 
Inculquer l'esprit d'équipe  
 to instil team spirit 
Marcher au pas  
 to keep in step, to march 
Ne pas marcher au pas  
 to march out of step 
                                                          
20  The withdrawal of individuals from combat or duty in a combat area for short periods of rest and recuperation. 
 
Source : Joint Publication 1-02, Department of Defense, Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 31 August 2005.
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Fermer la marche  
 to bring up the rear 
Marcher en avant en terrain découvert  
 to advance above ground 
Le terrain est généralement découvert / cloisonné, 
et donc favorable aux chars  
 the terrain is generally open / close ground, therefore 
favourable to tanks 
Se rassembler  
 to muster 
On rassembla les troupes sur la place 
 the troops were marshalled into the square 
Servir son pays  
 to serve one's country 
Démonter un fusil  
 to take a gun apart, to strip a gun 
Une lunette de visée nocturne  
 a night sight 
Une paire de jumelles de vision nocturne  
 night vision goggles 
Des jumelles à télémètre laser  
 laser rangefinder binoculars 
Un intensificateur de lumière  
 İİ (: image intensifier) 
Une caméra thermique  
 Tİ (: thermal imaging) 
Une caméra CASTOR pour l’observation de nuit  
 a CASTOR camera for night observation 
Des coups de feu ont éclaté  
 shots burst out 
Une cantine ambulante  
 a mobile canteen 
Une cuisine roulante  
 a field kitchen 
Des rations de combat  
 rations (GB), combat meals (US), MRE [meals ready 
to eat] 
Subir des pertes  
 to suffer / to sustain losses 
Subir un échec 
 to be thwarted 
Infliger de lourdes pertes à  
 to inflict heavy losses on 
Secteur de tir  
 field of fire 
Champ de tir; stand de tir  
 rifle range 
Il s’entraîne au champ de tir depuis midi  
 he’s been training at the shooting range since midday 
/ noon / 12 pm. 
Un économat de l'armée  
 a NAAFI shop (Navy, Army, Air Force Institute), a PX 
(Post Exchange) 
Un ORSA / OSC 
 a short service commission officer, a Reserve Officer 
on Active Duty 
L'avancement à l'ancienneté  
 time promotion, promotion by seniority 
Le tableau d'avancement  
 promotion list 
Commandant (TA) 
MAJ (P) (“promotable”) 
La fonction service administratif  
 personnel management squadron 
Les services administratifs (+ moyens généraux)  
 administrative wing 
J’ai beaucoup de travail administratif à faire  
 I’ve got a lot of admin to do 
Un CCP  
 a GIRO (GB), a post office account 
Le 11 septembre (2001)  
 9/11 (prononcer : « Nine Eleven ») 
Des armes qui choquent et paralysent  
 flashbang devices, stun grenades, stun guns 
Action civilomilitaire (ACM)  
 Civil-military action (CMA), CIMIC 
Action militaire à vocation humanitaire  
 Military humanitarian action 
Action préventive  
 Pre-emptive action 
Assistance psychologique  
 Psychological aid 
Cadre d'emploi  
 Context of use 
Capacité opérationnelle  
 Operational capability 
Commandement organique  
 Functional command 
Communiqué de presse  
 Press communiqué 
La presse est muselée  
 the press is gagged
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Concept / doctrine d'emploi des forces  
 Force commitment concept / doctrine 
Les travaux en matière de doctrine  
 doctrinal work 
bases (d'une doctrine, d'une pensée) 
fundamentals 
Des doctrines clés 
Key Tenets 
Un plan pour l’avenir, un programme 
a blueprint 
capacité à durer 
endurance / durability 
contrôle de l’espace   
control of the battlespace 
contrôle de la violence  
violence control (remplace "violence containment" 
dans la nouvelle doctrine) 
Des réactions de violence anti-américaine 
anti-American outrage 
une fusillade faisait rage dans la vallée 
a gun battle was raging in the valley 
défense du territoire national 
home defence (UK) / defense of the motherland - 
domestic missions (US) 
emploi des forces 
employment of forces 
instrumentalisation des foules  
making use of crowds (manipulation dans un but 
tactique) 
maîtrise de l’information 
information control (remplace "information dominance" 
dans la nouvelle doctrine), information management 
manœuvre dans les champs immatériels 
 « information management » (appelé à remplacer 
"PSYOPS" qui est politiquement incorrect) 
principe de courtoisie juridique entre nations  
comitology (application par un pays - dans certaines 
limites - des lois d’un pays ami sur son propre 
territoire) 
simulation interarmées 
Synthetic environment (SE) 
situation finale souhaitée 
end state (au niveau politique et doctrinal) 
Conflit dissymétrique  
 Dissymmetrical Conflict  
Conflit symétrique  
 Symmetrical conflict 
Couverture générale du territoire  
 Overall territorial coverage 
Critère de succès  
 Criteria for success 
Défense militaire terrestre  
 Territorial defence (Land) 
Défense opérationnelle du territoire  
 Operational territorial defence 
Délégation de pouvoirs  
 Delegation of authority 
Déploiement préventif  
 Preventive deployment 
Désinformation  
 Disinformation 
Disponibilité d'une unité  
 Unit readiness 
Engagement militaire  
 Military engagement ; military involvement (weaker) 
Eléments de langage  
 Elements of communication, lines to take 
Un communiqué ferme 
 a strongly-worded statement 
Force de souveraineté  
 Sovereignty force 
Force prépositionnée  
 Pre-positioned force 
Force projetable  
 Projectable force 
Gestion des crises  
 Crisis management 
Hypothèse d'emploi des forces  
 Force deployment scenario ; force commitment 
scenario 
Schéma directeur d'emploi des forces  
 Force deployment master plan ; force commitment 
master plan 
Plan général d'emploi des forces  
 Overall force deployment plan ; overall force 
commitment plan
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Neutraliser les canons d’appui feu ennemi  
 to suppress, to neutralize the enemy’s fire-support 
guns 
Une trêve  
 a truce 
Des opérations de surveillance de la trêve  
 truce supervisory operations 
Dommages collatéraux  
 collateral damage 
Procédures de sommation  
 challenge procedures 
Tirs de sommation, de semonce  
 warning shots 
Tir d'enfilade  
 Enfilade 
PSO  
 Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM) [British Army], 
Sergeant Major (SGM) [US Army] 
Une ONG22  
 a NGO (non-government organization), a PVO 
(private voluntary organization) 
Un programme de remise à niveau  
 a refresher program 
L’entraînement en situation  
 hands-on training 
Une remise à plat des méthodes d’entraînement  
 an overhaul of the training methods, from top to 
bottom 
« Entraînement difficile, guerre facile »  
 « train hard, fight easy » 
Un réservoir de savoir-faire  
 a pool of skills 
Un conflit par adversaires interposés  
 proxy fight/war 
Une force de substitution / mandatée 
 A proxy force 
[The Ethiopians have done better, alongside a proxy 
force of Sufi Somalis, which now controls a wedge of 
land along the Ethiopian border.] 
Parcelliser 
 To cantonize 
Il y a une sérieuse lacune dans notre capacité à 
projeter des forces  
 there is a capability gap in our ability to project forces 
Donner des directives sous la forme d’un plan 
d’opérations  
 to issue directives in the form of an operation plan 
Le déroulement des combats laisse prévoir un 
retrait des forces résiduelles ennemies  
 the course of battle favours a withdrawal by the 
residual enemy forces 
Présupposition : les forces ennemies ne sont pas 
en mesure de mener des actions significatives  
 Assumption : the enemy forces will not be in a position 
to conduct significant operations 
Concept d’ensemble des opérations  
 general concept of operations 
affrètement d'avions civils (pour des opérations 
d’évacuation de ressortissants) 
ATUFT (Aircraft Taken Up From Trade) 
affrètement de navires civils (pour des opérations 
d’évacuation de ressortissants) 
STUFT (Ships Taken Up From Trade) 
affrontement sans vainqueur, situation militaire 
stationnaire 
 military stand-off 
apte au combat (opérationnel)  
 mission capable (forces or equipment) 
aptitude à la destruction 
lethality 
aptitude au déploiement des forces légères 
deployability 
capacité d’intervention rapide 
high readiness 
coalition des pays aptes et disposés 
coalition of the able and the willing 
Dans la mesure où l’exercice Steadfast Jaguar 
2006 était avant tout une campagne d’information 
sans ciblage offensif (si ce n’est l’appui aérien 
rapproché), il fut décidé qu’il ne serait pas 
nécessaire d’avoir un groupe de travail dédié au 
ciblage interarmés. 
It was decided that, as SFJR06 was primarily an Info 
Ops campaign without kinetic targeting (CAS apart), a 
JTWG would not be required. 
Actions/opérations coercitives/offensives (ayant 
kinetic actions/operations23 
                                                          
22 Organisation non-gouvernementale.
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pour conséquence un engagement) 
disponibilité (au sens de la quantité disponible) 
operational availability (matériels) 
disponibilité des forces (au sens de la capacité à 
intervenir) 
combat readiness   
disponibilité opérationnelle (capacité opérationnelle)  state of readiness  
disponibilité opérationnelle d’un matériel (au sens 
de la possibilité d’utilisation immédiate) 
operational serviceability 
une division complète 
a square division 
envoyer des troupes sur le terrain 
to field troops 
espace de manœuvre (remplace le concept de 
champ de bataille) 
battlespace24 
pays de l’étranger proche (: concept de politique 
étrangère de la Russie par rapport aux anciennes 
républiques d’Asie centrale de l’ex-URSS, ainsi 
qu’aux pays avoisinants) 
near-abroad (countries)  
être en alerte (pour des forces de réaction) 
 to be on Notice To Move (NTM) 
être placé sous le contrôle opérationnel de 
to be OPCONed to 
évacuer (des ressortissants) 
to NEO (Non combatant Evacuation Operation) 
guerre de l'information 
information operations  
(remplace « information warfare ») 
Harpon, état-major projeté 
forward HQ 
élément précurseur  
enabling force / element, advance party 
hostile (milieu) 
non-permissive (environment) 
hypothèses d'emploi 
employment assumptions 
mettre en batterie 
To lay a gun 
mettre en place une section en batterie 
to take a gun platoon position 
mode d’action 
course of action   
modules de force en attente 
on call force modules 
niveau opératif 
operational level (of war) 
non-hostile (milieu) 
permissive (milieu) 
numérisation de l'espace de bataille  
battlespace digitizing 
OPCOM (terme OTAN) (: commandement qui 
organise les missions des forces et attribue ces 
missions) 
OPCOM (OPerational COMmand) [to OPCOM] 
OPCON (terme OTAN) (: contrôle opérationnel 
chargé de la direction des opérations ; donne les 
ordres aux troupes sur le terrain) 
OPCON (OPerational CONtrol) [to OPCON] 
opération d'évacuation de ressortissants 
 Non combatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) 
opérations dans la profondeur 
deep operations (related to purpose rather than space) 
opérations militaires en milieu urbain 
 Military Operations in /on Urbanized Terrain (MOUT) 
(US) 
phase de préparation 
mounting phase   
réaction immédiate (7 jours) 
reaction - immediate (NTM 7 days) 
réaction rapide (15 jours) 
reaction - rapid (NTM 15 days) 
recherche d'objectifs et de leur destruction à 
distance 
Hunter / Standoff Killer (US) 
redéfinir les missions  
to re-role 
retirer des brigades d'une division 
to unsquare a division 
                                                                                                                                                                                                
23  Not CIMIC, nor PSYOPS 
24 Comprises those portions of the sea, under-sea, land, air and space environments and the EM-spectrum 
required for a particular operation.
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L A  D I S S U A S I O N  N U C L É A I R E  
 
Nuclear weapons 
 
The existence of nuclear weapons of proven capability has deterred direct conflict 
between the major powers since World War II. The collapse of communism in Eastern 
Europe has effectively ended the confrontation between East and West. The signature of 
the Charter of Paris in November 1990 formally ended the Cold War, but large nuclear 
stockpiles remain. However, fear of superpower imbalance has been replaced by fear of 
“proliferation” –the spread of nuclear capability to powers outside the major blocks. 
 
Until 1989-90, the greatest danger of conflict seemed to lie in Europe. Soviet forces 
withdrew from Hungary and the former Czechoslovakia in 1991, and are being removed 
from Poland and the former East Germany. A number of US bases in Eastern Europe 
have also closed. Local or regional conflicts in other parts of the world are now seen as a 
greater threat, for example the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in August 1990 although the civil 
wars in former Yugoslavia greatly increased tension in Europe in 1992-93. 
 
========= 
 
Deterrence remains the key element in France’s strategic defence, the safeguard 
against any threat to its vital interests, whatever source it may have and whatever 
form it may take. 
 
The Strategic Air Command is the airborne component of nuclear deterrence. Until 
2018, it used to comprise three squadrons of Mirage 2000N carrying the medium 
range air-to-ground missile ASMP and one squadron of C135FR in-flight refuelling 
aircraft. 
 
In order to facilitate the operational control of the resources placed at its disposal to 
implement the nuclear option, the Strategic Air Command has two operation centres 
as well as its own specific communication networks, notably the air group Astarté, 
a specialized air transmission unit for relaying orders from the highest authorities 
to the SNLEs (sea launched ballistic missile submarines) on patrol. The Strategic 
Air Command has also a dedicated Mirage IV unit for strategic reconnaissance. 
 
========= 
 
French nuclear weapons, 2023 : 
- France’s nuclear arsenal has remained stable over the past decade and contains 
approximately 290 warheads. 
- Nearly all of France’s warheads are deployed or operationally available for deployment on 
short notice. 
- Other than the United States, France is the most transparent of the nuclear-armed states, 
having disclosed details about its nuclear forces and operations for many years. 
- President François Hollande declared on February 19, 2015 that France had a stockpile 
of 300 warheads for “three sets of 16 submarine-based missiles and 54 ASMPA 
[mediumrange air-launched] delivery systems”. President Emmanuel Macron reaffirmed 
the Sarkozy formulation of “under 300 nuclear weapons” in a speech on February 7, 2020.
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- Air-launched cruise missiles : The second leg of France’s nuclear arsenal consists of 
nuclear ASMPA (air-sol moyenne portée-amélioré) airlaunched cruise missiles for 
delivery by fighter-bombers operated by the Strategic Air Forces and the Naval Nuclear 
Aviation Force. The bombers assigned to the nuclear mission also serve 
conventional missions. The Strategic Air Forces (Forces Aériennes Stratégiques or 
FAS) operate approximately 40 nuclearcapable Rafale B F3 aircraft organized into two 
squadrons—the EC 1/4 “Gascogne” and EC 2/4 “La Fayette” at Saint-Dizier Air Base (Air 
Base 113) about 190 kilometers east of Paris. EC 2/4 operated nuclear-capable Mirage 
2000Ns at Istres Air Base until June 21, 2018, when the aircraft was officially retired from 
the French Air Force. After the Mirage 2000N’s retirement, EC 2/4 moved from Istres to 
Saint-Dizier. Now both squadrons operate Rafale B F3 twin-seat strike fighters, leaving the 
Rafale the sole aircraft responsible for France’s nuclear strike mission. The FAS includes 
approximately 50 percent of all Rafale crews.  
- The Naval Nuclear Aviation Force (Force Aéronavale Nucléaire or FANu) operates at least 
one squadron (11F and possibly 12F) of 10 MF3 aircraft for nuclear strike missions 
onboard France’s sole aircraft carrier, the Charles de Gaulle. The French carrier is the 
only surface ship in NATO equipped to carry nuclear weapons. The FANu and its ASMPA 
missiles are not permanently deployed onboard the carrier. 
- The ASMPA, which has a range of up to 500 kilometers, first entered service in 2009 and 
has completely replaced the older ASMP. 
- The French Ministry of the Armed Forces is also developing a successor to the ASMPA-R: 
a fourthgeneration air-to-surface nuclear missile (air—sol nucléaire de 4e génération, 
ASN4G) with enhanced stealth and maneuverability that is scheduled to reach initial 
operational capability in 2035 and remain in service beyond the 2050s. When the ASN4G 
missiles become operational, they will be carried by Rafale F5s. 
- Until 2009, management and storage of France’s airlaunched nuclear weapons was 
conducted by DépôtsAteliers de Munitions Spéciales (DAMS) located at Saint-Dizier, 
Istres, and Avord Air Bases. In 2009, these three bases were adapted for ASMPA storage 
and renamed to “K Buildings”. 
 
 
Source : French nuclear weapons, 2023, Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda & Eliana Johns
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La dissuasion nucléaire  
 nuclear deterrent 
Jouer un rôle de dissuasion  
 to act as a deterrent 
Le désarmement nucléaire / conventionnel / 
chimique  
 nuclear 
/ 
conventional 
/ 
chemical 
disarmament 
Une usine de retraitement des déchets 
nucléaires  
 a nuclear reprocessing plant 
Une ogive / tête nucléaire  
 a nuclear warhead 
Un missile porteur d'une charge nucléaire  
 missile carrying a nuclear payload 
Capacité nucléaire / militaire  
 nuclear / military capability 
La France s’est dotée de l’arme atomique  
 France equipped itself with atomic weapons 
Une explosion nucléaire  
 an atomic blast
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L E  R E N S E I G N E M E N T  
 
The Intelligence and Security Agencies 
 
The United Kingdom has three intelligence and security services, collectively known as the Agencies - the 
Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), Government Communications Headquarters28 (GCHQ) and the Security 
Service. The operations and functions of all three have been placed on a statutory basis; GCHQ and SIS by 
the Intelligence Services Act 1994, and the Security Service under the Security Service Acts 1989 and 1996.  
Another important contributor to the UK's intelligence machinery29 is the Defence Intelligence Staff, which is 
an integral part of the Ministry of Defence.  
 
 
Secret Intelligence Service 
 
The Secret Intelligence Service, sometimes known as MI6 [Military Intelligence Section Six], originated in 
1909 as the Foreign Section of the Secret Service Bureau under Sir Mansfield Cumming. The Foreign 
Section was responsible for gathering intelligence overseas. 
The principal role of SIS is the production of secret intelligence on issues concerning Britain's vital interests in 
the fields of security, defence, foreign and economic policies in accordance with requirements established by 
the Joint Intelligence Committee and approved by Ministers. SIS uses human and technical sources to meet 
these requirements, as well as liaison with a wide range of foreign intelligence and security services.  
The present Chief of SIS, who took office in August 1999, is Richard Dearlove.  
SIS is based at Vauxhall Cross in London.  
 
GCHQ 
 
The Government Communications Headquarters predecessor, the Government Code and Cipher School. 
Signals Intelligence, or Sigint, is derived from intercepting communications and other signals. Interception 
operations are run from sites in both the UK and overseas. GCHQ also works closely with a number of 
foreign intelligence and security services. The choice of what to intercept and report to Government 
Departments and Military Commands is, as for SIS, based on requirements established by the Joint 
Intelligence Committee and approved by Ministers.  
 
Security Service  
 
The Security Service, also known as MI5 [Military Intelligence Section Five], originated in 1909 as the internal 
arm of the Secret Service Bureau, under Army Captain (later Sir) Vernon Kell, tasked with countering 
German espionage.  
The Service's purpose is to protect against substantial, covertly organised threats, primarily from terrorism, 
espionage and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Most recently, since the passing of the 
Security Service Act 1996, its role has been expanded to provide support to law enforcement30 agencies in 
fighting serious crime.  
 
                                                          
28 Agence britannique de surveillance des télécommunications, à Cheltenham. 
29 Les rouages, le système. 
30 Enforcement = (of law, regulation) application, exécution ; (of policy, decision) application ; (of discipline) 
imposition.
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Le contre-espionnage (DST)  
 Military Intelligence Section Five (MI5) 
L'espionnage (DGSE)  
 Military Intelligence Section Six (MI6) 
Les services secrets techniques britanniques (à 
Cheltenham)  
 Government Communication Headquarters (GCHQ)  
Les services secrets techniques américains (à Fort 
Meade)  
 The National Security Agency (NSA) 
Un officier renseignement  
 an intelligence officer 
Un barbouze, un « moustachu de la DGSE »  
 a spook, a phantom operator 
Être dans les services de renseignements  
 to be in intelligence 
La transmission des renseignements  
 the conveyance of information 
Acheminer rapidement du renseignement sur le 
terrain et les coupures  
 to rapidly forward battlefield intelligence about the 
terrain and gaps 
Le renseignement de source humaine / de source 
électronique / de communications / de transmissions / 
images 
human / electronic / communication / signal / imagery 
intelligence 
Les moyens de collecte du renseignement  
 intelligence collection assets / capabilities / means 
Fournir au chef des renseignements précis et en 
temps opportun  
 to supply the commander with timely, accurate 
intelligence  
 to supply timely, accurate intelligence to the 
commander 
Utiliser toutes les sources de renseignement 
to “reach back” to all source intelligence 
Fusionner les données afin de mener à bien des 
opérations 
occultes 
en 
prenant 
des 
mesures 
cohérentes et opportunes 
to fuse sources into coherent, timely and actionable 
intelligence. 
Des moyens de reconnaissance aérienne / au sol  
 aerial / ground-based reconnaissance assets 
Traiter le renseignement  
 to process information 
Diffuser le renseignement  
 to disseminate intelligence 
Le contre-espionnage  
 counter-intelligence, counter-espionage 
Effectuer une enquête de renseignement sur  
 to vet / to screen someone, to do a background 
investigation on someone 
Être habilité à  
 to have clearance to 
Être habilité (adéquatement)  
 to be cleared 
Non classifié (OTAN)  
 NATO Unclassified 
Diffusion restreinte (OTAN)  
 NATO Restricted 
Confidentiel OTAN  
 NATO Confidential 
Secret OTAN  
 NATO Secret (NS) 
Très secret cosmic  
 Cosmic Top Secret 
Ce briefing est accessible au personnel habilité au 
minimum CONFIDENTIEL OTAN / FIAS  
The briefing is open to all members possessing a 
NATO or ISAF CONFIDENTIAL or higher clearance 
Le bureau sécurité de l’état-major (OTAN)  
 Headquarters Security Office (HQSO) 
Un certificat de sécurité  
 a security clearance/certification 
Une habilitation (de sécurité) 
 security clearance 
habilitation (enquête d') 
 Vetting 
déclasser31  
 Downgrade 
déclassifier  
 Declassify 
Le besoin d’en connaître  
 need to know principle 
Mettre sur écoutes, poser des micros miniaturisés  
 to bug 
Placer une ligne sur écoutes  
 to (wire) tap a phone 
                                                          
31 Réduire la classification de sécurité d'un document à caractère secret ou d'un point particulier d'un 
document ou d'une question à caractère secret.
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L ’ H E U R E  M I L I T A I R E  
 
Military Time 
 
 Hours are numbered 1 through 24 instead of using « a.m. » and « p.m. » ; 
 No designation « o’clock » ; 
 A zero precedes the hours 1 through 9. 
 
Military time 
Equivalent 
 
0100 
ZERO ONE HUNDRED 
0700 
ZERO SEVEN HUNDRED 
1200 
TWELVE HUNDRED 
2100 
TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED 
2400 
TEWNTY-FOUR HUNDRED 
0005 
ZERO ZERO ZERO FIVE  
or “double zero, zero five” 
 
at 1405 hours 
at 1900 hours (prononcer “at nineteen hundred hours”) 
at 2015 hours (prononcer "twenty fifteen hours") 
at 2000 hours (prononcer "twenty hundred hours") 
at 0800 hours (prononcer "zero eight hundred hours") 
 
=  1.00 a.m. (une heure du matin) 
=  7.00 a.m. (sept heures du matin) 
=  12.00 (noon) (midi) 
=  9.00 p.m. (neuf heures du soir) 
=  12.00 p.m. (minuit 
=  12.05 a.m. (minuit cinq) 
 
 
À 14h05 
À 19h00 
À 20h15 
À 20h00 
À 08h00 
 
L'heure prévue  
 estimated time. 
Heure de départ prévue  
 estimated time of departure (ETD). 
Heure d'arrivée prévue  
 estimated time of arrival (ETA). 
Heure zoulou  
 Zulu time (: Greenwich Mean Time). 
L'heure H  
 H-hour, zero hour 
Dans le sens (inverse) de rotation des aiguilles d'une 
montre  
 (counter-)clockwise. 
Cette OPS commencera au crépuscule, à 18h00 ; 
elle devrait se terminer après demain vers midi  
 this operation will start at dusk at 1800. It is due to 
end the day after tomorrow by noon. 
Horaire utilisé tout au long de l’ordre : heure Zoulou  
 time zone used throughout the order : Zulu. 
Heure sur objectif (HSO)  
 time on target (TOT) 
NLT  
 no later than 1200 [au plus tard pour 12h00] 
De préférence entre 9 et 11 heures, au plus tard à 16 
heures  
 preferably in between 0900 and 1100 hrs, not later 
than 16hrs 
Soyez là à l’heure pile !  
 See you’re there (right) on the dot ! 
Pas avant 
 no earlier than [NET] 
à compter de 
 with effect from [WEF] 
24/24 et 7/7  
 24/7 (prononcer “twenty four seven”) 
(Un poste) armé/où l’on travaille 24/24  
 24 hours manned 
Le train de 00h15  
 the zero fifteen train 
Minuit et demi 
 zero dark thirty 
Avant la fin de la journée / avant de quitter votre 
poste 
Before COB (: Closure Of Business) 
Neil Armstrong took his first step on the Moon at 0256:20 on July 21st, 1969. 
 
 
Designation of Days and Hours
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The following designations have the meaning shown: 
 
 
 
D-day -  
The 
day 
on 
which 
an 
operation 
commences 
or 
is 
due 
to 
commence.  
This may be the commencement of hostilities or any other operation. 
 
 
E-day -  
The day on which a NATO exercise commences. 
 
 
G-day -  
The day on which an order, normally national, is given to deploy a unit (normally coincident 
with ACTORD). 
 
 
K-day -  
The day on which a convoy system is introduced or is due to be introduced on any particular 
convoy lane. 
 
 
M-day -  
The day on which mobilisation commences or is due to commence. 
 
 
H-hour -  The specific time at which an operation or exercise commences, or is due to commence 
(This term is used also as a reference for the designation of days/hours before or after the event).
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L E S  M E S U R E S  
 
Measures 
 
 
Stone (st) : 6,35 kg (kilos) > he weighs 10 st (or 140 lbs) = il pèse 63 kg 500 
Pound (lb) : Livre (=16ozs = 453,60g) > a 3-lb potato = une pomme de terre de trois livres 
Ounce (oz) : Once (=28,35g) 
 
Celsius or centigrade (C) 
Fahrenheit (F) 
100 °C 
 
212°F 
température d'ébullition de l'eau (boiling point) 
90 °C 
 
194 °F 
80 °C 
 
176 °F 
70 °C 
 
158 °F 
60 °C 
 
140 °F 
50 °C 
 
122 °F 
40 °C 
 
104 °F 
37 °C 
 
98,4 °F 
30 °C 
 
86 °F 
20 °C 
 
68 °F 
10 °C 
 
50 °F 
0 °C 
 
32°F 
température de congélation de l'eau (freezing point) 
–10 °C 
 
14 °F 
–17,8 °C 
 
0 °F 
–273,15 °C 
–459,67 °F 
 
50 mph 
= approximately 80 kph 
63 mph 
= approximately 100 kph 
100 mph 
= approximately 160 kph 
 
1 in (Inch) 
= 2,54 cm 
1 ft (Foot) 
= 30,48 cm 
1 yd (Yard) 
= 91,44 cm (=3 pieds) 
1 furlong 
= 201,17 m 
1 ml (Mile)40 
= 1,61 km 
 
20 fl oz 
= 0,57 l (litre) 
1 pt 
= 0,57 l 
1 qt 
= 1,13 l  
1 gal 
= 4,54 l 
Gallon  
= USA : 3,78 litres ; UK : 4,54 litres 
Barrel / bbl1  
= Baril = 160 litres 
 
1 sq in41 
= 6,45 cm2 (centimètres carrés) 
1 sq ft 
= 929,03 cm2 
1 sq yd 
= 0,84 m2 (mètres carrés) 
1 acre 
= 40,47 ares 
 
= 0,4 ha (hectares) 
1 sq ml 
= 2,59 km2 (kilomètres carrés) 
 
1 cu in42 
= 16,38 cm3 
1 cu ft 
= 0,03 m3 
1 cu yd 
= 0,76 m3 
a 200-cubic-metre tank 
= un réservoir de 200 mètres cubes 
                                                          
40 « Mile » est aussi le mile nautique (1852 mètres). 
41 Square inch. 
42 Cubic inch.
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L E S  C A L I B R E S  
 
Calibers 
 
 
 
1 - SYSTEME BRITANNIQUE 
 
 
- Les petits calibres sont mesurés en "pouces" ou "fractions" de pouces 
 
ex:  
fusils, LMG, etc... 0,303 = 7,69 mm 
 
 
mortier de 2"= 52 mm 
 
 
mortier de 3"= 76,2 mm 
 
 
canon de 3"7= 94 mm 
 
 
- Les calibres d'artillerie sont mesurés d'après le poids du boulet: 
 
ex:  
canon de 2 pds = 40 mm 
 
 
canon de 6 pds = 57 mm 
 
 
canon de 17 pds = 77 mm 
 
 
canon de 20 pds = 84 mm 
 
 
canon de 25 pds = 88 mm 
 
 
- Pour tous les matériels d'origine étrangère (US en particulier), on utilise le millimetre. 
 
2 - SYSTEME US 
 
 
- Le "CALIBER", unité US, est le 1/100 du pouce = 0,2535 mm 
 
ex:  
mitrailleuse de 30 cal = 7,62 mm 
 
 
mitrailleuse de 50 cal = 12,7 mm 
 
 
pistolet mitr. de 45 cal = 11,43 mm 
 
 
- Au dessus de 12,7, on utilise le pouce (inch) 
ex : 
canon antichar (TD) de 3" = 76,2 mm 
 
 
mortier chimique de 4"2 = 106,2 mm 
 
 
canon de 4"5 = 114,5 mm 
 
 
canon de 8" = 203,2 mm 
 
Mais de plus en plus, les calibres sont mesurés en millimètres. 
 
 
un canon de 70 mm 
 a 70 millimetre gun 
Un canon de 75 (mm)  
 a 75-mm gun 
de gros calibre  
 large-bore 
de petit calibre  
 small-bore 
calibre (d'arme à feu, de tuyau, balle)  
 calibre(GB), bore 
calibre (de câble)  
 Diameter 
arme/balle de calibre 5,56  
 5.56 mm (calibre(GB)) gun/bullet 
arme de gros calibre  
 large-bore weapon 
obus de gros calibre  
 large-calibre (GB) shell
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L A  S A N T É  
 
Health 
 
Danger, Response, Airway - Breathing and Circulation (DRABC) 
• What must you do when a member of your squad has been wounded? 
First of all, you must pay attention not to put yourself, the others and the victim in danger. You must 
assess/evaluate the victim and then, you must prepare the medical evacuation radio procedure. Finally, you 
have to give first aid to the victim. However, the two last steps can be done simultaneously. 
• What are the questions that must come to mind? 
Check for responsiveness: if he / she is conscious. If the victim is conscious, check if he/she is alert or 
confused with questions such as “How do you feel?”, “Where does it hurt?” or “How strong is the pain?”. If 
the victim is unconscious, place him / her in lateral safety position. 
• Is the airway clear or noisy? Are there potential obstructions? 
If so you have to clear it. Afterwards, check the victim’s breathing, watch if the chest rises, listen for the 
sound of breathing. 
• What about circulation? 
Check the pulse. Is it strong and / or regular? Is there a haemorrhage? If so, you have to put pressure on 
pressure points, to apply a tourniquet or to put a dressing on the wound. 
If neither breathing nor pulse are present, start the mouth-to-mouth resuscitation (also called kiss of life) 
and the cardiac massage. 
 
Santé, Maladie et Mort  
Health, Illness and Death 
Ampoule  
blister 
foulure  
twist 
Bandage  
bandage  
fracture  
fracture 
blessure  
wound  
Intoxication  
poisoning 
Cadavre  
corpse  
Luxation  
dislocation 
calmant  
painkiller  
Mal de dent  
toothache 
chirurgien  
surgeon  
contusion  
bruise  
maladie  
illness 
coupure  
cut  
médicament  
medicine 
depression  
 nervous breakdown  
Pansement  
plaster 
pilule ; cachet  
 pill; tablet 
douleur  
pain  
Remède  
remedy 
Enflure  
swelling  
rhume  
cold 
épidémie  
epidemic  
état  
state  
Traitement  
treatment 
évanouissement  
Fainting fit  
Vertige  
dizziness 
Fièvre  
fever  
vomissement  
vomiting 
 
 
Adjectifs et Participes Passés 
 
Cassé  
broken  
Endolori ; irrité  
sore 
(in)conscient  
(un)conscious  
Infecté  
infected 
contagieux  
contagious  
Malade  
sick; ill
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contaminé  
contaminated  
Qui a des vertiges  
dizzy 
Douloureux  
aching; painful  
Sain, en bonne santé  
healthy  
Etre sauf  
safe 
Avoir de la température  
to have a temperature 
avoir le souffle court  
to have a short breath 
Comment allez-vous ?  
how do you feel? 
Donner un calmant  
to give a painkiller 
Etre blessé mortellement  
to be fatally wounded 
Garder son sang froid  
to keep one's head 
Il est gravement blessé  
he is heavily wounded 
J'ai besoin d'un médecin  
I need a doctor 
j'ai mal à la jambe  
I have a sore leg 
j'ai mal à la tête  
I have a headache 
je saigne du nez  
my nose is bleeding 
je vais bien 
 I am fine 
je vais mal 
 I feel bad 
Ouvrez la bouche  
open your mouth 
Porter le bras en écharpe  
to carry one's arm in a sling 
pousser un cri de douleur  
to cry out with pain 
Quel genre de douleur est-ce ?  
what kind of pain is it? 
Respirer à fond 
 to breathe deeply 
Se faire mal au pied  
to hurt one's foot 
se fouler la cheville  
to twist one's ankle 
Tâter le pouls 
 to check for pulse 
 
 
Physical Training Exercices 
 
It is a series of simple exercices to keep fit and healthy. As far as running is concerned (regardless the 
running surface), the most important technique is breathing: deep inhalation and exhalation. 
 
Abdominaux  
abdominal crunches  
Marche  
walking 
Compétition  
competition  
Natation  
swimming 
course à pied  
running  
Performance  
performance 
cyclisme  
riding  
pompe  
push-up 
Endurance  
endurance ; stamina  
Record  
record 
entraînement  
training  
résistance  
resistance 
équipe  
team  
Saut  
jumping 
equitation  
horse riding  
ski  
skiing 
escalade  
climbing  
sports  
sports 
Football  
football 
 stade  
stadium 
Grimper de corde  
rope climbing  
Tir  
shooting 
Lutte corps à corps  
wrestling  
traction  
pull-up 
 
 
Vous allez au sport / faire du sport  ? = Are you going to do some phys ? 
 
Bon sport ! = Have a good workout ! 
 
À compter d’aujourd’hui, je suis en PATC jusqu’à mardi prochain = I'm on convalescent leave now 
through Tuesday of next week.
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L A  R A D I O  
 
Radio 
 
Bien reçu ! Reçu fort et clair !  
 Roger, copy that (GB), 10.4 (US, pronounce 
« ten four ») 
Bien reçu, terminé !  
 Roger, out ! 
Bien reçu, mon colonel !  
 Roger that, Sir ! (US) 
Contrôle radio !  
 Radio check ! 
Je répète (procédure radio)  
 I say again 
Fort et clair  
 loud and clear 
Silence radio jusqu’à …  
 maintain radio listening silence until … 
Rendre compte par radio  
 to report by radio 
Compréhensible 
Readable 
Déformé 
Distorted 
Avec interférences 
With interferences 
Illisible 
Unreadable 
Demander un médecin par radio  
 to radio for a doctor  
Elle demanda de l'aide/des instructions par radio  
 she radioed for help/instructions  
Envoyer à qn un message radio disant que  
 to radio sb that 
Appeler qn par radio pour demander qch  
 to radio sb for sth;  
Communiquer qch par radio (à qn) 
 to radio sth (to sb). 
 
Message : 
 
Charlie :  
“Alpha, this is Charlie. Radiocheck47, over” [Test radio, à vous] 
Alpha :  
“Charlie, this is Alpha. I read you [Je vous reçois], Roger, over” 
Charlie :  
“This is Charlie. Message, over” 
Alpha :  
“This is Alpha. Send, over” 
Charlie :  
“This is charlie.  
 
Message follows : Watch for fallen rocks on Birket Road. Acknowledge, over” [Faites l’aperçu]  
Alpha :  
“This is Alpha. Wilco, over” [Aperçu, parlez !] 
Charlie :  
“This is Charlie. (Roger) out” [Terminé]. 
 
                                                          
47 Radio check = comms [communications] check.
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L ’ U N I F O R M E  
 
Military gear 
 
Bande patronymique  
 name tag 
Chevron  
 chevron 
Un képi  
 a kepi 
Bérêt  
 beret / cap 
Un calot  
 A forage cap, a bonnet 
Un couvre-chef  
 a headgear (US), a head dress (GB) 
Insigne d'unité  
 unit crest 
Insigne de grade  
 rank insigna 
Insigne de bérêt  
 cap badge 
Insigne de spécialité  
 badge 
Galon  
 stripe 
Plaque d'identité  
 identity disc (GB) / dog tag (US) 
Une plaque d’identité portant le nom et le numéro 
matricule  
 an identity disc showing name and number 
La tenue de sortie  
 Class A uniform 
Tenue de soirée, tenue de cérémonie  
 formal dress, mess kit 
Des officiers en grande tenue  
 officers in full dress 
Allure militaire  
 military / soldierly bearing 
La tenue civile  
 civilian clothing, civilian dress (PAS D’ARTICLE) 
S’habiller en civil  
 to wear mufti, to be out of uniform, to wear cicilian 
clothes 
En tenue de campagne  
 in full kit, in field dress 
Tenue de camouflage, des treillis cam 
 camouflage fatigues, camos, disruptive pattern 
uniform 
Vêtu d’un treillis de l’armée israélienne  
 in the fatigues of the Israeli army 
La tenue qui convient  
 the proper dress 
Tenue d'été  
 short-sleeve order 
Pare-éclats  
 traverse 
Gilet pare-balles  
 bulletproof vest, flak48 jacket 
Sac F1  
 knapsack 
Faire son paquetage  
 to pack one's kit 
Un complément de paquetage  
 a pick-up scale 
 
                                                          
48 Flak : German word, from « Fliegerabwehrkanonen », antiaircraft cannon, from « Flieger » flyer + « Abwehr » defense + « Kanonen » 
cannons, 1938.
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Smartness 
 
1. Image : United States Navy personnel must set and maintain the high standards of 
smartness in uniform appearance. The military image reflected by attention to detail, 
while wearing your uniforms, is a key element in the public image of the Navy. 
 
2. Cleanliness : uniforms shall be kept scrupulously clean, with lace, devices and insignia 
bright and free from tarnish and corrosion. Shoes must be kept well shined and in good 
repair. 
 
 
Tenue (pour une invitation) : 
 
Just a reminder, the uniform's for the 40th Anniversary Events are as follows: 
Reception  (By Invitation Only) 
The uniform for the Reception is service dress for military and business dress for civilians.   
  
Celebration  (Open to all) 
The uniform for the Celebration is casual civilian dress (Collared shirt and slacks).  It is 
encouraged that personnel manning Delegation/Major Organization booths wear 
Traditional National/iconic dress (Examples:  Cowboy hat for Americans, Beret for French, 
Lederhosen for German, etc). 
 
Hope to see everyone there. 
 
 
 
 
 
1 Combat helmet 
2 Visor 
3 Flak jacket 
4 Camouflage jacket 
5 Combat gloves 
6 Rifle 
7 Camouflage trousers 
8 Combat boots 
9 Chemical protective mask
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UNIFORM MATRIX 
UNIFORM 
PURPOSE 
DESCRIPTION 
CIVILIAN 
EQUIVALENT 
FORMAL 
Official formal evening events 
Tuxedo, short jacket, tails 
Formal 
CEREMONIAL 
Parades, ceremonies 
Service dress, medals, swords 
Semi-Formal 
SERVICE 
Business and informal events 
Day uniform with jacket, tie 
Informal 
DAILY/DUTY 
Daily office uniform 
Day uniform without jacket, tie 
Casual
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L E  S O U T I E N  D E  L ’ H O M M E  
 
L a  g e s t i o n  d u  p e r s o n n e l  
Personnel Management 
 
Manpower planning, Personnel management  
 gestion des ressources humaines / du personnel 
Personnel office  
 la chancellerie, le Bureau Militaire (Marine), le BGRH 
Strength  
 l'effectif 
Manpower  
 ressources humaines, main-d'œuvre, effectifs 
Application  
 la candidature 
To appoint somebody to a post  
 nommer/désigner quelqu'un pour un poste 
To assign somebody to  
 affecter quelqu'un à 
Assignment  
 affectation 
To be assigned to  
 être affecté à  
Curriculum Vitae (GB), full particulars (GB), résumé 
(US), vital statistics (US), personal data sheet  
 CV 
Personnel  
 le personnel 
Post  
 le poste 
Recruit  
 recruter 
Recruiting office  
 bureau de recrutement 
Reduction/cuts in personnel, downsizing 
 réduction / compression de personnel 
Shortage in personnel  
 pénurie de personnel 
Skills  
 compétences 
staff  
 le personnel 
Staff  
 (le personnel d') état-major 
Transfer  
 muter, déplacer 
ancien d'active 
ex-regular service personnel (UK) 
date limite d'incorporation (pour un appelé du 
contingent) 
call-up deferment deadline 
détachement (d'un officier auprès d'une autre unité) 
secondment 
DUO (Document unique d'organisation) 
(anciennement TED) 
 Peace-time establishment (UK) (uniquement pour le 
personnel) 
fidélisation / fidéliser 
retention / retain 
officier en détachement grâcieux (payé par son pays 
d’origine)  
officer on loan, seconded officer, gratis officer  
organisation en binômes 
"buddy" system  
personnel d'active 
regular forces (UK) / active forces - active component 
(US) 
recrues, contingent 
conscript (UK) / draftee (US) / intake (sens 
conceptuel du terme) 
réserve 
reserve component
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L a  c a r r i è r e  
Career 
 
Accommodation which goes with a post  
 logement de fonction 
Active-duty officer, career officer  
 officier d'active 
Be detached from  
 être détaché de 
Be on assignment to 
 être en mission, en poste à 
Be on the active list  
 être en activité 
Be promoted to  
 passer au grade de 
Climb in rank  
 monter en grade 
Civilian personnel  
 personnel civil 
Discharge  
 la réforme 
Discharge  
 réformer, mettre à la réforme 
Fitness report  
 notation annuelle 
Free somebody from duty temporarily  
 mettre en disponibilité 
Get promotion  
 monter en grade 
To have completed 25 years of service  
 avoir 25 ans de service 
To leave office, to resign one's post 
 démissionner 
Lineal number  
 rang d'ancienneté 
Maternity leave  
 congé de maternité 
Military record  
 livret militaire 
Mobilization  
 mobilisation 
On detached duty  
 en service détaché 
On the inactive list  
 en inactivité 
Promotion  
 l'avancement 
Promotion by seniority  
 avancement à l'ancienneté 
Promotion list  
 tableau d'avancement 
Regimental number  
 le matricule 
Regular soldier  
 militaire de carrière 
Relieve somebody of his duties  
 destituer quelqu'un de ses fonctions 
Reserve officer  
 officier de réserve 
Reservist  
 réserviste 
Retire, go into retirement  
 prendre sa retraite 
Retired person, (army) pensioner  
 un retraité 
Retirement  
 la retraite 
Retraining  
 reconversion 
Selectee  
 (être) au T.A. 
Selection board  
 la commission d'avancement 
Seniority  
 l'ancienneté 
(to be on) sick leave  
 (être en) arrêt maladie 
Temporary-career (soldier, personnel)  
 (militaire, personnel) sous contrat
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La notation annuelle = Annual evaluation reports 
 
Evaluation report : 
His instinctive reaction to recall the disaster control group (…) 
His decisive actions in leading console operations (…) 
Insistent on personal excellence (…) 
He forged of a highly effective command and control team (…) 
He revitalized command post console operations; catalyst to numerous improvements and enhancements 
(…) 
He was the spearheaded of a comprehensive review of _ _ _ _ quick reaction checklist; validated 
procedures, verified source references and coordinated with wing agencies-vital to wing responses to 
emergencies.
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L a  c o m p t a b i l i t é  
Accountancy 
 
Accountancy, bookkeeping  
 la comptabilité 
The accountant department  
 le service comptable 
C.A (Chartered Accountant)  
 un expert-comptable 
Balance-sheet  
 un bilan (feuille) 
Bill  
 une facture (à payer) 
Book-keeper  
 un aide comptable 
Ledger  
 un livre de comptes, un cahier de solde 
Profit and loss account  
 un compte profits et pertes 
Receipt  
 un reçu ; une recette 
Settlement  
 un règlement 
Turnover  
  un chiffre d'affaires 
Account  
  un compte 
Invoice  
 une facture (à faire payer) 
Credit balance  
 un solde créditeur 
Debit balance  
 un solde déficitaire / débiteur 
Debt collection  
 recouvrement de créance 
Debts  
 les dettes 
Loan  
 emprunt 
Pay slip  
 bulletin de salaire 
The assets  
 l'actif 
The liabilities  
 le passif  
The expenses  
 les dépenses 
The overhead expenses  
 les frais généraux 
To be in the black  
 être positif 
To be in the red  
 être déficitaire 
To come to maturity  
 arriver à échéance 
To credit  
 créditer 
To debit  
 débiter 
To make profits  
 faire des bénéfices 
 
L a  s o l d e  
Pay 
 
Allowances  
 indemnités, allocations 
Backpay  
 un arriéré de solde 
Base pay  
 solde de base 
Combat pay  
 solde en opérations 
Dispatch money  
 prime de déplacement 
Family supplement of pay  
 supplément familial de solde 
Gross pay  
 revenu brut 
Pay  
 la solde 
Pension  
 retraite (argent) 
Rent allowance  
 allocation logement 
La solde  
 army pay 
Solde à l'air  
 danger money for aviators and parachutists 
La prime de [risque]/[saut]/[vol]  
 [hazardous duty]/[parachute]/[flight] pay