Monday, March 9, 2009

Some vocabulary i chose from various articles

Sorry for the french content, but i found these words on the following articles. You mind find them interesting.

10 new technologies

*Next generation batteries:
molten=fondu
antimony=antimoine(chimie)
uphill=montant(adjective)
the grid=le réseau d'électricité
be crammed= entasser, empiler
menial tasks
prick=piquer
soak up=absorber
liver=foie
churn out= pondre en série

*Web's thirdworld memory cache to solve low bandwidth problems
stubborn = tenace, obstiné
conspicuous = visible, évident
dearth=disette,faiblesse
the web's protean nature= la nature protéiforme du web
hash function= algorithme de hachage
bandwidth constrained= limitées par la bande passante

*New kind of magnetic storage
to usher=inaugurer
to bolster=soutenir
revamp=réhausser, remettre en valeur

* TED Conference from Twitter 's CEO
tinker=bricoler
hunch=intuition

*10 most disruptive technologies
lure=attrait
to thrive=se porter bien
bogus=fake = bidon
scammer=arnaqueur
skew=fausser, déformer
a storm is brewing=a storm is coming
versatile=polyvalent, souple

1 comment:

James said...

a nice selection of vocabulary... but I wonder if you couldn't explain the words without using French... and maybe put them in short sentences...

wouldn't that be better?

j