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B1  ·  27 Wörter

Digital life and data protection

The account, the access, the backup.

The list every software notice is written in. One entry of it contains two false friends in a row: les paramètres de confidentialité. Les paramètres are the *settings* — the menu you open to change something: va dans les paramètres. English « parameter » is a quantity in a formula, or a boundary on what is allowed (« within the parameters of the study »), and it is never the menu. And la confidentialité is *data protection*, privacy in the legal sense, while English « confidentiality » is a duty to keep something secret — what a lawyer or a doctor owes you. So the English for the whole phrase is « privacy settings », and it shares not one word with the French. Both halves look translatable and both mislead, which is why the phrase is worth learning whole rather than in pieces.

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récupérerto recoverVerbB2
On récupère les photos depuis la copie.The photos are recovered from the copy.
synchroniserto synchroniseVerbB2
L’application synchronise les contacts chaque nuit.The app synchronises the contacts every night.
crypterto encryptVerbB2
Le logiciel crypte le disque au démarrage.The software encrypts the disk on start-up.
pisterto trackVerbB2
Certaines pages pistent chaque clic.Some pages track every click.
se désinscrireto unsubscribeVerbB2
On peut se désinscrire en bas du message.You can unsubscribe at the bottom of the message.
relancerto restartVerbB1
Relancez l’application avant d’appeler.Restart the app before you call.
automatiserto automateVerbB2
Nous automatisons l’envoi des factures.We are automating the sending of invoices.
parcourirto browseVerbB1
Il parcourt les annonces pendant le trajet.He browses the adverts during the journey.

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