Automation & its impact on the world of work

to spur (give an incentive or encouragement)

stimuler

social solidarity (individuals and groups in society being connected to / and supported by / one another)

solidarité sociale

unmanned (not having or needing human staff)

dépourvu d'humains

to pump (money) into (invest a lot)

investir beaucoup

emotional labour (the mental activity required to manage or perform tasks / a job)

travail émotionnel

commonplace (usual / ordinary)

banal / ordinaire

social fragmentation (the absence of connections between individuals and society)

fragmentation sociale

to strike a balance (to give the right importance to things)

trouver un équilibre

to make a fuss (become angry and complain)

faire des histoires

beyond (further away / continuing after)

au-delà

sentient (to be able to perceive or feel things)

conscient / sensible

to be accorded (sthg) (sthg given or granted to someone)

se voir accorder (qqch)

to conflate (bring two or more ideas into one)

faire l'amalgame

ill-defined (not having a clear description)

mal défini / vague / flou

social memory (memory for socially relevant information / sometimes known as "collective memory")

mémoire collective

to fashion (sthg) (to make something)

façonner (qqch)

to trip up (someone) (to cause someone to make a mistake)

faire faire une erreur (à qq)

to impute (to attribute sthg to)

imputer

to have agency (to be able to influence your own thoughts and behaviour)

avoir du pouvoir

predictive policing (analytical techniques in law enforcement to identify potential criminal activity)

police prévisionnelle

to encroach (to intrude on someone's privacy)

empiéter

innermost (thoughts) (most private / deeply felt)

(les pensées) les plus intimes

warrant (document authorizing police action / arrest / search)

mandat

panopticon (a circular prison with cells arranged around a central well / from which prisoners could at all times be observed)

système qui permet de tout voir sans être vu