Chez Paramount, un seul patron est mieux que deux
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Chez Paramount, un seul patron est mieux que deux

At Paramount, one boss is better than two

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ReutersOctober 1, 2026View Source

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Paramount Global a décidé d'avoir un seul chef pour l'entreprise.

Paramount Global decided to have a single boss for the company.

décidé→decidedd'avoir→to haveseul→singlechef→bosspour→forentreprise→company
Avant, il y avait trois dirigeants qui travaillaient ensemble.

Before, there were three leaders who worked together.

Avant→Beforeil y avait→there weretrois→threedirigeants→leadersqui→whotravaillaient→were workingensemble→together
Cette situation était parfois difficile pour prendre des décisions rapides.

This situation was sometimes difficult for making quick decisions.

Cette→Thisétait→wasparfois→sometimesdifficile→difficultpour→forprendre→to make/takedécisions→decisionsrapides→quick
Maintenant, Skydance Media va acheter Paramount très bientôt.

Now, Skydance Media is going to buy Paramount very soon.

Maintenant→Nowva→is goingacheter→to buytrès→verybientôt→soon
David Ellison deviendra le nouveau grand patron de la société.

David Ellison will become the new big boss of the company.

deviendra→will becomenouveau→newgrand→bigpatron→bossde→ofsociété→company
Les experts pensent qu'une seule personne peut mieux diriger.

Experts think that a single person can lead better.

pensent→thinkqu→thatseule→singlepersonne→personpeut→canmieux→betterdiriger→to lead
Il est plus facile de changer de stratégie avec un seul leader.

It is easier to change strategy with a single leader.

est→isplus→morefacile→easyde→tochanger→changestratégie→strategyavec→withseul→single
Cette nouvelle structure aidera le studio de cinéma à grandir.

This new structure will help the movie studio to grow.

Cette→Thisnouvelle→newaidera→will helpcinéma→cinemaà→tograndir→grow
Les investisseurs espèrent que les profits vont augmenter l'année prochaine.

Investors hope that profits will increase next year.

investisseurs→investorsespèrent→hopeque→thatvont→are goingaugmenter→to increasel'année→yearprochaine→next
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dirigeant
leader / executive
"Le dirigeant de la banque est très jeune."
parfois
sometimes
"Il pleut parfois en été."
bientôt
soon
"Le film va commencer bientôt."
augmenter
to increase
"Les prix vont augmenter demain."
patron
boss
"Mon patron est très gentil avec moi."
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