Business Resources
French reference sources in the Centre de Ressources include: atlases, dictionaries
(including bi-lingual business dictionaries), encyclopedias, almanacs, current French
Books in Print, etiquette guides, presentation and speech guides, correspondence
guides, and much more. Specific business resources include:
▪ Basic terms of business and finance : French-English, English-French /
James Redfern (1984) REF/650/RED
▪ Bilingual guide to business and professional correspondence (FrenchEnglish) (1982) REF/651.7/HAR
▪ Guide du CV & de la lettre d'accompagnement / Jean-Paul Vermès (1997)
331.128/VER
▪ Harrap’s French and English Business Dictionary/ McGraw-Hill (2005)
▪ The Economist business traveller's guides, France (1988)
FRANCE/FRANCE/ECO
▪ Le nouveau French for business : = Le français des affaires/ Claude Le Goff
(2000)
▪ Savior-vivre en affaires / Daniel Porot (1997) REF/395/POR
▪ Guide du protocole et des usages /Gandouin (1991) REF/395/GAN
▪ Le Parfait Secretaire (2000) REF/651.75/PAR
▪ Travailler en français en entreprise 1, niveau A1-A2 du CECR : méthode de
français sur objectifs spécifiques (WITH CD)/ Bernard Gillmann (2007)
448/AFF/TRA
▪ Travailler en français en entreprise 2, niveaux A2-B1 du CECR : méthode de
français sur objectifs spécifiques (WITH CD) / Bruno Girardeau, Marion
Mistichelli (2009) 448/AFF/TRA
Periodicals
The FIAF Library subscribes to over 100 periodicals and newspapers in all subjects,
including the arts and literature, history, fashion and lifestyle, politics, and business.
Titles of interest include:
▪ Le Monde (daily) In addition to a backfile on CD-ROM, FIAF receives a paper copy
by next-day mail.
▪ Le Figaro: (daily) FIAF receives a paper copy of the international edition by nextday mail.
▪ Capital: l’essential de l’économie
▪ L’Expansion
▪ Courrier International
Library Collections
The FIAF Library is the largest all-French collection in the United States. Collections
include books and audio-visual works in all subject areas—from children’s books to
world politics—and special collections in Franco-American relations and Paris. The
Library seeks to maintain a collection that reflects the artistic, political, and economic
culture of contemporary France. FIAF has a wide collection of language-learning
resources, including materials for learning business French.
Other resources in New York
▪ French American Chamber of Commerce in the United States
http://www.faccnyc.org
Promotes trade between the USA and France; facilitates professional exchange.
1350 Broadway Suite 2101, New York, NY 10018
Tel: (212) 867-0123 Fax: (212) 867-9050 Email: info@faccnyc.org
▪ IFA : Invest in France Agency http://www.invest-in-france.org
Encourages foreign investment in France.
810 7th Avenue, Suite 3800, New York, NY 10019
Tel: (212) 757-9340 Fax (212) 245-1586 Email: us@investinfrance.org
▪ Ambassade de France – Mission Économique http://www.consulfrancenewyork.org
Assists French companies currently doing or planning to do business in the U.S.
Website includes information for French people seeking employment in the U.S.
810 Seventh Avenue, 38th floor, New York, NY 10019-5818
Tél: (212) 432-1820 Fax: (212) 315-1017
- French Embassy Financial
Researches American Financial markets for the French government
48 Wall Street, 31st Floor, New York, NY 10005
Tel: (212) 432-1820 Fax: (212) 432-1822
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