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Forms: capacité, capacités. - Yanni doubts his **abilities**. Yanni doute de ses **capacités**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#10076116](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10076116) [\#11958198](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11958198)) - To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his own **ability**. Then he went on his journey. Il donna cinq talents à l’un, deux à l’autre, et un au troisième, à chacun selon sa **capacité**, et il partit. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 25:15) - It has demonstrated its **ability** to do so in the past. Elle a prouvé sa **capacité** à le faire par le passé. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1015706) - The **ability** to control engine power output; la **capacité** de contrôler la puissance fournie par le moteur; ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 5484862) - It stimulates the development of the **abilities** of individuals. Favoriser le développement des **capacité** individuelles; ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 13706057) ## aptitudes Used about 11 125 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 11 · parliamentary ≈ 201 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 013 · UN documents ≈ 8 900). Forms: aptitude, aptitudes. - I believe in my **abilities**. Je crois en mes **aptitudes**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by kerbear407 and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1987940](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1987940) [\#3432458](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3432458)) - Whether his **abilities**, which were not up to coping with energy issues, will be adequate for the tax portfolio remains to be seen. Il reste à voir si ses **aptitudes**, qui n’ont pu répondre aux exigences du portefeuille de l’énergie, seront adaptées à celui de la fiscalité. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 624714) - **Ability** to raise capital **Aptitude** à mobiliser des capitaux ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 705478) - Some journalists must sit for an examination to prove their **ability**. Certains journalistes doivent passer un examen d ' **aptitude**. ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 1547385) - I believe in my **abilities**. J'ai foi en mes **aptitudes**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by kerbear407 and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1987940](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1987940) [\#3432459](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3432459)) ## compétences Used about 2 529 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 201 · legal and administrative ≈ 230 · UN documents ≈ 2 094). - Don't underestimate your **abilities**. That's your boss' job. Ne sous-estime pas tes **compétences**. Ça, c'est le boulot de ton chef. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#6218376](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6218376) [\#11145700](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11145700)) - They have improved their language **abilities** and intercultural skills. Ils acquièrent de meilleures **compétences** linguistiques et des compétences interculturelles. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1292198) - a check of the private and professional integrity and of the relevant **abilities** of the dealer or broker concerned. un contrôle de l'honorabilité professionnelle et privée et des **compétences** pertinentes de l'armurier ou du courtier concerné. ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 4230364) - Core competences are those **abilities** which give the firm a competitive advantage and facilitate the realization of value. Les **compétences** de base sont celles qui donnent à l ' entreprise un avantage compétitif et contribuent à la création de la valeur. ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 472520) - You can learn new **abilities** as you progress through the game. Vous pouvez acquérir de nouvelles **compétences** à mesure que vous progressez dans le jeu. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sabretou and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#6167796](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6167796) [\#6615930](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6615930)) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - I'll help you within the limits of my **ability**. Je vous aiderai dans la mesure de mes possibilités. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#250140](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/250140) [\#538224](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/538224)) - He is a man of great **ability**. C'est un homme de grand talent. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#292101](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/292101) [\#15380](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/15380)) - He overestimated his **ability**. Il a surestimé son habilité. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and weboide · checked, community translation · [\#6477593](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6477593) [\#6477686](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6477686)) ## Grammar Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [French grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/fr/) · [translating between English and French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-fr/) · [translating from English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-en/) · [translating into French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-fr/). ## About these examples Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. 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