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# accountability — English to French

How English *accountability* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 5 translations with example sentences.

What it means: [accountability in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/accountability/).

Sentence pairs counted, by form: accountabilities (580), accountability (60 818). By style: everyday 9 · parliamentary 1 253 · legal and administrative 1 017 · UN documents 59 119.

## responsabilité

Used about 40 698 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 869 · legal and administrative ≈ 416 · UN documents ≈ 39 413). Forms: responsabilité, responsabilités.

- Financial **accountability** has to be clarified.
  Il convient de clarifier la **responsabilité** financière.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1670793)

- Local **accountability** is important in EMAS.
  L’EMAS accorde une grande importance à la **responsabilité** au niveau local.
  ([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 2781093)

- (e) Roles, **accountabilities** and responsibilities;
  e) Rôles et **responsabilités**;
  ([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 24596979)

- But today I am going to focus on **accountability**.
  Mais aujourd'hui, je vais me concentrer sur la **responsabilité**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 490215)

- Changes in the organisation and **accountabilities** of this carrier have been implemented in that respect.
  Des modifications ont été apportées à cet égard à l’organisation et aux **responsabilités** de ce transporteur.
  ([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 2727659)

## obligations

Used about 4 927 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 4 927). Forms: obligation, obligations.

- :: Report on **accountabilities** within UNICEF
  :: Rapport sur les **obligations** redditionnelles de l &apos; UNICEF
  ([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 12041880)

- Clear **accountabilities** for biosecurity;
  **Obligations** claires de rendre des comptes en matière de sûreté biologique;
  ([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 16826142)

- 144. **Accountabilities** for achievement of the objectives.
  **Obligations** redditionnelles en matière de réalisation des objectifs.
  ([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 6400760)

- Ensure **accountability** and end impunity; and
  v) Établir l &apos; **obligation** de répondre de ses actes et mettre fin à l &apos; impunité; et
  ([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 18826486)

- 16. Another important issue was **accountability** and effective use of public resources.
  Le respect des **obligations** redditionnelles et le bon usage des ressources publiques sont un autre aspect important.
  ([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 17690705)

## transparence

Used about 3 805 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 77 · legal and administrative ≈ 31 · UN documents ≈ 3 695).

- A democracy requires **accountability**, and **accountability** requires transparency.
  Une démocratie a besoin de responsabilité et la responsabilité a besoin de **transparence**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3652785](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3652785) [\#3654317](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3654317))

- Thirdly, to push for greater openness, transparency and **accountability**.
  Troisièmement, l’insistance en vue d’une ouverture, **transparence** et responsabilisation plus grandes.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 535584)

- The specific objectives of the Union macrofinancial assistance should strengthen efficiency, transparency and **accountability**.
  Les objectifs spécifiques de l’assistance macrofinancière de l’Union devraient renforcer l’efficacité, la **transparence** et la fiabilité de l’assistance.
  ([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 2023612)

- (a) Clearer **accountabilities** in day-to-day decision-making;
  a) Renforcement de la **transparence** dans la prise des décisions quotidiennes;
  ([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 26937639)

- Transparency promotes **accountability** and provides information for citizens about what their Government is doing.
  La **transparence** promeut la responsabilité et fournit de l'information aux citoyens à propos de ce que leur gouvernement est en train de faire.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3652760](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3652760) [\#3654340](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3654340))

## rendre

Used about 385 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 385).

- Responsibility, **accountability** and reliability;
  responsabilité, obligation de **rendre** compte et fiabilité;
  ([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 3441498)

- Organisational roles, responsibilities, **accountabilities** and authorities
  Rôles, responsabilités, obligations de **rendre** compte et pouvoirs au sein de l'organisation
  ([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 4629848)

- the reporting, monitoring and **accountability** with regard to the EFSI, including:
  à l’établissement de rapports, au suivi et à l’obligation de **rendre** des comptes en ce qui concerne l’EFSI, y compris pour ce qui est:
  ([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 3646687)

- It is also necessary to set up clear and direct reporting lines to ensure **accountability**.
  Il est également nécessaire de mettre en place une organisation hiérarchique claire et directe assurant le respect de l’obligation de **rendre** des comptes.
  ([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 2881589)

- It shall be documented through an internal assessment note for **accountability** purposes on a case by case basis.
  Une note d’évaluation interne documentant cette limitation est établie, au cas par cas, aux fins de **rendre** compte des limitations considérées.
  ([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 5140654)

## comptes

Used about 133 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 128).

- They totally lack any **accountability**.
  La reddition de **comptes** est inexistente chez eux.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#10856850](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10856850) [\#11958386](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11958386))

- Today we are seeing what happens when markets lack **accountability**.
  Aujourd'hui, nous pouvons constater ce qui arrive quand les marchés n'ont pas de **comptes** à rendre.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1149587)

- You need to take **accountability** for what you did.
  Tu dois rendre des **comptes** pour ce que tu as fait.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#10856448](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10856448) [\#11958392](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11958392))

- However, that said, there is an opportunity for greater **accountability** of Europol.
  Cela dit, il serait toutefois opportun qu'Europol soit davantage tenu de rendre des **comptes**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 444539)

- You need to take **accountability** for what you did.
  Vous devez rendre des **comptes** pour ce que vous avez fait.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#10856448](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10856448) [\#11958393](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11958393))

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- Find a workout buddy for motivation and **accountability**.
  Trouve un partenaire d'entraînement pour la motivation et l'évaluation du progrès.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#11889846](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11889846) [\#11958391](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11958391))

- This is taxpayers' money, and democratic **accountability** is of concern to all of us and is essential.
  Il s'agit de l'argent des contribuables. Le contrôle démocratique est indispensable et nous concerne tous.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 932121)

- We need to bring all our work out into the open and achieve more transparency, **accountability** and democracy in our governance.
  Il faut sortir rapidement de l'opacité et parvenir à une gouvernance plus transparente, plus responsable et plus démocratique.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 249815)

## Grammar

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