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([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#7320452](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7320452) [\#8230528](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8230528)) - Someone is **accountable** and must be made **accountable**. Quelqu'un est **responsable** et doit être rendu responsable. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1368340) - Name and contact details of the **accountable** manager: Nom et coordonnées du cadre **responsable**: ([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 4605310) - Criminal justice systems: more accessible, **accountable** and effective Systèmes de justice pénale plus accessibles, plus **responsables** et plus efficaces ([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 22591011) - Tom must be held **accountable**. Tom doit être tenu **responsable**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#8230531](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8230531) [\#8230535](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8230535)) ## comptes Used about 1 714 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 130 · UN documents ≈ 1 584). - The ECB is **accountable** to the citizens of Europe through the European Parliament. La BCE doit rendre des **comptes** aux citoyens de l'Europe via le Parlement européen. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1365298) - We will be **accountable**, and we shall provide full public disclosure of all donations and expenditures. Nous rendrons des **comptes**, et nous produirons une comptabilité publique intégrale de toutes les donations et dépenses. ([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 13181008) - I believe it is essential for civil servants to be **accountable** to the general public. Il est essentiel, selon moi, que les fonctionnaires rendent des **comptes** aux citoyens. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1377480) - Secondly, the approach provided for in draft resolution A/59/L.68 makes the Council more **accountable** to the Member States. Deuxièmement, la formule que propose la résolution A/59/L.68 oblige le Conseil à rendre des **comptes** aux États Membres de l ' ONU. ([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 12948819) - Our work grows from the conviction that government at all levels must be **accountable**, accessible to citizens and protective of their rights. Son action repose sur la conviction que l ' État doit, à tous les niveaux, rendre des **comptes**, être à la portée des citoyens et défendre leurs droits. ([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 20792309) ## rendre Used about 431 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 35 · UN documents ≈ 396). - In companies with a dispersed ownership, the primary concern is how to make managers **accountable** to weak shareholders. Dans les sociétés à actionnariat dispersé, la principale préoccupation est la question de savoir comment obliger la direction à **rendre** des comptes aux petits actionnaires. ([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 596310) - The Bretton Woods institutions should be **accountable** to the United Nations, in accordance with the provisions of Articles 57 and 63 of the Charter of the United Nations. Les institutions de Bretton Woods devraient **rendre** compte aux Nations Unies, conformément aux Articles 57 et 63 de la Charte de l ' ONU. ([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 673294) - further pursuing the public administration reform and building an **accountable**, efficient, transparent and professional civil service; and poursuivre la réforme de l'administration publique et mettre en place une fonction publique tenue de **rendre** compte, efficiente, transparente et professionnelle; et ([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 124138) ## rsue Used about 298 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 298). - The EUSR shall be **accountable** to the Commission for all expenditure. Le **RSUE** répond devant la Commission de toutes les dépenses. ([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 2008840) - The EUSR shall be **accountable** to the Commission for all expenditure. Le **RSUE** répond de toutes les dépenses devant la Commission. ([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 4153128) - The EUSR shall be **accountable** to the Commission for all expenditure until the approval by the Commission of the final report formalising the financial closure of the mandate. Le **RSUE** répond de toutes les dépenses devant la Commission jusqu'à l'approbation par la Commission du rapport final formalisant la clôture financière du mandat. ([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 4529222) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - A madman is not **accountable** for his actions. Un fou n'est pas redevable de ses actions. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#270272](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/270272) [\#128700](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/128700)) - Somebody has to be held **accountable** for his death. Quelqu'un doit porter le chapeau pour sa mort. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#673749](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/673749) [\#809310](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/809310)) - If they want to raise an issue, let us be held **accountable** and let us give our view on whatever we think. S'ils souhaitent poser une question, prenons nos responsabilités et donnons notre avis, quel qu'il soit. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1363165) ## 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. Every example names its source and licence. 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