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# achieve — English to French

How English *achieve* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: achieve (131 564), achieves (1 269). By style: everyday 68 · parliamentary 15 928 · legal and administrative 8 510 · UN documents 108 327.

## atteindre

Used about 21 742 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 21 · parliamentary ≈ 830 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 837 · UN documents ≈ 18 055).

- He wants to **achieve** true godhood.
  Il veut **atteindre** la vraie divinité.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Myrano\_ and Myrano\_ · checked, community translation · [\#13548928](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13548928) [\#13548930](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13548930))

- So the challenge is realistic and we must do all we can to **achieve** it.
  Donc, ces défis sont réalistes et nous devons tout faire pour les **atteindre**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1758781)

- In order to **achieve** the policy objective, the mandate of the EUSR shall be to:
  Afin d'**atteindre** l'objectif général, le RSUE a pour 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 1170170)

- UNCHR would do its utmost to **achieve** those goals.
  Le HCR n &apos; épargnera aucun effort pour **atteindre** ces 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 21944309)

- He works hard to **achieve** his goal.
  Il travaille dur pour **atteindre** son but.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by J\_S and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#842946](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/842946) [\#452157](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/452157))

## objectifs

Used about 15 965 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 4 148 · legal and administrative ≈ 532 · UN documents ≈ 11 284). Forms: objectif, objectifs.

- They didn't **achieve** their goal.
  Elles n'ont pas atteint leur **objectif**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#3658234](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3658234) [\#8427357](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8427357))

- This directive **achieves** these goals.
  La présente directive atteint ces **objectifs**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 494300)

- To **achieve** the objectives of the Steering Board, the Chair shall be assisted by a Secretariat.
  Aux fins de la réalisation des **objectifs** du comité directeur, la présidence est assistée d’un secrétariat.
  ([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 4994157)

- It **achieves** its objectives by:
  Il atteint ses **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 23573011)

- I can see what you would hope to **achieve** by it, too.
  Je vois bien d'ailleurs quel en est l'**objectif**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1195012)

## ses

Used about 7 547 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 332 · legal and administrative ≈ 443 · UN documents ≈ 6 770).

- To **achieve** her ends, she resorts to seduction.
  Pour parvenir à **ses** fins, elle recourt à la séduction.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by LimeGreenTeknii and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#10278758](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10278758) [\#13068607](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13068607))

- The Socrates programme in all its parts is the instrument for many young people to **achieve** a European capability.
  Le programme Socrates, quelles que soient **ses** parties, est l'instrument qui permet à de nombreux jeunes d'acquérir une faculté européenne.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1764546)

- stresses that the Union must step up its efforts to **achieve** a new generation of e-government;
  insiste pour que l’Union intensifie **ses** efforts pour mettre en place une nouvelle génération de systèmes d’administration en ligne;
  ([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 2758234)

- Expected accomplishment 1.3: The African Union **achieves** the capacity to manage current peacekeeping missions Completed
  Réalisation escomptée 1.3 : L &apos; Union africaine acquiert la capacité de gérer **ses** missions de maintien de la paix actuelles
  ([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 23676387)

- However, it will also have fully justified the judgment of a French philosopher who spoke of a Europe obsessed with its powers but indifferent to the results it **achieves**.
  Mais elle aura aussi pleinement justifié le jugement d'un philosophe français qui parlait d'une Europe obsédée par **ses** pouvoirs, mais indifférente aux résultats qu'elle obtient.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 469686)

## More sentences

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

- What will that **achieve**?
  Qu'est-ce que ça produira ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3730661](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3730661) [\#4084929](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4084929))

- Algeria should **achieve** prosperity.
  L'Algérie devrait réaliser la prospérité économique.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#10105309](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10105309) [\#11958595](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11958595))

- My ascendant in Scorpio always helps me **achieve** truly intellectual feats.
  Mon ascendant Scorpion m'aide toujours à réaliser de vraies prouesses intellectuelles.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Lebensfreude and LoverofEnglish · checked, community translation · [\#12993853](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12993853) [\#12540878](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12540878))

## 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/).

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