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Medina et le président par **intérim** du groupe libéral. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2000497) - The **Acting** Chairman made a statement. Le Président par **intérim** fait une déclaration. ([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 19389276) - **Acting** Executive Director of the United Nations Institute Directeur général par **intérim** de l ' Institut ([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 2201621) - The **Acting** President (spoke in French): We have heard the last speaker in the debate on this item. La Présidente par **intérim** : Nous avons entendu le dernier orateur dans le débat sur cette question. ([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 21913081) - The **Acting** President: We have heard the only speaker in explanation of vote. Le Président par **intérim** (parle en anglais) : Nous venons d ' entendre le seul orateur au titre des explications de vote. ([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 8757465) ## agissant Used about 14 237 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 86 · legal and administrative ≈ 880 · UN documents ≈ 13 271). - We must increase consumer confidence by **acting** not only on traditional fishing, but also on aquaculture. Il est nécessaire de renforcer la confiance des consommateurs en **agissant** non seulement sur la pêche traditionnelle, mais également sur l'aquaculture. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 282334) - The request was lodged by Eurofonte (the applicant), **acting** on behalf of nine European producers. La demande a été déposée par Eurofonte (ci-après dénommé «le requérant»), **agissant** au nom de neuf producteurs européens. ([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 1853736) - Victims of private individuals **acting** on Victimes de particuliers **agissant** sous des prétextes politiques ([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 4834486) - By **acting** alone, we would be at the mercy of events greater than us, events that threaten peace and European security. En **agissant** isolément, nous nous mettons à la merci d’événements plus grands que nous, des événements qui menacent la paix et la sécurité européenne. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 699405) - persons or entities **acting** in violation of the arms embargo and related measures as referred to in Article 1, les personnes ou entités **agissant** en violation de l’embargo sur les armes et des mesures connexes visées à l’article 1er, ([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 2034413) ## statuant Used about 4 445 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 43 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 402). - Of course, the Council **acting** unanimously really does have the right to modify proposals from the Commission. Certes, le Conseil, **statuant** à l'unanimité, a effectivement le droit de modifier les propositions de la Commission. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1675938) - **Acting** in accordance with a special legislative procedure, **statuant** conformément à une procédure législative spéciale, ([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 3114232) - **Acting** in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure, **statuant** conformément à la procédure législative ordinaire, ([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 4646075) - **Acting** in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure \[1\], **statuant** conformément à la procédure législative ordinaire \[1\], ([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 2316707) - **Acting** in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure \[2\], **statuant** conformément à la procédure législative ordinaire \[2\], ([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 2893556) ## je Used about 1 420 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 14 · parliamentary ≈ 300 · UN documents ≈ 1 106). - I don't like the way you're **acting**. **Je** n'aime pas ta façon de jouer. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2322749](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2322749) [\#2504923](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2504923)) - I have no time for **acting**. **Je** n’ai pas le temps de jouer au théâtre. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 693134) - I also request an investigation of Israel de Armas and Dinorath Guerrero for **acting** as alleged human rights defenders ... ' . De même, **je** demande l ' ouverture d ' une information sur Israël de Armas et Dinorath Guerrero en tant que prétendus défenseurs des droits de l ' homme... " . ([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 10357281) - I believe he was half cut because he kept **acting** like a fool. **Je** pense qu'il était bourré parce qu'il n'arrêtait pas de se comporter comme un idiot. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Tickler and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#3842610](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3842610) [\#9930708](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9930708)) - I am also **acting** on Mr Cocilovo's behalf in this matter. **Je** le fais aussi au nom de M. Cocilovo. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1267227) ## président Used about 433 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 257 · legal and administrative ≈ 176). - Mr President, you have suggested **acting** as a mediator. Monsieur le **Président**, vous avez proposé de faire office de médiateur. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1277364) - Each commission, **acting** on a proposal from its chairman, shall appoint a rapporteur or, in duly motivated cases, two rapporteurs to draw up a draft opinion or report. Pour élaborer un projet d'avis ou de rapport, chaque commission nomme, sur proposition de son **président**, un ou, dans des cas dûment motivés, deux rapporteurs. ([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 434297) - This issue is of great interest to me, but since I am **acting** as President for the sitting, I am not going to allow a supplementary question. Mesdames et Messieurs les Députés, je suis très intéressé par ce sujet, mais compte tenu de ma fonction de **président** de séance, je ne poserai pas de question supplémentaire. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2034946) - The situation is precisely as the Council' s **acting** president admits: Work is not progressing sufficiently fast to maintain the rate of change. La situation est exactement telle que l'actuel **président** du Conseil le reconnaît : le travail ne progresse pas assez rapidement pour que le rythme du changement puisse être maintenu. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 180524) - Mr President, Mr Maat's report is an important tool for thinking globally and **acting** more locally in agricultural and environmental policy. Monsieur le **Président**, Monsieur Maat, votre rapport est un instrument important pour penser la politique agricole et environnementale de manière globale et pour agir davantage au niveau local. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 254807) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - You're **acting** like a child. Tu agis comme une enfant. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#1895630](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1895630) [\#5389504](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5389504)) - This director doesn't know anything about **acting**. Ce directeur ne connaît rien à la comédie. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#11471148](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11471148) [\#11471153](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11471153)) - Stop **acting** like a petulant child every time you don't get your way. Arrête de faire l'enfant grognon chaque fois que tu n'as pas ce que tu veux. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#9032561](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9032561) [\#13081265](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13081265)) ## 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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