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# action — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: action (581 010), actions (167 489). By style: everyday 184 · literary 23 · biblical 6 · parliamentary 40 552 · legal and administrative 50 577 · UN documents 657 157.

## action

Used about 344 047 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 90 · literary ≈ 17 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 25 345 · legal and administrative ≈ 37 933 · UN documents ≈ 280 661). Forms: action, actions.

- Let's take **action**.
  Passons à l'**action**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Fenrir and Fenrir · checked, community translation · [\#11759422](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11759422) [\#11759421](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11759421))

- He directed everything by a sort of invisible and constant magnetic **action**.
  Il dirigeait tout par une sorte d'**action** magnétique invisible et continuelle.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 8111)

- “Don’t keep talking so exceedingly proudly. Don’t let arrogance come out of your mouth, for the LORD is a God of knowledge. By him **actions** are weighed.
  Ne parlez plus avec tant de hauteur; Que l’arrogance ne sorte plus de votre bouche; Car l’Éternel est un Dieu qui sait tout, Et par lui sont pesées toutes les **actions**.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1SA 2:3)

- Stockholm **Action** Plan (debate)
  Plan d'**action** de Stockholm (débat)
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1389147)

- **Actions** of the Erasmus programme
  **Actions** du programme Erasmus
  ([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 872327)

## mesures

Used about 221 279 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 3 802 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 268 · UN documents ≈ 212 207).

- Without a moment's hesitation, they took drastic **action** against the conspiracy.
  Sans un instant d'hésitation, ils prirent des **mesures** draconiennes contre la conspiration.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and hortusdei · checked, community translation · [\#40497](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/40497) [\#1479944](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1479944))

- There are many questions about what **actions** to take now.
  De nombreuses questions se posent concernant les **mesures** à prendre maintenant.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1419747)

- **ACTIONS** TO AVOID OR MINIMISE LOSSES
  **MESURES** VISANT À ÉVITER LES PERTES OU À LES RÉDUIRE AU MINIMUM
  ([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 4589660)

- Safeguard measures, emergency **actions**
  **Mesures** de sauvegarde, mesures d &apos; urgence
  ([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 14343730)

- They cannot wait another two or three months for **action**.
  Ils ne peuvent attendre deux ou trois mois de plus que des **mesures** soient prises.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1898201)

## actes

Used about 16 368 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 36 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 2 112 · legal and administrative ≈ 527 · UN documents ≈ 13 691).

- I don't regret my **actions**.
  Je ne regrette pas mes **actes**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by DJ\_Saidez and Quonpi · checked, community translation · [\#9169180](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9169180) [\#645809](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/645809))

- His ideas seemed to be like his **actions**; he suggested them, promised them, sketched them, hinted at them, but never fully uttered them.
  Ses idées semblaient pareilles à ses **actes**; il les indiquait, les promettait, les esquissait, les suggérait, mais ne les énonçait pas.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 474)

- But if you will go, take **action**, and be strong for the battle. God will overthrow you before the enemy; for God has power to help, and to overthrow.”
  Si tu vas avec eux, quand même tu ferais au combat des **actes** de vaillance, Dieu te fera tomber devant l’ennemi, car Dieu a le pouvoir d’aider et de faire tomber.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CH 25:8)

- Let **actions** follow tomorrow.
  Que ces paroles soient suivies d'**actes** demain.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1157747)

- As of autumn 2012, Ali Abdullah Saleh had reportedly become one of the primary supporters of violent Huthi **actions** in northern Yemen.
  À compter de l'automne 2012, Ali Abdullah Saleh serait devenu l'un des principaux défenseurs des **actes** de violence commis par les Houthis dans le nord du Yémen.
  ([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 3638333)

## plan

Used about 7 690 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 845 · UN documents ≈ 6 845).

- We must - and I would say this both to Mrs Angelilli and to Mrs Járóka - also take real **action** at national level.
  Et il faut, je le dis à Madame Angelilli et à Madame Járóka également, que nous agissions beaucoup au **plan** national.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1172664)

- Many of the accepted recommendations are indeed already integral part of the current national human rights **action** plan.
  Bon nombre de ces recommandations ont d &apos; ores et déjà été incorporées dans le **plan**.
  ([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 25756410)

- The European Union has a duty to take a leading role in this and to ensure that real **action** is taken.
  L’Union européenne a le devoir de jouer un rôle de premier **plan** à cet égard et de garantir que des mesures concrètes soient prises.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 560599)

## prises

Used about 7 268 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 422 · UN documents ≈ 6 845).

- Unless they do so, revocation **action** will have to be taken in the absence of agreement or dialogue.
  Dans le cas contraire, il convient que des sanctions de nullité soient **prises** s'il n'y a ni concertation, ni dialogue.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1690225)

- 5. **Action** by the General Assembly at its forty-eighth session:
  5. Décisions **prises** par l &apos; Assemblée générale à sa quarante-huitième session :
  ([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 1380121)

## More sentences

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

- Some men are slained, others wounded, others reported missing in **action**.
  Certains hommes sont tués, d'autres blessés, et d'autres sont déclarés disparus au combat.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by qdii and qdii · checked, community translation · [\#722571](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/722571) [\#722614](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/722614))

- Instead of fretting, take **action**.
  Au lieu de te faire du souci, agis.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#5726333](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5726333) [\#10061862](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10061862))

- I leave it in your hands what course of **action** to take.
  Je vous laisse décider quelle ligne de conduite adopter.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Swift and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#38912](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/38912) [\#1183941](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1183941))

## 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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