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# appointment — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: appointment (48 815), appointments (15 720). By style: everyday 146 · biblical 3 · parliamentary 1 611 · legal and administrative 3 676 · UN documents 59 099.

## nomination

Used about 42 752 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 1 091 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 259 · UN documents ≈ 39 399). Forms: nomination, nominations.

- He was late to the **appointment** due to a traffic accident.
  Il fut en retard à la **nomination** en raison d'un accident de la circulation.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by raghebaraby and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1454326](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1454326) [\#1680401](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1680401))

- Firstly, the issue of **appointments**.
  D'abord, la question des **nominations**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1308225)

- Composition and procedure for **appointment**
  Composition et procédure de **nomination**
  ([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 1363427)

- **Appointments** in ACC subsidiary bodies
  **Nominations** au sein des organes subsidiaires du CAC
  ([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 3621693)

- I congratulate her on her **appointment**.
  Je la félicite pour sa **nomination**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1837713)

## désignation

Used about 1 705 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 168 · legal and administrative ≈ 306 · UN documents ≈ 1 231).

- Let me make a small point about the **appointment** of Commissioners.
  Permettez-moi de dire un mot sur la **désignation** des commissaires.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 503873)

- **Appointment** of a common representative
  **Désignation** d'un représentant commun
  ([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 4363306)

- (a) **Appointment** of the members of the Credentials Committee;
  a) **Désignation** des membres de la Commission de vérification des pouvoirs;
  ([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 8866081)

- The **appointment** of the EU special envoy is another very significant development.
  La **désignation** de l'envoyé spécial de l'UE est une autre évolution très significative.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1653004)

- **Appointment**, powers and duties of the internal auditor
  **Désignation**, pouvoirs et fonctions de l'auditeur interne
  ([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 4957574)

## rendez

Used about 1 478 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 141 · parliamentary ≈ 67 · legal and administrative ≈ 38 · UN documents ≈ 1 231).

- Do you have an **appointment**?
  Tu as **rendez**-vous ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#324736](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/324736) [\#781139](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/781139))

- It is not up to China to fix my schedule and **appointments**.
  Ce n'est pas à la Chine de fixer mon agenda et mes **rendez**-vous.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1116523)

- managing the **appointments** for personal appearance at the diplomatic mission or consular post or at the external service provider;
  gestion des **rendez**-vous pour la comparution personnelle à la représentation diplomatique ou consulaire ou chez le prestataire de services extérieur;
  ([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 1834849)

- All **appointments** and meetings during this period should be scheduled bearing this in mind.
  Il conviendra de ne prendre de **rendez**-vous ou organiser de réunions pour la période considérée qu &apos; en tenant compte de ces restrictions.
  ([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 8382696)

- We had an **appointment**.
  Nous avions un **rendez**-vous.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#2646257](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2646257) [\#7955650](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7955650))

## More sentences

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

- I am very sorry, but I must cancel our **appointment** for February 27.
  Je suis vraiment désolé, mais je suis obligé d’annuler notre réunion du 27 février.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by fishda and zmoo · checked, community translation · [\#19152](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/19152) [\#543514](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/543514))

- Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers under the hand of Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by the **appointment** of Hezekiah the king and Azariah the ruler of God’s house.
  Jehiel, Azazia, Nachath, Asaël, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Éliel, Jismakia, Machath et Benaja étaient employés sous la direction de Conania et de son frère Schimeï, d’après l’ordre du roi Ézéchias, et d’Azaria, chef de la maison de Dieu.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CH 31:13)

- Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an **appointment** together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him.
  Trois amis de Job, Éliphaz de Théman, Bildad de Schuach, et Tsophar de Naama, apprirent tous les malheurs qui lui étaient arrivés. Ils se concertèrent et partirent de chez eux pour aller le plaindre et le consoler!
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 2:11)

## 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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