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Forms: approprié, appropriée, appropriées. - This isn't **appropriate**. Ce n'est pas **approprié**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and LdjuherTaqvaylit · checked, community translation · [\#6961114](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6961114) [\#11853572](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11853572)) - This is not the **appropriate** time for you to speak. Ce n’est pas le moment **approprié** pour votre intervention. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 526764) - Box reference I.19.: Use the **appropriate** HS code: 01.04.10 or 01.04.20. Case I.19: utiliser le code SH **approprié**: 01.04.10 ou 01.04.20. ([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 4274345) - 5.7.1. either on the **appropriate** light-emitting surface, or 5.7.1. soit sur la plage éclairante **appropriée**, ([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 19175017) - Is that really **appropriate**? Est-ce vraiment **approprié** ? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#3737944](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3737944) [\#5963299](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5963299)) ## comme Used about 43 884 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 217 · UN documents ≈ 43 664). - but with good works, which is **appropriate** for women professing godliness. mais qu’elles se parent de bonnes œuvres, **comme** il convient à des femmes qui font profession de servir Dieu. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1TI 2:10) - What is the position today? A total of 77 states still see the death penalty as the **appropriate** response to certain crimes. Aujourd'hui, où en est-on ? 77 États considèrent encore la peine de mort **comme** la réponse adaptée à certains crimes. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 109852) - Developing and implementing, as **appropriate**, prioritized projects identified in their national communications; g) Élaborer et exécuter, selon qu ' il conviendra, les projets présentés **comme** prioritaires dans leurs communications nationales; ([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 9381267) - Now because we eat the salt of the palace and it is not **appropriate** for us to see the king’s dishonor, therefore we have sent and informed the king, Or, **comme** nous mangeons le sel du palais et qu’il ne nous paraît pas convenable de voir mépriser le roi, nous envoyons au roi ces informations. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZR 4:14) - **Appropriate** contact is made with relatives and regular visits between the child and his family are maintained. Le contact est établi **comme** il convient avec les membres de la famille et des visites entre l ' enfant et sa famille ont lieu régulièrement; ([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 29510255) ## cas Used about 37 299 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 435 · legal and administrative ≈ 28 131 · UN documents ≈ 8 733). - The Union is presently looking into ways of guaranteeing its involvement, as **appropriate**. L’Union examine actuellement des moyens de garantir sa participation, le **cas** échéant. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 846458) - (to be developed as **appropriate**) (à créer le **cas** échéant) ([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 3428129) - Affirmative measures may be taken in **appropriate** cases to ensure that there is equal access to public service for all citizens. Des mesures palliatives peuvent être prises dans certains **cas** appropriés pour faire en sorte que tous les citoyens aient accès aux fonctions publiques dans des conditions d ' égalité. ([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 24026971) - We will make the **appropriate** checks because, evidently, the Minutes have been approved; therefore, there will have to be a technical correction where **appropriate**. Nous ferons les vérifications qui s'imposent, car, bien entendu, le procès-verbal a été adopté ; par conséquent, il faudra apporter une correction technique dans votre **cas**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2050991) - A citizens’ summary of the cooperation programme (as **appropriate**) Résumé du programme de coopération, à l’intention des citoyens (le **cas** échéant) ([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 5382771) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - These clothes are not **appropriate** for a cold winter day. Ces vêtements sont inadaptés à un jour d'hiver froid. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#57275](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/57275) [\#1115171](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1115171)) - Resentment and complaint are **appropriate** neither for oneself or others. Le ressentiment et les plaintes ne conviennent ni pour soi ni pour les autres. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by FaridTrad and FaridTrad · checked, community translation · [\#10268926](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10268926) [\#10268927](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10268927)) - The results of the survey will be announced at the **appropriate** time. Les résultats du sondage seront annoncés en temps opportun. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#2966809](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2966809) [\#8571688](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8571688)) ## 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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