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# approved — English to French

How English *approved* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: approved (172 354). By style: everyday 40 · literary 2 · biblical 7 · parliamentary 6 751 · legal and administrative 30 791 · UN documents 134 763.

## approuvé

Used about 122 217 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 24 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 3 797 · legal and administrative ≈ 17 320 · UN documents ≈ 101 072). Forms: approuvé, approuvée, approuvées, approuvés.

- Tom **approved** it.
  Tom l'a **approuvé**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#2235981](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2235981) [\#9254578](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9254578))

- Gavroche, who had looked on at the whole of this scene and had **approved** of everything with a silent toss of his head, stepped up to Javert and said to him:—
  Gavroche, qui avait assisté à toute la scène et tout **approuvé** d'un hochement de tête silencieux, s'approcha de Javert et lui dit:
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 24143)

- For it isn’t he who commends himself who is **approved**, but whom the Lord commends.
  Car ce n’est pas celui qui se recommande lui-même qui est **approuvé**, c’est celui que le Seigneur recommande.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CO 10:18)

- (The Minutes were **approved**)
  (Le procès-verbal est **approuvé**)
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 411738)

- The Protocol should be **approved**,
  Le protocole devrait être **approuvé**,
  ([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 813063)

## été

Used about 4 373 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 281 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 283 · UN documents ≈ 2 808).

- Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been **approved**, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord promised to those who love him.
  Heureux l’homme qui supporte patiemment la tentation; car, après avoir **été** éprouvé, il recevra la couronne de vie, que le Seigneur a promise à ceux qui l’aiment.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JAM 1:12)

- In this sense, we did not send out the right message when we **approved** the Customs Union in December 1995.
  Dans ce sens, le message d'approbation de l'union douanière de décembre 1995 a **été** un échec.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1883706)

- Gewährträgerhaftung was **approved** by the Commission and was therefore compatible state aid.
  La Gewährträgerhaftung aurait **été** autorisée par la Commission et constituerait dès lors une aide d’État compatible avec le marché intérieur.
  ([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 2524688)

- 9. These filling devices do exist already but may not have been **approved**/documented as such.
  9. Les dispositifs de remplissage visés existent déjà, mais n &apos; ont peut-être pas **été** agréés et documentés.
  ([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 24635146)

- The Commission's position was reiterated in a statement made when the Council **approved** the common position on the Sixth Framework Programme for Research.
  La position de la Commission a **été** réitérée dans une déclaration lors de l'adoption par le Conseil de la position commune sur le sixième programme-cadre de recherche.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 323209)

## conseil

Used about 3 449 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 641 · UN documents ≈ 2 808).

- All models should conform to agreed principles and be **approved** by the European Validation Committee in order to use the Council of Europe logo.
  Tous les modèles doivent respecter les principes convenus et obtenir l'accréditation du Comité européen de validation pour pouvoir utiliser le logo du **Conseil** de l'Europe.
  ([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 416801)

- 118. In October 1993, the Cabinet **approved** a decision establishing the procedure for family reunion.
  118. Le **Conseil** des ministres a adopté en octobre 1993 une décision établissant la procédure qui doit régir le regroupement familial.
  ([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 1830231)

## projet

Used about 3 090 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 281 · UN documents ≈ 2 808).

- His father **approved** of his plan.
  Son père approuva son **projet**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#287441](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/287441) [\#4552071](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4552071))

- (Parliament **approved** the joint text)
  (Le Parlement approuve le **projet** commun)
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 7426)

- Taking note of the draft Convention **approved** by the Commission,
  Prenant note du **projet** de Convention adopté par la Commission,
  ([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 18137347)

- We particularly welcome the fact that the **approved** proposal gives us an opportunity to inform public opinion and agencies at local and regional level.
  Nous sommes particulièrement satisfaits que le **projet** adopté donne la possibilité d'informer l'opinion publique et toutes les instances au niveau local et régional.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 318730)

## More sentences

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

- Mother **approved** my plan.
  Mère approuva mon plan.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CN and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#320768](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/320768) [\#3641894](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3641894))

- She **approved** of the wedding.
  Elle approuva le mariage.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by U2FS and U2FS · checked, community translation · [\#901966](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/901966) [\#901979](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/901979))

- That four-year plan has to be **approved**.
  Il faut approuver ce plan quadriennal.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Objectivesea and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#4830894](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4830894) [\#2611589](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2611589))

## Grammar

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