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By style: everyday 4 · literary 1 · biblical 5 · parliamentary 3 725 · legal and administrative 27 972 · UN documents 33 265. ## obligatoire Used about 17 581 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 75 · legal and administrative ≈ 13 695 · UN documents ≈ 3 812). - With the conclusion of the Uruguay Round negotiations, developing countries undertook significantly to extend the part of their tariffs subject to **bindings** and also to reduce duties applied to imports. Suite à la signature de l'Uruguay Round, les pays en voie de développement ont considérablement accru la part de leurs tarifs ayant force **obligatoire** et réduit les obligations pesant sur les importations. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1618123) - This circular is of general validity and **binding** for the Public Administration. Cette circulaire de validité générale a force **obligatoire** pour l'administration publique. ([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 3529975) - Regulatory standards are always **binding**. Les normes réglementaires ont toujours force **obligatoire**. ([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 22795529) - This Regulation shall be **binding** in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Il est **obligatoire** dans tous ses éléments et directement applicable dans tout État membre. ([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 2427683) - The award shall be **binding** on the parties to the dispute. La sentence est **obligatoire** pour les parties au différend. ([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 12867934) ## fixations Used about 11 364 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 11 364). - Ski **bindings** **Fixations** pour skis de neige ([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 59944) - Ski **bindings**, ski brakes and ski poles **Fixations** et autre matériel pour skis de neige ([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 2158900) - Ski-**bindings**, ski brakes and ski poles **Fixations** et autre matériel pour skis de neige ([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 2424482) - Ski-**bindings**, ski brakes and ski poles **Fixations** et dispositifs de freinage pour skis; bâtons de ski ([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 3687099) - Ski equipment for winter sports (other than skis and ski-fastenings \[ski-**bindings**\]) Matériel pour la pratique du ski de neige (à l'excl. des skis et des **fixations** pour skis) ([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 59945) ## juridiquement Used about 5 571 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 373 · UN documents ≈ 5 198). - A tenancy agreement is a legally **binding** document between a landlord and their tenant. Un contrat de location est un document **juridiquement** contraignant entre le propriétaire et le locataire. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by patgfisher and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#3144335](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3144335) [\#9122293](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9122293)) - This must be a legally **binding** obligation. Cela devrait être une obligation **juridiquement** contraignante. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1204824) - Good ideas are not legally **binding**. Les bonnes idées ne sont pas **juridiquement** contraignantes. ([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 23479130) - We hope that the day might come when the Charter of Fundamental Rights is legally **binding** on all Member States. Nous espérons qu'un jour la Charte des droits fondamentaux sera **juridiquement** contraignante dans l'ensemble des États membres. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1010024) - to prepare a global legally **binding** instrument on mercury **juridiquement** contraignant sur le mercure ([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 25185784) ## contraignant Used about 1 267 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 1 267). - The third principle is that this mechanism should be **binding**. Troisième principe: ce mécanisme devrait être **contraignant**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1578054) - The fact that this Code of Conduct is not legally **binding** is a disgrace. Le fait que ce code de conduite ne soit pas **contraignant** est une honte. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1050573) - Thirdly, we must work in a consistent manner on a **binding** employment plan. Troisièmement, nous devons travailler de manière cohérente à un plan d'emploi **contraignant**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1380069) - I welcome the support of your report on the minimum 10% biofuels **binding** target. Je me félicite du soutien de votre rapport quant à l'objectif **contraignant** de 10 % minimum de biocarburants. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 963765) - Hopefully these will lead to the Charter of Fundamental Rights becoming legally **binding**. Il est à espérer que tout cela contribuera à faire de la Charte un texte juridiquement **contraignant**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 918324) ## applicable Used about 347 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 347). - For example, these countries ' tariff regimes have only begun to develop over the last two to three years and, in some cases, are still not in place; the approaches applied in the Uruguay Round to maximize tariff cuts and tariff **bindings** of all participants may not necessarily be applicable to them. Par exemple, le régime douanier de ces pays n ' a commencé à prendre forme qu ' au cours des deux ou trois dernières années et dans certains cas il n ' a pas encore été mis en place. La démarche suivie dans le cadre du Cycle d ' Uruguay pour maximiser les réductions tarifaires et les consolidations de droits de tous les participants n ' est pas nécessairement **applicable** aux pays en transition. ([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 3214126) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - The **binding** energy between quarks constitutes 99 percent of proton and neutron mass. L'énergie de liaison entre les quarks représente quatre-vingt-dix-neuf pour cent de la masse des protons et des neutrons. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rul and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#12442036](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12442036) [\#12413315](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12413315)) - It's not legally **binding**. Ce n'est pas une obligation légale. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2020397](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2020397) [\#2022310](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2022310)) - This agreement is **binding** on all of us. Cet accord nous engage tous. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Jesse and pierrephi · checked, community translation · [\#59561](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/59561) [\#2124396](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2124396)) ## 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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