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# capabilities — English to French

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

The [Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) has no article on this word yet.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: capabilities (29 003). By style: everyday 1 · parliamentary 712 · legal and administrative 1 573 · UN documents 26 717.

## capacités

Used about 18 091 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 475 · legal and administrative ≈ 918 · UN documents ≈ 16 698).

- This program has both downloading and uploading **capabilities**.
  Ce programme a des **capacités** de téléchargement et de téléversement.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#538053](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/538053) [\#538052](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/538052))

- The EU does not have adequate capacity or **capabilities**.
  L'UE ne dispose pas de **capacités** adéquates.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1463383)

- technical **capabilities** for selective disconnections.
  des **capacités** techniques relatives aux interruptions sélectives de service.
  ([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 5127076)

- (c) Developing national **capabilities**;
  c) Le développement des **capacités** 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 14478029)

- It also ties in with military **capabilities**.
  Cette incapacité est également liée à la question des **capacités** militaires.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 367124)

## moyens

Used about 4 006 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 45 · legal and administrative ≈ 66 · UN documents ≈ 3 896).

- Let me start with the question of the position of defence **capabilities** within the European Union's spectrum of political and practical instruments.
  Je voudrais d' abord évoquer la question de la place des **moyens** de défense dans l' ensemble des outils politiques et pratiques de l' Union européenne.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 126085)

- All Parties, within their **capabilities**, are invited to contribute to the Mechanism.
  Toutes les Parties sont invitées à apporter des contributions au mécanisme, dans la mesure de leurs **moyens**.
  ([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 4174811)

- (e) Establish enterprise search **capabilities**.
  e) Mettre en place des **moyens** de recherche intégrée de l &apos; information.
  ([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 23743182)

- We also need clarification on the use of military and civil protection resources and **capabilities** in accordance with the consensus and the UN guidelines.
  Des clarifications sont également nécessaires concernant l'utilisation des **moyens** militaires et de protection civile, en conformité avec le consensus et les directives des Nations unies.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1470239)

- This coordinated, European effort will increase the scientific **capabilities** in health research and contribute to the ongoing development of the ERA.
  Cette démarche européenne coordonnée renforcera les **moyens** scientifiques donnés à la recherche dans le domaine de la santé et contribuera au développement continu de l'Espace européen de la recherche.
  ([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 3061435)

## renforcement

Used about 15 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 15).

- Another area of EU activities is the strengthening of the anti-terrorism **capabilities** of the Palestinians.
  Un autre domaine d'activité de l'UE est constitué par le **renforcement** de la capacité des Palestiniens à lutter contre le terrorisme.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1884568)

## techniques

Used about 15 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 15).

- This distress, and this waste of human life and financial resources, are not acceptable in a civilized society with all but unlimited technical **capabilities**.
  Dans une société civilisées dotée de moyens **techniques** pratiquement illimités, cette souffrance et ce gaspillage de vies humaines et de moyens financiers sont inacceptables.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1815110)

## More sentences

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

- We must take practical, joint action to respond to this challenge which, although tough, is within our **capabilities**.
  Nous devons agir concrètement et de concert pour relever ce défi, certes difficile, mais qui est aujourd'hui à notre portée.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 249152)

- We do so without any exaggerated view of our own **capabilities** and without belittling our own problems, even within the European Union.
  Nous le faisons sans surestimer de façon autoritaire nos possibilités ni minimiser nos propres problèmes, même à l'intérieur de l'Union européenne.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1848479)

- To that end, we need to step up cross-border cooperation between police forces and increase Europol's operational **capabilities**.
  Pour ce faire, nous devons intensifier la collaboration transfrontalière des polices et renforcer le caractère opérationnel d'Europol.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1935461)

## Grammar

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