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([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2377436](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2377436) [\#2384039](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2384039)) - It is a **challenge** that is double-sided. Ce **défi** est à double tranchant. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 907051) - Stabilisation is a common **challenge** facing the EU and Egypt. La stabilisation constitue un **défi** commun pour l'Union européenne et l'Égypte. ([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 284838) - F. MEETING THE **CHALLENGE** OF CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY F. Relever le **défi** de l ' énergie nucléaire civile ([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 22345799) - I love **challenges**. J'aime les **défis**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#5860585](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5860585) [\#1215258](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1215258)) ## nouveaux Used about 6 037 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 6 037). - (d) New **challenges** were emerging. d) De **nouveaux** problèmes apparaissaient. ([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 17138606) - The **challenge** now is to make those two new bodies truly effective. La difficulté, à présent, consiste à s ' assurer que ces deux **nouveaux** organes sont véritablement efficaces. ([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 14795876) - The **challenge** for UNECE countries, and particularly countries in transition, is to develop new engines of growth and to diversify economic activities. Les pays de la CEE, en particulier ceux qui sont en transition, doivent trouver de **nouveaux** moteurs de croissance et diversifier leurs activités économiques. ([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 14003968) ## face Used about 4 025 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 4 025). - 4.1 United Nations coordinated response to the food crisis **challenge** in Africa Réponse coordonnée des Nations Unies **face** à la crise alimentaire en Afrique ([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 21043091) - Climate neutral cities: how to make United Nations Economic Commission for Europe cities less carbon intensive and more resilient to climatic **challenges** Villes climatiquement neutres: comment faire diminuer l ' intensité de carbone des villes de la Commission économique pour l ' Europe et les rendre plus résilientes **face** aux problèmes climatiques ([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 22729917) ## relever Used about 1 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1). - I want to face **challenges**, fall, and rise again stronger. Je veux faire face aux épreuves, tomber et me **relever** plus fort. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aghanim and Aghanim · checked, community translation · [\#13707391](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13707391) [\#13707389](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13707389)) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - I don't mean to **challenge** your theory. Je ne veux pas disputer ta théorie. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by papabear and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#16865](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/16865) [\#474149](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/474149)) - Scientists **challenge** existing ideas. Les scientifiques remettent en cause les idées existantes. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#11569493](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11569493) [\#11838211](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11838211)) - I didn't mean to **challenge** your authority. Je ne voulais pas remettre en cause votre autorité. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3730229](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3730229) [\#4142265](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4142265)) ## 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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