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Les prix sont **compétitifs**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#4496740](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4496740) [\#11153618](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11153618)) - It is a **competitive** market. C’est un marché **compétitif**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 613426) - Making the transition to a reliable, sustainable and **competitive** energy system Assurer le passage à un système énergétique fiable, durable et **compétitif** ([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 4781713) - B. Create a **competitive** market B. Création d ' un marché **compétitif** ([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 14375961) - I wasn't **competitive** enough. Je n'étais pas assez **compétitive**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#3330535](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3330535) [\#5524332](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5524332)) ## concurrence Used about 7 255 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 1 214 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 703 · UN documents ≈ 3 335). Forms: concurrence, concurrentiel, concurrentielle. - What is the company's **competitive** advantage? Quel est l'avantage **concurrentiel** de l'entreprise ? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#280322](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/280322) [\#10915430](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10915430)) - The building of a **competitive** and innovative Europe is linked to changes in the labour market. La construction d'une Europe **concurrentielle** et innovante est liée à l'évolution du marché du travail. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1078374) - **Competitive** conditions in the relevant market Conditions de **concurrence** sur le marché pertinent ([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 3529582) - So far as practicable, selection shall be made on a **competitive** basis. Dans la mesure du possible, il s ' effectue après mise en **concurrence**. ([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 26861710) - The company's **competitive** edge will be eroded if system engineers continue to leave. L'avantage **concurrentiel** de l'entreprise va s'éroder si les ingénieurs système continuent à partir. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#72187](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/72187) [\#10535828](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10535828)) ## concours Used about 4 169 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 4 169). - Admission to the civil service is through a **competitive** examination. L ' accès à un poste se fait par voie de **concours**. ([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 25936400) - From: The Director of Personnel Subject: 1994 **COMPETITIVE** EXAMINATION FOR ARABIC INTERPRETERS Objet : **CONCOURS** DE RECRUTEMENT D ' INTERPRÈTES DE LANGUE ARABE (1994) ([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 1331120) - Funding is granted on a **competitive** basis, according to established selection criteria. Les subventions sont accordées sur **concours** en fonction de critères déterminés. ([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 5026540) - (b) Category C recruitment by methods other than **competitive** examination (recruitment b) Le recrutement sans **concours** en catégorie C (recrutement sans condition d ' âge ([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 29649122) - ST/IC/2007/44 Information circular - - 2008 national **competitive** recruitment examinations \[E F (only)\] ST/IC/2007/44 Circulaire - - **Concours** nationaux de recrutement (2008) \[anglais F (seulement)\] ([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 17636555) ## marché Used about 123 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 123). - The Decision concludes that these **competitive** constraints are weak or not sufficiently certain to in the short term constitute an effective constraint on DONG’s market position. La décision conclut que ces pressions concurrentielles sont faibles ou trop peu certaines pour exercer à court terme une contrainte effective sur la position que DONG détient sur le **marché**. ([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 1131556) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Sometimes hockey players get so **competitive** that fights break out. Parfois, les joueurs de hockey se provoquent tellement les uns les autres que des bagarres éclatent. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rmccar1 and ANH\_DAO · checked, community translation · [\#2010](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2010) [\#3816](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3816)) - This book is sold at a highly **competitive** price! Ce livre est vendu à un prix vraiment attractif ! ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by qdii and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#676561](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/676561) [\#129869](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/129869)) - People are so **competitive** nowadays. Les gens ont tellement l'esprit de compétition de nos jours. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mailohilohi and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#5509191](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5509191) [\#12620086](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12620086)) ## 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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