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# consensus — English to French

How English *consensus* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: consensus (77 733), consensuses (116). By style: everyday 6 · parliamentary 4 766 · legal and administrative 1 002 · UN documents 72 075.

## consensus

Used about 72 096 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 4 394 · legal and administrative ≈ 877 · UN documents ≈ 66 820).

- So find a **consensus**!
  Trouvez donc un **consensus** !
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Miktsoanit and Jio15 · checked, community translation · [\#12243762](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12243762) [\#2531951](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2531951))

- A greater **consensus** is needed.
  Un **consensus** plus large s’impose.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 689976)

- The Joint Committee shall operate by **consensus**.
  Le comité mixte fonctionne par **consensus**.
  ([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 218023)

- 1. Resolutions, **consensuses** and decisions concerning
  1. Résolutions, **consensus** et décisions concernant
  ([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 2373173)

- Can we reach a **consensus** on this issue?
  Pouvons-nous parvenir à un **consensus** sur cette question ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#247972](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/247972) [\#9666012](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9666012))

## nous

Used about 825 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 74 · UN documents ≈ 751).

- We have not always been unanimous about everything, but on Zimbabwe we do have some kind of **consensus**.
  **Nous** n'avons pas toujours été unanimes sur tout, mais en ce qui concerne le Zimbabwe, nous sommes assez d'accord.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1071388)

- We are pleased that the problem that arose as a result of the issuance of that bulletin has been addressed through a **consensus** resolution.
  **Nous** sommes heureux que le problème soulevé par suite de la publication de la circulaire a été réglé avec l &apos; adoption d &apos; une résolution consensuelle.
  ([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 11348536)

## décisions

Used about 42 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 42).

- Those decisions shall be adopted by **consensus** between the Parties after the completion of the respective internal procedures for their adoption.
  Ces **décisions** sont adoptées d'un commun accord entre les parties après l'accomplissement des procédures internes respectives afférentes à leur adoption.
  ([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 4146755)

- Those decisions, opinions, recommendations, reports and joint actions shall be adopted by **consensus** between the Parties after completion of the respective internal procedures for their adoption.
  Ces **décisions**, avis, recommandations, rapports et actions communes sont adoptés d'un commun accord entre les parties après l'accomplissement des procédures internes respectives afférentes à leur adoption.
  ([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 158865)

## More sentences

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

- There is of course a broad **consensus** on this issue.
  Il règne de toute évidence une large unanimité au sein de cette Assemblée.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 406887)

- Then both industry and environmental organisations will be able to achieve **consensus**.
  L' industrie et les organisations de défense de l' environnement pourront alors trouver un terrain d' entente.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 152351)

- I sense a clear **consensus** amongst Members that this directive must address the very real concerns of citizens for the future of a viable post office network.
  Je pense que la majorité des députés estiment réellement que cette directive doit répondre aux véritables préoccupations des citoyens, qui veulent, pour l'avenir, un réseau postal viable.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 133344)

## 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/).

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