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# consent — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: consent (54 072), consents (725). By style: everyday 15 · literary 13 · biblical 11 · parliamentary 1 235 · legal and administrative 4 452 · UN documents 49 071.

## consentement

Used about 22 990 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 9 · parliamentary ≈ 400 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 113 · UN documents ≈ 21 469).

- Cats teach **consent**.
  Les chats enseignent le **consentement**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by shekitten and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#12069640](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12069640) [\#12122525](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12122525))

- So the conditions for **consent** must be very strict.
  Ainsi, le **consentement** doit être encadré de manière très stricte.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 130260)

- **Consent** and withdrawal of **consent**
  **Consentement** et retrait du consentement
  ([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 3560057)

- B. **Consent** to marriage
  B. Le **consentement** au mariage
  ([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 7967047)

- We need parental **consent**.
  Nous avons besoin du **consentement** des parents.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Orange and Orange · checked, community translation · [\#12225053](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12225053) [\#12225052](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12225052))

## consent

Used about 9 333 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 36 · legal and administrative ≈ 603 · UN documents ≈ 8 690).

- Silence gives **consent**.
  Qui ne dit mot **consent**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and le\_petit\_ane\_gris · checked, community translation · [\#1778](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1778) [\#3599](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3599))

- He nods his **consent**.
  Il me fait signe qu'il y **consent**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 3165)

- By voting in favour, the EP **consents** to the conclusion of the Protocol.
  En votant pour, le PE **consent** à la conclusion du protocole.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1442869)

- The respondent **consents** to the settlement of the dispute by the Tribunal in accordance with the procedures set out in this Section.
  Le défendeur **consent** à ce que le différend soit réglé par le Tribunal en conformité avec les procédures prévues dans la présente section.
  ([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 250247)

- (a) The person **consents**; and
  a) Elle y **consent**; et si
  ([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 3380555)

## peut

Used about 2 732 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 36 · legal and administrative ≈ 139 · UN documents ≈ 2 556).

- One can **consent** to it for the first hour; one seats oneself on the throne of glowing iron, one places on one’s head the crown of hot iron, one accepts the globe of red hot iron, one takes the sceptre of red hot iron, but the mantle of flame still remains to be donned, and comes there not a moment when the miserable flesh revolts and when one abdicates from suffering?
  On **peut** y consentir la première heure; on s'assied sur le trône de fer rouge, on met sur son front la couronne de fer rouge, on accepte le globe de fer rouge, on prend le sceptre de fer rouge, mais il reste encore à vêtir le manteau de flamme, et n'y a-t-il pas un moment où la chair misérable se révolte, et où l'on abdique le supplice?
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 30099)

- I also consider it important to define the conditions under which a Member State may refuse to grant prior **consent**.
  Je considère également qu'il importe de définir les conditions dans lesquelles un État membre **peut** refuser de donner son accord préalable.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1475924)

- This Agreement may only be amended in writing by common **consent** of the Parties.
  Le présent accord ne **peut** être modifié que par écrit d ' un commun accord entre les parties.
  ([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 123264)

- The problem is that a Jewish woman cannot get divorced from her husband unless he **consents** to granting her a Get.
  Le problème tient au fait qu &apos; une femme juive ne **peut** divorcer de son mari sans que celui-ci consente à lui accorder un Get.
  ([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 24265256)

- The EU cannot give its **consent** to this until every detail pertaining to the security of the data being transferred between the parties involved is clarified.
  L'UE ne **peut** donner son approbation tant que chaque détail relatif à la sûreté des données transférées entre les parties concernées n'aura pas été clarifié.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1427936)

## More sentences

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

- We will only **consent** on that condition.
  Nous accepterons seulement à cette condition.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sysko · checked, community translation · [\#46178](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/46178) [\#337017](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/337017))

- We will only **consent** on that condition.
  Nous n'accepterons qu'à cette condition.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#46178](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/46178) [\#484696](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/484696))

- My silence is not to be read as **consent**.
  Mon silence ne doit pas être considéré comme une approbation.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Lumi and hortusdei · checked, community translation · [\#251506](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/251506) [\#329792](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/329792))

## 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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