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# crucial — English to French

How English *crucial* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 5 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: crucial (49 617). By style: everyday 9 · parliamentary 8 768 · legal and administrative 1 067 · UN documents 39 773.

## crucial

Used about 16 499 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 2 923 · legal and administrative ≈ 311 · UN documents ≈ 13 258). Forms: crucial, cruciale.

- This is a **crucial** step.
  C'est une étape **cruciale**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by zogwarg and Julien\_PDC · checked, community translation · [\#11887614](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11887614) [\#9129754](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9129754))

- I think this is **crucial**.
  Je crois que c'est **crucial**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 907887)

- Decent lighting is **crucial** to facilitate this process.
  Un éclairage décent est **crucial** si l’on veut faciliter ce processus.
  ([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 2751446)

- 85. Reintegration had a **crucial** role to play as a material incentive for return.
  85. La réintégration a un rôle **crucial** à jouer en tant qu &apos; incitation matérielle au retour.
  ([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 3553039)

- This is a **crucial** moment.
  C'est un moment **crucial**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#6133039](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6133039) [\#8473486](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8473486))

## essentiel

Used about 11 717 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 461 · legal and administrative ≈ 311 · UN documents ≈ 9 943). Forms: essentiel, essentiels.

- Salt is **crucial** for cooking.
  Le sel est **essentiel** à la cuisine.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#7030189](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7030189) [\#8450272](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8450272))

- Obviously, it is **crucial** that the information is reliable.
  Naturellement, il est **essentiel** que les informations soient fiables.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1280202)

- Molybdenum wire is a **crucial** product in the whole business of the complainant producer.
  Le fil en molybdène est un produit **essentiel** dans l’ensemble de l’activité du producteur à l’origine de la plainte.
  ([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 1957799)

- Microcredit was therefore **crucial** for igniting such activity.
  Le microcrédit est donc **essentiel** pour amorcer l &apos; activité.
  ([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 15926189)

- It should not be forgotten that airports are **crucial** to the areas in which they are located.
  Il ne faut pas oublier que les aéroports sont **essentiels** aux territoires qui en disposent.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 235080)

## importance

Used about 3 444 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 913 · legal and administrative ≈ 44 · UN documents ≈ 2 486).

- I would stress that the work of the Parliamentary committees will be of **crucial** importance here, in particular.
  Le travail des commissions parlementaires, je tiens à le souligner, revêtira une grande **importance**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 428594)

- The preparation phase of the event is of **crucial** importance for its success in accordance with the objectives of the action.
  La phase de préparation de la manifestation est d'une **importance** primordiale pour sa réussite, conformément aux objectifs de l'action.
  ([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 870060)

- With the oncoming winter, assistance would be of **crucial** importance.
  L &apos; hiver venant, l &apos; assistance sera d &apos; une **importance** vitale.
  ([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 234642)

- It is **crucial** for the environment that environmental legislation works, and that the environment is given priority.
  Pour l'environnement, il est d'une **importance** absolue que la législation sur l'environnement fonctionne et que l'environnement soit une priorité.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1715604)

- These aspects are of **crucial** importance in order to perform the risk assessment, as they are the three essential steps of the risk assessment process \[18\].
  Ces aspects sont d’une **importance** capitale pour procéder à l’évaluation des risques, étant donné qu’ils constituent les trois étapes essentielles du processus d’évaluation des risques \[18\].
  ([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 2822001)

## donc

Used about 2 410 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 731 · legal and administrative ≈ 22 · UN documents ≈ 1 657).

- It is therefore **crucial** to support the text as it stands.
  Il faut **donc** absolument soutenir le texte tel qu’il est.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 728857)

- It is therefore **crucial** that TWG members supply complete data sets at least at the plant level as is detailed in Section 5.4.
  Il importe **donc** que les membres des GTT fournissent des séries complètes de données au moins à l’échelle de l’unité, comme détaillé à la section 5.4.
  ([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 2491340)

- Capacity-building in this regard is particularly **crucial** for the further development of rural economies.
  L &apos; avenir du développement des économies rurales passe **donc** par la création de capacités.
  ([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 17223723)

- The issue that we are raising today is therefore obviously a **crucial** one.
  La question que nous évoquons aujourd'hui est **donc** évidemment essentielle.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1467071)

- International assistance therefore in curtailing this foreign agent is **crucial** to the development of our nations and, by extension, all nations.
  Une assistance internationale pour barrer la route à cet agent étranger est **donc** essentielle au développement de nos États et, par extension, de tous les États.
  ([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 23477050)

## rôle

Used about 1 034 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 183 · legal and administrative ≈ 22 · UN documents ≈ 829).

- That, I think, is a very important victory, since the action value is a very **crucial** figure.
  Il s'agit là, à mon sens, d'une très grande victoire, car la valeur déclenchant l'action joue un **rôle** capital.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 318771)

- The role of national regulatory authorities is likely to remain **crucial**, in particular in those Member States where the transition to competition still needs to be completed.
  Le **rôle** des autorités réglementaires nationales devrait rester fondamental, notamment dans les États membres où le passage à la concurrence doit encore être mené à son terme.
  ([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 1435532)

- The role of the international community was **crucial** if human rights, democracy and development were to be promoted at the same time.
  Le **rôle** de la communauté internationale est déterminant si l &apos; on veut promouvoir simultanément les droits de l &apos; homme, la démocratie et le développement.
  ([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 1957546)

## More sentences

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

- The first minutes after a heart attack are **crucial**.
  Les premières minutes qui suivent une crise cardiaque sont cruciales.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Bianquita and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#5331134](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5331134) [\#12321028](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12321028))

- This is especially **crucial** for Russia, which is approaching important crossroads.
  Ceci est particulièrement important pour la Russie, qui se trouve actuellement à un important carrefour de son histoire.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1597519)

- Reforms are **crucial** for making the most of the positive aspects of globalisation, for innovation, for economic restructuring as well as for the further advancement of EU policies.
  L'exploitation maximale des aspects positifs de la mondialisation, l'innovation, les restructurations économiques et le perfectionnement des politiques européennes passent absolument par des réformes.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 915742)

## Grammar

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