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Forms: département, départements. - Do you work in this **department**? Travaillez-vous dans ce **département** ? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#10841053](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10841053) [\#10841080](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10841080)) - However that may be, the said Jean Valjean has just been brought before the Assizes of the **Department** of the Var as accused of highway robbery accompanied with violence, about eight years ago, on the person of one of those honest children who, as the patriarch of Ferney has said, in immortal verse, Quoi qu'il en soit, le nommé Jean Valjean vient d'être traduit aux assises du **département** du Var comme accusé d'un vol de grand chemin commis à main armée, il y a huit ans environ, sur la personne d'un de ces honnêtes enfants qui, comme l'a dit le patriarche de Ferney en vers immortels: ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 7789) - I also speak as the representative of a French **department**. C'est également en tant qu'élu d'un **département** français que je m'exprime ici. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1737419) - French overseas **departments**: Réunion **Départements** français d'outre-mer: Réunion ([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 1747688) - **Department** of Economic and Social Affairs **Département** des affaires économiques et sociales ([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 22613177) ## of Used about 41 447 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 69 · UN documents ≈ 41 378). - Name **Department** for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Food Chain Marketing and Competitiveness Division Nom: Department **of** Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Food Chain Marketing and Competitiveness Division ([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 463259) - **Department** of Foreign Affairs Department **of** Foreign Affairs ([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 7767003) - by the **Department** of General Assembly by the Department **of** General Assembly ([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 5276996) - **Department** of Resources Surveys and Remote Sensing Department **of** Resources Surveys and Remote Sensing ([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 15771623) - **Department** of Energy of the Ministry of Energy and Mines Department **of** Energy of the Ministry of Energy and Mines ([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 28571632) ## service Used about 36 191 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 528 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 553 · UN documents ≈ 33 103). Forms: service, services. - I'm a member of the sales **department**. Je fais partie du **service** des ventes. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#6873010](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6873010) [\#6877197](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6877197)) - Is it a special administrative **department**? Est-ce un **service** administratif particulier? ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1186799) - Responsible **department** in the Member State **Service** compétent de l’État membre ([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 463258) - The sampling shall be done by an official **department**. Le prélèvement des échantillons doit être effectué par un **service** officiel. ([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 9803325) - I am a member of the sales **department**. Je fais partie du **service** des ventes. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#256156](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/256156) [\#6877197](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6877197)) ## ministère Used about 5 755 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 100 · legal and administrative ≈ 138 · UN documents ≈ 5 517). - The team are integrated into the European Regulatory Division within the **Department** for Business and Industry. L'équipe est intégrée dans la division de la réglementation européenne au sein du **ministère** des entreprises et de l'industrie. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1352605) - Bus Éireann operates the school transport scheme on behalf of the **Department** of Education and Skills. Bus Éireann exploite le système de transport scolaire au nom du **ministère** de l'éducation et des qualifications. ([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 3482479) - **Department** of Social Welfare and **Ministère** de la protection sociale et du 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 17066779) - These are well documented by organisations such as Amnesty and the US **Department** of State in its 1999 Country Report. Des organisations comme Amnesty et le **ministère** américain des Affaires étrangères, dans son rapport pour 1999, ont fort bien documenté tout cela. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 56580) - The rate of tax applied is negotiated between the company concerned and the Finance Centre Division, part of the Gibraltar Government's **Department** of Trade, Industry and Telecommunications. Le taux d'imposition appliqué est négocié entre l'entreprise concernée et la Finance Centre Division, une section du **ministère** du commerce, de l'industrie et des télécommunications de Gibraltar. ([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 531367) ## administratifs Used about 764 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · legal and administrative ≈ 759). - Executive **departments** and agencies should solicit public feedback to assess and improve their level of collaboration and to identify new opportunities for cooperation. Les services **administratifs** et les institutions devraient solliciter la réaction du public afin d'évaluer et d'améliorer leur niveau de collaboration et d'identifier de nouvelles opportunités de coopération. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3652775](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3652775) [\#3654320](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3654320)) - NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF TECHNICAL SERVICES CONDUCTING APPROVAL TESTS, AND ADMINISTRATIVE **DEPARTMENTS** NOMS ET ADRESSES DES SERVICES TECHNIQUES CHARGÉS DES ESSAIS D’HOMOLOGATION ET DES SERVICES **ADMINISTRATIFS** ([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 5460255) - Executive **departments** and agencies should harness new technologies to put information about their operations and decisions online and readily available to the public. Les services **administratifs** et les institutions devraient tirer parti des nouvelles technologies pour mettre en ligne et aisément disponible pour le public, l'information concernant leurs opérations et leurs décisions. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3652763](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3652763) [\#3654372](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3654372)) - Names and addresses of the technical services conducting approval tests and of administrative **departments** Noms et adresses des services techniques chargés des essais d’homologation et des services **administratifs** ([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 5465609) - Executive **departments** and agencies should offer Americans increased opportunities to participate in policymaking and to provide their Government with the benefits of their collective expertise and information. Les services **administratifs** et les institutions devraient proposer aux Étasuniens des opportunités accrues de participer à l'élaboration de la politique et d'apporter à leur gouvernement les bienfaits de leur expertise et de leur information collective. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3652769](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3652769) [\#3654335](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3654335)) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - I like to shop at that **department** store. J'aime faire mes courses dans ce grand magasin. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#252927](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/252927) [\#7705131](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7705131)) - Is this the art **department**? Est-ce la section art ? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3731880](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3731880) [\#3852782](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3852782)) - I went shopping at that **department** store. Je suis allé faire du shopping dans ce grand magasin. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#252928](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/252928) [\#7730387](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7730387)) ## 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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