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# duty — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: duties (67 296), duty (93 773). By style: everyday 192 · literary 31 · biblical 39 · parliamentary 8 316 · legal and administrative 52 069 · UN documents 100 422.

## droits

Used about 49 379 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 1 992 · legal and administrative ≈ 37 967 · UN documents ≈ 9 415). Forms: droit, droits.

- In our monogamous part of the world, to marry means to halve one’s rights and double one's **duties**.
  Dans notre coin du monde qui est monogame, se marier équivaut à diminuer ses **droits** de moitié et à doubler ses obligations.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#678633](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/678633) [\#678692](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/678692))

- If the man doesn’t want to take his brother’s wife, then his brother’s wife shall go up to the gate to the elders, and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to raise up to his brother a name in Israel. He will not perform the **duty** of a husband’s brother to me.”
  Si cet homme ne veut pas prendre sa belle-sœur, elle montera à la porte vers les anciens, et dira: Mon beau-frère refuse de relever en Israël le nom de son frère, il ne veut pas m’épouser par **droit** de beau-frère.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 25:7)

- Secondly, the introduction of these **duties** is bad trade policy.
  L'introduction de ces **droits** est également une mauvaise politique commerciale.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 862677)

- Rate of **duty** applicable
  Taux de **droit** applicable
  ([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 756680)

- Rights and **duties** arising from the laws of neutrality
  **Droits** et obligations découlant du droit de la neutralité
  ([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 18011290)

## devoir

Used about 24 173 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 112 · literary ≈ 21 · parliamentary ≈ 3 119 · UN documents ≈ 20 921). Forms: devoir, devoirs.

- It's our **duty**.
  C'est notre **devoir**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#2249148](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2249148) [\#3048218](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3048218))

- I have fulfilled this **duty** towards Cosette.
  J'ai fait ce **devoir**-là vis-à-vis de Cosette.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 30274)

- In a normal society, rights and **duties** go hand in hand.
  Dans une société normale, les droits et les **devoirs** vont de paire.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1197500)

- PRINCIPLE 2. THE **DUTY** TO REMEMBER
  PRINCIPE 2 - LE **DEVOIR** DE MEMOIRE
  ([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 4050644)

- It's their **duty**.
  C'est leur **devoir**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eccles17 and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#6826569](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6826569) [\#3631714](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3631714))

## fonctions

Used about 13 854 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · biblical ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 87 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 339 · UN documents ≈ 9 415).

- The brigadier performs field **duties** with initial hierarchical responsibilities.
  Le brigadier exerce des **fonctions** de terrain avec une première responsabilité hiérarchique.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#13362888](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13362888) [\#13362887](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13362887))

- This is the **duty** of their burden, according to all their service in the Tent of Meeting: the tabernacle’s boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets,
  Voici ce qui est remis à leurs soins et ce qu’ils ont à porter, pour toutes leurs **fonctions** dans la tente d’assignation: les planches du tabernacle, ses barres, ses colonnes, ses bases,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 4:31)

- I would like to wish him every success in performing the **duties** which are entrusted to him.
  Je lui souhaite bonne chance dans les nouvelles **fonctions** qui lui ont été assignées.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1525595)

- They shall inform the Commission thereof, indicating any division of **duties**.
  Ils en informent la Commission, en indiquant toute répartition éventuelle de ces **fonctions**.
  ([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 896154)

- **Duties** of the Secretary-General and of the Secretariat
  **Fonctions** du Secrétaire général et du secrétariat
  ([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 7821345)

## ses

Used about 6 075 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 260 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 627 · UN documents ≈ 4 184).

- That it fell among his **duties** to take part in their burials, that he nailed up the coffins and helped the grave-digger at the cemetery.
  Qu'il entrait dans **ses** attributions de participer aux sépultures, qu'il clouait les bières et assistait le fossoyeur au cimetière.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 11784)

- The appointed **duty** of the sons of Merari shall be the tabernacle’s boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, all its instruments, all its service,
  On remit à la garde et aux soins des fils de Merari les planches du tabernacle, **ses** barres, ses colonnes et leurs bases, tous ses ustensiles et tout ce qui en dépend;
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 3:36)

- I believe that an ombudsman needs three characteristics in order to perform his **duties** well.
  J’estime qu’un médiateur a besoin de trois qualités pour assumer correctement **ses** missions.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 735519)

- The observers shall not spend more time on board the vessel than is necessary to carry out their **duties**.
  Le temps de présence de l'observateur à bord du navire ne peut dépasser le délai nécessaire pour effectuer **ses** tâches.
  ([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 154760)

- I will take this opportunity to assure him of our support and cooperation in carrying out his new **duties**.
  Je saisis cette occasion pour l &apos; assurer de notre soutien et de notre coopération dans l &apos; accomplissement de **ses** nouvelles tâches.
  ([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 20494048)

## service

Used about 5 903 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 34 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 87 · legal and administrative ≈ 542 · UN documents ≈ 5 230).

- He is on **duty**.
  Il est en **service**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#295666](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/295666) [\#131909](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/131909))

- “Look! look!” exclaimed her lively companions; and they all ran to the edge of the balcony, while Fleur-de-Lys, rendered thoughtful by the coldness of her betrothed, followed them slowly, and the latter, relieved by this incident, which put an end to an embarrassing conversation, retreated to the farther end of the room, with the satisfied air of a soldier released from **duty**.
  --Voyons! voyons!» crièrent ses vives compagnes; et elles coururent toutes au bord du balcon, tandis que Fleur-de-Lys, rêveuse de la froideur de son fiancé, les suivait lentement et que celui-ci, soulagé par cet incident qui coupait court à une conversation embarrassée, s'en revenait au fond de l'appartement de l'air satisfait d'un soldat relevé de **service**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 3649)

- Yet I will make them performers of the **duty** of the house, for all its service and for all that will be done therein.
  Je leur donnerai la garde de la maison, et ils en feront tout le **service** et tout ce qui doit s’y faire.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 44:14)

- Never mind an injection from a doctor on **duty** for 16 or 18 hours as another speaker mentioned.
  Peu importe qu'une piqûre soit pratiquée par un médecin qui est de **service** depuis 16 ou 18 heures, comme l'a mentionnée un autre orateur.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2027263)

- Extension of flight **duty** period due to in-flight rest
  Prolongation du temps de **service** de vol en raison d'un temps de repos en vol
  ([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 1593091)

## More sentences

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

- Tom is on **duty**.
  Tom est de faction.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and felix63 · checked, community translation · [\#2649096](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2649096) [\#6579779](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6579779))

- I am off **duty** tomorrow.
  Je ne suis pas de garde, demain.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#261949](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/261949) [\#1118966](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1118966))

- It is our **duty** to help them.
  Il est dans notre obligation de les aider.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#307712](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/307712) [\#133591](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/133591))

## 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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