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# efficient — English to French

How English *efficient* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 2 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: efficient (68 570), efficients (5). By style: everyday 35 · parliamentary 5 621 · legal and administrative 8 083 · UN documents 54 836.

## efficace

Used about 45 827 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 32 · parliamentary ≈ 4 933 · legal and administrative ≈ 6 062 · UN documents ≈ 34 800). Forms: efficace, efficaces, efficacité.

- You're very **efficient**.
  Tu es fort **efficace**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2218481](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2218481) [\#2227310](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2227310))

- Why plead the case for an **efficient** rail system?
  Pourquoi plaider la cause de chemins de fer **efficaces**?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1795029)

- Ensuring sustainable and **efficient** transport systems
  Garantir des systèmes de transport durables et **efficaces**
  ([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 5050841)

- 6. Energy-**efficient** driving behaviour
  6. Le souci d &apos; **efficacité** énergétique au volant: un nouveau style de conduite
  ([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 13719805)

- You're very **efficient**.
  Tu es très **efficace**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2218481](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2218481) [\#2227308](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2227308))

## ressources

Used about 2 225 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 115 · UN documents ≈ 2 109).

- We want to bring language tools to the next level. We want to see innovation in the language learning landscape. And this cannot happen without open language resources which cannot be built without a community which cannot contribute without **efficient** platforms.
  Nous voulons amener les outils linguistiques au stade suivant. Nous voulons voir de l'innovation dans le paysage de l'apprentissage des langues. Et cela ne peut pas arriver sans des **ressources** linguistiques libres, qui ne peuvent être construites sans une communauté, qui elle-même ne pourra contribuer sans plates-formes efficientes.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by jakov and jakov · checked, community translation · [\#704170](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/704170) [\#730131](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/730131))

- It also means an economy shaped for the future - a sustainable and resource-**efficient** economy - that is also productive and innovative.
  L'économie doit également être pensée pour l'avenir - une économie durable dans laquelle les **ressources** sont gérées efficacement - une économie productive et novatrice.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1327635)

- It is also an opportunity to leapfrog to more resource-**efficient**, environmentally sound and competitive technologies.
  Il permet aussi de faire un bond en avant vers l &apos; utilisation de technologies plus économes en **ressources**, plus respectueuses de l &apos; environnement et plus compétitives.
  ([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 27266047)

- 6. Also emphasizes that all peacekeeping missions shall be provided with adequate resources for the effective and **efficient** discharge of their respective mandates;
  6. Souligne également que toutes les missions de maintien de la paix doivent être dotées de **ressources** suffisantes pour pouvoir s &apos; acquitter effectivement et efficacement de leur mandat;
  ([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 29093564)

## More sentences

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

- This house is energy **efficient**.
  Cette maison est économe en énergie.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#8217717](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8217717) [\#11223516](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11223516))

- This washing machine is very energy-**efficient**.
  Ce lave-linge est très économe en énergie.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#4978816](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4978816) [\#12433687](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12433687))

- Without a cost-**efficient** means of patenting intellectual property rights, what incentive is there for our scientists?
  Sans solution financièrement intéressante en matière de brevetabilité des droits de propriété intellectuelle, qu'est-ce qui peut motiver nos scientifiques ?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 392088)

## 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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