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([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#12776003](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12776003) [\#13365296](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13365296)) - So the carpenter **encourages** the goldsmith. He who smooths with the hammer **encourages** him who strikes the anvil, saying of the soldering, “It is good;” and he fastens it with nails, that it might not totter. Le sculpteur **encourage** le fondeur; Celui qui polit au marteau encourage celui qui frappe sur l’enclume; Il dit de la soudure: Elle est bonne! Et il fixe l’idole avec des clous, pour qu’elle ne branle pas. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ISA 41:7) - Finally, the Council **encourages** the Commission to Enfin, le Conseil **encourage** la Commission à: ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 466405) - Chapter VIII **encourages** financial and fiscal support to these priority themes. Le chapitre VIII **encourage** le soutien financier et fiscal à ces thèmes prioritaires. ([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 4720707) - 35. The Committee **encourages** the State party: 35. Le Comité **encourage** l ' État partie: ([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 10477084) ## partie Used about 2 658 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 2 658). - The Committee **encourages** the State party to take account of its general comment No. 1 (2010) on migrant domestic workers. Le Comité engage l ' État **partie** à tenir compte de son Observation générale no 1 (2010) sur les travailleurs migrants domestiques. ([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 29491558) - The Committee **encourages** the State party to bring its legislation in conformity with the Convention, and promptly adopt a new Migration Code. 13. Le Comité invite l ' État **partie** à mettre sa législation en conformité avec la Convention et à adopter un nouveau Code des migrations dans les meilleurs délais. ([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 20578296) ## engage Used about 1 422 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 93 · UN documents ≈ 1 329). - **encourages** the Commission to take on board the main findings of those evaluations when shaping its policies; **engage** la Commission à prendre en compte les principaux enseignements de ces évaluations pour la définition de ses politiques; ([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 2758062) - 3. Also **encourages** Member States to continue the dialogue on confidence-building measures in the field of conventional arms; 3. **Engage** également les États Membres à poursuivre le dialogue sur les mesures de confiance dans le domaine des armes classiques ; ([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 27561329) - **encourages** the Commission to focus in the future on PPs and PAs with true added value for the Union; **engage** la Commission à se concentrer à l’avenir sur les projets pilotes et les actions préparatoires présentant une réelle valeur ajoutée pour l’Union; ([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 2757761) - therefore **encourages** the Commission to allow for a certain degree of simplification under Article 110 of the Staff Regulations in regard to the agencies; **engage** dès lors la Commission à permettre, en ce qui concerne les agences, un certain degré de simplification en vertu de l’article 110 du statut du personnel; ([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 2761560) - **encourages**, therefore, the Commission to allow for a certain degree of simplification under Article 110 of the Staff Regulations in regard to the agencies; **engage** dès lors la Commission à permettre, en ce qui concerne les agences, un certain degré de simplification en vertu de l’article 110 du statut du personnel; ([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 2761647) ## état Used about 18 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 18). - The Van Lancker proposal does not impose anything on any Member States, but merely **encourages** us to learn from each other in order to develop the best possible practice. La proposition Van Lancker n'impose rien à aucun **État** membre ; elle essaie simplement de stimuler l'échange en vue de développer les meilleures pratiques. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 348165) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - This legislation **encourages** smaller vehicles, creating greater congestion, emissions and expense. Cette législation favorise les véhicules de plus petite taille, accentuant ainsi les embouteillages, les émissions toxiques et les dépenses. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 772528) - The rapporteur is of the opinion that a fatalistic outlook **encourages** drug abuse. Le rapporteur est d'avis que le fatalisme favorise l'usage de stupéfiants. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2037461) - Is this the same Commission that **encourages** us to inform citizens about the proposed Constitution? Est-ce la même Commission qui nous incite à informer les citoyens au sujet du projet de Constitution? ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 851177) ## 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. Every example names its source and licence. 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