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# environmental — English to French

How English *environmental* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: environmental (244 890). By style: everyday 16 · parliamentary 16 872 · legal and administrative 18 064 · UN documents 209 938.

## environnement

Used about 190 247 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 16 · parliamentary ≈ 15 466 · legal and administrative ≈ 17 311 · UN documents ≈ 157 454). Forms: environnement, environnemental, environnementale, environnementales, environnementaux.

- This is a major **environmental** disaster.
  C'est un désastre **environnemental** majeur.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3433752](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3433752) [\#3440215](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3440215))

- This is an important step for **environmental** policy.
  C'est un pas important pour la politique **environnementale**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 401983)

- Monitoring plan for **environmental** effects:
  Plan de surveillance des effets sur l'**environnement**:
  ([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 4833534)

- **Environmental** fate and effects Fate
  Devenir et effets dans l &apos; **environnement**
  ([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 17851966)

- Lead is a common **environmental** pollutant.
  Le plomb est un polluant **environnemental** commun.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3718918](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3718918) [\#3745594](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3745594))

## politiques

Used about 4 374 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 4 374).

- Such policies should also respond to prolonged disasters with a slow onset such as drought, which often has very severe economic, **environmental** and social impacts;
  Ces **politiques** devraient également permettre de faire face à des catastrophes prolongées à évolution lente, comme la sécheresse, qui a souvent de très graves répercussions économiques, écologiques 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 7812685)

## protection

Used about 4 374 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 4 374).

- U.S. **Environmental** Protection Agency - Wastes - Resources Conservation - Common wastes &amp; Materials - Scrap Tires http://www.epa.gov/osw/conserve/materials/tires/civil\_eng.htm\#roads.
  U.S. Environmental **Protection** Agency - Wastes - Resources Conservation - Common wastes &amp; Materials - Scrap Tires http://www.epa.gov/osw/conserve/materials/tires/civil\_eng.htm\#roads.
  ([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 25179908)

## questions

Used about 4 374 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 4 374).

- Economic and **environmental** questions:
  **Questions** relatives à l &apos; économie
  ([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 6940429)

## More sentences

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

- I agree with all those who have said that we need better **environmental** indicators so that we can more effectively assess the sustainability of those projects being funded.
  Je partage l'opinion de tous ceux qui ont souligné la nécessité de meilleurs indicateurs écologiques destinés à mieux évaluer la durabilité des projets soutenus.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1853177)

- The construction of this gas pipeline could cause an **environmental** disaster in the Baltic region.
  La construction de ce gazoduc pourrait causer une catastrophe écologique dans la région de la Baltique.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 749040)

- It is the only thing which allows for consideration of **environmental** integration, equal access for all, economic and social cohesion, employment.
  Il est le seul qui permette de prendre en considération l'aménagement du territoire, l'égalité d'accès de tous, la cohésion économique et sociale, l'emploi.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1664073)

## 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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