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Forms: externe, extérieur, extérieure, extérieures, extérieurs. - **External** application only. En application **externe** seulement. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by ToxicFriu and hortusdei · checked, community translation · [\#21842](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/21842) [\#330329](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/330329)) - **External** objects produce decided effects upon the brain. Les objets **extérieurs** ont une action réelle sur le cerveau. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 2209) - EU **external** action priorities Priorités de l'Union en matière d'actions **extérieures** ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 81146) - **External** projections of cabs Saillies **extérieures** des cabines ([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 1872214) - 6. Scale of **external** debt. 6. Ampleur de la dette **extérieure**. ([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 13798312) ## externes Used about 13 624 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 584 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 999 · UN documents ≈ 9 040). - If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither **external** nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. Si les hommes étaient des anges, aucun gouvernement ne serait nécessaire. Si des anges devaient gouverner les hommes, ni des contrôles internes ni **externes** sur le gouvernement ne seraient nécessaires. En élaborant un gouvernement des hommes par les hommes, la grande difficulté réside dans ceci : vous devez d'abord permettre au gouvernement de contrôler les gouvernés ; et en second lieu, le forcer à se contrôler lui-même. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#908437](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/908437) [\#1351847](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1351847)) - Implementing the **external** costs of transport is a step in the right direction. Appliquer les coûts **externes** du transport constitue une avancée. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1568379) - Other staff and **externals** Autres agents et personnes **externes** ([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 2755059) - Estimate 2011: 80 per cent **external** funding of SLBC 2011 (estimation) : SLBC financée à 80 % par des fonds **externes** ([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 23592286) - And we must at the same time continue to seek **external** funding. Et, parallèlement, nous devons poursuivre sur la voie de la recherche de financements **externes**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 554011) ## comptes Used about 5 270 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 750 · UN documents ≈ 4 520). - Balances with banks and security investments, **external** loans and other **external** assets **Comptes** auprès de banques, titres, prêts et autres actifs en devises ([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 3108236) - Appointment of an **External** Auditor Nomination d ' un commissaire aux **comptes** ([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 10835025) - Council Decision 1999/70/EC of 25 January 1999 concerning the **external** auditors of the national central banks (OJ L 22, 29.1.1999, p. 69). Décision 1999/70/CE du Conseil du 25 janvier 1999 concernant les commissaires aux **comptes** extérieurs des Banques centrales nationales (JO L 22 du 29.1.1999, p. 69). ([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 3505118) - Follow-Up on the Recommendations of the **External** Auditor Suite donnée aux recommandations formulées par le Commissaire aux **comptes** ([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 15348053) - (c) Expressed its thanks to the **External** Auditor for the services rendered by him; c) A remercié le Commissaire aux **comptes** pour les services qu ' il rendait; ([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 15803772) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - It is not enough to defeat our **external** enemies, it is also necessary to exterminate our internal enemies. Il ne suffit pas de vaincre les ennemis du dehors, il faut encore exterminer les ennemis du dedans. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#3226096](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3226096) [\#3196085](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3196085)) - His injuries are all **external**. Ses blessures sont toutes superficielles. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CH and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1090287](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1090287) [\#1090295](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1090295)) - The new system should also make it possible to replace obsolete fleets through the use of reduced rates for **external** costs when investing in environmentally friendly vehicles. Le nouveau système devrait également permettre de remplacer les parcs de véhicules obsolètes au moyen de droits d'usage réduits en cas d'investissement dans des véhicules écologiques. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1567007) ## 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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