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Je ne fais pas confiance aux **gouvernements**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mailohilohi and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#6011171](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6011171) [\#8823452](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8823452)) - System: revolt strengthens those **governments** which it does not overthrow. Système: l'émeute raffermit les **gouvernements** qu'elle ne renverse pas. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 22821) - We enter into a social contract with our **governments**. Nous signons un contrat social avec nos **gouvernements**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 711620) - Decision of the Representatives of the **Governments** of the Member States Décision des représentants des **gouvernements** des États membres ([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 5497318) - I. COMMENTS PROVIDED BY **GOVERNMENTS**: I. OBSERVATIONS PRESENTEES PAR DES **GOUVERNEMENTS** : ([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 1180280) ## locales Used about 9 453 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · legal and administrative ≈ 120 · UN documents ≈ 9 332). - Local **governments** in Algeria should be given greater fiscal autonomy. Les collectivités **locales** en Algérie devraient avoir plus d'autonomie fiscale. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#11758233](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11758233) [\#11758294](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11758294)) - regional **governments** or local authorities; les autorités régionales ou **locales**; ([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 894496) - Issue recommendations for consideration by the national and local **governments** in the South Caucasus subregion. c) Formuler des recommandations à l ' intention des administrations nationales et **locales** de la sous-région du sud du Caucase. ([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 17222579) - strengthening the current balanced budget constraints for local **governments** in order for them to be more effective, including corrective and sanctioning mechanisms; le renforcement des règles actuelles d’équilibre budgétaire applicables aux autorités **locales** afin d’en accroître l’efficacité, notamment les mécanismes de correction et de sanction; ([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 2767214) - (e) Foster the democratic capacity of local communities and **Governments** with projects and processes that link good governance and sustainable forest management; e) Développer les capacités démocratiques des populations et des autorités **locales** par des projets et des processus liant la bonne gouvernance à la gestion durable des forêts; ([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 13773565) ## leurs Used about 4 891 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 225 · UN documents ≈ 4 666). - Attempts by **governments** to suppress the use of certain drugs are as old as their failure. Les tentatives de l'État pour interdire l'usage de certaines drogues sont aussi anciennes que **leurs** échecs. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 443040) - 2. The following persons have been nominated by their respective **Governments** for appointment or reappointment: La candidature des personnes dont les noms suivent a été proposée par le gouvernement de leur pays aux fins de leur nomination ou de leur reconduction dans **leurs** fonctions : ([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 14914523) ## administrations Used about 1 420 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 225 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 196). - A lot of **governments** play that game. C'est un jeu auquel beaucoup d'**administrations** se livrent. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 470825) - Central banks and central **governments** Banques centrales et **administrations** centrales ([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 5388331) - Debt instruments issued by central **governments** Titres de créance émis par des **administrations** centrales ([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 3234028) - C 33.00 – EXPOSURES TO GENERAL **GOVERNMENTS** (GOV) C 33.00 - EXPOSITIONS SUR LES **ADMINISTRATIONS** PUBLIQUES (GOV) ([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 5165939) - Exposures to central **governments** or central banks Expositions sur les **administrations** centrales ou les banques centrales ([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 5388121) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - The austerity measures that many city **governments** have implemented are hugely unpopular. Les mesures d'austérité que de nombreuses autorités municipales ont mises en œuvre sont massivement impopulaires. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#662996](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/662996) [\#809738](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/809738)) - God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, **governments**, and various kinds of languages. Et Dieu a établi dans l’Église premièrement des apôtres, secondement des prophètes, troisièmement des docteurs, ensuite ceux qui ont le don des miracles, puis ceux qui ont les dons de guérir, de secourir, de gouverner, de parler diverses langues. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CO 12:28) - Indeed the Council of Ministers represents the individual **governments** and does not represent a common European will. En effet, le Conseil de ministres représente chaque gouvernement et non une volonté commune européenne. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1850578) ## 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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