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([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and nimfeo · checked, community translation · [\#11870605](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11870605) [\#132649](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/132649)) - “If it would not put your **honour** out—” --Si cela ne désoblige pas Votre **Honneur**. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 1601) - It has been a great **honour**. Ce fut un grand **honneur**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1269494) - I have the **honour** to acknowledge the receipt of your letter saying: J'ai l'**honneur** d'accuser réception de votre lettre libellée comme suit: ([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 590619) - It is an **honour** for me to do so once again this year. C ' est pour moi un **honneur** de le faire de nouveau cette année. ([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 21879296) ## honorer Used about 5 275 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 453 · legal and administrative ≈ 97 · UN documents ≈ 4 725). Forms: honore, honorer. - The EU **honours** its agreements. L'UE **honore** ses engagements. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 378510) - LDCOM also points out that the State's rating attains the top mark of Aaa as it **honours** its commitments. LDCOM souligne également que la notation de l'État atteint la note maximale de Aaa car il **honore** ses engagements. ([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 825499) - 30. NPT States parties must **honour** their political commitments. Les États parties au TNP doivent **honorer** leurs engagements politiques. ([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 14157791) - The priority now is to **honour** them. La priorité consiste maintenant à les **honorer**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1311400) - They shall include contractual requirements on the client to **honour** all obligations of the indirect client towards the clearing member. Elles prévoient notamment l’obligation contractuelle pour le client d’**honorer** toutes les obligations du client indirect envers le membre compensateur. ([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 2880916) ## engagements Used about 1 263 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 143 · legal and administrative ≈ 70 · UN documents ≈ 1 050). - Tunisia must **honour** its commitments in relation to democracy and human rights. La Tunisie doit tenir ses **engagements** en matière de démocratie et de droits de l'homme. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1331754) - Payment appropriations shall cover payments made to **honour** the legal commitments entered into in the financial year or preceding financial years. Les crédits de paiement couvrent les paiements qui découlent de l'exécution des **engagements** juridiques souscrits au cours de l'exercice ou des exercices antérieurs. ([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 4957359) - We notice on the basis of experience that the United States slacks off in prompting Israel to **honour** its commitments. Sur la base de l ' expérience, nous avions noté que les États-Unis hésitaient à pousser Israël à respecter ses **engagements**. ([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 5856073) - The Commission will keep a close watch on the Greek Government in order to ensure that it **honours** the commitments which it has made. La Commission suivra de près le gouvernement grec pour s' assurer qu' il respecte ses **engagements**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 3082) - Payment appropriations shall cover payments made to **honour** the legal commitments entered into in the financial year or preceding financial years. Les crédits de paiement couvrent les paiements qui découlent de l’exécution des **engagements** juridiques souscrits au cours de l’exercice ou des exercices antérieurs. ([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 3249806) ## ai Used about 48 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 48). - I regarded my one third share of the Presidency as a personal task and I am delighted that the Czech Presidency has carried if off with **honour**. J'**ai** pris à cœur ce tiers de Présidence qui m'est revenu et je suis heureux que la Présidence tchèque ait assumé honorablement sa mission. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1272569) - I shall conclude by relating that last week in Sarajevo, along with Mr Von Wogau and other Members of this House, I witnessed the proud British General in charge of EUFOR actually handing out national **honours**. Je terminerai en rapportant que la semaine dernière à Sarajevo, j’**ai** bien vu - de même que M. von Wogau et d’autres députés de cette Assemblée - le général britannique commandant l’EUFOR distribuer fièrement des distinctions honorifiques nationales. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 665588) ## j Used about 24 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 24). - When we have spent years dealing with the matter of the Beneš decrees here in Parliament and I found a compromise formula that was adopted by an overwhelming majority of the plenum in April last year, I find it insensitive and provocative of the Czechs now, just before the country is to join the EU, to be passing a law that not only evokes the past but actually **honours** it. Alors que nous avons travaillé pendant des années sur les décrets Beneš au sein de cette Assemblée et que **j**’avais trouvé une formule de compromis qui a été adoptée par une très large majorité lors de la plénière du mois d’avril l’année dernière, je trouve qu’il est maladroit et provocateur dans le chef des Tchèques, aujourd’hui, juste avant que ce pays ne rejoigne l’UE, de voter une loi qui non seulement évoque le passé, mais lui rend hommage. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 571567) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - A prophet is not without **honour**, save in his own country. Nul n’est prophète en son pays. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Fenrir and Amazigh7 · checked, community translation · [\#11973308](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11973308) [\#8305358](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8305358)) - Sir William Lucas had been formerly in trade in Meryton, where he had made a tolerable fortune, and risen to the **honour** of knighthood by an address to the king during his mayoralty. Sir William Lucas, autrefois négociant à Meryton, possédait une jolie fortune. Ayant exercé honorablement l’office de maire, il avait obtenu du roi le titre de chevalier. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#837391](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/837391) [\#838411](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/838411)) - She graduated with **honours**. Elle obtint son diplôme avec les honneurs. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#11935617](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11935617) [\#1337223](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1337223)) ## 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. 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