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Comment pouvons-nous nous **améliorer** ? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#9256175](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9256175) [\#11155899](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11155899)) - This very small change had, in fact, prodigiously reduced the cost of the raw material, which had rendered it possible in the first place, to raise the price of manufacture, a benefit to the country; in the second place, to **improve** the workmanship, an advantage to the consumer; in the third place, to sell at a lower price, while trebling the profit, which was a benefit to the manufacturer. Ce tout petit changement en effet avait prodigieusement réduit le prix de la matière première, ce qui avait permis, premièrement, d'élever le prix de la main-d'oeuvre, bienfait pour le pays; deuxièmement, d'**améliorer** la fabrication, avantage pour le consommateur; troisièmement, de vendre à meilleur marché tout en triplant le bénéfice, profit pour le manufacturier. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 3529) - Many of the amendments are designed to **improve** the scheme. De nombreux amendements visent également à l'**améliorer**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1986213) - **Improve** the conditions of custody within the Police; **Améliorer** les conditions de garde à vue. ([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 284292) - **Improves** learning and progression for all children **Améliore** l ' apprentissage et la progression de tous les enfants ([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 24442464) ## efficacité Used about 5 448 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 262 · legal and administrative ≈ 188 · UN documents ≈ 4 998). - We are prepared to take a look at our budget and see where we could **improve** our effectiveness. Nous sommes disposés à examiner à quels endroits de notre budget nous pourrions procéder à des augmentations d'**efficacité**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 106018) - **improve** energy efficiency of the relevant subsystems. améliorent l'**efficacité** énergétique des sous-systèmes concernés. ([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 4194836) - In that regard, in order to **improve** efficiency, the internal mechanisms of the Court are under constant review. Dans une optique d ' **efficacité** accrue, les mécanismes internes de la Cour sont, à cet égard, constamment revus. ([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 10178260) - Above all the proposal aims to **improve** the efficiency of controls undertaken by both the Member States and the Commission. La proposition vise avant tout à accroître l’**efficacité** des contrôles effectués tant par les États membres que par la Commission. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 567494) - enlarging the electrode plate distance or other features which **improves** the abatement efficiency. espacement accru des plaques électrodes ou autres caractéristiques améliorant l'**efficacité** de l'électrofiltre. ([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 2494125) ## situation Used about 3 725 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 393 · UN documents ≈ 3 332). - The 1986 Directive was intended to provide joint action to **improve** matters. La directive de 1986 devait permettre de remédier à cette **situation**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1688631) - It was pointed out that benefits could be enhanced as the financial situation **improves**. Enfin, on pouvait augmenter le montant des prestations puisque la **situation** financière s ' améliorait. ([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 5432011) - Attitudes change slowly and only if the reality of a situation **improves**. Les comportements changent petit à petit et uniquement si une **situation** change réellement. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 962380) - (i) Adopt a clear road map for achieving the United Nations ODA/GNI target of 0.7 per cent as the economic situation in Japan **improves**. (i) Adopt a clear road map for achieving the United Nations ODA/GNI target of 0.7 per cent as the economic **situation** in Japan improves. ([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 29154520) - I do not believe that it necessarily **improves** the general environment to reduce everything to the organic levels that we had in the past. Je ne crois pas que tout réduire au niveau organique que nous avons connu par le passé améliorera nécessairement la **situation** générale de l'environnement. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1907500) ## qualité Used about 1 797 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 131 · UN documents ≈ 1 666). - This reinforces their confidence in the market, generates increased competition, **improves** the quality of products and services, and increases consumption (an important factor for economic recovery). Cela renforcera leur confiance dans le marché, génèrera une concurrence accrue, améliorera la **qualité** des produits et services et, enfin, fera grimper la consommation (facteur important de reprise économique). ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1353671) - **Improves** the quality of science and/or which offers scope for technology transfer; - qu ' elles améliorent la **qualité** de la science et/ou offrent la perspective de transferts de technologie; ([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 333716) ## avantage Used about 1 782 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 1 782). - In addition, the FPS credit confers a benefit upon the exporter because it **improves** its liquidity. De plus, ils confèrent un **avantage** à l'exportateur en améliorant ses liquidités. ([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 3667368) - In addition, the IEIS credit confers a benefit upon the exporter because it **improves** its liquidity. De plus, ils confèrent un **avantage** à l'exportateur en améliorant ses liquidités. ([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 3667395) - In addition, the FPS credit confers a benefit upon the exporter because it **improves** its liquidity. De plus, ce régime confère un **avantage** à l'exportateur en améliorant ses liquidités. ([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 3180459) - In addition, the FMS duty credit confers a benefit upon the exporter, because it **improves** its liquidity. De plus, ils confèrent un **avantage** à l'exportateur en améliorant ses liquidités. ([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 3667336) - In addition, the FPS credit confers a benefit upon the exporter because it **improves** its liquidity. De plus, ce régime confère un **avantage** à l’exportateur en améliorant ses liquidités. ([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 2585378) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - He'll **improve** with time. Il s'améliorera avec le temps. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by tieguy and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#11856867](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11856867) [\#11195385](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11195385)) - Do you think a little salt would **improve** the flavor? Crois-tu qu'un peu de sel améliorera la saveur ? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and hortusdei · checked, community translation · [\#267739](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/267739) [\#8408](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8408)) - I think if I talked more often with a native speaker, my English skills would **improve** quickly. Je pense que si je parlais plus souvent avec un locuteur natif anglais, mon niveau d'anglais s'améliorerait rapidement. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#953632](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/953632) [\#6935898](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6935898)) ## 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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