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Forms: informal, informel, informelle, informelles, informels. - In December 2001 the first **informal** meeting took place. En décembre 2001, a eu lieu une première rencontre **informelle**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 322477) - **Informal** learning method used for this activity Méthode d'apprentissage **informelle** utilisée pour cette activité ([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 2148123) - **INFORMAL** OPEN-ENDED WORKING **INFORMAL** OPEN-ENDED WORKING ([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 2046009) - Conclusions of the **informal** European Council meeting of 30 January 2012 ( Conclusions de la réunion **informelle** du Conseil européen du 30 janvier 2012 ( ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1589395) - to preside at formal sessions or **informal** meetings; présider les sessions officielles ou les réunions **informelles**; ([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 2542954) ## officieuses Used about 75 210 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 75 210). - **Informal** " **informals** " Consultations **officieuses** " officieuses " ([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 12388592) - Open-ended **informal**/**informals** of the plenary Consultations plénières **officieuses** ouvertes ([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 8297729) - **Informal** consultations on draft decisions Consultations **officieuses** sur des projets de décision ([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 21223810) - **Informal** " **informal** " consultations Consultations **officieuses** " officieuses " ([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 23079082) - **Informal** " **informals** " consultations Consultations **officieuses** " officieuses " ([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 15916964) ## consultations Used about 9 172 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 9 172). - If the need arose, formal **informals** might be scheduled at the recommendation of the Bureau. Au besoin, il sera possible de prévoir des **consultations** informelles sur la recommandation du bureau. ([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 13239307) - " **Informal** " **informals** were held on 26 and 30 November 2010, and on 23 and 24 February 2011. Des **consultations** informelles ont eu lieu les 26 et 30 novembre 2010 et les 23 et 24 février 2011. ([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 24758420) - The **informal** consultations will focus on such issues as composition of the Bureau, the organization of work and related procedural questions. Les **consultations** porteront sur la composition du Bureau, l ' organisation des travaux et les questions de procédures y relatives. ([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 12387297) - The briefings will take place at 1.15 p.m., or shortly after the adjournment of the **informal** consultations, in the Press Briefing Room (S-226). The briefings will take place at 1.15 p.m., or shortly after the adjournment of the informal **consultations**, in the Press Briefing Room (S-226). ([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 6526072) - After a series of **informal** consultations, the modalities contained in a non-paper dated 17 March 2006 had been informally approved. 20. À l ' issue d ' une série de **consultations** informelles, les modalités contenues dans un document officieux daté du 17 mars 2006 avaient été approuvées à titre informel. ([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 16124447) ## the Used about 1 834 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 834). - **Informals** on the draft declaration Informals on **the** draft declaration ([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 8218041) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Meanwhile the **informal** economy flourishes, along with the criminalisation of the economy, in which shady dealing becomes increasingly prominent, to the detriment of social and economic development. Pendant ce temps, l’économie souterraine prospère, de même que la criminalité économique, et l’on assiste à une recrudescence des transactions douteuses au détriment du développement social et économique. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 561581) - Regrettably the idea of proposing an action plan for the least developed countries, which would also include this measure, is a very **informal** one. La rédaction d'un plan d'action qui comprenne cette mesure en faveur des pays les moins développés a malheureusement un caractère beaucoup plus facultatif. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1674745) - I also fear that, on the contrary, an automatic reduction in working hours favours the development of overtime, even **informal** working arrangements, and mechanization. Je crains aussi que la réduction automatique du temps de travail favorise, au contraire, le développement des heures supplémentaires, voire le travail au noir, et la mécanisation. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1758903) ## 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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