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Forms: initiative, initiatives. - The **initiative** is punishable. L'**initiative** est punissable. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Balamax and Balamax · checked, community translation · [\#4821687](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4821687) [\#4821685](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4821685)) - Paris begins with the lounger and ends with the street Arab, two beings of which no other city is capable; the passive acceptance, which contents itself with gazing, and the inexhaustible **initiative**; Prudhomme and Fouillou. Paris commence au badaud et finit au gamin, deux êtres dont aucune autre ville n'est capable; l'acceptation passive qui se satisfait de regarder, et l'**initiative** inépuisable; Prudhomme et Fouillou. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 12624) - I call on you to take an **initiative**. Je vous demande de prendre une **initiative**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 695856) - Sense of **initiative** and entrepreneurship Esprit d'**initiative** et d'entreprise ([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 882056) - Greenhouse Gas **Initiative** (GGI) Greenhouse Gas **Initiative** (GGI) ([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 21135433) ## cette Used about 5 071 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 5 071). - In reflecting and supporting this ongoing trend, the **Initiative** would minimize any specific implications for the work load of staff at country level. Afin de traduire et d ' encourager **cette** dynamique actuelle, toutes les incidences sur la charge de travail du personnel au niveau des pays seraient réduites au minimum. ([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 17464298) - This **initiative**, inspired and launched in 2005 by the King, is an innovative approach to combating poverty and developing marginalized areas. **Cette** dernière, inspirée et lancée le 18 mai 2005 par S. M. le Roi, constitue une démarche résolument novatrice de lutte contre la pauvreté et de développement des zones marginalisées. ([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 21893368) ## programmes Used about 2 536 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 2 536). - Training **initiatives** were established or expanded to increase the number of trained early childhood educators in the province (between 2003 and 2006) Des **programmes** de formation ont été mis en œuvre ou élargi pour augmenter le nombre d ' éducateurs de la petite enfance formés dans la province (entre 2003 et 2006); ([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 26059515) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - We must assist all the parties in the implementation of the peace **initiative** in the former Yugoslavia and particularly in regard to the Dayton Agreement for Bosnia-Herzegovina. Nous devons aider toutes les parties impliquées à appliquer le plan de paix en ex-Yougoslavie et, plus particulièrement, l'accord Dayton pour la Bosnie-Herzégovine. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1632140) - Despite all the difficulties and mistakes, we have adhered to this principle in the **initiative**. En dépit des difficultés et des erreurs, nous avons adhéré à ce principe dès le départ. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1374444) - Be that as it may, it unfortunately seems that Mr Lehne's **initiative** is necessary as regards both remuneration and social protection for our assistants. Cela étant, la démarche de M. Lehne était malheureusement, semble-t-il, nécessaire, tant sur le plan de la rémunération que sur celui de la protection sociale de nos collaborateurs. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1970742) ## 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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