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J'ai refusé l'**invitation**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#5830810](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5830810) [\#11352153](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11352153)) - rapporteur. - (IT) I accept your **invitation**. rapporteur. - (IT) J'accepte votre **invitation**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1246152) - Article 74: **Invitations** to candidates Article 74: **Invitations** des candidats ([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 3195207) - D. **Invitations** by Governments D. **Invitations** adressées par des États ([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 24031646) - She refused my **invitation**. Elle refusa mon **invitation**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#314353](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/314353) [\#1337247](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1337247)) ## adjudication Used about 6 174 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 10 · legal and administrative ≈ 6 164). Forms: adjudication, adjudications. - Last year there was some delay with certain **invitations** to tender. Nous avions l'an dernier un retard dans certaines **adjudications**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 323161) - The **invitation** shall remain open until 16 December 2010. L’**adjudication** est ouverte jusqu’au 16 décembre 2010. ([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 2117107) - It provides for two partial **invitations** to tender per month, except for August and December. Il prévoit deux **adjudications** partielles par mois sauf pour les mois d'août et de décembre. ([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 4286885) - The various stages and characteristics of the partial **invitations** to tender should be specified. Il y a lieu de préciser les étapes et les caractéristiques de l'**adjudication** partielle. ([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 1323335) - The notice may be amended during the period of validity of the standing **invitation** to tender. L’avis d’**adjudication** peut être modifié pendant la durée de l’adjudication permanente. ([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 468419) ## offres Used about 1 462 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 152 · legal and administrative ≈ 625 · UN documents ≈ 684). - Now there has to be an **invitation** to tender. Des appels d'**offres** doivent être lancés. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1969880) - Firstly, as shown in recitals 186 et seq., the **invitation** to tender was in reality for the granting of public funding. En premier lieu, comme démontré aux considérants 186 et suivants, l’appel d’**offres** concernait en réalité l’octroi d’un financement public. ([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 5112109) - During 1992, preparations were made for international **invitations** to tender and the adjudication of bids. Des dispositions ont été prises en 1992 pour le lancement d ' appels d ' **offres** internationaux et l ' adjudication des contrats. ([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 312783) - Israel will be able to participate straight away in **invitations** to tender for specific programmes. Dès cet instant, Israël participe aux appels d'**offres** des programmes spécifiques. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1624706) - Financing will generally take the form of direct purchase of goods and services by means of open and/or restricted **invitations** to tender. Le financement prendra généralement la forme d'achats directs de biens et de services au moyen d'appels d'**offres** ouverts et/ou restreints. ([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 874688) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Our Parliament first asked experts to help it evaluate the performance of the European Commission and they took advantage of this **invitation** to determine, themselves, what its future should be. Notre Parlement a commencé par inviter les sages à l'aider à apprécier les actes de la Commission européenne et ils en ont profité pour se saisir de son destin. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 3855) - A second meeting was to take place under the Belgian Presidency, this time at the **invitation** of the US, to lay the groundwork for future agreements. Une deuxième réunion devrait avoir lieu pendant la présidence belge, sous les auspices cette fois des États-Unis, afin de jeter les bases de futurs accords. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 224874) - Although he offered me that **invitation** to come back because all is forgiven, I regret to say that I cannot reciprocate. Bien qu'il m'ait proposé de répondre parce que tout est pardonné, j'ai le regret de dire que ce n'est pas réciproque. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1878275) ## 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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