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Forms: mécanisme, mécanismes. - I must confess, however, that I am not happy about the second aspect, the **machinery** for resolving conflicts. J'avoue n'être guère rassuré quant au deuxième aspect: le **mécanisme** de règlement des différends. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1641192) - Effective national **machinery** and publicity **Mécanismes** nationaux et publicité efficaces ([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 4116231) - Knowing how long it takes for legislation to go through the Union **machinery**, there is every reason to be very pessimistic. Sachant combien de temps il faut pour faire passer la législation à travers le **mécanisme** communautaire, nous pouvons être très pessimistes. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1613886) - National **machinery** for the advancement of women **Mécanisme** national de promotion de la femme ([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 22407841) - It is therefore a matter of priority that the European Union should equip itself with the **machinery** needed to ensure the full participation it deserves. C'est pourquoi il est prioritaire que l'Union européenne se dote des **mécanismes** lui permettant de participer pleinement et dignement. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 117321) ## machines Used about 11 455 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 212 · legal and administrative ≈ 8 809 · UN documents ≈ 2 430). - **Machinery** uses a lot of electricity. Les **machines** usent beaucoup d'électricité. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by fishda and dominiko · checked, community translation · [\#20478](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/20478) [\#9341](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9341)) - In the hollow depths of the huge ship they could hear a confused and continuous commotion; the noise of bales and cases pitched down into the hold mingling with footsteps, voices, the creaking of the **machinery** lowering the freight, the boatswain’s whistle, and the clatter of chains dragged or wound on to capstans by the snorting and panting engine which sent a slight vibration from end to end of the great vessel. On entendait dans les profondeurs sonores de l'immense bâtiment une grande agitation confuse et continue, où la chute des marchandises entassées dans les cales se mêlait aux pas, aux voix, au mouvement des **machines** chargeant les caisses, aux sifflets des contremaîtres et à la rumeur des chaînes traînées ou enroulées sur les treuils par l'haleine rauque de la vapeur qui faisait vibrer un peu le corps entier du gros navire. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 2307) - This type of **machinery** operates very satisfactorily. Le fonctionnement de ce type de **machines** est tout à fait satisfaisant. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 349603) - Occupied by **machineries** Occupés par des **machines** ([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 5160321) - Its principal imports are consumer goods, industrial **machinery** and vehicles. Ses importations les plus importantes concernent les produits de consommation, les **machines** industrielles et les véhicules de transport. ([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 1177773) ## nationaux Used about 1 701 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 701). - 48. The role of national **machineries** at the international level is increasing. 48. Le rôle des dispositifs **nationaux** à l ' échelle inter-nationale prend de plus en plus d ' importance. ([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 5223459) - 44. The international community played a crucial role in the establishment of national **machineries**. 44. La communauté internationale a joué un rôle crucial dans l ' établissement des dispositifs **nationaux**. ([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 5223445) - (d) Promotion of a network using existing networks targeting national **machineries** and NGOs in pilot countries. d) Promotion d ' un réseau utilisant les réseaux déjà en place ciblant les organismes **nationaux** et les ONG dans les pays pilotes. ([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 7721231) - National women ' s **machineries** are contributing to the promotion of research on women and media (e.g. Algeria, Mali, Namibia). Les dispositifs **nationaux** pour les femmes stimulent la recherche sur les femmes et les médias et y contribuent (Algérie, Mali, Namibie...). ([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 21036425) - 76. National **machineries** should use international agreements in order to hold Governments accountable. 76. Les dispositifs **nationaux** devraient se fonder sur les accords internationaux pour s ' assurer que les gouvernements s ' acquittent de leurs responsabilités. ([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 5223602) ## appareils Used about 115 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 12 · legal and administrative ≈ 104). - It is not absolutely certain that the predominance of men in the party **machinery** alone is responsible. Il n'est pas certain que la prédominance des hommes dans les **appareils** de partis en soit seule responsable. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 18807) - Parts of **machinery** and apparatus for filtering or purifying liquids or gases, n.e.s. Parties d'**appareils** pour la filtration ou l'épuration des liquides ou des gaz, n.d.a. ([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 227556) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Left-hand threads have now become unusual in **machinery** but they can still be found on some objects, such as on bicycles' pedals, for instance. Les filetages à gauches sont devenus rares en mécanique mais on les trouve encore sur certains objets, comme sur les pédaliers de vélo, par exemple. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by GeeZ and GeeZ · checked, community translation · [\#1251022](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1251022) [\#1251014](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1251014)) - The human space explorers could not make sense of the well-preserved ancient alien **machinery**. Les explorateurs spatiaux humains ne purent comprendre l'antique machinerie extra-terrestre bien conservée. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by nonong and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1468177](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1468177) [\#1470758](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1470758)) - Effective **machinery** must be deployed to monitor the activities of European undertakings in particular. Des instruments efficaces de surveillance des agissements, notamment des entreprises européennes, sont à mettre en ?uvre. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 471358) ## 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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