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Des **mesures** furent prises. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eccles17 and calypsow · checked, community translation · [\#6698012](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6698012) [\#11860692](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11860692)) - The committee must take **measures** to prevent recruiting in the sections for the different societies. --«...Il faut que le comité prenne des **mesures** pour empêcher le recrutement dans les sections pour les différentes sociétés...» ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18412) - He establishes the force of the wind. Yes, he **measures** out the waters by measure. Quand il régla le poids du vent, Et qu’il fixa la **mesure** des eaux, ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 28:25) - We can take legal **measures** to follow up implementation. Nous pouvons prendre des **mesures** juridiques de suivi de la mise 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 141073) - Emergency **measures** in case of an accident **Mesures** d’urgence en cas d’accident ([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 2393028) ## œuvre Used about 5 975 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 5 975). - providing for any other **measures** required to further implement this Decision. prévoyant toute autre mesure nécessaire pour poursuivre la mise en **œuvre** de la présente décision. ([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 4215867) - Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of this Regulation and shall take all **measures** necessary to ensure that they are implemented. Les États membres déterminent le régime des sanctions applicables aux violations du présent règlement et prennent toute mesure nécessaire pour assurer la mise en **œuvre** de celles-ci. ([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 4986105) ## prendre Used about 785 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 785). - The fact that customs administrations were cut back instead of **measures** being taken to offset the disappearance of the internal borders speaks volumes here. Le dégraissage des services de douane, au lieu de **prendre** des dispositions pour compenser la suppression des frontières intérieures, en dit long à ce sujet. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1694409) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - We don't do things by half **measures**. Nous ne faisons pas les choses à moitié. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#11118160](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11118160) [\#1432983](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1432983)) - Parliament approved the austerity **measures** by a narrow majority. Le parlement a approuvé le plan d'économies par une courte majorité. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#10641641](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10641641) [\#991611](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/991611)) - We need to adopt harsh **measures** to tackle the economic crisis. Nous devons appliquer des remèdes sévères à la crise économique. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by zogwarg and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#11911281](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11911281) [\#1054993](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1054993)) ## 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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