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# objective — English to French

How English *objective* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 2 translations with example sentences.

What it means: [objective in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/objective/).

Sentence pairs counted, by form: objective (126 300), objectives (157 500). By style: everyday 49 · parliamentary 26 977 · legal and administrative 36 478 · UN documents 220 296.

## objectif

Used about 238 942 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 36 · parliamentary ≈ 23 043 · legal and administrative ≈ 34 578 · UN documents ≈ 181 285). Forms: objectif, objectifs.

- What is the **objective**?
  Quel est l'**objectif** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ioan\_Cristian and Ioan\_Cristian · checked, community translation · [\#13112924](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13112924) [\#13112917](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13112917))

- Is that our **objective**?
  Est-ce là notre **objectif** ?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 304949)

- **Objective** of common interest
  **Objectif** d’intérêt commun
  ([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 5069168)

- **Objectives** of the briefing
  **Objectifs** de la réunion
  ([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 30186348)

- My **objective** is clear.
  Mon **objectif** est clair.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rul and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#12847925](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12847925) [\#8610721](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8610721))

## cet

Used about 2 576 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 281 · UN documents ≈ 2 295).

- The action plan is very important for this **objective**.
  À **cet** effet, le plan d’action revêt une importance primordiale.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 540922)

- Delete 81, before the line &quot; The following **objectives** need to be met..... &quot;
  Supprimer le numéro 81 avant la ligne qui commence par les mots: &lt; &lt; Pour remplir **cet** engagement... &gt; &gt;
  ([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 10654276)

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- She had achieved her **objective**.
  Elle avait atteint son but.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by erikspen and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#2160723](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2160723) [\#1843466](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1843466))

- The French Revolution not only had as its **objective** to change an old government, but also to abolish the old form of society.
  La Révolution française n'a pas eu seulement pour objet de changer un gouvernement ancien, mais d'abolir la forme ancienne de la société.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#407111](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/407111) [\#407110](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/407110))

- Is there an **objective** reality?
  Existe-t-il une réalité objective ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#12777646](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12777646) [\#13365367](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13365367))

## 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/).

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