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# obligation — English to French

How English *obligation* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: obligation (88 276), obligations (176 667). By style: everyday 16 · literary 2 · biblical 2 · parliamentary 7 473 · legal and administrative 37 785 · UN documents 219 665.

## obligation

Used about 213 448 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 13 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 5 683 · legal and administrative ≈ 33 849 · UN documents ≈ 173 901). Forms: obligation, obligations.

- We have an **obligation** to try.
  Nous avons l'**obligation** d'essayer.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and GB3 · checked, community translation · [\#5512942](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5512942) [\#6551815](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6551815))

- To owe his life to a malefactor, to accept that debt and to repay it; to be, in spite of himself, on a level with a fugitive from justice, and to repay his service with another service; to allow it to be said to him, “Go,” and to say to the latter in his turn: “Be free”; to sacrifice to personal motives duty, that general **obligation**, and to be conscious, in those personal motives, of something that was also general, and, perchance, superior, to betray society in order to remain true to his conscience; that all these absurdities should be realized and should accumulate upon him,—this was what overwhelmed him.
  Devoir la vie à un malfaiteur, accepter cette dette et la rembourser, être, en dépit de soi-même, de plain-pied avec un repris de justice, et lui payer un service avec un autre service; se laisser dire: Va-t'en, et lui dire à son tour: Sois libre; sacrifier à des motifs personnels le devoir, cette **obligation** générale, et sentir dans ces motifs personnels quelque chose de général aussi, et de supérieur peut-être; trahir la société pour rester fidèle à sa conscience; que toutes ces absurdités se réalisassent et qu'elles vinssent s'accumuler sur lui-même, c'est ce dont il était atterré.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 28543)

- However, it is also a minimum **obligation**.
  Pourtant, c'est aussi une **obligation** minimale.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 245487)

- Non credit-**obligation** assets
  Autres qu'**obligations** de crédit
  ([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 3349526)

- **Obligation** not to cause significant harm
  **Obligation** de ne pas causer de dommages significatifs
  ([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 3290706)

## nous

Used about 5 434 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 856 · UN documents ≈ 4 576).

- You have no **obligation** to help us.
  Tu n'es pas obligé de **nous** aider.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and gall · checked, community translation · [\#69539](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/69539) [\#426837](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/426837))

- We have an **obligation** to strengthen their European prospects as well.
  **Nous** avons également le devoir de renforcer leurs perspectives européennes.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1281603)

- We have equal rights and we have equal **obligations**.
  **Nous** sommes égaux en droits et en devoirs.
  ([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 10381945)

- And plurality means the **obligation** to regulate the role of workers throughout the organisation.
  La pluralité **nous** oblige à réglementer le rôle des travailleurs dans l'ensemble de l'organisation.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 220331)

- In particular, we call for the nuclear-weapon States to fulfil their **obligations** by taking practical steps as they have the special responsibility to do so.
  **Nous** appelons notamment les États dotés d &apos; armes nucléaires à honorer leurs engagements en prenant des mesures concrètes puisqu &apos; ils ont une responsabilité particulière à cet égard.
  ([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 21956162)

## cette

Used about 2 289 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 1 · UN documents ≈ 2 288).

- and the land is subdued before the LORD; then afterward you shall return, and be clear of **obligation** to the LORD and to Israel. Then this land shall be your possession before the LORD.
  et si vous revenez seulement après que le pays aura été soumis devant l’Éternel, vous serez alors sans reproche vis-à-vis de l’Éternel et vis-à-vis d’Israël, et **cette** contrée-ci sera votre propriété devant l’Éternel.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 32:22)

- As a State included in that list, Poland fulfilled its **obligations** and ratified the Treaty in 1999.
  La Pologne figure sur **cette** liste de 44 États et a ratifié le Traité en 1999.
  ([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 9563491)

## matière

Used about 2 288 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 2 288).

- Although this has generally resulted in a better understanding of the criteria for raising **obligations**, some certifying officers were still misinterpreting the guidance.
  Même si cela a entraîné de façon générale une meilleure compréhension des critères applicables en la **matière**, certains agents certificateurs continuaient de mal interpréter les directives.
  ([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 2467260)

## More sentences

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

- It is our **obligation** to help.
  Il est de notre devoir d'aider.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by bluepie88 and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#267184](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/267184) [\#827144](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/827144))

- But the student has an **obligation** because he's more likely to understand the financial and social phenomenon and global realities; it is his **obligation** to be a dynamic factor in a process of change, while never losing sight of reality.
  Mais celui qui est étudiant a un devoir parce qu'il est plus à même de comprendre les phénomènes économiques et sociaux et les réalités du monde ; il a le devoir d'être un facteur dynamique du processus de changement, mais sans non plus perdre de vue la réalité.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by marcelostockle and Malape · checked, community translation · [\#1327339](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1327339) [\#3436846](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3436846))

- They shall keep all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting, and the **obligations** of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.
  Ils auront le soin de tous les ustensiles de la tente d’assignation, et de ce qui est remis à la garde des enfants d’Israël: ils feront le service du tabernacle.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 3:8)

## 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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