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# observation — English to French

How English *observation* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 5 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: observation (26 878), observations (85 160). By style: everyday 34 · literary 15 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 2 748 · legal and administrative 7 124 · UN documents 102 116.

## observation

Used about 99 521 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 27 · literary ≈ 13 · parliamentary ≈ 1 546 · legal and administrative ≈ 6 456 · UN documents ≈ 91 479). Forms: observation, observations.

- That is a keen **observation**.
  C'est une **observation** pertinente.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#8329622](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8329622) [\#10286713](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10286713))

- Gavroche immediately began to take **observations**.
  Gavroche entra sur-le-champ en **observation**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 19860)

- Allow me to make three **observations**.
  Permettez-moi trois **observations**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 172946)

- The **observation** site of the RVR.
  Le site d’**observation** de la RVR
  ([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 5176918)

- V. **OBSERVATIONS** AND RECOMMENDATIONS
  V. **OBSERVATIONS** ET RECOMMANDATIONS
  ([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 4218465)

## ci

Used about 2 127 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 2 127).

- 294. At its 1037th meeting, on 15 March 1994, the Committee adopted the following concluding **observations**.
  294. À sa 1037e séance, le 15 mars 1994, le Comité a adopté les conclusions **ci**-après.
  ([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 583396)

- The existing and planned radar capabilities for **observation** of debris for sizes smaller than 10-30 cm in diameter are given in table 1. 1.1.2 Optical measurements
  24. Les capacités radar existantes et prévues pour observer les débris d’un diamètre inférieur à 10 à 30 cm sont indiquées au tableau 1 **ci**-dessous.
  ([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 4650060)

## remarque

Used about 1 557 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 344 · legal and administrative ≈ 148 · UN documents ≈ 1 064).

- Can I make one **observation**?
  Puis-je faire une **remarque** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3731249](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3731249) [\#3961530](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3961530))

- That is my first **observation**.
  C’est ma première **remarque**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 729864)

- **Observation** concerning selective-yellow colour
  **Remarque** sur la couleur jaune sélectif
  ([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 5527934)

- 23. Mr. Lindgren Alves endorsed Mr. Kut &apos; s **observation** concerning the right of Meskhetian Turks to self-identification.
  23. M. Lindgren Alves fait sienne la **remarque** de M. Kut concernant le droit à l &apos; auto-identification des Meskhètes.
  ([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 26037446)

- A second **observation** concerns the subsidies on tobacco.
  Une seconde **remarque** concerne les subventions pour le tabac.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 189095)

## comité

Used about 1 064 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 064).

- 22. A Joint Military **Observation** Committee, consisting of an equal number of observers from the two Parties shall be stationed in Abyei.
  Un **Comité** mixte des observateurs militaires, comprenant un nombre égal d &apos; observateurs des deux Parties, sera situé à Abyei.
  ([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 25057867)

## état

Used about 74 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 74).

- The Commission may address **observations** to a Member State concerning the implementation of the operational programme.
  La Commission peut adresser des recommandations à un **État** membre sur l'exécution du programme opérationnel.
  ([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 3263772)

## More sentences

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

- Entanglement with the world constitutes an **observation**.
  L'intrication avec le monde constitue un constat.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#10521805](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10521805) [\#10521844](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10521844))

- He went to France not so much for sightseeing as for **observation**.
  Il n'est pas allé en France tellement pour visiter les monuments, mais pour observer.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by shekitten and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#283278](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/283278) [\#390289](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/390289))

- The very sick baby was under careful **observation** by the doctors.
  Le bébé très malade était sous haute surveillance par les médecins.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and AmarMecheri · checked, community translation · [\#266587](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/266587) [\#7288403](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7288403))

## 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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