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# observations — English to French

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

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Sentence pairs counted, by form: observations (85 160). By style: everyday 10 · literary 4 · parliamentary 1 217 · legal and administrative 5 115 · UN documents 78 814.

## observations

Used about 80 519 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8 · literary ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 609 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 369 · UN documents ≈ 75 530).

- She records the **observations**.
  Elle consigne les **observations**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#12776871](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12776871) [\#13365292](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13365292))

- A FEW **OBSERVATIONS** FOR THE GOOD OF THE SERVICE.
  QUELQUES **OBSERVATIONS** POUR LE BIEN DU SERVICE.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 28709)

- 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)

- Having regard to the **observations** made by Bulgaria,
  vu les **observations** émises par la Bulgarie,
  ([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 2007028)

- 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)

## commentaires

Used about 1 825 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 76 · legal and administrative ≈ 107 · UN documents ≈ 1 642).

- Let me conclude with a couple of **observations** on the role played by the other groups in this House.
  Permettez-moi de conclure par deux **commentaires** sur le rôle joué par les autres groupes au sein de cette Assemblée.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 657270)

- The Commission received Belgium's **observations** by letters dated 17 July 2012, 14 December 2012 and 5 June 2013.
  Elle a reçu les **commentaires** de la Belgique par lettres des 17 juillet 2012, 14 décembre 2012 et 5 juin 2013.
  ([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 3875859)

- 5. The States Parties to the present Covenant may submit to the Committee **observations** on any comments that may be made in accordance with paragraph 4 of this article.
  5. Les États parties au présent Pacte peuvent présenter au Comité des **commentaires** sur toute observation qui serait faite en vertu du paragraphe 4 du présent article.
  ([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 12364520)

- The Commission has drawn on its experience, and on your **observations** too, to make the necessary changes in the programme's management.
  Forte de l'expérience acquise, mais aussi de vos **commentaires**, la Commission a procédé aux modifications qui s'imposaient, notamment concernant la gestion du programme.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1969415)

- . – Mr President, Madam President-in-Office of the Council, Commissioner, I would just like to make two brief **observations** on the subject of the Middle East.
  . - Monsieur le Président, Madame la Présidente en exercice du Conseil, Monsieur le Commissaire, je voudrais juste formuler deux brefs **commentaires** sur la question du Moyen Orient.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 787962)

## comité

Used about 1 642 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 642).

- 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)

## remarques

Used about 306 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 304).

- I cannot but admit the truth of your **observations**.
  Je ne peux pas ne pas reconnaître la vérité de vos **remarques**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and menaud · checked, community translation · [\#12863368](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12863368) [\#12863351](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12863351))

- Let me offer a number of **observations**.
  Permettez-moi de formuler quelques **remarques**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 202730)

- I cannot help but admit the truth of your **observations**.
  Je ne peux pas ne pas reconnaître la vérité de vos **remarques**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and menaud · checked, community translation · [\#70720](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/70720) [\#12863351](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12863351))

- I have two **observations** to make after the event.
  J'ai deux **remarques** à formuler a posteriori.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 343767)

- I will make a few **observations** to the measures included in the Commission proposal.
  J'ai quelques **remarques** à faire sur les mesures avancées dans la proposition de la Commission.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 339934)

## état

Used about 107 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 107).

- 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.

- 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)

- Mrs Wallström, the Commission's role is not just to make **observations**, but to present proposals.
  Madame la Commissaire, le rôle de la Commission ne se borne pas à faire des constatations mais à présenter des propositions.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 810677)

- Our showpiece during the recent past was **observations** at elections.
  Ces derniers temps, l'observation d'élections a pour ainsi dire été notre cheval de bataille.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1793648)

## Grammar

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