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# officials — English to French

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

The [Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) has no article on this word yet.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: officials (115 431). By style: everyday 16 · biblical 8 · parliamentary 2 911 · legal and administrative 5 761 · UN documents 106 735.

## fonctionnaires

Used about 44 367 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 1 516 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 041 · UN documents ≈ 37 802).

- These government **officials** are corrupt.
  Ces **fonctionnaires** du gouvernement sont corrompus.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3555084](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3555084) [\#3559411](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3559411))

- But it does indicate that the salaries paid to **officials** are excessive.
  Mais cela prouve que les salaires des **fonctionnaires** sont excessifs.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1995464)

- basic salaries of **officials** and temporary staff,
  le traitement de base des **fonctionnaires** et agents temporaires,
  ([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 4134492)

- These **officials** received training at the very start of their work.
  Ces **fonctionnaires** ont été formés au tout début de leur activité.
  ([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 7903105)

- The corrupt government **officials** fled the country.
  Les **fonctionnaires** corrompus ont fui le pays.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#4225693](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4225693) [\#12197206](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12197206))

## agents

Used about 15 928 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 121 · legal and administrative ≈ 240 · UN documents ≈ 15 566).

- The hecklers were escorted from the venue by security **officials**.
  Les perturbateurs ont été escortés hors de la salle par des **agents** de sécurité.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by ToxicFriu and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#10760045](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10760045) [\#10760046](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10760046))

- We must not build a new 'Berlin Wall' of **officials** and information.
  Nous ne devons pas bâtir un nouveau "Mur de Berlin" des **agents** et de l'information.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1118657)

- The **officials** of the body appealed to shall remain in charge of the control operations at all times.
  Les **agents** de l’instance requise assurent à tout moment la conduite des opérations de contrôle.
  ([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 1559384)

- In a fourth jurisdiction, there was no general immunity for public **officials**.
  Dans un quatrième État, il n &apos; y avait pas d &apos; immunité générale pour les **agents** publics.
  ([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 27577657)

- This will mean a great deal of work for customs **officials** and it is a perfect present for them.
  Cela donnera beaucoup de travail aux **agents** des douanes, mais c'est un cadeau parfait pour eux.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1094656)

## responsables

Used about 11 905 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 546 · legal and administrative ≈ 240 · UN documents ≈ 11 118).

- The politician pushed for reform by denouncing the corruption of the government **officials**.
  Le politicien fit pression pour une réforme en dénonçant la corruption des **responsables** gouvernementaux.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Swift and ANH\_DAO · checked, community translation · [\#2020](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2020) [\#3825](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3825))

- 'We are preparing for their future integration into the euro zone' say ECB **officials**.
  Nous préparons leur intégration future à la zone euro , répondent les **responsables** de la BCE.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1890461)

- In particular, several sales transactions of this allegedly unrelated importer were carried out by two of Chinaland's **officials**.
  En particulier, plusieurs opérations de vente de cet importateur prétendument indépendant ont été réalisées par deux **responsables** de Chinaland.
  ([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 4381146)

- **Officials** of Executive Outcomes
  Les **responsables** de Executive Outcomes
  ([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 4215973)

- We need regular meetings between **officials** responsible for external affairs and security.
  Nous devons fixer des réunions régulières entre les **responsables** des affaires extérieures et de la sécurité.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1295108)

## hauts

Used about 6 671 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 6 671).

- A. Senior **officials** segment 45
  A. Segment **hauts** responsables 51
  ([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 28242052)

- Security :: Personal protection for the head of Mission and other designated senior Mission **officials** and visitors
  :: Protection rapprochée du chef de la Mission et de certains **hauts** responsables de la Mission et de personnalités en visite
  ([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 16248997)

- The insurgents made a number of demands, including the replacement of senior government **officials**, the partition of Khatlon province and an amnesty for themselves.
  Les insurgés ont présenté plusieurs revendications, dont le remplacement de **hauts** responsables gouvernementaux, le partage de la province de Khatlon et la proclamation d &apos; une amnistie en leur faveur.
  ([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 3143982)

## More sentences

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

- Chinese **officials** say economic growth has dropped to a three-year low because of the world economy.
  Les officiels chinois disent que la croissance économique est tombée à son plus bas niveau depuis trois ans en raison de l'économie mondiale.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Source\_VOA and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1694551](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1694551) [\#1696335](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1696335))

- Many **officials** starved to death.
  Beaucoup d'officiels mouraient de faim.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#10913120](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10913120) [\#12969585](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12969585))

- The customs **officials** boarded the ship.
  Les douaniers sont montés à bord du navire.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#1963050](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1963050) [\#10764085](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10764085))

## 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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