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# ongoing — English to French

How English *ongoing* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: ongoing (90 826). By style: everyday 11 · parliamentary 2 462 · legal and administrative 3 668 · UN documents 84 685.

## cours

Used about 27 798 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 1 180 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 910 · UN documents ≈ 24 700).

- It's an **ongoing** process.
  Le processus est en **cours**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3791280](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3791280) [\#3793235](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3793235))

- I think it will help in the **ongoing** discussion.
  Je pense qu’elles seront utiles au débat en **cours**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 811077)

- That programme is still **ongoing**.
  Ce programme est encore en **cours**.
  ([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 2488305)

- The implementation of the recommendation is **ongoing**.
  L &apos; application de cette recommandation est en **cours**.
  ([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 19738726)

- The investigation is **ongoing**.
  L'enquête est en **cours**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#4500349](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4500349) [\#870885](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/870885))

## activités

Used about 5 293 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 5 293).

- It also aggregates, under a new frame, **ongoing** UNU academic activities in this area.
  Il regroupe également, dans un nouveau cadre, les **activités** suivies que mène l &apos; UNU dans ce domaine.
  ([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 1914476)

- Developing countries need to be encouraged and supported to become full partners in **ongoing** research and development.
  Les pays en développement doivent être encouragés et aidés à participer pleinement aux **activités** de recherche et de développement.
  ([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 5124862)

- In a few weeks &apos; time, **ongoing** monitoring will be introduced into La Wester (Inés Arango) sector, another strategic point for oversight of the zone.
  Dans quelques semaines, le contrôle permanent entrera en vigueur dans le secteur de La Wester (Inés Arango), un autre point stratégique pour le contrôle des **activités** dans cette région.
  ([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 18786204)

## continue

Used about 4 014 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 103 · legal and administrative ≈ 382 · UN documents ≈ 3 529).

- The career soldier commits to long-term service, with **ongoing** training and opportunities for advancement.
  Le militaire de carrière s’engage pour servir sur le long terme, avec une formation **continue** et des perspectives d’avancement.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#13362880](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13362880) [\#13362879](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13362879))

- There is a huge, **ongoing** decline in human rights and democracy in Tunisia.
  Il y a une dégradation massive et **continue** des droits de l'homme et de la démocratie en Tunisie.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1331700)

- Initial and **ongoing** assessment of staff
  Évaluation initiale et **continue** du personnel
  ([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 3643723)

- Providing **ongoing** training for statisticians in the production, dissemination and analysis of vital statistics;
  Assurer une formation **continue** aux statisticiens dans la production, la diffusion et l &apos; analyse des statistiques de l &apos; état civil;
  ([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 29939924)

- This is why **ongoing** training plays a key role in constantly adapting vocational qualifications to the demands of the economy.
  C'est pourquoi la formation **continue** joue un rôle essentiel dans l'adaptation constante des qualifications professionnelles aux demandes de l'économie.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1573604)

## More sentences

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

- Learning is an **ongoing** process.
  L'apprentissage est un processus continu.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Nuel and Nuel · checked, community translation · [\#11600456](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11600456) [\#11600453](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11600453))

- Time's ability to mend emotional wounds implies that healing is a gradual and **ongoing** process.
  La capacité du temps à réparer les blessures émotionnelles implique que la guérison est un processus graduel et continu.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Nuel and Nuel · checked, community translation · [\#12123066](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12123066) [\#12123069](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12123069))

- It must also be said that the illegal settlements are an **ongoing** factor preventing a peaceful solution.
  Il faut également dire que les colonies illégales sont un facteur constant empêchant une solution pacifique.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 505177)

## 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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