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# operating — English to French

How English *operating* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 2 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: operating (87 893), operatings (1). By style: everyday 19 · literary 1 · parliamentary 2 595 · legal and administrative 23 645 · UN documents 61 634.

## fonctionnement

Used about 21 442 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 216 · legal and administrative ≈ 7 389 · UN documents ≈ 13 836).

- We still have to define certain **operating** procedures and to guarantee the full independence of the Office.
  Il reste à définir certaines modalités de **fonctionnement** et à s'assurer de la totale indépendance de l'Office.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 171294)

- Index (i) refers to **operating** point
  L'indice (i) fait référence au point de **fonctionnement**.
  ([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 4797680)

- **Operating** costs 171.4 million Sch.
  ATS Frais de **fonctionnement** 171,4 mio.
  ([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 333033)

- It is clear the agency has experienced significant difficulties in setting up and **operating** in a satisfactory way.
  Il est clair que l'agence a rencontré d'importantes difficultés d'établissement et de **fonctionnement** adéquat.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1008568)

- Limit values relate to the normal **operating** situation.
  Les valeurs limites correspondent au **fonctionnement** en service normal.
  ([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 3821887)

## exploitation

Used about 12 864 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 13 · parliamentary ≈ 378 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 926 · UN documents ≈ 7 547).

- What **operating** system do you use?
  Quel système d'**exploitation** utilises-tu ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mailohilohi and janTuki · checked, community translation · [\#6011140](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6011140) [\#11607331](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11607331))

- The increased cost of fuel leads to higher **operating** costs.
  L’augmentation du prix du carburant engendre une majoration des charges d’**exploitation**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 859182)

- **Operating** charges, not included in other headings.
  Il s'agit des charges d'**exploitation** n'apparaissant pas sous d'autres rubriques.
  ([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 1819477)

- Annex II **Operating** Funds -- UNDP and UNDP trust funds
  Annexe II Fonds d &apos; **exploitation**: PNUD et fonds d &apos; affectation spéciale administrés par le PNUD
  ([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 15829010)

- We need to cut down **operating** costs.
  Nous devons réduire les coûts d'**exploitation**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#4664077](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4664077) [\#12005645](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12005645))

## More sentences

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

- Entry to the **operating** room is prohibited.
  L'accès au bloc opératoire est interdit.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#11523737](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11523737) [\#11523742](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11523742))

- You can't turn the heat off as long as the system is **operating**.
  Tu ne peux pas baisser le chauffage tant que le système est en marche.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#45606](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/45606) [\#9160686](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9160686))

- Carry her to the **operating** room.
  Portez-la en salle d'opération.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1311766](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1311766) [\#1311829](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1311829))

## 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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