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# operational — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: operational (148 985), operationals (1). By style: everyday 3 · parliamentary 2 764 · legal and administrative 20 748 · UN documents 125 471.

## opérationnel

Used about 108 065 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 2 015 · legal and administrative ≈ 16 426 · UN documents ≈ 89 622). Forms: opérationnel, opérationnelle, opérationnelles, opérationnels.

- The **operational** reservist actively supports the armed forces during exercises or specific missions.
  Le réserviste **opérationnel** s’engage activement aux côtés des forces armées lors d’exercices ou de missions ponctuelles.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#13362864](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13362864) [\#13362863](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13362863))

- The new system must be **operational** from 2005.
  Le nouveau système doit être **opérationnel** en 2005.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 401072)

- C 16.00 - **OPERATIONAL** RISK (OPR)
  C 16.00 - RISQUE **OPÉRATIONNEL** (OPR)
  ([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 5386634)

- **Operational** parameters for the TER Network
  Paramètres **opérationnels** du Réseau TER
  ([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 6787365)

- Senior officers, such as the commandant (major), lieutenant colonel, and colonel, hold key responsibilities within **operational** units.
  Les officiers supérieurs, tels que le commandant, le lieutenant-colonel et le colonel, exercent des responsabilités importantes au sein des unités **opérationnelles**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#13362847](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13362847) [\#13362839](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13362839))

## fonctionnement

Used about 11 654 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 115 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 297 · UN documents ≈ 10 243).

- However, it is essential to guarantee its full **operational** independence.
  Il est toutefois essentiel de garantir sa totale indépendance de **fonctionnement**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1383844)

- The refrigerant selection should take into account **operational** safety and energy efficiency.
  Les questions de sécurité du **fonctionnement** et d’efficacité énergétique devraient être prises en considération pour le choix du réfrigérant.
  ([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 2827224)

- C. **Operational** modalities and synergies 27 - 31 11
  C. Modalités de **fonctionnement** et synergies 27 - 31 12
  ([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 28325195)

- Furthermore, this programme must award **operational** grants to organisations active at European level in the field of equality between women and men.
  Par ailleurs, ce programme doit attribuer des subventions de **fonctionnement** pour les organisations qui opèrent au niveau européen dans le domaine de l’égalité entre les femmes et les hommes.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 527972)

- Airbag and safety restraint systems **operational** with inhibited passenger airbag if this function exists
  Coussins gonflables et systèmes de retenue de sécurité en état de **fonctionnement**, avec désactivation du coussin gonflable passager si cette fonction existe
  ([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 5506476)

## activités

Used about 2 561 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 2 561).

- In this context, UNDCP has made special efforts to identify and clarify the **operational** linkages between its core activities and the broader sphere of development.
  C’est pourquoi le PNUCID s’est tout spécialement efforcé de mettre en évidence les liens concrets existant entre ses **activités** de base et le domaine plus vaste du 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 6391282)

## développement

Used about 58 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 58).

- So I welcome the very **operational** report of Mrs Mann and thank her for the support that she and Parliament have given to the development of the relationship.
  Je me félicite donc du rapport très concret de Mme Mann et je la remercie pour le soutien qu'elle et le Parlement ont apporté au **développement** des relations.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1914219)

## More sentences

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

- The volunteer deputy gendarme serves for a fixed term within **operational** or support units.
  Le gendarme adjoint volontaire sert pour une durée déterminée au sein d’unités de terrain ou de soutien.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#13362917](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13362917) [\#13362916](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13362916))

- All these issues must be put to India if we really want an **operational**, effective and democratic multilateral trade system.
  Il faut absolument discuter de toutes ces questions avec l’Inde si nous voulons réellement un système commercial multilatéral qui fonctionne et qui soit efficace et démocratique.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 858646)

- A Social Protection Committee, with a similar status and aims, was established by Council decision of 29 June 2002, and has been **operational** since that date.
  Un comité de la protection sociale, reposant sur un statut et des objectifs similaires, a été créé par la décision du Conseil du 29 juin 2002 et fonctionne depuis cette date.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 557479)

## Grammar

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