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# operator — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: operator (34 003), operators (34 669). By style: everyday 9 · parliamentary 3 299 · legal and administrative 47 415 · UN documents 17 949.

## opérateur

Used about 27 413 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 1 856 · legal and administrative ≈ 19 756 · UN documents ≈ 5 796). Forms: opérateur, opérateurs.

- To speak to the **operator**, press 0.
  Pour parler à l'**opérateur**, appuyez sur 0.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and menaud · checked, community translation · [\#12324145](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12324145) [\#12324144](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12324144))

- **Operator** number portability and carrier pre-selection
  Portabilité du numéro et présélection de l'**opérateur**
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1847077)

- Rental/leasing without **operators**
  Location/crédit–bail sans **opérateurs**
  ([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 294567)

- Minimum **operator** demand (idle point)
  Demande minimale de l &apos; **opérateur**
  ([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 28232287)

- Please hang up and the **operator** will call you back.
  Veuillez raccrocher et un **opérateur** vous rappellera.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and manuchko · checked, community translation · [\#279338](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/279338) [\#9147204](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9147204))

## exploitant

Used about 26 510 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 344 · legal and administrative ≈ 20 744 · UN documents ≈ 5 422). Forms: exploitant, exploitants.

- Does the **operator** really save inspection costs?
  L’**exploitant** réduit-il réellement ses coûts d’inspection?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 576702)

- **Operator** using TAIL NB:FRAIZ
  **Exploitant** utilisant TAIL NB:FRAIZ
  ([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 2367337)

- “Manager or **operator** of the ship”;
  — armateur gérant et **exploitant** du navire
  ([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 5999077)

- Secondly, a distinction needs to be drawn between the national **operator** and whoever owns the track.
  Par ailleurs, une distinction devrait être faite entre **exploitants** et propriétaires de chemins de fer nationaux.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 51677)

- **Operator** using ICAO\_CODE:NCB
  **Exploitant** utilisant le CODE\_OACI:NCB
  ([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 3248740)

## transport

Used about 3 099 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 69 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 470 · UN documents ≈ 561).

- We thus need modern railway companies which work as European-minded transport **operators**.
  Pour cela il nous faut des compagnies de chemins de fer modernes qui fonctionnent comme des entreprises de **transport** avec une mentalité européenne.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1646670)

- each undertaking which owns a transmission system acts as a transmission system **operator**;
  chaque entreprise qui possède un réseau de **transport** agisse en qualité de gestionnaire de réseau de transport;
  ([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 1759805)

- (c) CFR Marfa is national railway freight **operator**.
  c) CFR Marfa est la société nationale de **transport** ferroviaire de marchandises.
  ([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 17315262)

- The main point here is the inclusion of the rules on transport of live animals among the criteria for assessing a transport **operator**'s personal reliability.
  Elles concernent en particulier l'inclusion des dispositions sur le **transport** d'animaux dans le contrôle de la fiabilité personnelle du transporteur.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1741158)

- Transmission system **operators** shall publish at least the following information about their systems and services:
  Les gestionnaires de réseau de **transport** publient au moins les informations ci-après concernant leurs systèmes et leurs services:
  ([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 741129)

## code

Used about 187 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 187).

- Most of the tour **operators** included a statement concerning sustainable tourism in their code of conduct.
  La plupart des voyagistes ont inclus dans leur **code** de conduite une déclaration relative au tourisme durable.
  ([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 18715364)

## économiques

Used about 69 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 69).

- Current evolution is towards States and not towards individuals and economic **operators**.
  L' évolution actuelle va vers les États et non pas vers les particuliers et les agents **économiques**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2030241)

- It is in the interest of economic **operators** and all consumers that the costs of capital and financial intermediation should be as low as possible.
  Il est de l'intérêt des acteurs **économiques** et de tous les consommateurs que le coût des capitaux et de l'intermédiation financière soit aussi réduit que possible.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 40527)

## More sentences

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

- Despite "No Smoking" signs, the boat **operator** was brazenly smoking all the time.
  Malgré l'écriteau « Défense de fumer », l'homme qui dirigeait le bateau fumait tout le temps sans se gêner.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by fcbond and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#328884](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/328884) [\#180865](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/180865))

- **Operator**, I'd like to place a call to Winnipeg, Canada, but I can't quite remember the number.
  Standardiste, je désirerais appeler Winnipeg, mais j'ai oublié le numéro.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by papabear and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#30981](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/30981) [\#390317](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/390317))

- There are highs and lows in life, said the elevator **operator**.
  Il y a des hauts et des bas dans la vie, comme disait le groom de l'ascenseur.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Jillyappleseed and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#1863606](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1863606) [\#909007](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/909007))

## 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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