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Forms: possibilité, possibilités. - The **opportunities** are endless. Les **possibilités** sont infinies. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and Rockaround · checked, community translation · [\#5732010](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5732010) [\#2810012](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2810012)) - It should be given the benefit of the doubt as well as **opportunities** to prove itself. Il faut aussi lui donner des chances et des **possibilités**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1932971) - Period of application and fishing **opportunities** Période d'application et **possibilités** de pêche ([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 2800590) - A. Challenges and **opportunities** A. Défis et **possibilités** ([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 23546586) - There are few parking **opportunities** here. Il y a ici peu de **possibilités** de stationnement. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by belgavox and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1723074](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1723074) [\#1689743](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1689743)) ## occasion Used about 31 619 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 71 · literary ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 5 579 · legal and administrative ≈ 357 · UN documents ≈ 25 603). - I'm giving you an **opportunity**. Je te donne une **occasion**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3730223](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3730223) [\#4142250](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4142250)) - His determination once taken, he awaited an **opportunity**. Une fois sa détermination arrêtée, il attendit l'**occasion**. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 19176) - From that time he sought **opportunity** to betray him. Depuis ce moment, il cherchait une **occasion** favorable pour livrer Jésus. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 26:16) - Dakar is an **opportunity** to deliver on internationally agreed targets. Dakar sera l'**occasion** de progresser vers ces cibles internationalement reconnues. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 36284) - It is considered that these extensive efforts have given every **opportunity** to biodiesel companies in the USA to make themselves known. Il est considéré que toutes ces mesures ont donné maintes fois l'**occasion** aux sociétés américaines du secteur de se faire connaître. ([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 1861099) ## chances Used about 31 242 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 2 789 · legal and administrative ≈ 714 · UN documents ≈ 27 737). - He has squandered every **opportunity** I've given him. Il a gâché toutes les **chances** que je lui ai données. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#739160](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/739160) [\#800500](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/800500)) - It addresses the four fundamental freedoms laid down in the Treaty of Rome, and equal **opportunities**. Elle aborde les quatre libertés fondamentales établies dans le traité de Rome ainsi que l’égalité des **chances**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 777531) - Europol is an equal **opportunities** employer, Europol est un employeur pratiquant l’égalité des **chances**, ([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 1723478) - (e) Equality of **opportunity**; e) l ' égalité des **chances**; ([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 26502909) - Another key task for Member States will be promoting equal **opportunities** in IT and electronic inclusion. Une autre tâche essentielle pour les États membres sera de promouvoir l'égalité des **chances** dans les TI et l'inclusion électronique. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1019413) ## opportunités Used about 9 413 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 26 · parliamentary ≈ 2 510 · legal and administrative ≈ 476 · UN documents ≈ 6 401). - I've missed so many **opportunities**. J'ai raté tant d'**opportunités**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#4999708](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4999708) [\#7785843](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7785843)) - That is just a small example of the **opportunities** offered by new technology. Il s'agit d'un petit exemple des **opportunités** offertes par les nouvelles technologies. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 977822) - Identify business risks and **opportunities**; détermination des risques et **opportunités** économiques, ([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 4787784) - This allows them to move on and tap other lifelong learning **opportunities**. Cela les encourage à continuer et à saisir d ' autres **opportunités** de formation tout au long de leur vie. ([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 26088927) - He makes the most of his **opportunities**. Il met à profit ses **opportunités**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and U2FS · checked, community translation · [\#290661](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/290661) [\#795329](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/795329)) ## eu Used about 2 661 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 279 · legal and administrative ≈ 238 · UN documents ≈ 2 134). - You had plenty of **opportunity**. Vous avez **eu** plein d'occasions. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3730222](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3730222) [\#4142230](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4142230)) - I answered them that it is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man to destruction before the accused has met the accusers face to face and has had **opportunity** to make his defense concerning the matter laid against him. Je leur ai répondu que ce n’est pas la coutume des Romains de livrer un homme avant que l’inculpé ait été mis en présence de ses accusateurs, et qu’il ait **eu** la faculté de se défendre sur les choses dont on l’accuse. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 25:16) - In the space of a few weeks, you had two historic **opportunities**, Mr Barroso, to affirm your independence of the Council, and you decided not to do so. M. Barroso, vous avez **eu** en quelques semaines deux occasions historiques d’affirmer votre indépendance vis-à-vis du Conseil et vous avez décidé de ne pas le faire. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 623053) - All parties who so requested were granted the **opportunity** to be heard. Toutes les parties qui l'ont demandé ont **eu** l'occasion d'être entendues. ([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 452098) - However, it remains concerned that the process has started before the General Assembly has had the **opportunity** to consider the Secretary-General ' s proposals. Il déplore néanmoins que le processus ait commencé avant même que l ' Assemblée générale ait **eu** le temps d ' examiner les propositions du Secrétaire général. ([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 23735121) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - She availed herself of every **opportunity**. Elle profita de chaque opportunité. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#310329](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/310329) [\#133912](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/133912)) - This is a once-in-a-lifetime **opportunity**. Il s'agit d'une opportunité unique. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and megamanenm · checked, community translation · [\#7735064](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7735064) [\#11509582](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11509582)) - Thank you for the **opportunity**. Merci pour l'opportunité. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#2643011](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2643011) [\#7119960](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7119960)) ## 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/). ## About these examples Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. 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