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([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Scorpionvenin14 · checked, community translation · [\#2248744](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2248744) [\#3453795](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3453795)) - Democracy is an **optional** extra. La démocratie est un supplément **facultatif**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 638257) - five to nine persons employed (**optional**) De 5 à 9 personnes occupées (**facultatif**) ([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 1602291) - For motor cycles **optional**. **Facultatif** pour les motocycles. ([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 7571064) - The word "the" is **optional** in this sentence. Le mot « le » est **facultatif** dans cette phrase. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and felix63 · checked, community translation · [\#792608](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/792608) [\#792607](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/792607)) ## convention Used about 8 903 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 8 903). - 8. **Optional** Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child 8. Protocoles facultatifs à la **Convention** relative aux droits de l ' enfant ([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 17034843) - OP-CRPD **Optional** Protocol to Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities OP-CRPD Optional Protocol to **Convention** on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ([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 20376508) - OP-CPD **Optional** Protocol to Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; OP-CPD Optional Protocol to **Convention** on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; ([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 22214967) - Convention on the Rights of the Child and its **Optional** Protocols, in Uzbek; La **Convention** relative aux droits de l ' enfant et ses protocoles facultatifs, en ouzbek: ([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 27668666) - OP-CRPD **Optional** Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities OP-CRPD Optional Protocol to the **Convention** on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ([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 20379011) ## rapportant Used about 1 781 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 781). - 338. The Committee recommends that the State party accede to both **Optional** Protocols to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. 338. Le Comité recommande à l ' État partie d ' envisager d ' adhérer aux deux Protocoles facultatifs se **rapportant** au Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques. ([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 3257320) ## se Used about 88 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 88). - An **optional** Backup Local National Interface (hereinafter referred to as ‘BLNI’) which has exact the same content and function as the LNI. Les NI-SIS **se** composent: ([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 1118020) ## protocole Used about 33 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 33). - A second point on the **optional** protocol. J'ai une deuxième remarque, concernant cette fois le **protocole** optionnel. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 218731) - If a protocol is **optional**, the Jamaican government must have thought, then we can leave it voluntarily. Lorsqu'un **protocole** est volontaire, aura pensé le gouvernement jamaïcain, on peut également s'en retirer volontairement. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1822435) - However, the UN **optional** protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography is also referred to. Or, le **protocole** additionnel des Nations unies concernant la vente d'enfants, la prostitution des enfants et la pornographie mettant en scène des enfants est également mentionné. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 407142) - The Commission regrets the Jamaican authorities' decision to terminate its signature of the first **optional** protocol to the International Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. La Commission regrette la décision des autorités jamaïcaines de dénoncer le premier **protocole** volontaire optionnel de la Convention internationale de protection des droits de l'homme et des libertés fondamentales. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1822505) ## droits Used about 8 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 8). - Human rights and international law are not **optional** extras to be defended or ignored depending on the relevant political advantages. Les **droits** de l'homme et le droit international ne constituent pas des options à prendre ou à laisser selon les avantages politiques qui peuvent en résulter. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1288287) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Some business sectors are registered on an **optional** basis under the current version of the Regulation. Certains secteurs d'activité sont enregistrés sur une base facultative au titre de la version actuelle du règlement. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 986461) - For the Commission, accepting the amendment authorising the **optional** introduction of the monitoring measures would be tantamount to negating the substance of the Commission's proposal. Pour la Commission, accepter l'amendement qui autorise une mise en place facultative du mécanisme de contrôle équivaudrait à vider la proposition de la Commission de toute sa substance. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1921366) - That is why the Commission did not propose any change to the level of the rates or the **optional** nature of reduced rates for Member States. C’est la raison pour laquelle la Commission n’a pas proposé de modifier le montant des taux ou la nature facultative des taux réduits pour les États membres. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 531561) ## 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. Every example names its source and licence. 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