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Ils peuvent **surmonter** leur peur. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by dipdowel and U2FS · checked, community translation · [\#2581635](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2581635) [\#805034](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/805034)) - Big hurdles remain to be **overcome** here. Il reste des obstacles importants à **surmonter** dans ce domaine. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1077723) - The issuance of bonds is crucial in order to raise capital and to **overcome** the COVID-19 crisis. L’émission d’obligations est essentielle pour mobiliser des capitaux et **surmonter** la crise liée à la COVID-19. ([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 5350191) - What measures have proved effective to **overcome** those impediments? Quelles mesures se sont révélées utiles pour les **surmonter**? ([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 27388833) - You must **overcome** the difficulties. Tu dois **surmonter** les difficultés. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Trank and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#47824](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/47824) [\#474115](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/474115)) ## obstacles Used about 892 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 150 · UN documents ≈ 741). - He has **overcome** many obstacles. Il a surmonté de nombreux **obstacles**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#301103](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/301103) [\#132877](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/132877)) - It is our hope that the remaining obstacles to Russian membership of the WTO can be **overcome**. Nous espérons que les derniers **obstacles** à l'adhésion de la Russie à l'OMC pourront être surmontés. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1034013) - (c) Describe the measures introduced and designed to **overcome** barriers to the exercise of those rights; c) Décrire les mesures prises en vue de vaincre les **obstacles** à l ' exercice de ces droits; ([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 4116780) - I hope that in the near future, we shall be able to work out solutions to **overcome** the regulatory barriers between the EU and the US. J'espère que dans un avenir proche, nous pourrons définir des solutions pour éliminer les **obstacles** réglementaires entre l'UE et les États-Unis. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1295339) - New purchases have had to be made under tighter restrictions and numerous obstacles have had to be **overcome**. En effet, les achats effectués à cette occasion ont été soumis à des conditions très strictes et se sont heurtés à de nombreux **obstacles**. ([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 8594246) ## difficultés Used about 789 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · legal and administrative ≈ 45 · UN documents ≈ 741). - She could **overcome** all difficulties. Elle pouvait venir à bout de toutes les **difficultés**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Miktsoanit and felix63 · checked, community translation · [\#12197174](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12197174) [\#10162569](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10162569)) - Furthermore, the firm’s financial difficulties were too serious for the group itself to **overcome**. Les **difficultés** financières de l’entreprise étaient en outre trop graves pour être résolues par le groupe lui-même. ([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 2499469) - The Federal Government and society at large were striving to **overcome** those difficulties. Le Gouvernement fédéral et l ' ensemble de la société civile s ' efforcent de vaincre ces **difficultés**. ([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 3706072) - Nothing can take an American by surprise. It has often been said that the word "impossible" was not a French one. People have obviously looked in the wrong dictionary. In America, all is easy, all is simple and mechanical difficulties are **overcome** before they arise. Rien ne saurait étonner un Américain. On a souvent répété que le mot "impossible" n’était pas français; on s’est évidemment trompé de dictionnaire. En Amérique, tout est facile, tout est simple, et quant aux **difficultés** mécaniques, elles sont mortes avant d’être nées. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#663024](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/663024) [\#662971](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/662971)) - The use of payroll as a proxy for profitability removes the need to ascertain profits or **overcomes** difficulties in doing so. L'utilisation des salaires pour remplacer la rentabilité supprime la nécessité de contrôler les bénéfices ou évite ainsi des **difficultés**. ([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 543899) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - She was **overcome** with happiness. Elle fut submergée de bonheur. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Shiawase and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#917797](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/917797) [\#1556910](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1556910)) - She was **overcome** with happiness. Elle était submergée de bonheur. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Shiawase and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#917797](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/917797) [\#920724](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/920724)) - Tom was suddenly **overcome** by a great weariness. Tom a soudain été submergé par une grande lassitude. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#2774737](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2774737) [\#8965469](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8965469)) ## 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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