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Il y a quelques **postes** de haut niveau disponibles pour vous. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Dejo and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#17526](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/17526) [\#477380](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/477380)) - This means that now there are five times as many women in these **positions** than before. Cela signifie qu'il y a aujourd'hui à ces **postes** cinq fois plus de femmes qu'auparavant. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1495834) - (optional) provision of the following facility: advertisement of open job **positions** or online job application. fourniture du service suivant: publication de **postes** vacants ou possibilité de postuler en ligne (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 2432082) - United Nations Volunteers: decrease of 17 **positions** (redeployment) Volontaires des Nations Unies : diminution de 17 **postes** (redéploiement) ([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 19740261) - He's already been offered a couple of **positions** but he tells me he's holding out for a better salary. On lui a déjà offert quelques **postes** mais il me dit qu'il se réserve pour un meilleur salaire. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#623162](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/623162) [\#815220](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/815220)) ## positions Used about 24 675 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 3 100 · legal and administrative ≈ 6 869 · UN documents ≈ 14 695). Forms: position, positions. - We stormed the enemy **positions**. Nous avons pris d'assaut les **positions** ennemies. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sharptoothed and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#3060910](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3060910) [\#11082127](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11082127)) - The respective **positions** of the two arts will be inverted. Les **positions** respectives des deux arts seront interverties. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 2778) - The report contains numerous common **positions**. Le rapport comprend beaucoup de nos **positions** communes. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 138291) - TRANSPARENCY OF NET SHORT **POSITIONS** TRANSPARENCE DES **POSITIONS** COURTES NETTES ([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 2598154) - My delegation is strongly in favour of the following **positions**. Ma délégation souscrit fermement aux **positions** suivantes. ([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 3524276) ## femmes Used about 4 898 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 4 898). - The number of women in academic **positions** had also increased from 39 per cent of the active population in 2004 to 51 per cent by the end of 2008. Le nombre de **femmes** parmi le corps des enseignants est également passé de 39 pour cent de la population active en 2004 à 51 pour cent à la fin de 2008. ([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 20536240) - A total of 56 assemblies were held in which 1,800 women in leadership **positions** in organizations and institutions throughout 21 departments participated. Cinquante-six assemblées se sont tenues auxquelles ont participé 1 800 **femmes** dirigeantes qui représentaient des organisations et des institutions de 21 départements. ([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 11826428) - 8. To intensify efforts to guarantee equal opportunities for women in the public service, especially in senior governmental **positions** (Netherlands); 8. Redoubler d ' efforts pour garantir aux **femmes** l ' égalité des chances dans la fonction publique, et plus particulièrement dans la haute fonction publique (Pays-Bas); ([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 22132031) - Women also held senior **positions** on the Electoral Monitoring Committee. In addition, the team responsible for assisting the international monitors included two women members. Les **femmes** étaient également représentées dans la Commission de surveillance des élections et deux femmes faisaient partie de l ' équipe chargée d ' aider les observateurs internationaux des élections. ([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 9009750) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Their culture values obedience to those in **positions** of authority. Leur culture met en exergue l'obéissance envers les détenteurs de l'autorité. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#950159](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/950159) [\#950461](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/950461)) - The priests stood, according to their **positions**; the Levites also with instruments of music of the LORD, which David the king had made to give thanks to the LORD, when David praised by their ministry, saying “For his loving kindness endures forever.” The priests sounded trumpets before them; and all Israel stood. Les sacrificateurs se tenaient à leur poste, et les Lévites aussi avec les instruments faits en l’honneur de l’Éternel par le roi David pour le chant des louanges de l’Éternel, lorsque David les chargea de célébrer l’Éternel en disant: Car sa miséricorde dure à toujours! Les sacrificateurs sonnaient des trompettes vis-à-vis d’eux. Et tout Israël était là. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CH 7:6) - The Committee adopted my amendment to include employees in managerial **positions** in the directive. La commission a adopté mon amendement visant à inclure dans la directive les travailleurs exerçant des fonctions de direction. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1177187) ## 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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