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# procurement — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: procurement (67 257), procurements (582). By style: parliamentary 1 529 · legal and administrative 8 340 · UN documents 57 970.

## achat

Used about 34 560 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 45 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 303 · UN documents ≈ 33 212). Forms: achat, achats.

- strengthen their **procurement** authorisation at the financing decision and work-programme level;
  de renforcer leurs procédures d'autorisation d'**achat** dans le cadre de la décision de financement et du programme de travail;
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1548247)

- possibilities for local **procurement**;
  les possibilités d'**achat** à l'échelle locale;
  ([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 3163798)

- **Procurement** and contract management
  Gestion des **achats** et des marchés
  ([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 25250008)

- This new directive will give national authorities greater flexibility when they make sensitive **procurements**.
  Cette nouvelle directive donnera une plus grande flexibilité aux autorités nationales lorsqu'elles feront des **achats** sensibles.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 943300)

- **Procurement** of data from Copernicus Contributing Missions
  **Achat** de données provenant des missions contributrices Copernicus
  ([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 4502671)

## marchés

Used about 14 143 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 225 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 257 · UN documents ≈ 9 662).

- To be on the safe side, we also need to examine the **procurement** directives carefully.
  Par précaution, nous devons aussi examiner attentivement les directives sur les **marchés**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1065748)

- **PROCUREMENTS** BELOW THE THRESHOLDS
  **MARCHÉS** EN DEÇÀ DES SEUILS
  ([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 1107437)

- Indeed, the grouping of a series of smaller **procurements** can facilitate oversight.
  En effet, le regroupement des **marchés** de faible valeur peut en faciliter le contrôle.
  ([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 25661537)

- Mr President, the principle of European cooperation in defence **procurement** is well established.
  Monsieur le Président, le principe de coopération européenne en matière de **marchés** liés à la défense est bien établi.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 310579)

- Financial errors in public **procurements** audited
  Erreurs financières dans les **marchés** publics audités
  ([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 4179524)

## passation

Used about 2 428 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 1 824 · UN documents ≈ 604).

- **Procurement** by Electronic Means
  **Passation** de marchés par voie électronique
  ([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 335739)

- It was noted that some procuring entities did in practice abuse discretion to cancel **procurements** to investigate market conditions.
  Il a été noté que certaines entités abusaient en fait de cette possibilité d &apos; abandonner la **passation** pour étudier le marché.
  ([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 20169934)

- **Procurement** and Tax Exemptions
  **Passation** de marchés et exonération fiscale
  ([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 2238016)

- **Procurement** and Recruitment procedures
  Procédures de **passation** de marchés et de recrutement
  ([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 5603632)

- INDICATIVE TIMEFRAME FOR LAUNCHING THE **PROCUREMENT** PROCEDURE
  PÉRIODE INDICATIVE DE LANCEMENT DES PROCÉDURES DE **PASSATION** DE MARCHÉS
  ([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 1990950)

## services

Used about 2 415 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 2 415).

- **Procurement** of goods and services, including contractual services.
  Acheter des biens et des **services**, y compris des services contractuels.
  ([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 2293373)

- (c) Negotiating, preparing and administering contracts for the **procurement** of supplies, equipment, contractual services, external printing and binding services
  c) Négocier, établir et administrer les contrats relatifs aux fournitures, équipements, **services** contractuels et services extérieurs d &apos; impression et de reliure;
  ([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 21560517)

- Trafficking in persons and professional **procurements** of prostitution is regarded as a public offence, hence, the victim is represented by the public prosecution.
  La traite des êtres humains et la fourniture professionnelle de **services** de prostitution étant considérés comme un délit public, la victime est donc représentée par le ministère public.
  ([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 29424802)

- This commission should monitor public **procurements** and procedures to ensure that the **procurement** of goods and services and the execution of works (projects) are fair, transparent, competitive and cost-effective.
  This commission should monitor public procurements and procedures to ensure that the procurement of goods and **services** and the execution of works (projects) are fair, transparent, competitive and cost-effective.
  ([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 20196009)

## publics

Used about 1 012 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 1 012).

- Clear rules on defence **procurement** are therefore required.
  Il faut donc des règles claires en matière de marchés **publics**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 743790)

- EC/Israel public **procurement** and telcommunications agreements
  Accords CE/Israël sur les marchés **publics** et les télécommunications
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1675346)

- Point two: greater emphasis is needed on public **procurement** contracts.
  Deuxième point: il faut mettre l’accent sur les marchés **publics**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 835882)

- These are places where official information can be obtained on **procurement**.
  Ce sont des lieux d'information officielle sur les marchés **publics**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1760653)

- That is where the whole mission of pre-commercial **procurement** comes in.
  Telle est précisément le but des achats **publics** avant commercialisation.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1204667)

## More sentences

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

- On public **procurement** and SMEs, the Commission held vast consultations with stakeholders, including business organisations.
  La Commission a mené de vastes consultations auprès des parties prenantes, notamment les organisations commerciales, sur le marché public et les PME.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1218790)

- 3 April 2008: the Court found Lower Saxony in Germany guilty of imposing a minimum salary on any construction company awarded a **procurement** contract.
  3 avril 2008: la Cour condamne le Land de Basse-Saxe, en Allemagne, coupable d'avoir institué un salaire minimum s'imposant à toute entreprise de construction obtenant un marché public.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1065553)

- At the moment, public **procurement** is said to account for approximately 14% of the entire European GDP.
  Les adjudications publiques représenteraient actuellement quelque 14 pour cent du PIB européen.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 280805)

## Grammar

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