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# proper — English to French

How English *proper* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: proper (50 055). By style: everyday 60 · literary 11 · biblical 5 · parliamentary 6 454 · legal and administrative 5 619 · UN documents 37 906.

## bon

Used about 11 809 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 538 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 575 · UN documents ≈ 8 687). Forms: bon, bonne.

- This isn't the **proper** place for this.
  Ce n'est pas le **bon** endroit pour ça.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by OsoHombre and Scorpionvenin14 · checked, community translation · [\#6375610](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6375610) [\#6375622](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6375622))

- From the **proper** employment of forces results public power.
  Du **bon** emploi des forces résulte la puissance publique.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18280)

- Budgeting is not about demanding more; it is about making **proper** use of the taxpayers' available resources.
  Gérer un budget ne signifie pas exiger toujours plus, gérer signifie utiliser à **bon** escient l'argent des contribuables.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 297922)

- the **proper** conduct of the oral hearing.
  le **bon** déroulement de l’audition.
  ([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 2284432)

- (q) Other facilities to be accorded to UNV for the **proper** functioning in Germany;
  q) Autres facilités à accorder au programme pour assurer son **bon** fonctionnement en Allemagne;
  ([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 1049000)

## adéquate

Used about 2 051 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 672 · legal and administrative ≈ 585 · UN documents ≈ 790).

- This is not the **proper** way to hold a teacup.
  Ce n'est pas la manière **adéquate** de tenir sa tasse de thé.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1676046](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1676046) [\#1676236](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1676236))

- Member States have identified the lack of funding as being the main barrier to preventing the **proper** implementation of this directive.
  Ces derniers ont identifié le manque de financement comme étant le principal obstacle à la mise en œuvre **adéquate** de cette directive.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1248281)

- Describe the process and control that will be carried out in order to ensure the **proper** monitoring of the implementation of the programme.
  Décrire le processus et le contrôle qui seront appliqués pour garantir une surveillance **adéquate** de la mise en œuvre du programme.
  ([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 3547940)

- Several delegations called for a **proper** and just rotation of contingents, especially those operating in the most difficult areas.
  Plusieurs délégations ont demandé la mise en place d &apos; une procédure **adéquate** et équitable de relèvement des contingents, en particulier de ceux opérant dans les zones les plus difficiles.
  ([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 30224217)

- In order to find a **proper** solution, we need to know which constraints we face.
  Afin de trouver une solution **adéquate**, nous devons savoir à quelles contraintes nous sommes confrontés.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#8657066](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8657066) [\#9009935](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9009935))

## fonctionnement

Used about 926 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 807 · legal and administrative ≈ 117).

- This protein is essential to the **proper** function of the organism.
  Cette protéine est cruciale au bon **fonctionnement** de l'organisme.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by zogwarg and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#13714203](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13714203) [\#8553127](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8553127))

- That is why I am asking you to make sure that their **proper** functioning is safeguarded for the coming period.
  Pour cette raison, je vous prie de faire le nécessaire afin d’assurer le bon **fonctionnement** de ces services pour la période à venir.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 506131)

- In order to avoid degrading the **proper** operation of rolling stock due to electromagnetic interference, the requirements of the following standards shall be met:
  Afin d'éviter la dégradation du **fonctionnement** du matériel roulant due aux rayonnements électromagnétiques, les prescriptions des normes suivantes doivent être appliquées:
  ([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 1362073)

- Malware is software designed to disrupt, alter, or destroy logical elements essential to the **proper** functioning of a computer system.
  Un maliciel, ou logiciel malveillant, est un logiciel destiné à perturber, altérer ou détruire des éléments logiques indispensables au bon **fonctionnement** d’un système informatique.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Myrano\_ and Myrano\_ · checked, community translation · [\#13539002](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13539002) [\#13539001](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13539001))

- I am therefore confident that Bulgaria and Romania will enrich the Union without compromising the **proper** functioning of EU policies and institutions.
  Je suis par conséquent certain que la Bulgarie et la Roumanie enrichiront l’Union sans compromettre le **fonctionnement** correct des politiques et des institutions de celle-ci.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 854016)

## More sentences

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

- The neighbours made their balcony into a **proper** greenhouse.
  Les voisins ont fait sur leur balcon une véritable serre.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and felix63 · checked, community translation · [\#8855651](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8855651) [\#6160699](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6160699))

- You can't rely on him these days to do a **proper** job.
  On ne peut pas compter sur lui pour faire un boulot convenable, ces temps-ci.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#61079](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/61079) [\#2322104](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2322104))

- You have just won a prize of $5000 in a California state safety competition for **proper** use of your seatbelt.
  Vous venez de gagner un prix de 5000 dollars dans un concours de l'État de Californie sur le port correct de la ceinture de sécurité.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by papabear and hortusdei · checked, community translation · [\#70048](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/70048) [\#987176](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/987176))

## 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/).

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