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# provision — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: provision (231 478), provisions (403 995). By style: everyday 9 · literary 5 · biblical 14 · parliamentary 14 660 · legal and administrative 99 353 · UN documents 521 432.

## dispositions

Used about 342 639 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 8 704 · legal and administrative ≈ 56 921 · UN documents ≈ 277 011). Forms: disposition, dispositions.

- There was a **provision** in his will for his mistress.
  Il y avait une **disposition** dans son testament pour sa maîtresse.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mhattick and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#2582568](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2582568) [\#8849989](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8849989))

- This is not an instrument for adding new **provisions**.
  Il ne s'agit pas d'un instrument visant à ajouter de nouvelles **dispositions**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 473170)

- TITLE VII: Transitional and final **provisions**
  TITRE VII: **Dispositions** transitoires et finales
  ([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 1333507)

- Amend special **provision** 179 to read:
  Modifier la **disposition** spéciale 179 comme suit :
  ([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 6656284)

- Section 214b, in my opinion one of the stranger **provisions** of the Land of Schleswig-Holstein's General Administrative Code, seems to imply that somebody who sees a pink elephant must give it a receipt.
  L'article 214b, selon mon opinion une des **dispositions** encore plus étranges du Code administratif général du Land de Schleswig-Holstein, semble stipuler que quelqu'un qui voit un éléphant rose doit lui délivrer un reçu.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1085525](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1085525) [\#1085530](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1085530))

## services

Used about 35 881 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 1 222 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 070 · UN documents ≈ 32 589).

- The **provision** of postal services is a public service activity.
  La réalisation des **services** postaux est une activité qui relève de la responsabilité publique.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1600181)

- **Provision** of sewerage services: e.g. collecting, transporting and treating wastewater, operation, maintenance and cleaning of sewer systems;
  prestation de **services** d'assainissement: par exemple, collecte, transport et traitement des eaux usées, exploitation, maintenance et nettoyage des réseaux d'égouts,
  ([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 3727008)

- Special efforts should be made to ensure the **provision** of adequate services to foreign children.
  Des efforts particuliers devraient être déployés pour fournir des **services** appropriés aux enfants étrangers.
  ([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 27530364)

- How do we get agreement on minimum standards without avoiding a deterioration in the average level of service **provision** in Europe?
  Comment parvenir à un accord sur des normes minimales tout en évitant que le niveau moyen des prestations de **services** en Europe ne diminue?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1788734)

- ensure that personnel involved in the **provision** of apron management service are adequately trained in accordance with the training programme.
  veille à ce que le personnel associé à la prestation de **services** de gestion des aires de trafic soit formé de manière adéquate conformément au programme de formation.
  ([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 5256182)

## fourniture

Used about 17 171 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 611 · legal and administrative ≈ 16 559).

- Tom's business was awarded the contract to **provision** a team of scientists for their polar expedition.
  L'entreprise de Tom a obtenu le contrat pour la **fourniture** d'une équipe de scientifiques pour leur expédition polaire.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Delian and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#3028900](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3028900) [\#8849996](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8849996))

- So now we are trying to streamline the **provision** of information, and we will proceed with the assessment of the risks involved.
  Nous sommes donc occupés à rationaliser la **fourniture** d'informations, et nous poursuivrons avec l'évaluation des risques impliqués.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 982046)

- **Provision** of non-life insurance
  **fourniture** d’assurances non vie,
  ([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 699344)

- A partnership agreement must foster respect for the fact that the **provision** of development aid must not be linked to the conclusion of an EPA.
  Un accord de partenariat doit respecter le fait que la **fourniture** d'une aide au développement ne peut être conditionnée par la signature d'un APE.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1000766)

- **Provision** of VOR signal in space
  **Fourniture** de signal VOR dans l'espace
  ([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 4029608)

## More sentences

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

- The new agreement included a **provision** that dealt with the ramifications of the outbreak of a war.
  Le nouvel accord comprend une clause qui traite des conséquences du déclenchement d'une guerre.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#2514664](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2514664) [\#8850007](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8850007))

- The **provisions** ran out after a short time.
  Les provisions se sont épuisées après peu de temps.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by \_undertoad and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2259365](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2259365) [\#2281944](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2281944))

- We're running out of **provisions**.
  Nous sommes à court de provisions.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by ddnktr and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#10164882](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10164882) [\#10649067](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10649067))

## Grammar

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