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# reaching — English to French

How English *reaching* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 2 translations with example sentences.

The [Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) has no article on this word yet.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: reaching (30 495). By style: everyday 20 · literary 6 · biblical 4 · parliamentary 3 127 · legal and administrative 1 858 · UN documents 25 480.

## atteindre

Used about 5 457 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 391 · legal and administrative ≈ 813 · UN documents ≈ 4 247). Forms: atteindre, atteint.

- I succeeded in **reaching** the top of the mountain.
  J'ai réussi à **atteindre** le sommet de la montagne.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and TRANG · checked, community translation · [\#258480](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/258480) [\#6350](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6350))

- The number of workers registered since accession is generally very low, seldom **reaching** 1% of the active population of the host country.
  Le nombre de travailleurs enregistrés depuis l’adhésion est généralement très bas. Il **atteint** rarement 1% de la population active du pays d’accueil.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 797739)

- developing plans and procedures for **reaching** its safety targets;
  élaborer des plans et des procédures pour **atteindre** ses objectifs de sécurité;
  ([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 2374440)

- libraries can also play a role in **reaching** out to potential users;
  Les bibliothèques peuvent également aider à **atteindre** les utilisateurs potentiels;
  ([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 15437029)

- Concorde was capable of **reaching** supersonic speeds.
  Le Concorde était capable d'**atteindre** des vitesses supersoniques.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#12536373](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12536373) [\#11966640](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11966640))

## parvenir

Used about 3 032 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 261 · legal and administrative ≈ 116 · UN documents ≈ 2 654).

- Now I've lost all hope of **reaching** any type of agreement with him.
  J'ai désormais perdu tout espoir de **parvenir** à quelque sorte d'accord avec lui.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by XenoKat and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#4410150](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4410150) [\#4883536](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4883536))

- I believe, instead, that **reaching** agreement on that regulation would be a victory for us all.
  Je crois plutôt que **parvenir** à un accord sur ce règlement serait une victoire pour nous tous.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 657489)

- In **reaching** a determination, the following findings in particular were taken into account.
  Pour **parvenir** à une conclusion, il a en particulier été tenu compte des constatations suivantes:
  ([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 642553)

- :: **Reaching** a common understanding and definition of the challenges;
  :: **Parvenir** à une analyse et une définition communes des défis
  ([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 25295287)

- That means further movement from the British side on their abatement. That will be crucial to **reaching** an agreement.
  Cela signifie que les Britanniques doivent faire davantage d’efforts concernant leur rabais; cet élément sera capital pour **parvenir** à un accord.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 754296)

## More sentences

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

- Spindrift from the waves below was **reaching** the clifftop.
  Les embruns provenant des vagues en contrebas arrivaient jusqu'au sommet de la falaise.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#10683801](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10683801) [\#10720111](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10720111))

- The government's decision had far-**reaching** implications.
  La décision du gouvernement a eu des conséquences importantes.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by patgfisher and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#3454208](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3454208) [\#12626368](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12626368))

- Man is a goal seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is **reaching** out and striving for his goals.
  L'homme est un animal qui cherche à accomplir ses buts. Sa vie n'a de sens que dans la recherche et l'atteinte de ses objectifs.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and Dobleue · checked, community translation · [\#6152036](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6152036) [\#6154987](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6154987))

## Grammar

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