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# required — English to French

How English *required* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 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: required (288 220), requireds (2). By style: everyday 52 · literary 24 · biblical 18 · parliamentary 8 291 · legal and administrative 47 487 · UN documents 232 350.

## requis

Used about 70 461 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 28 · parliamentary ≈ 1 209 · legal and administrative ≈ 22 754 · UN documents ≈ 46 470). Forms: requis, requise, requises.

- I do what is **required**.
  Je fais ce qui est **requis**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2315149](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2315149) [\#2420647](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2420647))

- The world’s response, while impressive relative to other areas, is far from that which is **required**.
  La réponse du monde, bien qu’impressionnante par rapport à d’autres domaines, est loin d’être celle **requise**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 803950)

- Tests **required** for EU type-approval
  Essais **requis** pour la réception UE par type
  ([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 2884758)

- Further action taken or **required**
  Mesures complémentaires prises ou **requises**
  ([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 22304103)

- A password is **required**.
  Un mot de passe est **requis**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#2595688](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2595688) [\#5411076](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5411076))

## nécessaire

Used about 53 498 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 2 764 · legal and administrative ≈ 8 904 · UN documents ≈ 41 823). Forms: nécessaire, nécessaires.

- Not much money is **required**.
  Peu d'argent est **nécessaire**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#4501763](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4501763) [\#4860252](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4860252))

- "Well, if there is a chance of safety, if a moment for active exertion presents itself, where should we find the **required** strength if we allowed ourselves to be enfeebled by hunger?"
  —Eh bien! qu'une chance de salut se présente, qu'un moment d'action soit **nécessaire**, où trouverons-nous la force d'agir, si nous nous laissons affaiblir par l'inanition?
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 3801)

- This is also **required** as a matter of urgency.
  Cette réforme est plus que **nécessaire**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 332539)

- Separate torque measurement during the demonstration is not **required**.
  Il n’est pas **nécessaire** que le couple soit mesuré plusieurs fois durant la démonstration.
  ([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 897471)

- 15:00 (if **required**) 7th meeting \[webcast\] Trusteeship Council Chamber
  15 heures (si **nécessaire**) 7e séance \[webcast\] Salle du Conseil de tutelle
  ([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 30052939)

## faut

Used about 14 812 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · literary ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 864 · UN documents ≈ 13 941).

- I'll do whatever is **required**.
  Je ferai tout ce qu'il **faut**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#7946635](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7946635) [\#2594930](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2594930))

- Two will be **required** now.”
  Il en **faut** deux maintenant.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 12450)

- Unanimity in the Council is **required** for the proposal to be approved.
  Il **faut** l'unanimité au Conseil pour qu'elle soit adoptée.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1295461)

- Frequently long lead times are **required** for products to be delivered from distant manufacturing sites.
  Il **faut** souvent longtemps pour que les médicaments soient livrés depuis leur site de fabrication.
  ([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 23025034)

- One should be honest about the responsibility that's **required**.
  On devrait être honnête à propos de la responsabilité qu'il **faut**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and menaud · checked, community translation · [\#12342976](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12342976) [\#12342970](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12342970))

## More sentences

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

- Regular attendance is **required** in that class.
  L'assiduité est exigée à ce cours.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#46726](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/46726) [\#11737746](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11737746))

- All passengers are **required** to show their tickets.
  Tous les passagers sont priés de présenter leurs tickets.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#268414](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/268414) [\#128522](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/128522))

- The students were **required** to learn the Constitution by heart.
  Il fallait que les étudiants apprennent la Constitution par cœur.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by secnyt and mervert1 · checked, community translation · [\#21449](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/21449) [\#2755036](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2755036))

## 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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