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# resources — English to French

How English *resources* 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: resources (519 674). By style: everyday 47 · literary 4 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 18 231 · legal and administrative 24 444 · UN documents 476 947.

## ressources

Used about 394 605 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 43 · literary ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 12 914 · legal and administrative ≈ 23 935 · UN documents ≈ 357 710).

- It's a waste of **resources**.
  C'est un gaspillage de **ressources**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#5069434](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5069434) [\#5963161](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5963161))

- Supreme **resources** spring from extreme resolutions.
  Les **ressources** suprêmes sortent des résolutions extrêmes.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 25919)

- That corresponds to 86.4 % of the Union's traditional own **resources**.
  Cela correspond à 86, 4 % des **ressources** propres traditionnelles.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1973013)

- Traditional own **resources** (TOR)
  **Ressources** propres traditionnelles (RPT)
  ([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 2218056)

- Core and non-core **resources**
  **Ressources** de base et autres ressources
  ([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 25485371)

## moyens

Used about 22 533 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 2 659 · UN documents ≈ 19 873).

- The company, although with some exceptions, usually utilizes its **resources** very well.
  L'entreprise, à quelques exceptions près, emploie habituellement ses **moyens** à bon escient.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#326041](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/326041) [\#1224209](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1224209))

- My uncle was always willing to employ magnificent **resources**.
  Mon oncle employait volontiers les grands **moyens** et sans hésiter.
  ([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 1473)

- If the EU is to be capable of playing a global leading role in these areas, it needs **resources**.
  Si l'UE veut pouvoir se poser en chef de file sur ces questions au niveau international, elle a besoin de **moyens**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1236105)

- 51. Despite the progress made, the International Tribunal still lacks basic **resources**, in particular human and material **resources**.
  51. D &apos; abord, la juridiction internationale continue, en dépit des progrès réalisés, à manquer de **moyens** essentiels, tout particulièrement humains et matériels.
  ([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 3998575)

- The international coalition, including America, must commit **resources** to nation-building.
  La coalition internationale, en ce compris les États-Unis, doit dégager des **moyens** pour la reconstruction de la nation.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 356837)

## propres

Used about 760 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 760).

- There can be no differentiation of qualities for capital **resources**.
  Il ne peut pas y avoir de qualité différente de fonds **propres**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1764111)

- Accordingly, expenditure under next year's budget is 1.11 %, while the own **resources** ceiling is 1.27 %.
  Le niveau des dépenses du budget de l'année prochaine se monte à 1, 11 pour cent, tandis que le plafond des moyens **propres** de l'Union atteint 1, 27 pour cent.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1870797)

## More sentences

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

- Tom gathered all his **resources** to solve the problem.
  Tom a concentré toutes ses forces pour résoudre le problème.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eccles17 and nimfeo · checked, community translation · [\#6780994](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6780994) [\#3221565](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3221565))

- We mustn't waste our energy **resources**.
  Nous ne devons pas gaspiller nos réserves d'énergie.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Swift and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#23260](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/23260) [\#567111](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/567111))

- The task of seeing lines of play is easier, and errors are less likely if you are aware of the **resources** of the pieces.
  La tâche de voir les lignes de jeu est plus facile et les erreurs sont moins probables si vous êtes attentif aux caractéristiques des pièces.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#10328871](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10328871) [\#10328895](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10328895))

## Grammar

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