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# responded — English to French

How English *responded* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 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: responded (22 003). By style: everyday 35 · literary 18 · biblical 2 · parliamentary 811 · legal and administrative 422 · UN documents 20 715.

## répondu

Used about 10 634 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 25 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 338 · legal and administrative ≈ 343 · UN documents ≈ 9 926).

- No one **responded**.
  Personne n'a **répondu**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2249603](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2249603) [\#3647329](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3647329))

- She, no less pale, no less like a statue, had hardly noticed that they had placed in her hand a heavy, lighted candle of yellow wax; she had not heard the yelping voice of the clerk reading the fatal contents of the apology; when they told her to respond with Amen, she **responded** Amen.
  Elle, non moins pâle et non moins statue, elle s'était à peine aperçue qu'on lui avait mis en main un lourd cierge de cire jaune allumé; elle n'avait pas écouté la voix glapissante du greffier lisant la fatale teneur de l'amende honorable; quand on lui avait dit de répondre Amen, elle avait **répondu** Amen.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 5743)

- It seems that the Commission has not **responded**.
  Il semble que la Commission n'ait pas **répondu**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 22160)

- Germany **responded** on 17 January 2013.
  L'Allemagne a **répondu** le 17 janvier 2013.
  ([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 3800045)

- (a) Not all 57 Contracting Parties **responded** to the TIRExB survey.
  a) Les 57 Parties contractantes n &apos; ont pas toutes **répondu** à l &apos; enquête de la TIRExB.
  ([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 26416012)

## questions

Used about 2 606 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 17 · UN documents ≈ 2 589).

- I could have **responded** to more specific questions about children.
  J'aurais pu répondre à des **questions** plus précises sur les enfants.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1268169)

- The representative of the secretariat **responded** to issues raised by delegations.
  Le représentant du secrétariat répond aux **questions** soulevées par les délégations.
  ([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 14087321)

- The Assistant Secretary-General for Human Resources Management **responded** to questions posed.
  Le Sous-Secrétaire général à la gestion des ressources humaines répond aux **questions** posées.
  ([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 5299380)

- By way of a constructive dialogue, members posed questions and delegates **responded**.
  Dans le cadre d &apos; un dialogue constructif, les membres du Comité posent des **questions**, auxquelles les délégués répondent.
  ([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 17620836)

- The High Commissioner for Human Rights addressed the Committee and **responded** to questions raised by members of the Committee.
  The High Commissioner for Human Rights addressed the Committee and responded to **questions** raised by members of the Committee.
  ([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 9443589)

## observations

Used about 1 312 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 18 · UN documents ≈ 1 295).

- The Commission forwarded these comments to Denmark, which **responded** by letter of 12 September 2003.
  La Commission a transmis ces **observations** au Danemark, qui les a commentées dans une lettre du 12 septembre 2003.
  ([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 2296060)

- The panellists **responded** to comments and queries addressed to them.
  Les participants répondent aux **observations** et aux questions qui leur sont adressées.
  ([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 15850782)

- Germany **responded** to an additional opinion dated 8 July 2014 by letter dated 3 December 2014.
  Par lettre du 3 décembre 2014, elle a pris position sur des **observations** supplémentaires présentées le 8 juillet 2014.
  ([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 3546614)

- The moderator and the panellists **responded** to the comments made and the questions raised by the discussant and the delegations.
  L &apos; animateur et les intervenants répondent aux **observations** formulées et aux questions posées par le principal intervenant et les délégations.
  ([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 28382053)

- In its 2007 follow-up response, Portugal **responded** that the case referred to was not an instance of torture.
  Dans la réponse qu &apos; il a envoyée en 2007 suite aux **observations** finales, le Portugal a indiqué que l &apos; affaire mentionnée n &apos; était pas un cas de torture.
  ([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 20374157)

## réagi

Used about 1 061 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 169 · legal and administrative ≈ 26 · UN documents ≈ 863).

- Tom **responded** diplomatically.
  Tom a **réagi** avec diplomatie.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#2237626](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2237626) [\#9477479](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9477479))

- Parliament has **responded** to your leadership.
  Le Parlement a bien **réagi** à votre présidence.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1994135)

- Lastly, by letter of 12 March 2010 the Belgian authorities **responded** to the decision to initiate the procedure.
  Finalement, dans une lettre datée du 12 mars 2010, les autorités belges ont **réagi** à la décision d’ouverture de la procédure.
  ([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 2034711)

- Producers, food retailers and governments have **responded** to the rapidly growing popular demand for quality.
  Les producteurs, les distributeurs et les gouvernements ont tous **réagi** à cette brusque augmentation de la demande de qualité.
  ([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 17223633)

- Have they **responded**?
  Ont-ils **réagi** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#2245549](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2245549) [\#7136112](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7136112))

## More sentences

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

- When asked who shot him, the gangster Arnold Rothstein **responded**, "Me mudder did it."
  Lorsqu'on lui demanda qui lui avait tiré dessus, le gangster Arnold Rothstein répondit : « C'est ma mère qui a fait ça. »
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rul and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#12927400](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12927400) [\#12935140](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12935140))

- She **responded** testily that the mistake wasn't hers to correct.
  Elle répondit avec irritation que ce n'était pas à elle de corriger l'erreur.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by araneo and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#13192503](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13192503) [\#13192505](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13192505))

- He **responded**: I'll come.
  Il répondit : je viendrai.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by tieguy and martin9 · checked, community translation · [\#11614060](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11614060) [\#5275556](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5275556))

## 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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