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# role — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: role (311 701), roles (27 386). By style: everyday 76 · literary 1 · parliamentary 23 836 · legal and administrative 8 193 · UN documents 306 981.

## rôle

Used about 260 720 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 66 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 17 877 · legal and administrative ≈ 6 145 · UN documents ≈ 236 631). Forms: rôle, rôles.

- Who has the main **role**?
  Qui a le **rôle** principal ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and Rockaround · checked, community translation · [\#6322894](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6322894) [\#2812835](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2812835))

- The gypsy, who had advanced to the threshold of her cell, beheld with surprise their **roles** abruptly changed.
  L'égyptienne, qui s'était avancée sur le seuil de la cellule, vit avec surprise les **rôles** changer brusquement.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 6460)

- It also confuses the **roles** of the organisation.
  Cela complique aussi les **rôles** de l'organisation.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 48692)

- The **role** of European Space Agency
  **Rôle** de l'Agence spatiale européenne
  ([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 3297096)

- **Role** of the private sector
  Le **rôle** du secteur privé
  ([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 6274958)

## responsabilités

Used about 6 651 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 256 · UN documents ≈ 6 395).

- **Roles** and responsibilities of the EURES Partners
  Fonctions et **responsabilités** des partenaires d’EURES
  ([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 2542622)

- Among the recommendations being put forward are the affirmation of **roles** and responsibilities, revision of the terms of reference and workflow redesign.
  Ces recommandations concernent notamment la définition claire des attributions et **responsabilités**, la révision du statut du Fonds et la refonte du plan d &apos; exécution des tâches.
  ([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 25388796)

- **Roles** and responsibilities of the Coordination Group
  Fonctions et **responsabilités** du groupe de coordination
  ([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 4184811)

- Affirmative action policies should be promoted that assist in counteracting negative aspects of the impact of women &apos; s family responsibilities on their **roles** in the public sphere.
  Il faudrait encourager l &apos; adoption de politiques concrètes qui permettent aux femmes de se dégager de leurs **responsabilités** familiales et de participer davantage à la vie publique.
  ([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 1081941)

- **Roles** and responsibilities of the National Coordination Offices
  Fonctions et **responsabilités** des bureaux nationaux de coordination
  ([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 4185086)

## important

Used about 248 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 248).

- It is very important that equality can be implemented in Parliament's various **roles**, be they committees or delegations.
  Il est très **important** que l'égalité puisse être mise en œuvre dans les différents organes du Parlement, qu'il s'agisse des commissions ou des délégations.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1251222)

## More sentences

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

- Tom needs a male **role** model.
  Tom a besoin d'un modèle masculin.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and marioo · checked, community translation · [\#2957519](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2957519) [\#8585220](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8585220))

- Discrimination against them and their distrust of outsiders both play a **role** in keeping them trapped in poverty.
  La discrimination à l'encontre et leur méfiance envers les étrangers contribuent à les maintenir enfermés dans la pauvreté.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mailohilohi and Olcyx · checked, community translation · [\#6045701](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6045701) [\#12667528](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12667528))

- Tom was my **role** model.
  Tom était mon modèle.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#5471308](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5471308) [\#5829833](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5829833))

## 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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