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# selection — English to French

How English *selection* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 5 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: selection (36 621), selections (429). By style: everyday 21 · parliamentary 874 · legal and administrative 6 866 · UN documents 29 289.

## sélection

Used about 18 508 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 20 · parliamentary ≈ 524 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 149 · UN documents ≈ 12 814). Forms: sélection, sélections.

- It's a small **selection**.
  C'est une petite **sélection**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Miktsoanit and felix63 · checked, community translation · [\#12272436](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12272436) [\#12271198](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12271198))

- The **selection** board consisted of 8 men.
  Le comité de **sélection** se composait de 8 hommes.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 155054)

- Criteria for qualitative **selection**
  Critères de **sélection** qualitative
  ([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 3192638)

- Staff **selection** and retention
  **Sélection** et rétention du personnel
  ([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 25279018)

- I'm confirming my **selection**.
  Je confirme ma **sélection**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#8028532](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8028532) [\#8463525](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8463525))

## choix

Used about 5 091 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 175 · legal and administrative ≈ 644 · UN documents ≈ 4 271).

- It’s a **selection** criterion.
  C'est un critère de **choix**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#13363004](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13363004) [\#12044021](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12044021))

- Political **selections** are made first, not afterwards.
  Les **choix** politiques se font avant, pas après.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 614292)

- **SELECTION** OF THE IMPLEMENTING AGENCY
  **CHOIX** DE L'ENTITÉ CHARGÉE DE LA MISE EN ŒUVRE
  ([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 3543566)

- **Selections** from the Writings of \`Abdul-Bahá.
  **Choix** de textes de Abdul-Bahá.
  ([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 13475886)

- As the disease is not endemic in the EU, the **selection** of the appropriate vaccine strain would be a pure lottery.
  La maladie n'étant pas endémique dans l'UE, le **choix** de la souche vaccinale adéquate relèverait du pur hasard.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 178647)

## objets

Used about 1 058 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 143 · UN documents ≈ 915).

- It shall be possible to get all underlying textual and/or graphical information concerning user **selections** of the features that are displayed in the chart.
  Il doit être possible d'obtenir toutes les informations de référence au format texte ou graphique relatives aux **objets** sélectionnés par l'opérateur et affichés sur la carte.
  ([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 4747435)

- In navigation mode, it shall be possible to get all underlying textual and/or graphical information concerning user **selections** of the features that are displayed in the chart.
  a) En mode navigation, il doit être possible d &apos; obtenir toutes les informations écrites ou graphiques relatives aux **objets** sélectionnés par l &apos; opérateur et affichés sur la carte.
  ([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 17316327)

- In navigation mode, it shall be possible to get all underlying textual and/or graphical information concerning user **selections** of the features that are displayed in the chart.
  En mode navigation, il doit être possible d’obtenir toutes les informations de référence au format texte ou graphique relatives aux **objets** sélectionnés par l’opérateur et affichés sur la carte.
  ([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 2990676)

- (a) In navigation mode, access to all underlying textual and/or graphical information concerning user **selections** of the features that are displayed in the chart must be provided.
  a) En mode navigation, il doit être possible d &apos; obtenir toutes les informations écrites ou graphiques relatives aux **objets** sélectionnés par l &apos; opérateur et affichés sur la carte.
  ([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 28074585)

- (a) In navigation mode, it shall be possible to access all underlying textual and/or graphical information concerning user **selections** of the features that are displayed in the chart.
  a) En mode navigation, il doit être possible d &apos; obtenir toutes les informations écrites ou graphiques relatives aux **objets** sélectionnés par l &apos; opérateur et affichés sur la carte.
  ([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 26337494)

## critères

Used about 305 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 305).

- Where a pre-**selection** process has been followed, the criteria should be the same as those used in the pre-**selection** proceedings.
  En cas de procédure de présélection, les **critères** devraient être les mêmes que ceux qui ont été utilisés dans cette procédure.
  ([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 8851865)

## essai

Used about 143 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 143).

- Virtual testing methods may be used to aid the decision-making on the **selection** of the worst case.
  On peut utiliser des méthodes d'**essai** virtuel pour aider à déterminer quel pire des scénarios choisir.
  ([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 213658)

- Dose level **selection** is in accordance with paragraph 23 of this Test Method (also see paragraph 76 for discussion of skin contact time).
  Le niveau de dose est choisi conformément aux indications du paragraphe 23 de la présente méthode d’**essai** (voir également le paragraphe 76 à propos du temps de contact avec la peau).
  ([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 3273048)

## More sentences

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

- Amendment No 32 concerns the **selection** of the year 2002 as the reference year for monitoring the environmental agreement with the vehicle manufacturers.
  L'amendement 32 concerne la détermination de l'an 2002 comme année de référence pour la surveillance de l'accord sur l'environnement conclu avec les constructeurs automobiles.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1931171)

- I would therefore like to ask the Commission to monitor the introduction of number portability and carrier pre-**selection** stringently.
  Je demande donc à la Commission européenne de surveiller de façon stricte la mise en application de la portabilité du numéro et de la présélection de l'opérateur .
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1847089)

- Some thought I had lost the **selection**, some perhaps wish I had.
  Certains ont cru que j’allais perdre les primaires. D’autres aujourd’hui voudraient sans doute que je les ai perdues.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 695468)

## 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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