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([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and menaud · checked, community translation · [\#13429902](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13429902) [\#13429892](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13429892)) - That is why we are thinking of our future now and are taking new **steps** towards it. C'est pourquoi nous pensons maintenant à notre avenir et prenons de nouvelles **mesures** à cet égard. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1051393) - The central administrator shall take all reasonable **steps** to ensure that: L’administrateur central prend toutes les **mesures** raisonnables pour que: ([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 2457335) - B. Possible **steps** for addressing the recommendations B. **Mesures** à envisager pour donner suite aux recommandations ([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 5995777) - We need to take **steps** to rectify the situation. Nous devons prendre des **mesures** pour rectifier la situation. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#7732677](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7732677) [\#10812752](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10812752)) ## étapes Used about 16 627 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 347 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 714 · UN documents ≈ 14 561). - What are the next **steps**? Quelles sont les prochaines **étapes** ? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felvideki and Salutlolo · checked, community translation · [\#4289350](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4289350) [\#7857558](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7857558)) - But now a number of **steps** have been taken towards a common defence system. Actuellement, l'UE franchit plusieurs **étapes** dans le sens de la création d'une défense commune. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1728203) - **Steps** preceding grant of aid **Étapes** préalables à l’octroi de l’aide ([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 1063954) - The calculation procedure shall typically follow 13 basic **steps**. La méthode de calcul doit en règle générale consister en 13 **étapes** élémentaires. ([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 17341497) - Let me write down the **steps** for you. Laisse-moi t'en noter les **étapes** ! ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#4198349](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4198349) [\#4217878](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4217878)) ## marches Used about 2 714 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 15 · literary ≈ 7 · biblical ≈ 1 · legal and administrative ≈ 264 · UN documents ≈ 2 427). - I fell down the **steps**. Je suis tombée des **marches**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eccles17 and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#5809758](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5809758) [\#7089171](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7089171)) - The whole of this itinerary resembled a descent of black **steps**. Tout cet itinéraire ressemblait à une descente de **marches** noires. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 24325) - When you go, your **steps** will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble. Si tu **marches**, ton pas ne sera point gêné; Et si tu cours, tu ne chancelleras point. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 4:12) - The edges of running boards and **steps** shall be rounded. Les arêtes des **marches** et des échelons doivent être doucies. ([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 5456662) - 3/ 30 cm in the case of **steps** at a door behind the rearmost axle. 3/ 30 cm dans le cas des **marches** d ' une porte située audelà de l ' essieu arrière. ([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 9364726) ## prises Used about 1 633 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 579 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 055). - However, some important **steps** first need to be taken: Cependant, d'importantes mesures doivent être **prises** au préalable: ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1979821) - If necessary, **steps** must be taken to prevent unauthorised use of controls. Si nécessaire, des mesures doivent être **prises** pour empêcher un usage non autorisé des commandes. ([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 889634) - I hope this will not lead to **steps** being taken over his conduct. Je ne souhaite pas que des sanctions soient **prises** à l'égard de sa conduite. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1791618) - All the necessary **steps** shall be taken to re-establish the conformity of the corresponding production. Toutes les mesures nécessaires doivent être **prises** pour rétablir la conformité de production correspondante. ([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 5504738) - The review planned for 2013 will allow us to judge if these **steps** have been taken. Le réexamen prévu pour 2013 nous permettra de juger si ces mesures ont été **prises**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1420637) ## prendre Used about 659 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 659). - **steps** to be taken by workers, including rescue workers, in the case of incidents and to prevent incidents. les mesures à **prendre** par les travailleurs, notamment par le personnel d'intervention, en cas d'incident et pour la prévention d'incidents. ([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 423587) - take the necessary **steps** set out in Article 4 when advised of non-conformity by a Contracting Party that continues to apply the UN Regulation; **prendre** les mesures nécessaires énoncées à l'article 4 quand elle est avisée qu'il y a non-conformité par une Partie contractante qui continue à appliquer le Règlement; ([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 212685) - In order to achieve this objective, the Commission and the Member States should take all appropriate **steps** to facilitate acceptance of such methods by the OECD. À cette fin, la Commission et les États membres devraient **prendre** toutes les dispositions appropriées pour faciliter l'acceptation de ces méthodes par l'OCDE. ([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 1953167) - In cases of urgency at Committee level the President may, immediately and without consulting the Bureau beforehand, take all requisite **steps** to enable the Committee to carry out its work. En cas d'urgence au niveau du Comité, le président peut, sans consultation préalable du bureau, **prendre** immédiatement toutes les mesures nécessaires pour assurer le déroulement des travaux du Comité. ([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 434675) - 32017 H 1936: Commission Recommendation (EU) 2017/1936 of 18 October 2017 on immediate **steps** to prevent misuse of explosives precursors (OJ L 273, 24.10.2017, p. 12).’ 32017 H 1936: recommandation (UE) 2017/1936 de la Commission du 18 octobre 2017 sur les mesures à **prendre** sans délai pour prévenir toute utilisation détournée des précurseurs d’explosifs (JO L 273 du 24.10.2017, p. 12).» ([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 383826) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - It's better to retrace your **steps** than lose your way. Mieux vaut revenir sur ses pas que se perdre. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#11960168](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11960168) [\#13276143](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13276143)) - The boy counted his **steps** as he walked. Le garçon comptait ses pas en marchant. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#12044926](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12044926) [\#12044930](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12044930)) - What **steps** should we take? Quelles démarches devrions-nous entreprendre ? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#4834930](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4834930) [\#4837985](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4837985)) ## 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/). ## About these examples Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. 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