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# successful — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: successful (65 482). By style: everyday 102 · literary 5 · parliamentary 5 803 · legal and administrative 3 037 · UN documents 56 535.

## succès

Used about 10 618 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 38 · parliamentary ≈ 967 · legal and administrative ≈ 190 · UN documents ≈ 9 423).

- The experiment was **successful**.
  L'expérience fut un **succès**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#265199](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/265199) [\#457438](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/457438))

- Our consultation has been **successful**.
  Notre consultation a été couronnée de **succès**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 833328)

- The measure has been **successful** for two reasons.
  La mesure a remporté du **succès** pour deux raisons.
  ([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 1133837)

- In August 2003, Samoa had hosted a **successful** regional preparatory meeting.
  En août s &apos; est tenue avec **succès** une réunion régionale préparatoire à Samoa.
  ([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 11638793)

- I tried but wasn't **successful**.
  J'ai essayé, mais sans **succès**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Miktsoanit and fleur74 · checked, community translation · [\#12235429](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12235429) [\#3663694](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3663694))

## réussi

Used about 4 897 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 19 · literary ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 1 088 · legal and administrative ≈ 253 · UN documents ≈ 3 533). Forms: réussi, réussite.

- He was **successful** in the attempt.
  Son essai a été **réussi**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and eddiegab · checked, community translation · [\#290876](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/290876) [\#131034](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/131034))

- “I am very glad you have been **successful**.”
  --Je suis bien heureuse que tu aies **réussi**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 2303)

- We in the European Parliament are convinced of a **successful** outcome.
  En tant que Parlement européen, nous tablons sur la **réussite**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1759923)

- The assistance should be provided with a view to supporting the **successful** implementation of the Programme,
  L’assistance devrait être fournie pour contribuer à la **réussite** de la mise en œuvre du programme,
  ([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 2227718)

- Among the more diversified economies, only Egypt and Jordan were **successful** in this endeavour.
  Parmi les économies plus diversifiées, seules l &apos; Égypte et la Jordanie ont **réussi** dans cette entreprise.
  ([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 1913350)

## adjudicataire

Used about 886 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 886).

- Date of refusal of the lot by the **successful** tenderer:
  Date de refus du lot par l’**adjudicataire**: Numéro du lot
  ([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 924429)

- The **successful** tenderer shall notify the Commission immediately thereof in accordance with Annex II;
  L'**adjudicataire** en informe sans délai la Commission conformément à l'annexe II;
  ([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 658684)

- The **successful** tenderer shall immediately inform the Commission thereof using the form in Annex II.
  L'**adjudicataire** en informe sans délai la Commission en utilisant le formulaire figurant à l'annexe II.
  ([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 730082)

- The **successful** tenderer shall immediately inform the Commission thereof using the form in Annex I.
  L’**adjudicataire** en informe sans délai la Commission en utilisant le formulaire figurant à l’annexe I.
  ([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 719477)

- The lot must be replaced within three days of the date of the **successful** tenderer's request.
  Le remplacement du lot doit intervenir dans un délai maximal de trois jours après la demande de l'**adjudicataire**.
  ([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 658249)

## More sentences

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

- I think she'll be **successful** as a lawyer.
  Je pense qu'elle réussira comme avocat.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and nimfeo · checked, community translation · [\#11078516](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11078516) [\#134659](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/134659))

- The most **successful** scientists are those who pose the right questions.
  Les scientifiques les plus prolifiques sont ceux qui formulent les bonnes questions.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#623967](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/623967) [\#815077](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/815077))

- Masterpieces are but **successful** attempts.
  Les chefs-d'œuvre ne sont jamais que des tentatives heureuses.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#885384](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/885384) [\#885367](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/885367))

## 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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