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# sustainable — English to French

How English *sustainable* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: sustainable (295 935), sustainables (1). By style: everyday 9 · parliamentary 10 329 · legal and administrative 9 156 · UN documents 276 442.

## durable

Used about 227 184 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 9 · parliamentary ≈ 9 468 · legal and administrative ≈ 8 965 · UN documents ≈ 208 742). Forms: durable, durables.

- Is Algeria's economy **sustainable**?
  L'économie algérienne est-elle **durable** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#10132229](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10132229) [\#10925534](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10925534))

- A **sustainable** model for a solution already exists.
  Il existe un modèle de solution **durable**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 60522)

- **Sustainable** Management of Resources
  Gestion **durable** des ressources
  ([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 874064)

- COMMISSION ON **SUSTAINABLE** DEVELOPMENT
  COMMISSION DU DÉVELOPPEMENT **DURABLE**
  ([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 3982402)

- Is Algeria's economy **sustainable**?
  L'Algérie a-t-elle une économie **durable** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#10132229](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10132229) [\#10925535](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10925535))

## développement

Used about 6 287 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 646 · UN documents ≈ 5 642).

- They tell us that we have switched from a proposal for **sustainable** development to a proposal aimed mainly at preserving the status quo.
  Que d'une proposition pour le **développement** soutenable nous sommes passés à une proposition destinée, tout au plus, à maintenir le statu quo.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1871228)

- ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/R.396 Establishment of the Commission on **Sustainable** Development (CDS).
  Création de la Commission du **développement** ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/R.397
  ([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 1332372)

- Moreover, it is not sufficiently adaptable to the new aims of the Union as regards the Lisbon Agenda and **sustainable** development.
  En outre, elle n’est pas suffisamment perméable aux nouveaux objectifs de l’Union en ce qui concerne l’Agenda de Lisbonne et le **développement** soutenable.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 596790)

- The EU and the US must also take the lead in the development of renewable energy sources, finding ecologically **sustainable** technical solutions.
  L'UE et les États-Unis doivent également faire office de figure de proue dans le **développement** de sources d'énergie renouvelables, en trouvant des solutions techniques écologiquement durables.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1072635)

## commission

Used about 5 642 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 5 642).

- Major groups were requested to report to the Commission on **Sustainable** Development on positive examples of international meetings at which innovative approaches to their participation have been made.
  Les grands groupes sont priés de signaler à la **Commission** les cas récents où dans des réunions internationales, des méthodes nouvelles ont été adoptées pour accroître leur participation.
  ([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 2887212)

## gestion

Used about 5 642 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 5 642).

- III. International arrangements and mechanisms to promote the management, conservation and **sustainable** development of all types of forests (category III)
  III. DISPOSITIFS INTERNATIONAUX VISANT LA **GESTION**, LA CONSERVATION ET L &apos; EXPLOITATION ÉCOLOGIQUEMENT RATIONNELLE DE TOUS LES TYPES DE FORÊTS (CATÉGORIE III) 37
  ([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 5123539)

## More sentences

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

- However, a **sustainable** solution to the problem can only be found through the active involvement of citizens in the entire process.
  Cependant, une solution pérenne au problème ne peut être trouvée que par la participation active des citoyens d'un bout à l'autre du processus.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1488120)

- In addition, loss-making price levels are probably not **sustainable** in the medium to long term.
  En outre, la vente à des prix inférieurs aux coûts de revient n’est probablement pas viable à moyen et long terme.
  ([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 667702)

- The revision was completed after a subregional training seminar on women, environmental management and **sustainable** development for Central and Eastern European countries was held at Turin, from 23 to 27 September 1996.
  La révision en a été terminée après un séminaire sous-régional de formation, destiné aux pays d’Europe centrale et orientale, tenu à Turin du 23 au 27 septembre 1996.
  ([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 3375331)

## 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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