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# takes — English to French

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

The [Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) has no article on this word yet.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: takes (78 947). By style: everyday 425 · literary 19 · biblical 69 · parliamentary 6 692 · legal and administrative 7 935 · UN documents 63 807.

## prend

Used about 34 089 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 168 · literary ≈ 8 · biblical ≈ 16 · parliamentary ≈ 836 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 157 · UN documents ≈ 31 904).

- This desk **takes** up too much room.
  Ce bureau **prend** trop de place.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#59848](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/59848) [\#1967185](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1967185))

- And he **takes** his pen.
  Et il **prend** sa plume.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 14263)

- A righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked **takes** his place.
  Le juste est délivré de la détresse, Et le méchant **prend** sa place.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 11:8)

- The whole operation usually **takes** less than 48 hours.
  L’ensemble de l’opération **prend** généralement moins de 48 heures.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 582452)

- The FTC **takes** these claims seriously.
  La FTC **prend** ces déclarations au sérieux.
  ([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 3842038)

## lieu

Used about 6 905 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 9 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 418 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 157 · UN documents ≈ 5 317).

- The celebration **takes** place in front of the town hall.
  La fête a **lieu** devant la mairie.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ioan\_Cristian and Ioan\_Cristian · checked, community translation · [\#14029258](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14029258) [\#14029260](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14029260))

- In the meanwhile, the public wealth flows away to the river, and leakage **takes** place.
  En attendant, la richesse publique s'en va à la rivière, et le coulage a **lieu**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 27287)

- “‘“Adulterous wife, who **takes** strangers instead of her husband!
  tu as été la femme adultère, qui reçoit des étrangers au **lieu** de son mari.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 16:32)

- Do you intend to ensure that the mission to Spain **takes** place as soon as possible, if necessary with a different envoy?
  Avez-vous l'intention de veiller à ce que la mission en Espagne ait **lieu** dès que possible, avec un autre envoyé le cas échéant ?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 185721)

- Record of the statement that the communication **takes** place for the purposes of a market sounding.
  Enregistrement de la déclaration précisant que la communication a **lieu** aux fins d'un sondage de marché.
  ([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 3994241)

## note

Used about 1 660 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 331 · UN documents ≈ 1 329).

- The Council **takes** note that the Commission has announced that it will closely monitor the application of this Implementing Decision,
  Le Conseil **note** que la Commission a annoncé qu'elle suivra de près l'application de la présente décision d'exécution,
  ([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 4169105)

- 100.102 The Maldives **takes** note of this recommendation.
  100.102 Les Maldives prennent **note** de cette recommandation.
  ([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 23941361)

- **Takes** note that 190 posts out of 198, as provided for in the establishment plan, had been filled by the end of 2013; acknowledges the improved occupation rate compared to 2012;
  **note** que, sur les 198 postes prévus au tableau des effectifs, 190 étaient pourvus à la fin de l'année 2013; reconnaît que le taux d'occupation s'est amélioré par rapport à 2012;
  ([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 5604297)

## rapport

Used about 723 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 558 · legal and administrative ≈ 165).

- My report **takes** the same line as that of the Committee, which has kept to it over the past few years.
  Mon **rapport** s'inscrit dans la ligne suivie ces dernières années par la commission parlementaire.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 246343)

- The utilisation of adhesion by the anti-lock system **takes** into account the actual increase in braking distance beyond the theoretical minimum.
  L'utilisation de l'adhérence par le système antiblocage tient compte de l'accroissement effectif de la distance de freinage par **rapport** à sa valeur minimale théorique.
  ([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 5553725)

- This report **takes** a tolerant view of an oligopoly that is almost impossible to monitor, one that is quite contrary to all the practices of the internal market.
  Ce **rapport** adopte une vision tolérante d’un oligopole presque impossible à contrôler, contraire à toutes les pratiques du marché intérieur.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 555717)

- The Ebner report - and I congratulate the rapporteur on the specific detail he has been able to put into it - **takes** this aspect further and opens up another horizon.
  Le **rapport** Ebner - et je félicite le rapporteur pour le caractère concret qu'il a su lui donner - projette plus en avant cette dimension et ouvre un nouvel horizon.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 230627)

- in writing. - (FR) This report on eradicating terrorism **takes** its place in an endless series of texts glorifying human rights and the battle against discrimination.
  par écrit. - (FR) Ce **rapport** consacré à l'éradication du terrorisme est un énième pensum à la gloire des droits de l'homme et de la lutte contre les discriminations.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1033736)

## More sentences

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

- He often **takes** me for a drive.
  Il m'emmène souvent pour une promenade en voiture.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and qdii · checked, community translation · [\#298088](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/298088) [\#641336](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/641336))

- He who has friends for dinner, but **takes** no care in the meal that he has prepared for them is not worthy of having friends.
  Celui qui reçoit ses amis et ne donne aucun soin personnel au repas qui leur est préparé, n'est pas digne d'avoir des amis.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#411201](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/411201) [\#411133](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/411133))

- Honestly, I don't think you have what it **takes** to become a teacher.
  Honnêtement, je ne pense pas que tu aies l’étoffe pour devenir enseignant.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by irrationale and gillux · checked, community translation · [\#2283909](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2283909) [\#4409396](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4409396))

## Grammar

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