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# targets — English to French

How English *targets* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 5 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: targets (52 734). By style: everyday 4 · parliamentary 4 160 · legal and administrative 4 614 · UN documents 43 956.

## objectifs

Used about 30 292 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 3 553 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 845 · UN documents ≈ 22 894).

- Perhaps the **targets** it sets are slightly more modest.
  Ses **objectifs** sont peut-être un peu plus modestes.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1028424)

- Additional energy efficiency **targets**
  **Objectifs** d'efficacité énergétique supplémentaires
  ([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 2791839)

- Many **targets** have been set; many of them have been reached.
  De nombreux **objectifs** ont été fixés; certains ont été atteints.
  ([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 14565703)

- We will not achieve our **targets** by playing the by-stander.
  Nous n'atteindrons pas nos **objectifs** en jouant l'attentisme.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1022688)

- EU fleet-wide **targets** for 2025 and 2030
  **Objectifs** à l'échelle du parc de l'Union pour 2025 et 2030
  ([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 4938122)

## cibles

Used about 6 036 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 347 · legal and administrative ≈ 192 · UN documents ≈ 5 495).

- The soldiers on the boats would be easy **targets**.
  Les soldats sur les bateaux feraient des **cibles** faciles.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Source\_VOA and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#805362](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/805362) [\#1087117](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1087117))

- We should not think that we in Europe are not **targets**.
  Il ne faut pas que nous nous imaginions que nous ne sommes pas des **cibles** en Europe.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 237147)

- where appropriate, the amount of the loan to be paid in instalments and the additional milestones and **targets** related to the payment of the loan.
  le cas échéant, le montant du prêt à verser par tranches et les jalons et **cibles** supplémentaires liés au versement du prêt.
  ([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 5368773)

- Country programme outputs, indicators, baselines and **targets**
  Produits, indicateurs, références et **cibles** du programme de pays
  ([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 22587826)

- Popes are soft **targets**, they don't issue fatwas but only bulls.
  Les papes sont des **cibles** faciles, ils ne prononcent pas de fatwas, ils font seulement des bulles.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1031681](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1031681) [\#1031679](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1031679))

## réalisation

Used about 1 012 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 96 · UN documents ≈ 916).

- Two types of regions are regarded as potential **targets** for this preparatory action, namely low-growth regions and underdeveloped regions:
  Il existe deux types de régions en déclin susceptibles de bénéficier de la **réalisation** de la présente action préparatoire: les régions connaissant une faible croissance et les régions sous-développées:
  ([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 3777524)

- A joint programme with UNDP on monitoring progress towards the Millennium Development Goals-Plus **targets** is envisaged.
  Un programme commun consacré au suivi des progrès accomplis sur la voie de la **réalisation** des &lt; &lt; OMD-Plus &gt; &gt; , est envisagé avec le PNUD.
  ([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 15760481)

## atteindre

Used about 916 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 916).

- 277. UNICEF fund-raising in 1993 focused on reaching the **targets** set in the medium-term plan for 1993-1996.
  277. En 1993, l &apos; UNICEF s &apos; est attachée essentiellement à **atteindre** les montants prévus dans le plan à moyen terme pour 1993-1996.
  ([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 1222679)

## fixés

Used about 916 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 916).

- Some Governments have set specific **targets** by balancing needs and resources.
  12. Certains gouvernements se sont **fixés** comme objectif d &apos; adapter les besoins aux ressources disponibles.
  ([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 3056401)

## More sentences

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

- Each antibody **targets** a specific bacteria or virus.
  Chaque anticorps cible une bactérie ou un virus spécifique.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Theocracy and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#5250622](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5250622) [\#12896104](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12896104))

- This also applies to the percentage **targets**.
  Cela vaut également pour les orientations exprimées en pourcentages.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1759173)

- Mr Nogueira Román, your question specifically **targets** the countries or regions with the most difficulties.
  Monsieur Nogueira Román, vous ciblez votre question en particulier sur les pays, ou les régions, qui ont le plus de difficultés.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 74700)

## Grammar

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