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# task — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: task (115 338), tasks (59 125). By style: everyday 107 · literary 9 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 10 672 · legal and administrative 17 184 · UN documents 146 490.

## tâche

Used about 82 983 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 86 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 6 003 · legal and administrative ≈ 11 277 · UN documents ≈ 65 615). Forms: tâche, tâches.

- What are my **tasks**?
  Quelles sont mes **tâches** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lukaszpp and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#464500](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/464500) [\#468608](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/468608))

- But time was passing away; night came on; the street noises ceased; my uncle, bending over his **task**, noticed nothing, not even Martha half opening the door; he heard not a sound, not even that excellent woman saying:
  Cependant le temps s'écoulait; la nuit se fit; les bruits de la rue s'apaisèrent; mon oncle, toujours courbé sur sa **tâche**, ne vit rien, pas même la bonne Marthe qui entr'ouvrit la porte; il n'entendit rien, pas même la voix de cette digne servante, disant:
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 328)

- It is true that it was not an easy **task**.
  Il est vrai que ce ne fut pas une **tâche** aisée.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 810049)

- The group's **task** will be:
  Le groupe a pour **tâche**:
  ([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 772145)

- (a) Detailed **tasks** to be performed;
  a) Détail des **tâches** à réaliser;
  ([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 21816508)

## travail

Used about 11 378 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 334 · legal and administrative ≈ 358 · UN documents ≈ 10 682).

- To rule a country is no easy **task**.
  Gouverner un pays n'est pas un **travail** aisé.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sysko · checked, community translation · [\#1395381](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1395381) [\#1394144](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1394144))

- She has had a very difficult **task**; getting a consensus on this issue is impossible.
  Elle a réalisé un **travail** très difficile ; il est impossible de parvenir à un consensus sur cette question.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 443001)

- The amount of the fee shall depend on the complexity of the certification **task** and the workload involved.
  Le montant des redevances est fonction de la complexité de l’opération de certification et de la charge de **travail** 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 659758)

- Arctic Council **task** force for institutional issues Education
  Groupe de **travail** du Conseil de l &apos; Arctique sur les questions institutionnelles
  ([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 23833033)

- We did not expect him to finish the **task** in so short a time.
  Nous ne nous attendions pas à ce qu'il termine le **travail** en si peu de temps.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and Barbiche0 · checked, community translation · [\#252320](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/252320) [\#352937](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/352937))

## ses

Used about 6 690 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 222 · legal and administrative ≈ 358 · UN documents ≈ 6 104).

- Although he was writing carefully, he had many mistakes in his writing **task**.
  Bien qu'il ait écrit rapidement, il avait beaucoup d'erreurs dans **ses** écritures.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mahdiye and NomadSoul · checked, community translation · [\#1005663](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1005663) [\#1007500](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1007500))

- He had been duteous over his **tasks** for fear of punishment, and had got through his legal studies with credit because his existence was tranquil.
  Il avait fait **ses** classes avec soin, pour n'être pas puni, et terminé ses études de droit avec régularité parce que son existence était calme.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 1801)

- British Conservatives are supportive of the UN in its many difficult **tasks** but not of EU military adventures.
  Les conservateurs britanniques soutiennent l’ONU dans **ses** missions nombreuses et difficiles, mais non les aventures militaires de l’UE.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 795347)

- Europol shall hold data in data files only for as long as is necessary for the performance of its **tasks**.
  Les données contenues dans les fichiers ne doivent être conservées à Europol que le temps nécessaire pour lui permettre de remplir **ses** fonctions.
  ([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 1674858)

- The Executive Committee may establish sub-committees as it deems necessary to assist it in carrying out its **tasks**.
  Le Comité exécutif peut instituer les souscomités qu &apos; il juge nécessaires pour l &apos; aider dans l &apos; accomplissement de **ses** fonctions.
  ([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 24563525)

## mission

Used about 5 910 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 889 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 969 · UN documents ≈ 3 052).

- Enlargement challenges all of us to rediscover Europe's essential **task**.
  L'élargissement nous pousse tous à redécouvrir la **mission** essentielle de l'Europe.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1903409)

- The **tasks** of the group shall be as follows:
  Le groupe a pour **mission**:
  ([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 3198090)

- To discharge any **task** assigned to it by the King in the above-mentioned field;
  - Accomplir toute **mission** que le Souverain lui confie dans le domaine précité;
  ([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 9408377)

- As a result, the European Parliament is faced with an almost impossible **task**.
  De la sorte, le Parlement européen est confronté à une **mission** quasi impossible.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 15555)

- any other activity necessary to fulfil its principal **task**.
  toute autre activité nécessaire à l’accomplissement de sa **mission** principale.
  ([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 4844259)

## More sentences

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

- This is no easy **task**.
  Ce n'est pas une mince affaire.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#5752342](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5752342) [\#528877](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/528877))

- It's a tough **task**.
  C'est la croix et la bannière.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Alex\_M and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#12804157](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12804157) [\#1603932](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1603932))

- Giving up drinking is not an easy **task**.
  Cesser de boire n'est pas une mince affaire !
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#5201452](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5201452) [\#5199391](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5199391))

## 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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