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# undertakings — English to French

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

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Sentence pairs counted, by form: undertakings (28 134). By style: parliamentary 1 838 · legal and administrative 19 278 · UN documents 7 018.

## entreprises

Used about 18 447 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 957 · legal and administrative ≈ 16 467 · UN documents ≈ 1 023).

- Not only railway **undertakings**, others too should be able to do this.
  Pas uniquement les **entreprises** ferroviaires, les autres doivent également pouvoir.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 71476)

- aid granted to **undertakings** in difficulty;
  aux aides accordées à des **entreprises** en difficulté;
  ([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 1576551)

- (a) Better financial and tax control of **undertakings** in the sector;
  a) Intensification du contrôle fiscal et financier des **entreprises** du secteur;
  ([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 1880099)

- The Commission has no direct role in the supervision of individual insurance **undertakings**.
  La surveillance des différentes **entreprises** d’assurances n’est pas du ressort direct de la Commission.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 719704)

- FAVOURING CERTAIN **UNDERTAKINGS** OR THE PRODUCTION OF CERTAIN GOODS
  MESURE FAVORISANT CERTAINES **ENTREPRISES** OU CERTAINES PRODUCTIONS
  ([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 5641705)

## engagements

Used about 2 794 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 383 · legal and administrative ≈ 803 · UN documents ≈ 1 608).

- Having given **undertakings**, it then left it to Parliament to deliver on them.
  Après avoir pris des **engagements**, le Conseil a laissé au Parlement le soin de les tenir.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 709930)

- This applies irrespective of whether price **undertakings** are appropriate for the product.
  Cette règle s'applique indépendamment du fait que les **engagements** de prix conviennent au produit.
  ([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 954224)

- voluntary pledges and **undertakings** 121 - 122 18
  des Nations Unies: **engagements** exprimés par l &apos; État examiné 121−122 20
  ([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 29279795)

- The European Union has entered into **undertakings** in this regard, and they should be implemented.
  L’Union européenne a pris des **engagements** à cet égard et il convient de les mettre en œuvre.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 642391)

- The assistance shall be managed by the Commission in a manner consistent with Portugal’s **undertakings**.
  L’assistance est gérée par la Commission d’une manière conforme aux **engagements** du Portugal.
  ([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 2260508)

## certaines

Used about 38 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 38).

- The second document is the statement by US Customs of 4 March which gives **undertakings** as regards the handling of sensitive data.
  Le deuxième document est une déclaration faite par les autorités douanières des États-Unis le 4 mars et qui offre **certaines** garanties en ce qui concerne la manipulation des données sensibles.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 433615)

## More sentences

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

- So we now look to them to make good the **undertakings** that they gave us yesterday.
  Dorénavant, nous comptons sur eux pour respecter les promesses qu'ils nous ont faites hier.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 179559)

- That said, the issues we have decided to address are vitally important to **undertakings** for collective investment in transferable securities.
  Cela dit, les thèmes que nous avons abordés sont cependant d'une importance cruciale pour les organismes de placement collectif en valeurs mobilières.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1012558)

- We would then be in line with the **undertakings** given in Lisbon. Their underlying aim is to improve our potential for growth.
  Nous serions ainsi cohérents avec ce qui a été convenu à Lisbonne et, en ce sens, l'idée de base est d'améliorer notre potentiel de croissance.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 188238)

## Grammar

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