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# vocational — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: vocational (35 274). By style: everyday 2 · parliamentary 1 170 · legal and administrative 1 376 · UN documents 32 726.

## professionnelle

Used about 31 175 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 853 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 003 · UN documents ≈ 29 317). Forms: professionnel, professionnelle, professionnelles, professionnels.

- A few years ago, in San Francisco, a young woman came to us for **vocational** advice.
  Il y a quelques années, à San Francisco, une jeune femme vint à nous pour une orientation **professionnelle**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Source\_Benedict\_1921 and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#847229](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/847229) [\#1035814](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1035814))

- Today, 30% of Europeans do not have **vocational** qualifications.
  Aujourd'hui, 30 % des Européens n'ont aucune qualification **professionnelle**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1380415)

- education and **vocational** training;
  l’éducation et la formation **professionnelle**;
  ([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 1753658)

- Education and **vocational** training
  Education et formation **professionnelle**
  ([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 1205703)

- Fourth, we must emphasise the importance of **vocational** training.
  Quatrièmement, il convient de souligner l'importance de la formation **professionnelle**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1709101)

## formation

Used about 2 289 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 244 · UN documents ≈ 2 045).

- An important element in this process is the assessment of **vocational** education and training itself.
  Un élément important dans ce processus est l'évaluation de l'enseignement et de la **formation** professionnels en eux-mêmes.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1187488)

- A. Education, training and **vocational** guidance
  A. Education, **formation** et orientation
  ([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 1029016)

- In order to achieve this, there is a need for significant investment in the area of **vocational** education and training.
  Pour atteindre cet objectif, il faut investir considérablement dans l'enseignement et la **formation** professionnels.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1573737)

- The juveniles undertake technical/**vocational** training without neglecting their personal training and development.
  Il reçoit une **formation** technicoprofessionnelle, sans préjudice de sa formation et de son épanouissement personnels.
  ([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 13589483)

- Between 1994 and 1999 the state-training agency in Ireland received £428 million for **vocational** training and education.
  Entre 1994 et 1999, en Irlande, l'agence de **formation** de l'État a reçu 428 millions de livres pour la formation et l'enseignement professionnels.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1835835)

## emploi

Used about 682 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 682).

- (d) Provide the National Employment Fund and the National Monitoring Service for Employment and **Vocational** Training with the resources they require to function properly.
  De doter le Fonds national de l &apos; **emploi** et l &apos; Observatoire national de l &apos; emploi des ressources nécessaires à leur bon fonctionnement.
  ([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 26232210)

## enseignement

Used about 393 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 49 · legal and administrative ≈ 344).

- Unfortunately, **vocational** education has been neglected in recent years and has reduced in significance.
  Malheureusement, l'**enseignement** professionnel a été négligé ces dernières années et a vu son importance diminuer.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1566057)

- Lower secondary education — **vocational** ED25
  Premier cycle de l'**enseignement** secondaire — professionnel ED25
  ([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 4415482)

- In this way, ECVET contributes to the expansion of European cooperation in general and **vocational** education.
  De cette manière, l'ECVET contribue au développement de la coopération européenne dans le domaine de l'**enseignement** général et professionnel.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1187386)

- **Vocational** education, with no distinction possible between 2, 3 and 4
  **Enseignement** professionnel, distinction impossible entre 2, 3 et 4
  ([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 1487994)

- 22 % to **vocational** education and training, representing 17 % of the total budget;
  22 % à l'**enseignement** et à la formation professionnels, ce qui représente 17 % du budget total;
  ([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 3059232)

## More sentences

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

- He would have been able to enter a good university easily if he had tried, but he entered a **vocational** school instead.
  Il aurait pu être admis facilement à une bonne université s'il avait essayé, mais il est entré dans une école technique.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#293845](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/293845) [\#392524](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/392524))

- We call for EU-wide recognition of school, **vocational** and university qualifications.
  Nous appelons à la reconnaissance des qualifications sur l'ensemble de l'horizon éducatif.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1561696)

- The specific CO2 emissions of a **vocational** vehicle shall be the average of the CO2 emissions in g/km reported in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/956.
  Les émissions spécifiques de CO2 d’un véhiculeprofessionnel sont la moyenne des émissions de CO2 in g/km communiquées conformément au règlement (UE) 2018/956.
  ([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 4996254)

## Grammar

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