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# élaborer — French to English

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

The Elamur Dictionary has no French section yet; the English translations below link to their meanings where it has them.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: élaboraient (171), élaborait (506), élabore (11 119), élaborent (4 475), élaborer (125 517), élaborez (10), élaborons (252), élaboré (54 778), élaborée (10 626), élaborées (12 744), élaborés (17 985). By style: everyday 17 · literary 1 · parliamentary 7 868 · legal and administrative 11 725 · UN documents 218 572.

## developed

Used about 96 253 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 1 285 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 817 · UN documents ≈ 91 147). Forms: develop, developed, developing. Meaning: [developed in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/developed/).

- Nous devons **élaborer** un plan.
  We must **develop** a plan.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5788594](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5788594) [\#10624962](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10624962))

- La Commission **élabore** pour l'instant deux nouvelles actions anticorruption.
  The Commission is currently **developing** two new anti-corruption actions.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1889336)

- des lignes directrices **élaborées** par l'OMI;
  guidelines **developed** by the IMO;
  ([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 3901018)

- **Élaboré** par le Groupe d &apos; experts techniques
  **Developed** by the technical expert group
  ([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 26887646)

- Darwin a **élaboré** la théorie de l'évolution.
  Darwin **developed** the evolutionary theory.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#820566](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/820566) [\#11709574](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11709574))

## prepared

Used about 15 321 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 217 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 500 · UN documents ≈ 13 604). Meaning: [prepared in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/prepared/).

- Les deux propositions doivent être **élaborées** comme des projets complets pouvant être approuvés par ceux qui le souhaitent.
  The two proposals should be **prepared** as completed drafts that can be adopted if desired.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 277411)

- Cette étude devrait idéalement être **élaborée** au moment de l'opération.
  Such a study should ideally be **prepared** at the time of the transaction.
  ([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 5677272)

- Ce n &apos; est que rarement que des réponses de l &apos; administration fussent **élaborées**.
  Management responses were seldom **prepared**.
  ([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 28263665)

- Les rapports que vous avez **élaborés**, votre analyse et la nôtre décrivent un problème réellement décourageant.
  The reports which you have **prepared**, your analysis and our analysis describe a really daunting problem.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1174240)

- **Élaboré** conformément à l’article 5, paragraphe 3, de la directive 85/337/CEE modifiée.
  **Prepared** pursuant to Article 5(3) of Council Directive 85/337/EEC, as amended.
  ([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 1060165)

## national

Used about 12 723 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 138 · legal and administrative ≈ 341 · UN documents ≈ 12 244). Meaning: [national in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/national/).

- Les États membres ont été encouragés à **élaborer** leurs propres stratégies nationales en vue du développement durable.
  The Member States are called upon to devise their own **national** strategies for sustainable development.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 210296)

- À cet effet, il convient que les réseaux ruraux nationaux **élaborent** et mettent en œuvre un plan d'action.
  To this end, **national** rural networks should prepare and implement an action plan.
  ([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 3069301)

- Nous **élaborons** un plan national de lutte contre la désertification.
  We are designing a **national** plan to combat desertification.
  ([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 4795394)

- Le projet **élaboré** par le comité de conciliation dispose que les États membres peuvent conserver des mesures nationales plus strictes jusqu’à la fin 2012.
  The draft produced by the Conciliation Committee provides that Member States may retain stricter **national** requirements until the end of 2012.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 805012)

- Les autorités nationales **élaborent** les statistiques annuelles du commerce par caractéristiques des entreprises.
  **National** authorities shall compile annual statistics on trade by business characteristics.
  ([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 2078146)

## drawn

Used about 7 155 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 929 · legal and administrative ≈ 784 · UN documents ≈ 5 442). Meaning: [drawn in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/drawn/).

- Les compromis **élaborés** par Guido Sacconi garantissent cet objectif.
  The compromises **drawn** up by Mr Sacconi safeguard this objective.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 739263)

- Une documentation technique unique peut être **élaborée**;
  A single technical documentation may be **drawn** up;
  ([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 2313611)

- Certaines ont **élaboré** des programmes d &apos; action spéciaux à cette fin.
  Some have **drawn** up special action programmes for this purpose.
  ([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 2743387)

- Jamais plus une telle loi avec effet rétroactif ne devrait être **élaborée**.
  Never again should a law like this one with retroactive effect be **drawn** up.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1350602)

- Une documentation technique unique peut être **élaborée**.
  A single technical documentation may be **drawn** up.
  ([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 2313655)

## More sentences

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

- Il a besoin de temps pour **élaborer** un plan.
  He needs time to come up with a plan.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#8570180](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8570180) [\#8614781](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8614781))

- Je suis en train d'**élaborer** un plan.
  I'm drafting a plan.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felix63 and Eccles17 · checked, community translation · [\#6833255](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6833255) [\#6832860](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6832860))

- Est-ce que tu peux **élaborer** un peu ?
  Can you elaborate a bit?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by genes1s and CK · checked, community translation · [\#4495376](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4495376) [\#13348231](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13348231))

## Grammar

Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [French grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/fr/) · [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [translating between English and French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-fr/) · [translating from French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-fr/) · [translating into English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-en/).

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