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# actes — French to English

How French *actes* 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: actes (187 771). By style: everyday 47 · literary 3 · biblical 19 · parliamentary 5 494 · legal and administrative 19 167 · UN documents 163 041.

## acts

Used about 97 936 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 2 633 · legal and administrative ≈ 17 170 · UN documents ≈ 78 124).

- C'est un opéra en cinq **actes**.
  This is an opera in five **acts**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#60087](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/60087) [\#1054996](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1054996))

- Ils allaient donc par le monde cherchant et quêtant cette beauté, et après avoir successivement rejeté la reine de Golconde, la princesse de Trébizonde, la fille du Grand-Khan de Tartarie, etc., etc., Labour et Clergé, Noblesse et Marchandise étaient venus se reposer sur la table de marbre du Palais de Justice, en débitant devant l'honnête auditoire autant de sentences et de maximes qu'on en pouvait alors dépenser à la Faculté des arts aux examens, sophismes, déterminances, figures et **actes** où les maîtres prenaient leurs bonnets de licence.
  So they were roaming about the world seeking and searching for this beauty, and, after having successively rejected the Queen of Golconda, the Princess of Trebizonde, the daughter of the Grand Khan of Tartary, etc., Labor and Clergy, Nobility and Merchandise, had come to rest upon the marble table of the Palais de Justice, and to utter, in the presence of the honest audience, as many sentences and maxims as could then be dispensed at the Faculty of Arts, at examinations, sophisms, determinances, figures, and **acts**, where the masters took their degrees.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 349)

- Le reste des actions de Salomon, tout ce qu’il a fait, et sa sagesse, cela n’est-il pas écrit dans le livre des **actes** de Salomon?
  Now the rest of the **acts** of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, aren’t they written in the book of the acts of Solomon?
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1KI 11:41)

- Puisqu'il le souhaite, parlons d'abord des **actes**.
  Since that is what he wants, let us talk about **acts**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1620707)

- Ces **actes** sont énumérés à l’annexe dudit accord.
  Those **acts** are listed in the Annex to the Monetary Agreement,
  ([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 5063298)

## actions

Used about 14 301 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 26 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 687 · UN documents ≈ 13 587).

- Je ne regrette pas mes **actes**.
  I don't regret my **actions**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Quonpi and DJ\_Saidez · checked, community translation · [\#9169180](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9169180) [\#645809](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/645809))

- Ses idées semblaient pareilles à ses **actes**; il les indiquait, les promettait, les esquissait, les suggérait, mais ne les énonçait pas.
  His ideas seemed to be like his **actions**; he suggested them, promised them, sketched them, hinted at them, but never fully uttered them.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 474)

- Le moment est donc venu, je le pense, de passer des paroles aux **actes**.
  In my view, the time has therefore come to pass from words to **actions**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1642463)

- Ils ont demandé à la Jamahiriya arabe libyenne d &apos; apporter sans délai par des **actes** concrets les preuves d &apos; une telle renonciation.
  The Libyan Arab Jamahiriya was requested to promptly, by concrete **actions**, prove its renunciation of terrorism.
  ([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 6593922)

- Nous avons besoin d'**actes**, pas de mots.
  We need **actions**, not words.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and belgavox · checked, community translation · [\#1152195](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1152195) [\#844199](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/844199))

## violence

Used about 13 817 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 229 · UN documents ≈ 13 587). Meaning: [violence in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/violence/).

- Que les hommes et les bêtes soient couverts de sacs, qu’ils crient à Dieu avec force, et qu’ils reviennent tous de leur mauvaise voie et des **actes** de violence dont leurs mains sont coupables!
  but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and animal, and let them cry mightily to God. Yes, let them turn everyone from his evil way and from the **violence** that is in his hands.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JON 3:8)

- Mais nous avons aussi été témoins d'**actes** de violence.
  But we have also seen **violence**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1523773)

- Accueil des victimes d &apos; **actes** de violence; orientation
  Reception of victims of **violence**; referral
  ([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 15127591)

- Premièrement, la proposition du Conseil met trop l’accent sur les auteurs d’**actes** de violence, ce qui crée un nouveau groupe-cible au même niveau que les victimes.
  Firstly, the Council’s proposal places too much emphasis on the perpetrators of **violence**, which creates a further target group on the same level as the victims of violence.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 568638)

- Mesures appliquées à l &apos; encontre des auteurs d &apos; **actes** de violence familiale
  Measures applied with respect to perpetrators of domestic **violence**
  ([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 20462233)

## adopt

Used about 114 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 114). Meaning: [adopt in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/adopt/).

- Je suis également opposé à ce que la Commission dispose du pouvoir d'adopter certaines spécifications techniques nécessaires à l'application des textes législatifs au moyen d'**actes** d'exécution.
  I also disagree with the powers given to the Commission to **adopt** certain technical specifications required for the application of the law by means of an 'executive act'.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1461095)

## More sentences

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

- Fut-il, en fait, coupable d'**actes** répréhensibles ?
  Was he, in fact, guilty of wrongdoing?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Source\_VOA · checked, community translation · [\#803142](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/803142) [\#2106515](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2106515))

- Était-il, en fait, coupable d'**actes** répréhensibles ?
  Was he, in fact, guilty of wrongdoing?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Source\_VOA · checked, community translation · [\#803142](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/803142) [\#2106513](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2106513))

- Des besoins désespérés conduisent à des **actes** désespérés.
  Desperate needs lead to desperate deeds.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and GrizaLeono · checked, community translation · [\#1255493](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1255493) [\#1255645](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1255645))

## 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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