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# actif — French to English

How French *actif* 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: actif (39 502), actifs (55 271). By style: everyday 58 · parliamentary 3 160 · legal and administrative 40 519 · UN documents 51 036.

## assets

Used about 55 721 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 560 · legal and administrative ≈ 31 233 · UN documents ≈ 23 923). Forms: asset, assets. Meaning: [assets in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/assets/).

- À mon avis, nous devons diversifier nos **actifs**.
  In my opinion, we need to diversify our **assets**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CM · checked, community translation · [\#250868](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/250868) [\#11276903](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11276903))

- Cette idée pourrait contribuer à exploiter l’**actif** industriel et technologique.
  This guideline can help to implement the industrial and technological **asset**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 504243)

- Effet du plafond d'**actifs**
  Effect of the **asset** ceiling
  ([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 4365360)

- Amortissement des **actifs** non produits;
  Amortization of non-produced **assets**
  ([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 22708550)

- L'entreprise compte céder ses **actifs** non stratégiques.
  The company plans to divest its non-core **assets**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and rul · checked, community translation · [\#12428810](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12428810) [\#12428811](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12428811))

## active

Used about 25 895 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 45 · parliamentary ≈ 1 975 · legal and administrative ≈ 6 331 · UN documents ≈ 17 544). Meaning: [active in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/active/).

- Tom est très **actif**.
  Tom is very **active**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felix63 and CK · checked, community translation · [\#4494965](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4494965) [\#8318285](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8318285))

- Je conseille toujours aux États membres de se montrer **actifs**.
  Well, I always advise Member States to be **active**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 933991)

- 1 opérateurs économiques **actifs** et inactifs
  1 **Active** and inactive economic operators
  ([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 3948431)

- Le secteur financier est **actif** mais relativement peu développé.
  Vanuatu operates an **active** but reasonably small financial sector.
  ([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 17754453)

- Vous étiez **actifs**.
  You guys were **active**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and shekitten · checked, community translation · [\#12138824](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12138824) [\#2369021](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2369021))

## role

Used about 566 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 33 · UN documents ≈ 532). Meaning: [role in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/role/).

- La culture joue un rôle **actif** dans la formation chez un individu du caractère, de l'attitude et du regard sur la vie.
  Culture plays a dynamic **role** in shaping an individual's character, attitude, and outlook on life.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and saeb · checked, community translation · [\#1160167](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1160167) [\#1160184](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1160184))

- Le Parlement a joué un rôle très **actif** dans celui-ci, à travers le rapport Caudron, déjà lors de la première lecture du programme-cadre.
  Parliament has played a very important **role** in this process, through the Caudron report at the first reading of the Framework Programme.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 321231)

- Les tensions ethniques qui, de façon incroyable, ont culminé dans la crise en ex-Yougoslavie, ont nécessité la présence et le rôle **actif** des deux organisations.
  The ethnic tensions that, incredibly, culminated in the crisis in the former Yugoslavia required both organizations to be present and to play a **role**.
  ([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 2559822)

## value

Used about 33 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 33). Meaning: [value in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/value/).

- Beaucoup d'associations et d'organisations jouent un rôle **actif**, quoique très discret, pour la vie en société et leur travail est d'une grande valeur pour la démocratie.
  There are lots of associations and organizations which quietly make major contributions to society and are of great **value** to democracy.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1746968)

## More sentences

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

- Tom est aussi **actif** qu'une abeille.
  Tom is as busy as a bee.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by GB3 and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6877436](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6877436) [\#6878710](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6878710))

- Tom est un **actif**.
  Tom's a top.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by shekitten and shekitten · checked, community translation · [\#11318611](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11318611) [\#11318630](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11318630))

- Tom est un **actif**.
  Tom is a top.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by shekitten and shekitten · checked, community translation · [\#11318610](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11318610) [\#11318630](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11318630))

## 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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