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# agents — French to English

How French *agents* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 6 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: agents (126 890). By style: everyday 10 · literary 8 · parliamentary 1 357 · legal and administrative 12 296 · UN documents 113 219.

## staff

Used about 26 237 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 141 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 867 · UN documents ≈ 21 229). Meaning: [staff in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/staff/).

- Je demanderais également que les **agents** nommés à Luxembourg soient réinstallés à Bruxelles.
  Thirdly, I would ask that the **staff** appointed in Luxembourg should be relocated to Brussels.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1506326)

- Autres **agents** et personnes externes
  Other **staff** and external persons
  ([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 4123429)

- Dispositions 200.1 à 212.7 applicables aux **agents** engagés
  AND **STAFF** RULES 200.1 TO 212.7 APPLICABLE TO
  ([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 9729437)

- Déjà maintenant, cela met les **agents** des compagnies aériennes dans le rôle de policiers auxiliaires.
  Airline **staff** are already being forced into the role of auxiliary police as a result of it.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 166734)

- pour les **agents** ayant droit à l'allocation de foyer:
  for **staff** members entitled to household allowance:
  ([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 627999)

## agents

Used about 21 892 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · literary ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 509 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 867 · UN documents ≈ 16 511).

- Est-il possible de réaliser 70 copies de votre rapport paru dans « Le Réseau » de novembre et de les distribuer à nos **agents** ?
  Is it possible to reproduce 70 copies of your report which appeared in the November issue of The Network and distribute them to our **agents**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by hortusdei and Catriona · checked, community translation · [\#35787](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/35787) [\#967728](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/967728))

- Les sergents de ville et les **agents** reculèrent.
  The policemen and **agents** recoiled.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 17878)

- Les courtiers en armements sont des **agents** très spéciaux.
  Brokers in the arms trade are quite unique **agents**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 502642)

- Résistance aux **agents** chimiques
  Resistance to chemical **agents**
  ([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 5525870)

- **Agents**, vendeurs et personnel des services
  **Agents**, sales &amp; service workers
  ([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 18666649)

## officers

Used about 19 012 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 141 · UN documents ≈ 18 870).

- Un kangourou a surpris des **agents** de sécurité à l'aéroport de Melbourne, alors qu'il a été découvert en train de bondir autour de l'un des parkings !
  A kangaroo surprised security **officers** at Melbourne Airport when it was found hopping around one of the car parks!
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Chrikaru · checked, community translation · [\#2128958](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2128958) [\#2130337](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2130337))

- Etaient-ce des **agents** de police ou non?
  Were they police **officers**?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1603227)

- Formation des **agents** des douanes
  Training of customs **officers**
  ([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 14476219)

- Par ailleurs, la formation d'**agents** de police et la mise à disposition des équipements nécessaires se sont poursuivies.
  Furthermore, training of police **officers** and provision of the necessary equipment have continued.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1567689)

- b Administrateurs et **agents** des services généraux.
  b Includes National Professional **Officers** and national General Service staff.
  ([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 28689569)

## officials

Used about 15 376 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 198 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 025 · UN documents ≈ 14 152).

- Les perturbateurs ont été escortés hors de la salle par des **agents** de sécurité.
  The hecklers were escorted from the venue by security **officials**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and ToxicFriu · checked, community translation · [\#10760045](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10760045) [\#10760046](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10760046))

- Ni les **agents**, ni les usagers, ni les citoyens ne sont appelés à donner leur avis.
  Neither **officials**, nor users, nor citizens are called upon to give their opinion.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2024697)

- la coordination et la surveillance générale du contrôle effectué par des **agents** qui dépendent d'autres services.
  the coordination and general surveillance of the scrutiny carried out by **officials** belonging to other departments.
  ([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 3071628)

- Les **agents** des organes chargés de l &apos; application des lois sont investis de certaines prérogatives.
  Law enforcement **officials** are given special powers.
  ([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 13359895)

- Cela donnera beaucoup de travail aux **agents** des douanes, mais c'est un cadeau parfait pour eux.
  This will mean a great deal of work for customs **officials** and it is a perfect present for them.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1094656)

## service

Used about 4 717 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 4 717). Meaning: [service in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/service/).

- **Agents** des services généraux (1re classe)
  General **Service** (Principal levels)
  ([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 3187913)

- 1 agent du Service mobile et 24 **agents** des services généraux recrutés sur le plan national
  1 Field **Service**, 24 national General Service
  ([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 23446177)

## police

Used about 2 360 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1 · UN documents ≈ 2 359). Meaning: [police in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/police/).

- En ce moment, il aperçut le prisonnier des bandits qui, depuis l'entrée des **agents** de police, n'avait pas prononcé une parole et se tenait tête baissée.
  At that moment, he caught sight of the ruffians’ prisoner, who, ever since the entrance of the **police**, had not uttered a word, and had held his head down.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 17911)

- ● Nombre de juges, procureurs et **agents** de police formés à la protection de l &apos; égalité des sexes et des droits en matière de santé procréative
  Target: At least three ● Number of judges, prosecutors and **police** trained to protect gender equality and reproductive rights.
  ([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 20693526)

## More sentences

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

- Des **agents** de renfort, tels que le sable, sont ajoutés à l'eau, pour élargir les fissures nouvellement créées.
  Proppants, such as sand, are added to the water to prop open the newly created cracks.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and halfb1t · checked, community translation · [\#2125729](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2125729) [\#2126844](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2126844))

- Es-tu en train de suggérer que nous nous fassions passer pour des **agents** de police ?
  Are you suggesting that we impersonate policemen?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · [\#3731198](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3731198) [\#3973962](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3973962))

- Les **agents** de sécurité ont refusé de nous laisser entrer.
  The security guards wouldn't let us in.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#9001395](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9001395) [\#13218519](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13218519))

## 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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