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# agissant — French to English

How French *agissant* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 3 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: agissant (146 794), agissante (238), agissantes (38), agissants (22). By style: everyday 2 · literary 1 · biblical 6 · parliamentary 4 371 · legal and administrative 8 025 · UN documents 134 687.

## acting

Used about 40 135 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 429 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 341 · UN documents ≈ 37 365). Forms: acting, active.

- Elle prend toujours des airs, **agissant** comme si elle était reine.
  She's always putting on airs, **acting** as if she were Queen.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and blay\_paul · checked, community translation · [\#495237](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/495237) [\#1229496](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1229496))

- En **agissant** en partenariat, nous aurons tous à expliquer ce qu’est et ce que fait l’Union européenne.
  **Acting** in partnership, we will all have to explain what the European Union does and what it is.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 792452)

- Médicaments **agissant** sur le système de reproduction»
  Agents **acting** on the reproductive system’
  ([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 3260755)

- Elle représente un groupe de solidarité effective et **agissante**.
  It is a genuine and **active** solidarity 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 3796440)

- Nous reprochons, à juste titre, à l'entreprise d'avoir méconnu son rôle et les dispositions légales en **agissant** comme elle l'a fait.
  We are rightly accusing that company of having misunderstood its role and the provisions of the law in **acting** as it has acted.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1694086)

## effective

Used about 9 558 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 9 558). Meaning: [effective in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/effective/).

- La religion ne doit être ni **agissante** ni dominante dans les affaires de l &apos; État;
  Religion is not to be **effective** and dominant in State affairs.
  ([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 6853007)

- Un système judiciaire respecté et effectif est en effet l &apos; une des pierres angulaires d &apos; une démocratie **agissante**.
  A respected and **effective** judicial system is one cornerstone of a functioning democracy.
  ([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 5379849)

- 1. Pour les pays développés, prendre des mesures fortes, coordonnées, et **agissantes** pour stimuler leur économie
  1. All developed countries should take strong, coordinated and **effective** actions to stimulate their economies:
  ([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 19767128)

- L &apos; ONU devrait jouer un rôle déterminant en mettant sur pied les mécanismes **agissants** d &apos; une telle coopération.
  The United Nations should play the key role in establishing **effective** mechanisms for such cooperation.
  ([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 5839593)

- Le Groupe de travail a conclu que les représentants spéciaux les plus **agissants** sont ceux qui axent leur action sur les résultats plutôt que sur les moyens.
  The Working Group has concluded that the most **effective** special representatives are those who focus on the end result and not the process.
  ([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 9603881)

## solidarity

Used about 3 476 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 3 476). Meaning: [solidarity in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/solidarity/).

- Seule la promotion d &apos; une solidarité **agissante** sera à même de maîtriser la gestion des flux migratoires.
  It is only by promoting effective **solidarity** that we will be able to manage migratory flows.
  ([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 20042200)

- Elles ne peuvent l &apos; être sans une solidarité **agissante** et une coopération efficiente entre les États.
  That cannot be achieved without the effective **solidarity** and efficient cooperation of every State.
  ([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 20065482)

- Reconnaissant la nécessité de renforcement d &apos; une solidarité plus **agissante** des Etats membres de l &apos; OCI avec le Gouvernement et le peuple d &apos; Azerbaïdjan;
  Recognizing the need to reinforce concrete **solidarity** of the OIC Member States with the Government and people of Azerbaijan;
  ([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 11340483)

- Reconnaissant la nécessité de renforcement d &apos; une solidarité plus **agissante** des États membres de l &apos; OCI avec le Gouvernement et le peuple d &apos; Azerbaïdjan;
  Recognizing the need to reinforce concrete **solidarity** of the OIC Member States with the Government and people of Azerbaijan;
  ([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 9957230)

## More sentences

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

- S'**agissant** d'un nom, je pense que vous pouvez le laisser tel quel sans nuire à la traduction.
  It being a name, I think you can just leave it as it is with no detriment to the translation.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1833602](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1833602) [\#1833603](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1833603))

- Veille sur toi-même et sur ton enseignement; persévère dans ces choses, car, en **agissant** ainsi, tu te sauveras toi-même, et tu sauveras ceux qui t’écoutent.
  Pay attention to yourself and to your teaching. Continue in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1TI 4:16)

- étant libres, sans faire de la liberté un voile qui couvre la méchanceté, mais **agissant** comme des serviteurs de Dieu.
  Live as free people, yet not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1PE 2:16)

## 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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