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# approuve — French to English

How French *approuve* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 2 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: approuve (26 451), approuves (46). By style: everyday 25 · literary 2 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 3 091 · legal and administrative 1 516 · UN documents 21 862.

## approve

Used about 9 392 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 19 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 837 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 326 · UN documents ≈ 7 207). Forms: approve, approved, approves. Meaning: [approve in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/approve/).

- J'**approuve** ton plan.
  I **approve** of your plan.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Julien\_PDC and CK · checked, community translation · [\#17259](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/17259) [\#3411211](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3411211))

- --Oui ... je t'**approuve**.
  “Yes, I **approve**.”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 1650)

- (Le Parlement **approuve** la proposition)
  (Parliament **approved** the proposal)
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 979690)

- **approuve** la mise en place de partenariats stratégiques;
  **approve** the establishment of Strategic Partnerships;
  ([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 216007)

- NOUVEAUX PROJETS **APPROUVES** EN 1992
  NEW PROJECTS **APPROVED** IN 1992
  ([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 321164)

## circulation

Used about 7 928 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 7 928). Meaning: [circulation in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/circulation/).

- Les documents établis sous les auspices ou à la demande de l’Organe exécutif de la Convention sur la pollution atmosphérique transfrontière à longue distance pour distribution GENERALE doivent être considérés comme provisoires tant qu &apos; ils n &apos; ont pas été **APPROUVES** par l’Organe exécutif.
  Documents prepared under the auspices or at the request of the Executive Body for the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution for GENERAL **circulation** should be considered provisional unless APPROVED by the Executive Body. GE.97-31147
  ([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 3933105)

- Les documents établis sous les auspices ou à la demande de l’Organe exécutif de la Convention sur la pollution atmosphérique transfrontière à longue distance aux fins d &apos; une distribution GENERALE doivent être considérés comme provisoires tant qu &apos; ils n &apos; ont pas été **APPROUVES** par l’Organe exécutif.
  Documents prepared under the auspices or at the request of the Executive Body for the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution for GENERAL **circulation** should be considered provisional unless APPROVED by the Executive Body.
  ([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 5077056)

- Les documents établis sous les auspices ou à la demande de l &apos; Organe exécutif de la Convention sur la pollution atmosphérique transfrontière à longue distance pour distribution GENERALE doivent être considérés comme provisoires tant qu &apos; ils n &apos; ont pas été **APPROUVES** par l &apos; Organe exécutif.
  Documents prepared under the auspices or at the request of the Executive Body for the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution for GENERAL **circulation** should be considered provisional unless APPROVED by the Executive Body. GE.97-31863
  ([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 3932422)

- Les documents établis sous les auspices ou à la demande de l &apos; Organe exécutif de la Convention sur la pollution atmosphérique transfrontière à longue distance aux fins d &apos; une distribution GENERALE doivent être considérés comme provisoires tant qu &apos; ils n &apos; ont pas été **APPROUVES** par l &apos; Organe exécutif.
  Documents prepared under the auspices or at the request of the Executive Body for the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution for GENERAL **circulation** should be considered provisional unless APPROVED by the Executive Body.
  ([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 5076358)

- Les documents établis sous les auspices ou à la demande de l’Organe exécutif de la Convention sur la pollution atmosphérique transfrontière à longue distance aux fins d &apos; une distribution GENERALE doivent être considérés comme provisoires tant qu &apos; ils n &apos; ont pas été **APPROUVES** par l’Organe exécutif.
  Documents prepared under the auspices or at the request of the Executive Body for the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution for GENERAL **circulation** should be considered provisional unless APPROVED by the Executive Body. GE.98-31326
  ([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 5076170)

## More sentences

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

- J'**approuve** son projet.
  I agree with his plan.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eldad and CK · checked, community translation · [\#285942](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/285942) [\#15322](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/15322))

- Quoi que le groupe **approuve** me va bien.
  Anything the group decides is OK is fine with me.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1196929](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1196929) [\#1196934](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1196934))

- À dire vrai, je n'**approuve** pas du tout.
  To tell the truth, I'm not in favor of it at all.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Filcxjo and verdulo · checked, community translation · [\#2756866](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2756866) [\#2083225](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2083225))

## 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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