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# atténuer — French to English

How French *atténuer* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 5 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: atténuaient (30), atténuait (35), atténue (519), atténuent (397), atténuer (28 460), atténues (1), atténuons (6), atténué (746), atténuée (486), atténuées (409), atténués (511). By style: everyday 12 · parliamentary 1 105 · legal and administrative 2 747 · UN documents 27 736.

## mitigate

Used about 7 379 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 144 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 110 · UN documents ≈ 6 124). Forms: mitigate, mitigated. Meaning: [mitigate in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/mitigate/).

- Je ne sais pas si nous pouvons résoudre le problème, mais nous pouvons en **atténuer** les effets.
  I don't know whether we can fix the problem, but we can **mitigate** its effects.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#8657746](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8657746) [\#8692776](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8692776))

- La position commune précise que les plans d' action ont pour but d'**atténuer** le bruit.
  The common position states that the goal of the action campaigns is to **mitigate** noise.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 234900)

- Tous les risques ont-ils été correctement gérés et **atténués**?
  All risks have been properly managed and **mitigated**?
  ([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 4611018)

- 2. **Atténuer** les conséquences des accidents;
  2. **Mitigate** the consequence of accidents,
  ([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 11203558)

- La Commission affirme que les mécanismes de correction et de recouvrement **atténuent** les effets de ces erreurs.
  The Commission has claimed that the correction and recovery mechanisms **mitigate** the effects of the errors.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1312179)

## effects

Used about 1 829 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 65 · legal and administrative ≈ 74 · UN documents ≈ 1 690). Meaning: [effects in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/effects/).

- Les effets sur les prix alimentaires seront contrôlés et **atténués** grâce à des rapports réguliers et au réexamen de 2014.
  Food price **effects** will be monitored and tackled through regular reporting and the 2014 review.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1181279)

- Veuillez décrire les mesures compensatoires proposées pour **atténuer** les effets de distorsion de la concurrence au niveau de l’EEE.
  Describe the compensatory measures proposed with a view to mitigating the distortive **effects** on competition at EEA level.
  ([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 5618170)

- Les effets de la pire sécheresse que la Somalie ait connu depuis 10 ans se sont **atténués** avec les pluies.
  42. The **effects** of Somalia &apos; s worst drought in a decade have eased with the rains.
  ([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 15964621)

- Nous voulons aider le secteur laitier et **atténuer**, autant que possible, les effets néfastes du changement climatique.
  We want to help the dairy sector and alleviate, as far as possible, the harmful **effects** of climate change.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1317008)

- Ces instruments ont **atténué** les effets préjudiciables de la chute des prix, mais n'ont pas empêché la baisse constante des prix des produits laitiers et du lait cru.
  While those instruments have softened the deleterious **effects** of the fall in prices, they have not prevented the continuous decrease in milk products' prices and raw milk prices.
  ([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 3710302)

## impact

Used about 1 422 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 44 · legal and administrative ≈ 41 · UN documents ≈ 1 338). Meaning: [impact in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/impact/).

- Un demi-milliard d'euros sont censés être dépensés pour **atténuer** l'impact négatif de la mondialisation.
  Half a billion euros is supposed to be spent on mitigating the negative **impact** of globalisation.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1316482)

- Cela **atténue** encore l'impact de l'activation de nouvelles fibres par BT.
  This makes the **impact** of the lighting of new fibres by BT even less visible.
  ([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 863643)

- Les effets de la sécheresse peuvent être **atténués** au moyen des stratégies suivantes :
  62. The following strategies may reduce the **impact** of drought:
  ([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 19209254)

- Cependant, il ne suffit pas de réduire les émissions de gaz à effet de serre pour **atténuer** l'impact du changement climatique.
  However, it is not enough to cut greenhouse gas emissions to alleviate the **impact** of climate change.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1290251)

- réduire la contamination de l'environnement et **atténuer** l'impact sur les espèces non cibles.
  reduced contamination of the environment and reduced **impact** on non-target species.
  ([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 601849)

## attenuated

Used about 818 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 65 · legal and administrative ≈ 329 · UN documents ≈ 422).

- La luminosité des rayons du soleil est rapidement **atténuée** lorsqu'ils traversent l'eau.
  The brightness of the sunlight is **attenuated** quickly as it passes through the water.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#9032559](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9032559) [\#9192443](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9192443))

- Les risques que comportent ce que l'on appelle les "vaccins vivants **atténués**" ne constituent plus une menace, étant donné que de nouveaux vaccins inactivés sont désormais disponibles.
  The risks of the so-called 'live **attenuated** vaccines' are no longer a threat, as new inactivated vaccines are now available.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1542990)

- Réversion vers l’état de virulence des vaccins **atténués**
  Reversion to virulence of **attenuated** vaccines
  ([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 1735784)

- Toutefois, la présomption est **atténuée**.
  However, that presumption has now been somewhat **attenuated**.
  ([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 20443647)

- Ces règles ont été conçues pour l'utilisation des "vaccins vivants **atténués**", qui étaient les seuls vaccins commercialisés lorsque la directive a été adoptée il y a dix ans.
  These rules were designed for the use of 'live **attenuated** vaccines' that were the only vaccines available when the directive was adopted a decade ago.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1543049)

## risks

Used about 634 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 13 · legal and administrative ≈ 58 · UN documents ≈ 563).

- La proposition a pour but d'**atténuer** les risques que représentent les inondations pour la santé humaine, les activités économiques et l'environnement.
  The aim of the proposal is to minimise the **risks** of flooding for human health, economic activities and the environment.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 924503)

- le lien entre ce portefeuille et les risques qu'il **atténue**;
  the link between the portfolio and the **risks** that the portfolio is mitigating;
  ([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 4298933)

- 25. Pouvez-vous établir un lien entre les règlements en vigueur et les risques qu &apos; ils **atténuent**?
  25. Could you link regulations in force with **risks** they are mitigating?
  ([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 22747356)

- Dans ce contexte, il est également positif de remarquer qu'il a été clairement reconnu que les systèmes de sécurité internes des banques **atténuent** les risques.
  Another positive note in this regard is that it was clearly accepted that internal bank collateral mitigates **risks**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 123193)

- le lien entre le portefeuille et les risques que ce portefeuille **atténue**;
  the link between the portfolio and the **risks** that the portfolio is mitigating;
  ([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 4298675)

## More sentences

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

- Il n'existe pas de traitement spécifique pour la varicelle, mais il existe des remèdes en pharmacie qui peuvent en **atténuer** les symptômes.
  There is no specific treatment for chickenpox, but there are pharmacy remedies that can alleviate symptoms.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#5133179](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5133179) [\#8868848](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8868848))

- Cette injection aidera à **atténuer** la douleur.
  This shot will help numb the pain.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · [\#590531](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/590531) [\#590534](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/590534))

- J'ai besoin d'un médicament pour **atténuer** la douleur.
  I need medicine to lessen the pain.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by serpico and Objectivesea · checked, community translation · [\#5195415](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5195415) [\#1403003](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1403003))

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