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# commissaire — French to English

How French *commissaire* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 7 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: commissaire (112 010), commissaires (36 187). By style: everyday 7 · literary 8 · biblical 12 · parliamentary 52 864 · legal and administrative 1 434 · UN documents 93 872.

## commissioner

Used about 98 219 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 51 763 · legal and administrative ≈ 493 · UN documents ≈ 45 958). Forms: commissioner, commissioners. Meaning: [commissioner in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/commissioner/).

- C'était pas moi, **commissaire** !
  It wasn't me, **commissioner**!
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by kurisutofu and kebukebu · checked, community translation · [\#1552](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1552) [\#3369](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3369))

- Le **commissaire** autrichien Vincent, le **commissaire** espagnol Alava, présents à la bataille dans l'état-major anglais, croyaient le duc perdu.
  Vincent, the Austrian **commissioner**, Alava, the Spanish commissioner, who were present at the battle in the English staff, thought the Duke lost.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 7277)

- En fait, deux **commissaires**.
  In fact, two **Commissioners**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1401742)

- Chef de la mission/**commissaire** de police
  Head of Mission/Police **Commissioner**
  ([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 418443)

- **Commissaires** de la police civile
  Police **Commissioner** Legal 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 2290139)

## auditors

Used about 34 008 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 762 · UN documents ≈ 33 246).

- Le comité des **commissaires** aux comptes peut engager des experts externes pour l'assister dans sa tâche.
  The Board of **Auditors** may engage external experts to assist it.
  ([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 5675232)

- B. Comité des **commissaires** aux comptes
  B. Board of **Auditors**
  ([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 16268080)

- Le comité des **commissaires** aux comptes peut engager des experts externes pour l’assister dans sa tâche.
  The Board of **Auditors** may engage external experts to assist it.
  ([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 5625024)

- Rapport du Comité des **commissaires** aux comptes
  Report of the Board of **Auditors**
  ([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 21818662)

- Il convient de noter que les **commissaires** aux comptes n'ont pas non plus formulé de commentaires à ce sujet.
  It is worth noting that the **auditors** made also no comments in this respect.
  ([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 451634)

## board

Used about 4 904 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 15 · UN documents ≈ 4 889). Meaning: [board in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/board/).

- l'AGA doit désigner les administrateurs et les **commissaires**;
  the AGM has to appoint the members of the **board** of directors and the supervisory board;
  ([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 3157306)

- Les paragraphes 1 à 10 du rapport du Comité des **commissaires** aux comptes sont consacrés à des considérations générales.
  5. Background information is provided in paragraphs 1 to 10 of the report of the **Board**.
  ([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 26986861)

- Le Comité des **commissaires** aux comptes estime qu &apos; il est à présent indispensable de définir de façon précise les objectifs de l &apos; exécution nationale.
  The **Board** considers that a clear definition of the objectives of national execution is now essential.
  ([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 2468539)

- Les observations formulées par le Comité consultatif au regard des différentes conclusions et recommandations du Comité des **commissaires** aux comptes figurent à la section II.C plus bas.
  The comments of the Committee on specific findings and recommendations of the **Board** are contained in section II.C below.
  ([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 26996859)

- S &apos; agissant de la gestion des achats et des contrats, le Groupe note que le Comité des **commissaires** aux comptes a réitéré un certain nombre de ses recommandations antérieures.
  30. Turning to procurement and contract management, the Group noted that the **Board** had reiterated a number of its previous recommendations.
  ([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 16641045)

## nations

Used about 1 956 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 956).

- Rapport du Comité des **commissaires** aux comptes
  of the United **Nations** Chapter I
  ([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 5768017)

- La dernière opinion des **commissaires** aux comptes concernant l &apos; Office des Nations Unies à Nairobi était positive.
  896. The most recent audit opinion provided for the United **Nations** Office at Nairobi was positive.
  ([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 25569217)

## president

Used about 551 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 551). Meaning: [president in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/president/).

- (DE) Monsieur Barroso, Monsieur le Président, je suis déçue non seulement par le choix des **commissaires**, mais également par votre attribution des portefeuilles.
  (DE) Mr Barroso, Mr **President**, I am disappointed not only about the people in the Commission, but also about your allocation of portfolios.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1335426)

## financial

Used about 30 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 30). Meaning: [financial in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/financial/).

- La Suomen Pankki a sélectionné KPMG Oy Ab en tant que **commissaire** aux comptes extérieur pour les exercices 2008 à 2012.
  Suomen Pankki has selected KPMG Oy Ab as its external auditor for the **financial** years 2008 to 2012.
  ([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 1364599)

- Le mandat de l’actuel **commissaire** aux comptes extérieur de la Banka Slovenije expirera après la vérification des comptes de l’exercice 2008.
  The mandate of the current external auditor of the Banka Slovenije will end after the audit for the **financial** year 2008.
  ([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 1690906)

## report

Used about 15 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 15). Meaning: [report in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/report/).

- Le rapport du **commissaire** aux comptes indépendant est présenté au Conseil des Membres à sa première session ordinaire.
  This audit **report** shall be presented to the Council of Members at its first regular session.
  ([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 216920)

## More sentences

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

- Comment se nomme le nouveau **commissaire** de police ?
  What's the name of the new Chief of Police?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Julien\_PDC and Miktsoanit · checked, community translation · [\#12262407](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12262407) [\#9102036](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9102036))

- « Dans quelles circonstances le corps a-t-il été découvert ? », demanda le **commissaire**.
  "Under what circumstances was the body discovered?" asked the policeman.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ginette and sharris123 · checked, community translation · [\#7813075](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7813075) [\#3388329](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3388329))

- Le **commissaire**-priseur parlait trop vite pour être compris.
  The auctioneer spoke too fast to be understood.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and mccarras · checked, community translation · [\#8983350](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8983350) [\#10465773](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10465773))

## 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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