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# compétentes — French to English

How French *compétentes* 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: compétentes (90 184). By style: everyday 2 · parliamentary 1 542 · legal and administrative 33 954 · UN documents 54 686.

## competent

Used about 62 437 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 707 · legal and administrative ≈ 33 247 · UN documents ≈ 28 482). Meaning: [competent in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/competent/).

- Toute personne a droit à un recours effectif devant les juridictions nationales **compétentes** contre les actes violant les droits fondamentaux qui lui sont reconnus par la constitution ou par la loi.
  Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the **competent** national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and jakov · checked, community translation · [\#554658](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/554658) [\#9763620](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9763620))

- Les amendements 7 et 11 se réfèrent au rôle des autorités **compétentes**.
  Amendments Nos 7 and 11 relate to the role of the **competent** authorities.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 183065)

- Veuillez indiquer la ou les autorités **compétentes** chargées:
  Please indicate the **competent** authority(ies) in charge of:
  ([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 1673602)

- Paragraphe 2 : Supprimer : “administrations **compétentes** des”.
  Paragraph 2: Delete: “**competent** administrations of”.
  ([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 5514246)

- Toutefois, c’est l’attitude des autorités serbes **compétentes** qui est décisive.
  What is decisive, however, is the attitude of the **competent** Serbian authorities.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 609605)

## authorities

Used about 16 786 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 129 · legal and administrative ≈ 707 · UN documents ≈ 15 950). Forms: authorities, authority. Meaning: [authorities in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/authorities/).

- Soyez certain que vos propos seront communiqués aux instances **compétentes**.
  You may be sure that your comments will be passed to the proper **authorities**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 297642)

- Si nécessaire, les autorités **compétentes** de l'État membre concerné peuvent demander une traduction du certificat de contrôle dans l'une des langues officielles.
  Where necessary, the relevant Member State's **authorities** may request a translation of the certificate of inspection in one of its official languages.
  ([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 1563153)

- et des autorités **compétentes** en matière d &apos; homologation 10
  and of Type Approval **Authorities** 9
  ([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 26383689)

- Des personnes **compétentes** et actives doivent être élues auprès des autorités locales pour travailler efficacement avec les fonds de l'UE.
  Capable and active people should be elected to local **authorities** to work skilfully with EU funds.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 976475)

- Étendue de la coopération interne entre autorités **compétentes**
  Extent of internal cooperation between relevant **authorities**
  ([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 14175840)

## relevant

Used about 8 361 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 386 · UN documents ≈ 7 975). Meaning: [relevant in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/relevant/).

- Je transmettrai cette remarque aux autorités **compétentes** au sein de la Commission.
  I will pass on that observation to the **relevant** authorities in the Commission.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 385511)

- Le CET peut chercher à instaurer une collaboration avec les organisations **compétentes**
  The TEC may seek collaboration with **relevant** organizations
  ([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 26534519)

- Les conclusions de cette enquête ont été transmises aux autorités communautaires et nationales **compétentes**.
  The findings of this investigation were then passed on to the **relevant** Community and national authorities.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 865621)

- La deuxième est une analyse approfondie de la législation existante et des institutions **compétentes** des États ayant demandé une assistance.
  The second phase includes in-depth analysis of existing legislation and **relevant** institutions of requesting States.
  ([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 15619824)

- Vos observations ont naturellement été consignées et seront examinées par les commissions **compétentes** du Parlement.
  Your comments have, of course, been noted and will be examined by the **relevant** parliamentary committees.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 297637)

## appropriate

Used about 1 171 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 32 · UN documents ≈ 1 139). Meaning: [appropriate in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/appropriate/).

- On pourrait d'ailleurs très bien y intégrer la suggestion que j'ai entendue ici de prévoir un suivi régulier des programmes de dépenses par les commissions parlementaires **compétentes**.
  We might very well include in this the suggestion I have heard made here that programmes of expenditure should be monitored regularly by the **appropriate** committees of Parliament.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1934953)

- 367. Les parents dont les enfants handicapés reçoivent un enseignement à domicile peuvent obtenir une aide auprès des institutions éducatives **compétentes**.
  For parents whose disabled children are being educated at home, assistance is available from **appropriate** teaching and educational institutions.
  ([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 10576035)

## organizations

Used about 32 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 32).

- Le fameux accord SBS reconnaît comme base de ces mesures les prescriptions des organisations internationales **compétentes**, dans ce cas l'OIE.
  As basis for such measures, the SBS agreement recognizes the regulations of the appropriate international **organizations**, in this case the IEO.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1788078)

## More sentences

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

- Les Américains peuvent considérer les personnes timides comme moins **compétentes** que celles qui ne le sont pas.
  Americans may regard shy people as less capable than those who are not shy.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by TRANG and CK · checked, community translation · [\#67467](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/67467) [\#136215](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/136215))

- Ces commissions ne peuvent naturellement pas être **compétentes** pour les discriminations qui concernent la commission des droits de la femme.
  It goes without saying that these committees cannot be responsible for those forms of discrimination that are a matter for the Committee on Women's Rights.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1986093)

- Dans ce cas-ci, ce sont les institutions européennes qui sont **compétentes**.
  Here competition belongs to the European Institutions.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1801924)

## Grammar

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