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# débats — French to English

How French *débats* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 4 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: débats (77 875). By style: everyday 9 · literary 1 · parliamentary 5 960 · legal and administrative 376 · UN documents 71 529.

## discussions

Used about 28 921 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 497 · legal and administrative ≈ 110 · UN documents ≈ 28 314). Forms: discussion, discussions.

- Les trois jours de **débats** en valaient la peine.
  The three-day **discussion** was worthwhile.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Snout and CM · checked, community translation · [\#244997](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/244997) [\#521588](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/521588))

- La Commission se félicite des **débats** approfondis que nous avons pu mener ici aujourd'hui.
  The Commission is grateful for the wide-ranging **discussions** that have taken place here today.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 41657)

- Ils ne prennent pas part aux **débats**, sauf décision contraire du comité.
  Unless the Committee decides otherwise, they shall not take part in the **discussions**.
  ([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 2503519)

- D. Conférences, séminaires et réunions-**débats**
  D. Conferences, seminars and **discussion** meetings
  ([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 10017322)

- Je crois fermement que c'est par le biais de **débats** avec nos concitoyens que nous renouvellerons leur confiance dans la singularité du projet européen.
  I firmly believe that only through **discussions** with citizens will we renew their faith in the uniqueness of the European project.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1245431)

## debates

Used about 16 563 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 4 470 · legal and administrative ≈ 165 · UN documents ≈ 11 922). Forms: debate, debates.

- Il a participé aux **débats**.
  He participated in the **debate**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by zmoo and CK · checked, community translation · [\#291193](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/291193) [\#520415](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/520415))

- «Messieurs, s'écria-t-il (cette fois en français, car ce n'était pas dans le cahier), Satan est tellement mêlé dans cette affaire que le voilà qui assiste à nos **débats** et fait singerie de leur majesté.
  “Gentlemen,” he exclaimed (this time in French, for it was not in his copy book), “Satan is so mixed up in this affair, that here he is present at our **debates**, and making sport of their majesty.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 5106)

- C'est la raison de nos **débats** et de nos discussions.
  That is why we **debate** and discuss.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1347109)

- Les **débats** du Parlement sont publics.
  **Debates** in Parliament shall be public.
  ([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 2325746)

- :: Ces deux dernières années, quels sont les **débats** thématiques qui ont le plus contribué aux travaux du Conseil?
  :: Which thematic **debates** have contributed the most to the Council &apos; s work in the past year or two?
  ([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 28511808)

## summary

Used about 16 392 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 16 392). Meaning: [summary in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/summary/).

- I. Résumé des **débats** au titre du processus d &apos; examen
  I. **Summary** of the proceedings of the review 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 23891513)

- I. RÉSUMÉ DES **DÉBATS** AU TITRE DU PROCESSUS D &apos; EXAMEN 5 − 51 3
  I. **Summary** of the proceedings of the review process 5 - 51 3
  ([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 20243957)

- Les **débats** sont consignés dans le compte rendu analytique correspondant (E/2013/SR.22).
  An account of the discussion is contained in the relevant **summary** record (E/2013/SR.22).
  ([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 28680991)

- On trouvera à l &apos; annexe III le résumé des **débats** de la table ronde 1 (A/CONF.212/6/Add.2).
  7. The **summary** of discussion for round table 1 (A/CONF.212/6/Add.2) is contained in annex III.
  ([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 20180205)

- Les **débats** sont consignés dans les comptes rendus analytiques correspondants (E/2011/SR.23 à 25 et 50).
  An account of the discussion is contained in the relevant **summary** records (E/2011/SR.23-25 and 50).
  ([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 23609936)

## proceedings

Used about 420 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 373 · legal and administrative ≈ 47).

- Je désire intervenir sur les principes qui fondent l'indépendance de nos **débats**, Madame le Président.
  I should like to say something about the principles on which the independence of our **proceedings** are based, Madam President.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1694181)

- Article 78 Direction des **débats**
  Article 78 Conduct of oral **proceedings**
  ([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 2570774)

- Une bonne partie d'entre eux était fondée sur l'indépendance des **débats** du Parlement et sur le fait que nous ne devions pas délibérer sous une quelconque influence.
  A good number of them referred to the independence of Parliament's **proceedings** and the fact that no influence of any kind should be exerted on them.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1694184)

- Article 205 Enregistrement audiovisuel des **débats**
  Rule 205 Audiovisual record of **proceedings**
  ([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 4878244)

- Si on avait tenu compte des **débats** de cette Assemblée il y a 14 ans, l'idée avancée par notre prédécesseur, Niels Haagerup, aurait pu influencer l'histoire du pays.
  If the **proceedings** of this House had been heeded fourteen years ago the ideas put forward by our former Danish colleague, Niels Haagerup, might have held sway.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1834422)

## More sentences

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

- Je ne crie pas, je **débats**.
  I'm not yelling, I'm debating.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Julien\_PDC and tieguy · checked, community translation · [\#11669680](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11669680) [\#9550470](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9550470))

- Ne te **débats** pas.
  Don't struggle.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2111897](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2111897) [\#8666802](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8666802))

- Même lors des **débats** sur le quatrième programme-cadre, il y avait beaucoup de préoccupations à ce sujet.
  Even when were debating the Fourth Framework Programme, there was a great deal of concern about that.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 650708)

## 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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