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# décision — French to English

How French *décision* 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: décision (624 949), décisions (248 407). By style: everyday 503 · biblical 5 · parliamentary 37 312 · legal and administrative 241 627 · UN documents 593 909.

## decision

Used about 730 580 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 477 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 31 093 · legal and administrative ≈ 216 458 · UN documents ≈ 482 551). Forms: decision, decisions. Meaning: [decision in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/decision/).

- Je pris une **décision**.
  I made a **decision**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2380376](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2380376) [\#2382227](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2382227))

- On jette le sort dans le pan de la robe, Mais toute **décision** vient de l’Éternel.
  The lot is cast into the lap, but its every **decision** is from the LORD.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 16:33)

- (Le Parlement adopte la **décision**)
  (Parliament adopted the **decision**)
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 72791)

- A ADOPTÉ LA PRÉSENTE **DÉCISION**:
  HAS ADOPTED THIS **DECISION**:
  ([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 1976926)

- COMPTE RENDU DES **DÉCISIONS**
  FORMAL SEGMENT RECORD OF **DECISIONS**
  ([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 10786588)

## taken

Used about 19 337 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 777 · UN documents ≈ 18 560). Meaning: [taken in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/taken/).

- Nous devrions être fiers de l'étape historique qui a été franchie aujourd'hui, que ce soit en matière de traite des êtres humains ou de **décision** de protection européenne.
  We should be proud of the historic step that has been **taken** today, both on human trafficking and, indeed, on the European Protection Order.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1452612)

- Aucune **décision** n &apos; a été prise au titre de ce point subsidiaire.
  No action was **taken** under this sub-item.
  ([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 803388)

- Toutefois, nous pouvons être rassurés par la **décision** des autorités françaises d'isoler et de détruire le bétail potentiellement exposé aux animaux contaminés importés du Royaume-Uni.
  However, we can take considerable comfort from the very decisive action **taken** by the French authorities to isolate and destroy livestock potentially exposed to contaminated animals imported from the UK.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 172172)

- IX. **Décisions** que doit prendre l’Assemblée générale à sa cinquante-deuxième session
  IX. Action to be **taken** by the General Assembly at its fifty-second session
  ([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 3381620)

- 20. La Commission n &apos; est pas officiellement convenue de prendre ses **décisions** par consensus.
  20. There is no formal agreement that action should be **taken** by consensus.
  ([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 3896700)

## make

Used about 2 522 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 517). Meaning: [make in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/make/).

- Nous sommes prêts à prendre des **décisions** difficiles.
  We're prepared to **make** tough choices.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Lulantis and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#3466174](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3466174) [\#3466570](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3466570))

- La méthode choisie devrait permettre aux utilisateurs d'établir facilement une comparaison tenant compte de tous les facteurs les plus pertinents, en vue également de **décisions** d'achat futures.
  The chosen methodology should allow users to **make** a straightforward comparison encompassing all the most relevant factors, also in view of future purchasing choices.
  ([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 4629075)

## committee

Used about 389 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 389). Meaning: [committee in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/committee/).

- La commission avait fondé sa **décision** sur la base de la version allemande du texte et j'avais demandé en commission une adaptation de la version anglaise.
  In **committee** we used the German text for the vote, and there I asked that the English version be aligned with it.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1913448)

## More sentences

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

- Le gouvernement du Botswana a échoué dans sa tentative d'annuler une **décision** de justice de 2019 dépénalisant les relations homosexuelles.
  Botswana's government has lost a bid to overturn a 2019 court ruling that decriminalized same-sex relations.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and Cangarejo · checked, community translation · [\#10873760](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10873760) [\#12001740](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12001740))

- Je n'ai pas encore pris ma **décision**.
  I haven't decided yet.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Maxence and CK · checked, community translation · [\#32719](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/32719) [\#7696292](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7696292))

- En raison des risques croissants de complication, le médecin prit la **décision** de provoquer l'accouchement.
  Because of the increasing risk of complications the doctor decided to induce labor.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · [\#706777](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/706777) [\#803766](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/803766))

## Grammar

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