Elamur: [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [Parse](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/parse/) · [Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · **Translate** · [Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [MCP](https://mcp.elamur.ai/) · [Groupants](https://md.groupants.elamur.ai/free/en/)

This page as HTML: <https://translate.elamur.ai/free/en/fr-en/d%C3%A9cisions/>

# décisions — French to English

How French *décisions* 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: décisions (248 407). By style: everyday 64 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 13 925 · legal and administrative 21 613 · UN documents 212 804.

## decisions

Used about 170 675 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 61 · parliamentary ≈ 10 734 · legal and administrative ≈ 18 011 · UN documents ≈ 141 869). Forms: decision, decisions.

- Je prends mes propres **décisions**.
  I make my own **decisions**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2380458](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2380458) [\#11566562](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11566562))

- Il y a également eu quelques non-**décisions**.
  There were also some non-**decisions**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1861417)

- Les **décisions** du tribunal arbitral seront prises à la majorité.
  **Decisions** of the arbitration tribunal shall be taken by majority vote.
  ([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 1681929)

- 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)

- Qui prend les **décisions** ici ?
  Who makes the **decisions** here?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5076255](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5076255) [\#7067738](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7067738))

## making

Used about 24 358 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 1 741 · legal and administrative ≈ 450 · UN documents ≈ 22 167). Meaning: [making in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/making/).

- Comment organiser plus clairement et plus précisément le Conseil européen pour la prise de **décisions**?
  How can we use the European Council to achieve clearer and more precise decision-**making**?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1871719)

- Être l’unique actionnaire simplifierait la réalisation des projets de Lufthansa, car la prise de **décisions** serait plus facile.
  It would be easier for Lufthansa to implement its plans as sole shareholder, as the decision-**making** process would be easier.
  ([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 1982384)

- Représentation politique et prise de **décisions**
  Political representation and decision-**making**
  ([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 16961439)

- Le développement durable est une expression qui devrait s’appliquer à toutes les politiques et les **décisions** de l’UE.
  Sustainable development is a phrase that should apply to all EU policy and decision-**making**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 763815)

- Les jeunes femmes ont souligné la nécessité de les intégrer pleinement dans la prise de **décisions** et les processus politiques;
  Young women stressed their need to be fully integrated into decision-**making** and the political 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 1219081)

## taken

Used about 9 317 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 450 · UN documents ≈ 8 867). Meaning: [taken in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/taken/).

- Les **décisions** par procédure d’habilitation
  Decision **taken** by empowerment procedure
  ([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 1983396)

- 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 453 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · legal and administrative ≈ 450). Meaning: [make in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/make/).

- Nous prenons toutes les **décisions** ensemble.
  We **make** every decision together.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3819499](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3819499) [\#13376193](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13376193))

- 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)

- 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))

## More sentences

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

- En passant par les villes, ils recommandaient aux frères d’observer les **décisions** des apôtres et des anciens de Jérusalem.
  As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered the decrees to them to keep which had been ordained by the apostles and elders who were at Jerusalem.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 16:4)

- Ils n'ont toujours pas compris que l'institution qu'est le Parlement européen prend part aux **décisions**.
  It is still not clear to them that there is an institution - the European Parliament - which codecides.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1557584)

- Imaginez seulement le sentiment des responsables des institutions des marchés financiers et des investisseurs, qui éprouvent des difficultés à prendre des **décisions**.
  Just think how the heads of financial market institutions and investors, who indeed have difficulties in deciding, must feel.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1172281)

## 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/).

## About these examples

Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. Every example names its source and licence. [Submit a better translation or example](https://md.translate.elamur.ai/free/en/submit/?pair=fr-en&word=d%C3%A9cisions).


Every example is quoted under its source's licence and credited with it; the rest of the site is open under the Elamur Cosmic License.