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# délais — French to English

How French *délais* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 6 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: délais (72 944). By style: everyday 13 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 3 567 · legal and administrative 11 265 · UN documents 58 098.

## time

Used about 15 829 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 595 · legal and administrative ≈ 704 · UN documents ≈ 14 525). Meaning: [time in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/time/).

- Le colis a été livré dans les **délais**.
  The package was delivered on **time**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and ddnktr · checked, community translation · [\#12065575](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12065575) [\#12947381](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12947381))

- Le déploiement de la MINUAD doit être mis en place dans les **délais** impartis.
  The deployment of the UNAMID must take place within the foreseen **time**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1200247)

- **Délais** pour l’application des moyens d’identification aux ovins et aux caprins détenus
  **Time** periods for the application of means of identification of kept ovine and caprine animals
  ([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 5400942)

- a) **Délais** de recrutement.
  (a) Recruitment target **time**.
  ([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 28866193)

- Je crains de ne pas finir le rapport dans les **délais**.
  I'm afraid I won't finish the report on **time**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#7997396](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7997396) [\#11305464](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11305464))

## limits

Used about 10 388 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 74 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 051 · UN documents ≈ 7 262).

- Je souhaiterais aussi que la Commission revoie les **délais** courts qui ont été fixés dans le règlement.
  I should also like the Commission to review the narrow time **limits** which are given in the regulation.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2043208)

- **Délais** de report de paiement
  Time **limits** for deferred payment
  ([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 1541506)

- c) De fixer des **délais** pour l &apos; examen de la situation de ces enfants;
  (c) Prescribing time-**limits** for the assessment of such children; and
  ([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 1015313)

- **Délais** d'introduction d'un recours
  Time **limits** for applying for review
  ([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 4532559)

- i) Traitement dans les **délais** prescrits (30 à 45 jours) des demandes d &apos; évaluation adressées à la direction
  (i) Timely response to management evaluation requests, within the prescribed 30- and 45-day time **limits**
  ([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 18227524)

## soon

Used about 6 981 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 966 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 173 · UN documents ≈ 4 842). Meaning: [soon in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/soon/).

- Je me réjouis par conséquent de votre soutien en faveur de son adoption dans les plus brefs **délais**.
  I accordingly look forward to your support for its adoption as **soon** as possible.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 687878)

- Il est nécessaire d'appliquer cette modification dans les plus brefs **délais**, compte tenu de la situation du marché.
  In view of the situation on the market, this amendment should be applied as **soon** as possible.
  ([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 2073680)

- La Secrétaire générale adjointe invite instamment tous les États Membres qui ne l &apos; ont pas encore fait à verser dans les meilleurs **délais** leurs contributions pour 2009.
  She urged the remaining Member States to pay their assessed contributions for 2009 in full as **soon** as possible.
  ([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 21991678)

- Et ces bénéfices sont d'une ampleur telle qu'il nous faut absolument réaliser l'élargissement dans des **délais** les plus brefs possibles.
  They are so great that enlargement ought to be undertaken as **soon** as it possibly can be.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 96657)

- La Commission examine, dans les plus brefs **délais**, l'avis de l'Autorité ainsi que toutes les observations reçues.
  The Commission shall examine the opinion of the Authority and any comments received as **soon** as possible.
  ([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 1090216)

## within

Used about 4 014 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 149 · legal and administrative ≈ 235 · UN documents ≈ 3 631). Meaning: [within in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/within/).

- De toute évidence il n'a pas été proposé dans les **délais** et j'attends encore une explication claire à ce sujet.
  Obviously it was not tabled **within** the deadline and I have yet to receive a very clear explanation.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1680869)

- Si celles-ci ne réagissent pas dans les **délais** impartis, les rapports sont réputés avoir été approuvés tacitement.
  Failure to react **within** the established deadline shall be interpreted as tacit acceptance of the implementation reports.
  ([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 2000332)

- Le mémoire et le contre-mémoire ont été dûment déposés dans les **délais** fixés.
  The Memorial and the CounterMemorial were duly filed **within** the timelimits fixed.
  ([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 13191174)

- Le Conseil de Séville a déclaré que le traité de Nice constituait une condition à la réalisation de l'élargissement dans les **délais** fixés.
  What was said in Seville was that the Treaty of Nice is a precondition for enlargement to take place **within** the scheduled timescale.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 359023)

- Il demeure toutefois nécessaire de mieux faire appliquer les règles, en particulier en ce qui concerne les **délais** fixés.
  However, the rate of compliance, in particular compliance **within** the specified deadline, needs to be improved.
  ([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 18233583)

## deadlines

Used about 3 734 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 446 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 286).

- Ce sont les **délais** de facturation.
  These are the billing **deadlines**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#13363005](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13363005) [\#12044020](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12044020))

- Il va de soi que je ne suis pas contre les objectifs, les calendriers ou les **délais**.
  Of course, I am not against targets, timetables or **deadlines**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 197608)

- **Délais** à respecter par la Commission
  **Deadlines** for the Commission
  ([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 1968388)

- Notre équipe travaille d'arrache-pied pour respecter les **délais**.
  Our team is working flat out to meet the **deadlines**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#10570122](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10570122) [\#10570124](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10570124))

- Tout doit donc être fait pour raccourcir les **délais** de mise en oeuvre et mobiliser rapidement l'assistance européenne.
  Every effort must therefore be made to reduce the implementation **deadlines** and to rapidly mobilise European aid.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1882184)

## possible

Used about 471 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · legal and administrative ≈ 469). Meaning: [possible in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/possible/).

- Il doit s'y mettre dans les plus brefs **délais**.
  He has to start as soon as **possible**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aristys and BraveSentry · checked, community translation · [\#2323986](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2323986) [\#3790532](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3790532))

- dans les meilleurs **délais** avant la marée, transmet à la Commission les informations suivantes:
  as early as **possible** in advance of the fishing trip, transmits to the Commission the following information:
  ([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 4952846)

- J'attends votre réponse dans les plus brefs **délais**.
  I look forward to receiving your reply as soon as **possible**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and CK · checked, community translation · [\#39537](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/39537) [\#2042496](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2042496))

- Afin de contribuer à éradiquer la fièvre catarrhale ovine dans les meilleurs **délais**, il convient que l’Union participe financièrement aux dépenses admissibles encourues par les États membres.
  With a view to helping to eradicate bluetongue as rapidly as **possible** the Union should contribute financially to eligible expenditure borne by the Member States.
  ([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 2260894)

## More sentences

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

- Ils ont terminé le projet dans les **délais**.
  They finished the project on schedule.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#307636](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/307636) [\#6479788](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6479788))

- Je suis désolé pour ces **délais** très courts.
  I'm sorry for the short deadline.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by ajira86 and pip · checked, community translation · [\#278599](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/278599) [\#434069](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/434069))

- Comment puis-je terminer ce document dans les **délais** ?
  How can I make the deadline for this document?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and handsomelyian · checked, community translation · [\#38367](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/38367) [\#1309597](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1309597))

## Grammar

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