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# efficace — French to English

How French *efficace* 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: efficace (143 631), efficaces (87 138). By style: everyday 86 · literary 1 · biblical 4 · parliamentary 18 891 · legal and administrative 15 149 · UN documents 196 638.

## effective

Used about 176 167 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 46 · biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 13 184 · legal and administrative ≈ 9 310 · UN documents ≈ 153 623). Meaning: [effective in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/effective/).

- Ce n'est pas **efficace**.
  It's not **effective**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5386637](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5386637) [\#11700413](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11700413))

- car une porte grande et d’un accès **efficace** m’est ouverte, et les adversaires sont nombreux.
  for a great and **effective** door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CO 16:9)

- Notre action doit être judicieuse et **efficace**.
  What we do must be wise and **effective**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1289996)

- Toute dotation doit permettre une utilisation **efficace** des fonds.
  Any allocation shall be such as to allow its **effective** use.
  ([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 2831251)

- Utilisation **efficace** et transparente des ressources publiques.
  **Effective** and transparent use of public resources
  ([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 11991897)

## efficient

Used about 28 319 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 33 · parliamentary ≈ 3 542 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 261 · UN documents ≈ 20 483). Meaning: [efficient in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/efficient/).

- Tu es fort **efficace**.
  You're very **efficient**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2218481](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2218481) [\#2227310](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2227310))

- Il faut rendre plus **efficace** la politique extérieure et de défense commune.
  The common foreign and security policy should be made more **efficient**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1607629)

- Énergies sûres, propres et **efficaces**
  Secure, clean and **efficient** energy
  ([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 3647060)

- Ce n &apos; est pas une façon **efficace** d &apos; utiliser les ressources et les capacités.
  This is not an **efficient** use of resources and abilities.
  ([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 4629311)

- Tu es très **efficace**.
  You're very **efficient**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2218481](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2218481) [\#2227308](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2227308))

## more

Used about 6 894 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 590 · legal and administrative ≈ 158 · UN documents ≈ 6 145). Meaning: [more in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/more/).

- La persuasion est souvent plus **efficace** que la force.
  Persuasion is often **more** effectual than force.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and ravas · checked, community translation · [\#3665463](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3665463) [\#11290585](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11290585))

- L'aide doit être simplifiée, décentralisée, plus écologique et plus **efficace** en matière d'emploi.
  Aid must become simpler, less centralised, **more** environmentally friendly and create more jobs.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1935322)

- Si on trouve plus de quatre fréquences de résonance significatives sur l'un des axes, on choisira pour l'épreuve les quatre fréquences de résonnance les plus **efficaces**.
  If **more** than four significant resonant frequencies are found for any one axis, the four most severe resonant frequencies shall be chosen for this test.
  ([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 5564105)

- Si nous voulons préserver la Commission, nous devons faire en sorte qu &apos; elle soit plus concrète, plus précise et plus **efficace**.
  If we are to preserve the Commission, we must make it **more** practical, more focused and more relevant.
  ([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 20104781)

- Ce qu'il nous faudrait plutôt, ce sont des contrôles internes **efficaces** et de meilleures possibilités de licenciement.
  Instead, there is a need for proper internal control and the ability to sack people **more** easily.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1602)

## measures

Used about 197 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 197).

- Rester en marge ou prendre des mesures **efficaces**, voilà le choix qui se présente à lui.
  A choice between tinkering at the edges or taking forceful **measures**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 58366)

## ensure

Used about 158 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 158). Meaning: [ensure in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ensure/).

- Afin d'assurer une gestion **efficace** de la procédure de délivrance des certificats d'importation, le présent règlement devrait entrer en vigueur immédiatement après sa publication,
  In order to **ensure** sound management of the procedure of issuing import licences, this Regulation should enter into force immediately after its publication,
  ([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 2917049)

## More sentences

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

- Étudier comment communiquer de manière **efficace** est du temps bien dépensé.
  Studying how to communicate effectively is time well spent.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#909573](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/909573) [\#1395673](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1395673))

- L'année passée, j'ai passé tant de temps tout seul que j'ai presque oublié comment communiquer de manière **efficace** avec les autres.
  Last year, I spent so much time by myself that I almost forgot how to communicate effectively with others.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#909549](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/909549) [\#1406898](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1406898))

- Ce livre t'aidera à écrire de manière **efficace**.
  This book will help you write effectively.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#2610798](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2610798) [\#2398871](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2398871))

## 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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