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# efficaces — French to English

How French *efficaces* 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: efficaces (87 138). By style: everyday 17 · parliamentary 4 965 · legal and administrative 4 436 · UN documents 77 720.

## effective

Used about 71 633 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 11 · parliamentary ≈ 3 620 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 235 · UN documents ≈ 64 767). Meaning: [effective in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/effective/).

- Ils ne seront pas très **efficaces**.
  They won't be very **effective**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Maxence and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2278265](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2278265) [\#7700608](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7700608))

- Ce n'est qu'alors que nos solutions seront **efficaces**.
  Only then can our solutions be **effective**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1172609)

- la probabilité, au moment où elles sont prises, que ces mesures soient **efficaces**;
  the extent to which, at the time they are taken, such measures are likely to be **effective**; and
  ([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 100705)

- E. Arrangements internationaux **efficaces** pour garantir
  E. **Effective** International Arrangements to Assure Non-Nuclear-Weapon
  ([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 993896)

- Les sports sont **efficaces** pour cultiver l'amitié.
  Sports are **effective** to cultivate friendship.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by bogantsev and al\_ex\_an\_der · checked, community translation · [\#324328](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/324328) [\#135475](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/135475))

## efficient

Used about 11 358 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 621 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 017 · UN documents ≈ 9 715). Meaning: [efficient in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/efficient/).

- Vous êtes fort **efficaces**.
  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) [\#2227314](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2227314))

- À eux d'apporter librement des solutions, l'essentiel étant qu'elles soient **efficaces**.
  They should be free to decide what to do - as long as they are **efficient**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 197146)

- 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)

- E. Mise au point de mécanismes **efficaces** de réglementation du marché du gaz naturel dans la région de la CEE
  E. Development of **efficient** mechanisms for natural gas regulation in the UNECE Region
  ([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 24559221)

- Vous êtes très **efficaces**.
  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) [\#2227312](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2227312))

## more

Used about 196 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 103 · legal and administrative ≈ 92). Meaning: [more in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/more/).

- 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)

- 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)

## measures

Used about 103 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 103).

- 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)

## More sentences

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

- Aujourd'hui, nous nous retrouvons face à la proposition de réexaminer objectivement la question suivante : les conventions de 1961, 1971 et 1988 des Nations unies relatives aux drogues sont-elles **efficaces** ?
  We are faced today with a proposal to review objectively the question whether the UN Conventions of 1961, 1971, and 1998 relating to drugs are working effectively.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 449785)

- La conférence intergouvernementale n' est cependant pas la seule voie permettant de rendre plus **efficaces** et de réformer les activités de l' Union européenne.
  However, the Intergovernmental Conference is not the only route towards enhancing and reforming the work of the Union.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2038932)

- Je ne partage pas la conviction de Mme Smet, lorsqu'elle pense que l'on peut mettre en place des systèmes de contrôle **efficaces**.
  I do not share Mrs Smet' s view that systems with tight controls can be designed. It is difficult to know what happens out on the roads, especially at night.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 284422)

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