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# engage — French to English

How French *engage* 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: engage (50 103), engages (84). By style: everyday 14 · literary 3 · biblical 2 · parliamentary 1 398 · legal and administrative 2 121 · UN documents 46 649.

## engages

Used about 20 409 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 20 409).

- Gender equality **engages** all persons: men and women, boys and girls.
  Gender equality **engages** all persons: men and women, boys and girls.
  ([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 25759101)

- &quot; distributor &quot; means a person who **engages** in distribution;
  &quot; distributor &quot; means a person who **engages** in distribution;
  ([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 11150975)

- **Engages** in dialogue with stakeholders and publishes an industry newsletter
  **Engages** in dialogue with stakeholders and publishes an industry newsletter
  ([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 13844755)

- a. The GM **engages** with donors, the private sector, financial institutions and other relevant institutions...
  a. The GM **engages** with donors, the private sector, financial institutions and other relevant institutions...
  ([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 28326193)

- It also **engages** in social activities, notably night patrols to prevent antisocial behaviour by certain Aboriginals.
  It also **engages** in social activities, notably night patrols to prevent antisocial behaviour by certain Aboriginals.
  ([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 9270997)

## calls

Used about 4 888 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 29 · UN documents ≈ 4 859).

- En matière de contrôle démocratique, le rapport demande à la Commission qu'elle s'**engage** à retirer une proposition de coopération renforcée lorsque le Parlement a émis un avis négatif.
  With regard to democratic scrutiny, the report **calls** on the Commission to undertake to withdraw any proposal for closer cooperation where Parliament delivers a negative opinion.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1874736)

- 52. **Engage** tous les États Membres à participer à la Conférence d &apos; examen de Durban ;
  52. **Calls** upon all Member States to participate in the Durban Review Conference;
  ([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 18613054)

- C &apos; est pourquoi l &apos; Union européenne **engage** toutes les parties à honorer ces engagements.
  Therefore, the European Union **calls** upon all parties to the dialogue to honour these obligations.
  ([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 9615282)

- 34. **Engage** les États Membres à prendre une part plus active aux travaux de l &apos; Équipe spéciale de lutte contre le terrorisme;
  34. **Calls** for the enhanced engagement of Member States with the work of the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force;
  ([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 28752242)

- L &apos; Instance permanente **engage** vivement les États à s &apos; assurer que la non-discrimination raciale soit garantie par leurs constitutions respectives.
  14. The Permanent Forum **calls** upon States to ensure that racial nondiscrimination is guaranteed in their constitutions.
  ([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 26191473)

## committed

Used about 1 954 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 408 · legal and administrative ≈ 87 · UN documents ≈ 1 458). Meaning: [committed in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/committed/).

- Tom s'**engage** à ratifier les décisions prises par Marie.
  Tom is **committed** to ratifying the decisions made by Mary.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felix63 and Eccles17 · checked, community translation · [\#6580748](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6580748) [\#6580723](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6580723))

- Il faut que l’Europe s’**engage** davantage.
  Europe needs to be more **committed**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 649042)

- L’Union s’**engage** à réduire de moitié le nombre d’accidents mortels sur les routes d’ici à 2020.
  The Union is **committed** to halving the number of fatal road accidents by 2020.
  ([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 4469614)

- Mon pays s &apos; **engage** pleinement à consolider les récents acquis obtenus par les précédentes présidences.
  My country is wholly **committed** to building further on the recent achievements made by previous Chairmanships.
  ([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 8744164)

- L'Académie kabyle s'**engage** à contribuer à améliorer la culture scientifique et littéraire du peuple kabyle.
  The Kabyle Academy is **committed** to contributing to the improvement of the scientific and literary culture of the Kabyle people.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#11103662](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11103662) [\#11103653](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11103653))

## undertakes

Used about 1 520 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 29 · legal and administrative ≈ 519 · UN documents ≈ 972).

- Compte tenu de cela, la Commission s'**engage** à inclure ces amendements dans les travaux qui seront menés dans le cadre de la mise en oeuvre du programme présent.
  That being so, the Commission **undertakes** to include those issues in the work that will be done in implementing this programme.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1591356)

- s’**engage** à coopérer avec l’autorité compétente,
  **undertakes** to cooperate with the competent authority;
  ([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 3607950)

- 6. S &apos; **engage** à réexaminer la situation à sa sixième session.
  6. **Undertakes** to review the situation at its sixth 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 29730841)

- s'**engage** à vérifier les indications figurant sur les certificats,
  **undertakes** to verify the particulars shown in certificates,
  ([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 2704191)

- 204. Le Gouvernement s &apos; **engage** à prêter à la Mission tout l &apos; appui dont elle a besoin pour remplir ses fonctions.
  204. The Government **undertakes** to extend whatever cooperation the mission requires for the performance of its functions.
  ([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 3282500)

## More sentences

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

- Ne t'**engage** pas.
  Don't sign up.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#922692](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/922692) [\#13040](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13040))

- Le réserviste opérationnel s’**engage** activement aux côtés des forces armées lors d’exercices ou de missions ponctuelles.
  The operational reservist actively supports the armed forces during exercises or specific missions.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#13362864](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13362864) [\#13362863](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13362863))

- J'**engage** des poursuites.
  I'm pressing charges.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1891102](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1891102) [\#2053728](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2053728))

## 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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