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# entreprise — French to English

How French *entreprise* 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: entreprise (109 037), entreprises (239 588). By style: everyday 460 · literary 4 · biblical 16 · parliamentary 33 901 · legal and administrative 89 835 · UN documents 224 409.

## enterprises

Used about 90 033 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 2 119 · legal and administrative ≈ 13 101 · UN documents ≈ 74 803). Forms: enterprise, enterprises.

- L’**entreprise** était vouée à l’échec.
  The **enterprise** was doomed to failure.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by MartinShadock and orcrist · checked, community translation · [\#47252](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/47252) [\#2502777](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2502777))

- Il ajouta, avec une mine de profond penseur: «On est obligé, quelquefois à la fortune, quelquefois à la ruse, de l'heureuse issue des grandes **entreprises**.»
  He added with the air of a profound thinker, “One is indebted sometimes to fortune, sometimes to ruse, for the happy issue of great **enterprises**.”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 8111)

- Monsieur le Président, merci d'avoir parlé des petites et moyennes **entreprises**.
  Mr President, thank you for taking up the question of small and medium-sized **enterprises**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1734229)

- Caractéristiques à collecter auprès des **entreprises** utilisant des ordinateurs:
  Characteristics to be collected for **enterprises** that use computers:
  ([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 1266874)

- **Entreprises** appartenant aux femmes
  Women &apos; s **enterprise**
  ([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 11849705)

## undertaking

Used about 44 691 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 2 119 · legal and administrative ≈ 35 560 · UN documents ≈ 7 013). Forms: undertaking, undertakings. Meaning: [undertaking in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/undertaking/).

- Compte tenu du volume de son budget, l'**entreprise** commune devrait établir un comité d'audit.
  In view of the size of its budget, the Joint **Undertaking** should establish an audit committee.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1549957)

- nom et forme juridique de l’**entreprise**;
  the name and legal form of the **undertaking**;
  ([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 1931173)

- a) Contrôler les registres et autres documents, y compris les documents de contrôle relatifs à l &apos; exploitation de l &apos; **entreprise** de transport;
  check the books and other documentation, including control documents, relating to the operation of the transport **undertaking**,
  ([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 19113575)

- Soyons clairs, la lutte antifraude dans le cadre de l'Union européenne restera toujours une **entreprise** difficile.
  Let me say from the outset that the fight against fraud in the European Union will never be anything other than a difficult **undertaking**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1890840)

- Les tâches de l'**entreprise** commune S2R sont les suivantes:
  The S2R Joint **Undertaking** shall carry out the following tasks:
  ([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 3333802)

## business

Used about 43 392 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 81 · parliamentary ≈ 7 769 · legal and administrative ≈ 12 165 · UN documents ≈ 23 376). Forms: business, businesses. Meaning: [business in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/business/).

- Je peux t'embaucher dans mon **entreprise**.
  I can employ you in my **business**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and monahxo · checked, community translation · [\#4325117](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4325117) [\#5162129](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5162129))

- Les **entreprises** seraient favorables aux mécanismes ADR.
  **Business** would favour ADR mechanisms.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1242170)

- Établissement principal de l’**entreprise** commune
  Principal place of **business** of joint operation
  ([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 5313503)

- Forum sur les **entreprises** et les droits de l &apos; homme
  Forum on **Business** and Human Rights
  ([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 27490787)

- J'envisage de créer une **entreprise**.
  I'm thinking of starting a **business**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and mailohilohi · checked, community translation · [\#6013146](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6013146) [\#12313230](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12313230))

## company

Used about 32 027 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 264 · parliamentary ≈ 11 653 · legal and administrative ≈ 8 422 · UN documents ≈ 11 688). Forms: companies, company. Meaning: [company in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/company/).

- L'**entreprise** est en faillite.
  The **company** is bankrupt.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#7888097](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7888097) [\#7360594](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7360594))

- Toute **entreprise**, tout entrepreneur serait ravi de détenir un monopole.
  The entrepreneur himself or **company** itself would like to have a monopoly.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2022878)

- Retour à la viabilité de l’**entreprise**
  Restoration of the **company**’s viability
  ([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 1682164)

- La participation du secteur privé international (sociétés d &apos; ingénierie, **entreprises**, secteur bancaire) est également recherchée.
  Participation by the international private sector (engineering **companies**, businesses and the banking sector) is also sought.
  ([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 13945434)

- Mon **entreprise** est un succès.
  My **company** is a success.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by martin9 and jshholland · checked, community translation · [\#4877554](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4877554) [\#1420521](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1420521))

## entrepreneurship

Used about 17 433 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 2 472 · legal and administrative ≈ 936 · UN documents ≈ 14 026).

- Le SBA appelle à une meilleure reconnaissance de l'esprit d'**entreprise** et des entrepreneurs.
  The SBA also calls for greater recognition of **entrepreneurship** and entrepreneurs.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1218366)

- Le programme pour l'innovation et l'esprit d'**entreprise** prévoit des actions destinées à soutenir, améliorer, encourager et promouvoir:
  The **Entrepreneurship** and Innovation Programme shall provide for action to support, improve, encourage and promote:
  ([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 870441)

- Programme : Privatisation, esprit d &apos; **entreprise** et compétitivité
  Programme: Privatization, **entrepreneurship** and competitiveness
  ([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 1591533)

- (PL) Je voudrais poser la question suivante: comment peut-on stimuler l'esprit d'**entreprise** en période de crise?
  (PL) I would like to ask: how can **entrepreneurship** be stimulated during a crisis?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1397498)

- 6. Mobilisation des ressources financières, fiscalité et esprit d &apos; **entreprise**
  6. Mobilization of financial resources, taxation and **entrepreneurship**
  ([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 152557)

## small

Used about 3 049 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 706 · UN documents ≈ 2 338). Meaning: [small in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/small/).

- Les petites **entreprises** ressentent la pression de l'inflation.
  **Small** enterprises are feeling the squeeze of inflation.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · [\#326112](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/326112) [\#570461](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/570461))

- Ceci stimulera également les autres politiques sectorielles dans la protection de l'environnement, le tourisme, les petites et moyennes **entreprises** et l'éducation.
  This will boost the other sector policies as well, in environmental protection, tourism, **small** and medium-sized undertakings, and education.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1131743)

- 490. Le microcrédit est un outil essentiel pour le développement des petites **entreprises** et la lutte contre la pauvreté en milieu rural.
  490. Microcredits are a key tool for promoting **small** businesses and reducing rural poverty.
  ([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 25993963)

- Ce serait - et c'est, si cela réussit - une grande **entreprise**. M. Rübig est toutefois connu en ce Parlement pour être le représentant des petites et moyennes **entreprises**.
  It would be - and it will be, if we succeed - a major undertaking, but Mr Rübig is famous in this House for representing **small** and medium-sized undertakings.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 344273)

## More sentences

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

- Arrêter de fumer a été la chose la plus difficile que j'ai **entreprise** dans ma vie.
  To give up smoking was the hardest thing I've done in my life.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and karloelkebekio · checked, community translation · [\#3654189](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3654189) [\#3645773](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3645773))

- Je travaille pour une **entreprise** de commerce.
  I'm working for a trading firm.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#67141](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/67141) [\#4608966](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4608966))

- J'ai un job temporaire dans l'**entreprise**.
  I got a temporary job at the firm.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · [\#254266](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/254266) [\#7161](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7161))

## 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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