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# entreprises — French to English

How French *entreprises* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 8 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: entreprises (239 588). By style: everyday 54 · literary 1 · biblical 12 · parliamentary 27 254 · legal and administrative 50 518 · UN documents 161 749.

## enterprises

Used about 50 517 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 3 975 · legal and administrative ≈ 9 472 · UN documents ≈ 37 067).

- 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))

- 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)

- d) L &apos; efficacité des **entreprises**
  (d) The efficiency of **enterprises**
  ([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 5487817)

## business

Used about 38 783 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 9 085 · legal and administrative ≈ 9 472 · UN documents ≈ 20 219). Forms: business, businesses. Meaning: [business in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/business/).

- De nombreuses petites **entreprises** ont fait faillite.
  Many small **businesses** went bankrupt.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by TRANG and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#10240114](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10240114) [\#335795](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/335795))

- 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)

- Améliorer la consultation et la défense des **entreprises**.
  Improve **business** advocacy/consultation.
  ([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 773975)

- 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)

- Les petites **entreprises** devront se serrer la ceinture pour survivre.
  Small **businesses** will have to tighten their belts to survive.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CM · checked, community translation · [\#277522](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/277522) [\#129353](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/129353))

## companies

Used about 28 419 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 25 · parliamentary ≈ 9 652 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 262 · UN documents ≈ 13 479).

- De nombreuses petites **entreprises** ont fait faillite.
  Many small **companies** went bankrupt.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by TRANG and CK · checked, community translation · [\#274871](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/274871) [\#335795](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/335795))

- Nous devons également considérer de près les pressions auxquelles les **entreprises** sont soumises.
  We have to take a serious look at the kind of pressures **companies** are under.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 969989)

- Tous les producteurs connus en Turquie ont été contactés et trois **entreprises** ont accepté de coopérer.
  All known producers in Turkey were contacted and three **companies** accepted to cooperate.
  ([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 1035997)

- 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)

- Les **entreprises** sont moins loyales à l'égard de leurs employés.
  **Companies** are less loyal to their workers.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Spamster · checked, community translation · [\#1611144](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1611144) [\#1612459](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1612459))

## undertakings

Used about 16 355 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 568 · legal and administrative ≈ 15 787).

- Certaines **entreprises** ferroviaires entretiennent toujours, pour des motifs historiques, des liens étroits avec les autorités de leur pays.
  A number of railway **undertakings** are still fostering close links with their national governments, due to historic factors.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 71524)

- Le nombre d'**entreprises** filiales d'assurance et de réassurance qu'elle compte au niveau national
  The number of its insurance and reinsurance subsidiary **undertakings** at national level
  ([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 3765691)

- Le fait que le projet soit exécuté par des **entreprises** situées dans des pays différents ne suffit pas.
  The fact that the project is carried out by **undertakings** in different countries is not sufficient.
  ([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 1505661)

- Autres **entreprises** opérant en vertu de concessions au sens du decreto legislativo no 79 du 16 mars 1999
  Other **undertakings** operating on the basis of concessions under Decreto Legislativo No 79 of 16 March 1999
  ([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 93251)

- Les bénéficiaires et les sous-traitants participant à l'action sont des **entreprises** publiques ou privées établies dans l'Union.
  Beneficiaries and subcontractors involved in the action shall be public or private **undertakings** established in the Union.
  ([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 4665161)

## corporate

Used about 15 587 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 105 · UN documents ≈ 13 479). Meaning: [corporate in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/corporate/).

- Les gens en ont marre de la cupidité des **entreprises**.
  People are sick and tired of **corporate** greed.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and User105223 · checked, community translation · [\#10779739](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10779739) [\#10779745](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10779745))

- les **entreprises**, y compris les PME, les financements spécialisés et les créances achetées sur les **entreprises**;
  **corporate**, including SMEs, specialised lending and purchased corporate receivables;
  ([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 2952339)

- Les **entreprises** ont apporté leur concours au projet.
  **Corporate** assistance was received for the project.
  ([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 11960070)

- Les dons d'**entreprises** aux organisations politiques sont placés sous haute surveillance.
  **Corporate** political donations are coming under heavy scrutiny.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and fishda · checked, community translation · [\#20736](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/20736) [\#579744](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/579744))

- La Banque estime que la restructuration de la dette des **entreprises** devrait être largement achevée d'ici la fin de l'année 2012.
  In the Bank's view, the **corporate** debt restructuring is expected to be largely completed by the end of 2012.
  ([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 5654002)

## firms

Used about 13 840 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 568 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 157 · UN documents ≈ 10 109).

- Les grandes **entreprises** du secteur tirent toutes les ficelles.
  The large **firms** in the industry call all the shots.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and papabear · checked, community translation · [\#275638](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/275638) [\#12989153](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12989153))

- Cela permettrait en effet aux **entreprises** d'éviter les inutiles et coûteuses obligations inscrites dans leur droit national.
  This would enable **firms** to avoid the unnecessary and costly procedures associated with national company law.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1869391)

- (établissements de crédit et **entreprises** d’investissement)
  (i.e. credit institutions and investment **firms**)
  ([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 5172448)

- Quelle est l &apos; importance des prescriptions en matière de qualité et autres prescriptions imposées par les **entreprises** importatrices?
  How significant are the quality and other requirements set by the importing **firms**?
  ([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 9746199)

- Deux **entreprises** s'affrontent pour la domination du marché.
  Two **firms** compete with each other for market leadership.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and niceguydave · checked, community translation · [\#1449103](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1449103) [\#1450179](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1450179))

## small

Used about 3 938 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 568 · UN documents ≈ 3 370). Meaning: [small in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/small/).

- 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)

## medium

Used about 3 370 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 3 370). Meaning: [medium in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/medium/).

- Un fonds pour la petite et moyenne entreprise a été créé afin d &apos; encourager et de promouvoir la création d &apos; **entreprises**.
  A small and **medium**-sized enterprise fund has been created to encourage and promote 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 23586254)

## More sentences

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

- Les directions d'**entreprises** japonaises doivent apprendre comment traiter avec les travailleurs américains, dit-il.
  Japanese management must learn how to deal with American workers, he said.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sysko and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#73585](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/73585) [\#484889](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/484889))

- Je lui souhaite le meilleur dans ses futures **entreprises**.
  I wish him the very best in his future endeavors.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Spamster · checked, community translation · [\#1654004](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1654004) [\#1654890](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1654890))

- L'objectif des **entreprises** est de réaliser des bénéfices.
  The objective of corporations is to make profits.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#5771344](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5771344) [\#12310858](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12310858))

## 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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