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# exigences — French to English

How French *exigences* 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: exigences (103 986). By style: everyday 29 · literary 2 · biblical 2 · parliamentary 7 733 · legal and administrative 64 501 · UN documents 31 719.

## requirements

Used about 78 834 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 3 866 · legal and administrative ≈ 57 782 · UN documents ≈ 17 181).

- Ce travail ne correspond pas à nos **exigences**.
  This work does not meet our **requirements**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ekim and CM · checked, community translation · [\#59145](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/59145) [\#10728436](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10728436))

- Il en va de même pour les **exigences** de liquidités.
  The same applies to liquidity **requirements**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1417503)

- **Exigences** concernant la fourniture d’informations
  **Requirements** relating to the supply of information
  ([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 1770481)

- Les **exigences** de la loi en matière d &apos; assurance ne sont pas observées dans la pratique.
  Legal **requirements** concerning insurance were being ignored in practice.
  ([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 16989250)

- Vous aurez du mal à répondre à ses **exigences**.
  You'll find it difficult to meet her **requirements**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and weihaiping · checked, community translation · [\#1481088](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1481088) [\#7726946](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7726946))

## demands

Used about 5 417 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 18 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 2 094 · UN documents ≈ 3 304).

- J'ai cédé à ses **exigences**.
  I gave in to her **demands**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#261316](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/261316) [\#14726](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14726))

- Il parla longuement de son âge, de ses infirmités, de la surcharge des années comptant double désormais pour lui, des **exigences** croissantes du travail, de la grandeur du jardin, des nuits à passer, comme la dernière, par exemple, où il avait fallu mettre des paillassons sur les melonnières à cause de la lune, et il finit par aboutir à ceci: qu'il avait un frère,--(la prieure fit un mouvement)--un frère point jeune,--(second mouvement de la prieure, mais mouvement rassuré)--que, si on le voulait bien, ce frère pourrait venir loger avec lui et l'aider, qu'il était excellent jardinier, que la communauté en tirerait de bons services, meilleurs que les siens à lui;--que, autrement, si l'on n'admettait point son frère, comme, lui, l'aîné, il se sentait cassé, et insuffisant à la besogne, il serait, avec bien du regret, obligé de s'en aller;--et que son frère avait une petite fille qu'il amènerait avec lui, qui s'élèverait en Dieu dans la maison, et qui peut-être, qui sait? ferait une religieuse un jour.
  He talked a long time about his age, his infirmities, the surcharge of years counting double for him henceforth, of the increasing **demands** of his work, of the great size of the garden, of nights which must be passed, like the last, for instance, when he had been obliged to put straw mats over the melon beds, because of the moon, and he wound up as follows: “That he had a brother”—(the prioress made a movement),—“a brother no longer young”—(a second movement on the part of the prioress, but one expressive of reassurance),—“that, if he might be permitted, this brother would come and live with him and help him, that he was an excellent gardener, that the community would receive from him good service, better than his own; that, otherwise, if his brother were not admitted, as he, the elder, felt that his health was broken and that he was insufficient for the work, he should be obliged, greatly to his regret, to go away; and that his brother had a little daughter whom he would bring with him, who might be reared for God in the house, and who might, who knows, become a nun some day.”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 11407)

- Notre combat est reconnu. Nos **exigences** sont claires.
  Our battle lines have been drawn; our **demands** are clear.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 548753)

- Nos préoccupations en matière de développement n &apos; excluent nullement nos **exigences** quant au respect de la personne humaine.
  Our development concerns do not preclude our **demands** for 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 8715505)

- Répondras-tu à nos **exigences** ?
  Will you meet our **demands**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by genes1s and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2644185](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2644185) [\#13343582](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13343582))

## meet

Used about 2 328 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 322 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 344 · UN documents ≈ 661). Meaning: [meet in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/meet/).

- Les grands personnages ne se plient pas aux hautes **exigences**, mais créent plutôt les leurs.
  Great figures don't **meet** high standards, but rather make their own.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by qdii and FeuDRenais · checked, community translation · [\#506158](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/506158) [\#506160](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/506160))

- Grâce aux progrès réalisés, ces technologies respectent aujourd'hui les **exigences** strictes que nous avions fixées.
  What was the end result? The technology developed to such an extent that it was even able to **meet** these high standards.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1557826)

- La mousse de polyuréthanne doit répondre aux **exigences** applicables à la mousse de latex détaillées au critère 1.3.
  PUR foam shall **meet** the corresponding requirement for latex foam detailed in the criterion set out in point 1(3).
  ([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 1691103)

- — Les informations échangées dans le cadre d &apos; accords ou de mesures de désarmement devront correspondre aux **exigences** spécifiques de ces accords et mesures;
  &quot; - Exchange of information in the context of disarmament agreements or measures should be designed to **meet** the specific provisions of such accords;
  ([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 2348644)

- En tant que rapporteur de ce Parlement pour la Slovaquie, j'ai pu voir de près quels efforts les Slovaques ont déployés pour répondre aux **exigences** de l'UE.
  As rapporteur for this Parliament for Slovakia, I myself have experienced the efforts made by the Slovaks to **meet** the EU's conditions at close hand.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 403205)

## annex

Used about 661 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 661). Meaning: [annex in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/annex/).

- Au moins le symbole de la figure 12 de l &apos; annexe 9, consistant en un cercle d &apos; un diamètre de 13 mm minimum et contenant un pictogramme répondant aux **exigences** suivantes :
  As a minimum, the symbol of **annex** 9, figure 12 consisting of a circle with a diameter of minimum 13 mm and containing a pictogram, meeting the following conditions:
  ([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 11259078)

## out

Used about 661 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 661). Meaning: [out in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/out/).

- − Définir des **exigences** de qualité minimale pour empêcher l &apos; entrée sur le marché de produits de qualité inférieure;
  - Define minimum quality to keep unsatisfactory produce **out** of the market
  ([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 19092739)

## More sentences

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

- Ce parti se plie toujours aux **exigences** de la classe moyenne.
  That party is always pandering to the middle class.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and al\_ex\_an\_der · checked, community translation · [\#67895](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/67895) [\#10815110](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10815110))

- Il doit abaisser ses **exigences**.
  He needs to lower his standards.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Spamster · checked, community translation · [\#1829601](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1829601) [\#1830845](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1830845))

- Elle doit abaisser ses **exigences**.
  She needs to lower her standards.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Spamster · checked, community translation · [\#1829600](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1829600) [\#1830847](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1830847))

## 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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