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# félicité — French to English

How French *félicité* 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: félicité (21 930), félicitée (7 997), félicitées (2 298), félicités (6 693). By style: everyday 35 · literary 4 · parliamentary 471 · legal and administrative 121 · UN documents 38 287.

## welcomed

Used about 23 712 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 92 · legal and administrative ≈ 89 · UN documents ≈ 23 531).

- Notre groupe s' en serait **félicité**.
  Our Group would have warmly **welcomed** that.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 75167)

- Le 20 décembre 2010, le Conseil s'est **félicité** de l'adoption du protocole additionnel.
  On 20 December 2010, the Council **welcomed** the adoption of the Supplementary Protocol.
  ([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 2775917)

- Elle s &apos; est **félicitée** de la dépénalisation des délits de presse.
  It **welcomed** the decriminalization of press offences.
  ([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 23950093)

- La Commission s'est **félicitée** de cette disposition.
  The Commission **welcomed** this provision.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1630502)

- Il s'est **félicité** des bons résultats obtenus jusqu'ici par son opération navale Atalanta.
  It **welcomed** the good results that its naval operation Atalanta has achieved so far.
  ([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 3169068)

## commended

Used about 3 621 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 30 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 · UN documents ≈ 3 589).

- Qu'il soit **félicité** pour tout cela.
  All of that is to be **commended**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 421674)

- Le Conseil s’est **félicité** également de la série d’initiatives prises par certains États membres de l’UE en vue d’offrir une protection aux navires du PAM.
  The Council also **commended** the sequenced initiatives of some Member States to provide protection to WFP vessels.
  ([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 1428503)

- Elle s &apos; est **félicitée** de l &apos; importance accordée à la coopération technique entre pays en développement.
  The emphasis given to TCDC was **commended**.
  ([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 4987468)

- Elle mérite d'en être **félicitée**.
  It should be **commended** for this.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1547474)

- On s &apos; est **félicité** de la qualité du texte du fascicule du chapitre 13 du budget.
  172. The high quality of the budget document for section 13 was **commended**.
  ([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 7646046)

## congratulated

Used about 2 795 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 15 · parliamentary ≈ 188 · UN documents ≈ 2 592).

- Ils l'ont tous **félicitée**.
  They all **congratulated** her.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by alexisslay and CH · checked, community translation · [\#3918728](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3918728) [\#5397732](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5397732))

- Qu'elle en soit doublement **félicitée**.
  She is to be doubly **congratulated**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 346822)

- Les Etats-Unis doivent également être **félicités** à cet égard.
  The United States must also be **congratulated** in that regard.
  ([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 185222)

- Ziri a **félicité** l'équipe.
  Ziri **congratulated** the team.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#11042308](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11042308) [\#11838143](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11838143))

- La présidence portugaise doit être **félicitée**.
  The Portuguese Presidency is to be **congratulated**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 979156)

## delegations

Used about 2 393 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 2 393).

- Des délégations se sont également **félicitées** de la collaboration du FNUAP avec d &apos; autres donateurs.
  **Delegations** also appreciated UNFPA collaboration with other donors.
  ([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 18924659)

- Les délégations ont **félicité** le Président et le Tribunal du rapport annuel.
  23. **Delegations** expressed their appreciation to the President and the Tribunal for the annual report.
  ([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 7469710)

- Certaines délégations se sont **félicitées** du travail déjà accompli en dépit des difficultés.
  136. Some **delegations** expressed support for the work already done, despite the constraints.
  ([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 18037684)

- S &apos; agissant de l &apos; évaluation des systèmes électoraux, les délégations se sont **félicitées** du rapport.
  36. On the evaluation of electoral systems and processes, **delegations** were pleased with the report.
  ([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 27880714)

- Plusieurs délégations se sont **félicitées** de ce que le rapport était concis, rédigé clairement et riche en contenu.
  19. Several **delegations** expressed appreciation that the report was concise, and that its language was straightforward and informative.
  ([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 9991699)

## praised

Used about 842 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 27 · legal and administrative ≈ 12 · UN documents ≈ 798).

- Le prof a **félicité** notre fils.
  The teacher **praised** our son.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#8354491](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8354491) [\#8486337](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8486337))

- Elle a été **félicitée** à plusieurs reprises pour le travail réalisé.
  The work was also widely **praised**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 379927)

- Après décembre 2010, il s'est **félicité** de la «défaite totale des forces de destruction», faisant référence à l'opposition démocratique.
  After December 2010, he **praised** the ‘total defeat of destructive forces’, when referring to the democratic opposition.
  ([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 3653752)

- 51. La Slovaquie s &apos; est **félicitée** de l &apos; ouverture d &apos; un bureau du HCDH en 2009.
  51. Slovakia **praised** the opening of an OHCHR office in 2009.
  ([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 23894640)

- Même quand on est **félicité**, la modestie est importante.
  Even when one is being **praised**, modesty is important.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#1126462](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1126462) [\#8758528](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8758528))

## More sentences

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

- Son malheur changea en **félicité** dès lors qu'elle entendit sa voix.
  Her unhappiness turned to bliss when she heard his voice.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Dejo · checked, community translation · [\#309686](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/309686) [\#458734](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/458734))

- Il m'a **félicité** en souriant.
  He patted me on the back with a smile.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Zifre · checked, community translation · [\#292317](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/292317) [\#10127850](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10127850))

- Le professeur m'a **félicité**.
  The teacher patted me on the back.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#272987](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/272987) [\#10127837](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10127837))

## 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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