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# félicite — French to English

How French *félicite* 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: félicite (93 948). By style: everyday 17 · literary 2 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 7 588 · legal and administrative 908 · UN documents 85 432.

## welcomes

Used about 42 126 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 2 213 · legal and administrative ≈ 757 · UN documents ≈ 39 156). Forms: welcome, welcomes.

- Je me **félicite** de cette mesure.
  I **welcome** this measure.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1454291)

- se **félicite** de la mise en place progressive de la vidéoconférence;
  **Welcomes** the progressive phasing-in of videoconferencing;
  ([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 2759219)

- La délégation chinoise se **félicite** de la convocation de ce débat ouvert.
  The Chinese delegation **welcomes** the convening of this open debate.
  ([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 19574157)

- Mon groupe se **félicite** de cette approche.
  My group **welcomes** this approach.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 831199)

- se **félicite** du rapport spécial no 13/2011 de la Cour des comptes;
  **Welcomes** the Court of Auditors’ Special Report No 13/2011;
  ([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 2758204)

## pleased

Used about 9 550 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 632 · legal and administrative ≈ 19 · UN documents ≈ 8 899).

- Je me **félicite**, Monsieur Nicolaï, que vous ayez annoncé que les ministres ont l’intention de s’occuper de cette question.
  I was very **pleased**, Mr Nicolaï, to hear you say that the Ministers are going to deal with this issue.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 608088)

- se **félicite** des progrès réalisés dans le domaine de la traduction à la suite de l’accord de coopération renouvelé entre le CESE et le Comité des Régions;
  Is **pleased** with the achievements in the area of translation following the renewed EESC–Committee of the Regions Cooperation agreement;
  ([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 2759154)

- Ma délégation se **félicite** également de ce que ce rapport ait été adopté, cette année encore, au cours d &apos; une séance publique du Conseil.
  My delegation is also **pleased** that this year the report was again adopted at a public meeting of the Council.
  ([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 1674652)

- Je me **félicite** que le Parlement ait voté la directive aujourd'hui, car ces faits révèlent qu'elle est absolument nécessaire.
  I am **pleased** that Parliament has today voted for the directive, since these facts show that there is clearly a great need for it.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1189074)

- 1. Sri Lanka se **félicite** de présenter ses troisième et quatrième rapports périodiques à l &apos; examen du Comité contre la torture.
  1. Sri Lanka is **pleased** to submit its third and fourth periodic reports for the consideration of the Committee against Torture.
  ([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 22279091)

## committee

Used about 7 296 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 158 · legal and administrative ≈ 19 · UN documents ≈ 7 119). Meaning: [committee in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/committee/).

- par écrit. - En tant que rapporteure pour avis de la commission du développement sur ce rapport, je me **félicite** de son adoption aujourd'hui par l'ensemble du Parlement européen.
  As rapporteur for the opinion of the **Committee** on Development on this report, I am delighted that it has been adopted today by the plenary of the European Parliament.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1572470)

- **félicite** le Comité et le Comité économique et social européen pour avoir reçu la certification EMAS et le certificat ISO-14001;
  Congratulates both the **Committee** and the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) for receiving EMAS and ISO-14001 certification;
  ([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 2759214)

- Le Comité se **félicite** du dialogue constructif qui a eu lieu entre la délégation et les membres du Comité.
  The **Committee** appreciates the constructive dialogue that took place between the delegation and the members of the Committee.
  ([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 16396299)

- L &apos; orateur se **félicite** des recommandations adoptées par le Comité exécutif et des principes directeurs proposés.
  In that connection, he welcomed the recommendations adopted by the Executive **Committee** and the guiding principles proposed.
  ([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 848017)

- Je **félicite** les délégués de la Cinquième Commission du travail accompli pour adopter le budget biennal de l &apos; Organisation.
  I would like to commend the delegates of the Fifth **Committee** for their efforts to adopt the biennial budget of the Organization.
  ([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 16561236)

## congratulate

Used about 3 015 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 9 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 3 004). Meaning: [congratulate in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/congratulate/).

- Ne me **félicite** pas !
  Don't **congratulate** me!
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by GB3 and Dalyup · checked, community translation · [\#6877875](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6877875) [\#6877996](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6877996))

- --Je vous **félicite**, dit-il du ton dont on réprimande.
  “I **congratulate** you,” said he, in the tone which one uses for a reprimand.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 796)

- Je la **félicite** donc pour cela.
  I therefore **congratulate** them.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 261806)

- **Félicite**-le de ma part.
  **Congratulate** him for me.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and Miktsoanit · checked, community translation · [\#12247792](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12247792) [\#12247005](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12247005))

- Je suis bien content de t'avoir rencontré tout seul ce soir, pour te dire combien cela me fait plaisir, combien je te **félicite**, et combien je t'aime.
  I am very glad to have come upon you this evening to tell you how pleased I am about it, how truly I **congratulate** you, and how much I care for you.”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 444)

## More sentences

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

- **Félicite**-le de ma part.
  Tell him I said congratulations.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and Miktsoanit · checked, community translation · [\#12247129](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12247129) [\#12247005](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12247005))

- **Félicite**-la de ma part.
  Tell her I said congratulations.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and Miktsoanit · checked, community translation · [\#12247130](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12247130) [\#12247012](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12247012))

- **Félicite**-la de ma part.
  Give her my congratulations.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and Miktsoanit · checked, community translation · [\#12247790](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12247790) [\#12247012](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12247012))

## 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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