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# fonction — French to English

How French *fonction* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 3 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: fonction (179 025), fonctions (164 522). By style: everyday 110 · literary 4 · biblical 61 · parliamentary 7 545 · legal and administrative 44 163 · UN documents 291 664.

## function

Used about 140 560 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 60 · literary ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 2 043 · legal and administrative ≈ 23 002 · UN documents ≈ 115 450). Forms: function, functions. Meaning: [function in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/function/).

- La **fonction** crée l'organe.
  The **function** creates the organ.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#5062915](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5062915) [\#5062914](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5062914))

- Faire la réparation est une **fonction** où toute l'âme s'absorbe.
  To make reparation is a **function** in which the whole soul is absorbed.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 10405)

- Car, comme nous avons plusieurs membres dans un seul corps, et que tous les membres n’ont pas la même **fonction**,
  For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members don’t have the same **function**,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ROM 12:4)

- Le Parlement voulait une séparation du contrôle financier et des **fonctions** d' audit.
  Parliament wanted financial inspection and audit **functions** to be separated.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 3289)

- Groupe de **fonctions** et grade \[16\] \[17\]
  **Function** group and grade \[16\] \[17\]
  ([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 3445079)

## service

Used about 17 520 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 28 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 300 · UN documents ≈ 15 191). Meaning: [service in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/service/).

- Il y a une hiérarchie très stricte dans la **fonction** publique.
  There's a very rigid hierarchy in the Civil **Service**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and voxbubnya · checked, community translation · [\#241131](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/241131) [\#12451117](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12451117))

- Il donna deux chars et quatre bœufs aux fils de Guerschon, selon leurs **fonctions**;
  He gave two wagons and four oxen to the sons of Gershon, according to their **service**.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 7:7)

- Bloc de 30 heures de formation générale préparatoire à l'accès à la **fonction** publique
  30 hour block of general preparatory training for access to the civil **service**
  ([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 4415086)

- Budget complet de la Commission de la **fonction** publique internationale (avant réévaluation des coûts) : 13 037 800 dollars
  Full budget of the International Civil **Service** Commission (before recosting): $13,037,800
  ([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 10128605)

- Il établit les sacrificateurs dans leurs **fonctions**, et les encouragea au service de la maison de l’Éternel.
  He set the priests in their offices and encouraged them in the **service** of the LORD’s house.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CH 35:2)

## according

Used about 12 519 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · biblical ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 629 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 760 · UN documents ≈ 9 115).

- Tu seras payé en **fonction** de ta compétence.
  You will be paid **according** to your ability.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by hortusdei and CK · checked, community translation · [\#19526](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/19526) [\#337380](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/337380))

- Bakbukia et Unni, qui remplissaient leurs **fonctions** auprès de leurs frères.
  Also Bakbukiah and Unno, their brothers, were close to them **according** to their offices.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NEH 12:9)

- Une planification est donc nécessaire pour permettre d'accueillir les femmes en **fonction** de chaque étape de leur vie professionnelle.
  For this reason, planning is necessary so that women can be accepted **according** to the particular stage of their professional life.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1081992)

- Apports moyens de vitamines et de minéraux en **fonction** des groupes de population suivants:
  Average intake levels for vitamins and minerals **according** to the following population groups:
  ([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 2630384)

- Classement des prisonniers en **fonction** de leur maîtrise de la langue
  Categorization of prisoners **according** to their language proficiency
  ([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 27165466)

## More sentences

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

- Yanni, un joueur de football américain qui a tué sa femme, ne deviendra pas un autre O.J. Simpson. Il sera puni en **fonction** de son crime.
  Yanni, a football player who killed his wife, won't be another O.J. Simpson. He will be punished accordingly.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#9815264](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9815264) [\#11958379](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11958379))

- Marie dit qu'elle ne choisissait pas les mecs en **fonction** de leur apparence.
  Mary said that she doesn't pick guys for their looks.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Spamster · checked, community translation · [\#1390325](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1390325) [\#1391086](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1391086))

- On peut dire beaucoup d'une personne en **fonction** de la société qu'elle entretient.
  You can tell a lot about someone by the company they keep.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · [\#1203280](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1203280) [\#1203314](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1203314))

## 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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