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# fonctionnaire — French to English

How French *fonctionnaire* 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: fonctionnaire (46 569), fonctionnaires (164 678). By style: everyday 17 · literary 2 · biblical 2 · parliamentary 3 469 · legal and administrative 6 977 · UN documents 200 780.

## staff

Used about 130 033 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 145 · legal and administrative ≈ 218 · UN documents ≈ 129 670). Meaning: [staff in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/staff/).

- Le point positif dans ce cas est que le Statut des **fonctionnaires** de l'UE est sur le point d'être modifié.
  The positive aspect here is that the EU **Staff** Regulations are about to be reformed.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1565565)

- Le **fonctionnaire** est entendu conformément à l’article 38, point a), du statut.
  The official shall be heard pursuant to Article 38, point (a), of the **Staff** Regulations.
  ([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 5341278)

- Destinataires : Les **fonctionnaires** du Secrétariat
  To: Members of the **staff**
  ([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 2204483)

- Il y aura peu de recrutements de nouveau personnel - cela paraît difficile à justifier lorsque l'institution compte déjà près de 6000 **fonctionnaires** et agents.
  Few new **staff** will be employed - indeed, that would be hard to justify with almost 6 000 employees.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1058098)

- en cas de décès d'une personne dépendante d'un **fonctionnaire**, les frais de transport du corps supportés en application de l'article 75 du statut,
  in the event of the death of an official's dependent, the costs incurred pursuant to Article 75 of the **Staff** Regulations for transporting the body,
  ([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 4135431)

## officer

Used about 52 278 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 13 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 2 529 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 814 · UN documents ≈ 43 921). Forms: officer, official, officials. Meaning: [officer in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/officer/).

- Ces **fonctionnaires** du gouvernement sont corrompus.
  These government **officials** are corrupt.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#3555084](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3555084) [\#3559411](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3559411))

- Dans la double file, le long de laquelle des gardes municipaux galopaient comme des chiens de berger, d'honnêtes berlingots de famille, encombrés de grand'tantes et d'aïeules, étalaient à leurs portières de frais groupes d'enfants déguisés, pierrots de sept ans, pierrettes de six ans, ravissants petits êtres, sentant qu'ils faisaient officiellement partie de l'allégresse publique, pénétrés de la dignité de leur arlequinade et ayant une gravité de **fonctionnaires**.
  In the double file, along which the municipal guards galloped like sheep-dogs, honest family coaches, loaded down with great-aunts and grandmothers, displayed at their doors fresh groups of children in disguise, Clowns of seven years of age, Columbines of six, ravishing little creatures, who felt that they formed an **official** part of the public mirth, who were imbued with the dignity of their harlequinade, and who possessed the gravity of functionaries.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 29555)

- C'est un **fonctionnaire** extrêmement consciencieux.
  He is an extremely conscientious **officer**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1852030)

- mariage du **fonctionnaire**: quatre jours;
  marriage of the **official**: four days;
  ([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 3024559)

- **Fonctionnaire** chargé de l &apos; administration et de la liaison
  Liaison and Executive **Officer**
  ([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 11134888)

## servants

Used about 4 871 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 397 · legal and administrative ≈ 291 · UN documents ≈ 4 183).

- La plupart des lois seront adoptées par des **fonctionnaires** en secret.
  Most laws will be adopted by civil **servants** in secret.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1009510)

- Ce taux de référence sera appliqué au salaire brut d’un **fonctionnaire** (tel que défini au tableau 6).
  The benchmark rate has to be applied to the civil **servants**' gross wage (as defined in Table 6).
  ([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 2534014)

- On introduit également un nouveau régime d &apos; allocations pour les **fonctionnaires**.
  A new system of allowances for public civil **servants** is also being carried out.
  ([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 11830514)

- Il est essentiel, selon moi, que les **fonctionnaires** rendent des comptes aux citoyens.
  I believe that it is essential for civil **servants** to be accountable to the general public.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1377430)

- Pour l'application de l'article 17 du règlement lorsqu'un régime spécial de **fonctionnaire** est concerné:
  for the purposes of applying Article 17 of the Regulation when a special scheme for civil **servants** is involved:
  ([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 938567)

## member

Used about 145 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 145). Forms: member, members. Meaning: [member in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/member/).

- Ces compétences de puissance publique ne peuvent être exercées que sous l'autorité et, en règle générale, en présence de **fonctionnaires** de l'État membre d'accueil.
  Such executive powers may be exercised only under the guidance and, as a rule, in the presence of officers from the host **Member** State.
  ([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 1387570)

- **Fonctionnaire** du département de l'organisation et de l'orientation, qui supervise les nominations aux postes clés du Parti du travail et de l'armée de la RPDC.
  **Member** of the Worker's Party of Korea's Organization and Guidance Department, which directs key personnel appointments for the Workers' Party of Korea and the DPRK's military.
  ([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 4176069)

## More sentences

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

- Le **fonctionnaire** vérifiera les informations dans le formulaire.
  The civil servant will check the information in the form.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ioan\_Cristian and Ioan\_Cristian · checked, community translation · [\#13853394](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13853394) [\#13853397](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13853397))

- Mon père était **fonctionnaire** et ma mère ne faisait rien non plus.
  My father was a civil servant, and my mother wasn't doing anything either.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#491185](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/491185) [\#491179](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/491179))

- La plupart des **fonctionnaires** gouvernementaux sont en congé.
  Most government workers are on furlough.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#2789782](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2789782) [\#4956879](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4956879))

## 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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