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# fondamentaux — French to English

How French *fondamentaux* 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: fondamentaux (101 457). By style: everyday 11 · parliamentary 10 538 · legal and administrative 3 935 · UN documents 86 973.

## fundamental

Used about 38 674 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 8 782 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 705 · UN documents ≈ 27 179). Meaning: [fundamental in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/fundamental/).

- Le gouvernement doit faire des changements **fondamentaux**.
  The government must make **fundamental** changes.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by belgavox and CM · checked, community translation · [\#271472](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/271472) [\#1645756](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1645756))

- Mais nous ne parlons pas des États membres, nous parlons des droits **fondamentaux**.
  This is not about Member States, this is about **fundamental** rights.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1575692)

- Chapitre 23: pouvoir judiciaire et droits **fondamentaux**
  Chapter 23: Judiciary and **fundamental** rights
  ([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 1353248)

- Droits et libertés **fondamentaux**
  **Fundamental** rights and freedoms
  ([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 13495333)

- Les protons et les électrons sont des composants **fondamentaux** de l'atome.
  Protons and electrons are **fundamental** components of atoms.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#7936697](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7936697) [\#8977391](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8977391))

## basic

Used about 26 380 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 439 · legal and administrative ≈ 574 · UN documents ≈ 25 367). Meaning: [basic in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/basic/).

- La Commission estime donc que ces objectifs **fondamentaux** du programme forment un cadre équilibré d'orientations concrètes.
  The Commission believes that these **basic** objectives provide a balanced and precisely targeted framework.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1726004)

- Besoins **fondamentaux** concernant tous les enfants du ménage
  **Basic** needs for all household children
  ([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 1518110)

- Le multilinguisme et la parité des langues sont également **fondamentaux** à une portée maximale.
  Multilingualism and language parity were also **basic** to maximum outreach.
  ([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 16635868)

- On n’y trouve aucune mention des principes **fondamentaux** relatifs au marché intérieur, comme l’approche de la directive sur les services.
  There was no mention of **basic** principles relating to the internal market, such as the approach to the Directive on services.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 696970)

- Paramètres **fondamentaux** du sous-système «infrastructure» correspondant aux exigences essentielles
  **Basic** parameters of the infrastructure subsystem corresponding to the essential requirements
  ([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 2247641)

## rights

Used about 16 831 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 439 · legal and administrative ≈ 82 · UN documents ≈ 16 307).

- Cette loi nous privera de nos droits **fondamentaux**.
  This law will rob us of our basic **rights**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and joshodude\_1308 · checked, community translation · [\#5713287](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5713287) [\#945999](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/945999))

- Premièrement, nous avons établi des droits **fondamentaux** pour tous les voyageurs ferroviaires, ce à quoi nous n'aspirions pas du tout au départ.
  First, we have basic **rights** for all rail passengers, something that was not at all our goal at the outset.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 964490)

- Sous sa responsabilité, des procès ont été conduits de manière sommaire et à huis clos, sans respecter les droits **fondamentaux** des prévenus.
  Trials under his jurisdiction have been conducted summarily and inside closed session, without adherence to basic **rights** of the accused.
  ([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 4810721)

- :: Les droits **fondamentaux** des femmes;
  :: Human **Rights** of Women
  ([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 29460077)

- Une grande partie de la population mondiale n'a pas accès aux droits humains **fondamentaux** qui sont considérés comme acquis dans les pays prospères.
  A large proportion of the world's population don't have access to basic human **rights** which are taken for granted in affluent countries.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and patgfisher · checked, community translation · [\#3240553](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3240553) [\#8922903](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8922903))

## principles

Used about 5 901 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 220 · legal and administrative ≈ 246 · UN documents ≈ 5 436).

- De nombreux amendements avaient été acceptés par le Conseil, dont certains reproposent des principes d'une importance particulière ; je dirais même qu'ils sont **fondamentaux**.
  Many amendments were accepted by the Council, and some of them propose again particularly important, not to say essential **principles**. Here are some of them.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 359654)

- Principes **fondamentaux** et applicabilité
  Basic **principles** and applicability
  ([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 1499740)

- Elle définit les principes **fondamentaux** que le tribunal doit éventuellement examiner pour décider de l &apos; intérêt supérieur de l &apos; enfant :
  It sets out some key **principles** that the Court must consider, where relevant, when deciding what is in the best interests of the child:
  ([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 22518465)

- règles et principes **fondamentaux** pour les contributions en nature;
  Basic rules and **principles** for in-kind contributions
  ([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 3516139)

- L &apos; une des priorités de l &apos; action culturelle est de garantir plusieurs principes **fondamentaux** à l &apos; exercice des droits culturels des communautés, à savoir:
  One of the priority interests in the area of culture is to guarantee **principles** of importance for the exercise of cultural rights of communities, these principles being:
  ([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 27756947)

## charter

Used about 1 812 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 812). Meaning: [charter in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/charter/).

- Le rôle de l &apos; ONU, tel que défini par la Charte et les textes **fondamentaux** de l &apos; Organisation, en particulier les documents adoptés entre 2000 et 2005, reste indispensable.
  The United Nations, however, remains indispensable in its role, as defined in the **Charter** and the main United Nations documents, especially those from the years 2000 and 2005.
  ([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 23749260)

## More sentences

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

- Lorsque nous entendons parler d'un divorce, nous supposons qu'il a été causé par l'incapacité de ces deux personnes à s'entendre sur les **fondamentaux**.
  When we hear of a divorce we assume that it was caused by the inability of those two people to agree upon fundamentals.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Source\_Benedict\_1921 · checked, community translation · [\#847268](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/847268) [\#1036463](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1036463))

- De cette description générale, se dégagent plusieurs objectifs **fondamentaux**: premièrement, assurer une plus grande stabilité et sécurité dans notre voisinage, en entreprenant des réformes politiques et économiques.
  Out of that general picture come several core objectives: firstly, to ensure greater stability and security in our neighbourhood, by promoting political and economic reform.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1356947)

- La décision doit définir les principes **fondamentaux** d'une politique de concurrence saine.
  The decision defines the grounds for a healthy competition policy.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1733977)

## Grammar

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