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# lacunes — French to English

How French *lacunes* 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: lacunes (30 851). By style: everyday 6 · parliamentary 2 043 · legal and administrative 1 694 · UN documents 27 108.

## gaps

Used about 16 360 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 298 · legal and administrative ≈ 247 · UN documents ≈ 15 813).

- J'ai beaucoup de **lacunes** en maths.
  I have a lot of **gaps** in my knowledge of math.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#7954982](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7954982) [\#9704499](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9704499))

- Nous devons à présent déployer des efforts considérables pour combler ces **lacunes**.
  We now have to expend a great deal of effort on closing these **gaps**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 572269)

- Enjeux, **lacunes** et obstacles en matière d’adaptation
  Challenges, **gaps** and barriers to adaptation
  ([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 5247895)

- Recenser les **lacunes** du plan de reprise des opérations
  Identify **gaps** in the recovery plan
  ([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 25534654)

- J'ai beaucoup de **lacunes** en mathématiques.
  There are a lot of **gaps** in my math knowledge.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sysko and rul · checked, community translation · [\#13077204](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13077204) [\#367108](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/367108))

## shortcomings

Used about 6 042 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 851 · legal and administrative ≈ 671 · UN documents ≈ 4 518).

- Il est conscient de ses **lacunes**.
  He's aware of his **shortcomings**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CH · checked, community translation · [\#7388802](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7388802) [\#9946151](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9946151))

- Nous sommes conscients de ces **lacunes**.
  We are aware of these **shortcomings**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 71955)

- Les **lacunes** éventuelles sont mineures.
  Any **shortcomings** are minor.
  ([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 2236847)

- Des **lacunes** ont été relevées dans le secteur social.
  **Shortcomings** were noted in the social sector.
  ([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 18587276)

- D'un point de vue pratique, son plan présente de nombreuses **lacunes**.
  From the practical point of view, there are many **shortcomings** in his plan.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CM · checked, community translation · [\#265268](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/265268) [\#9946158](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9946158))

## deficiencies

Used about 1 483 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 213 · legal and administrative ≈ 141 · UN documents ≈ 1 130).

- - Madame la Présidente, nous débattons, aujourd’hui encore, des droits de l’homme dans le monde et nous pointons du doigt les **lacunes** d’autrui.
  Madam President, today we again debate human rights across the world and point out the **deficiencies** of others.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 752359)

- Contrôles administratifs non concluants, **lacunes** dans les contrôles sur place et le contrôle externe
  Not conclusive administrative controls, **deficiencies** in on– the– spot controls and external audit
  ([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 3144481)

- c) **Lacunes** dans la gestion des chambres fortes, dont certaines étaient dépourvues de registre des accès.
  (c) **Deficiencies** in vault management, such as the lack of an access logbook for some vaults.
  ([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 25505164)

- Ce rapport remédie aux énormes **lacunes** de la proposition de la Commission, et il est dès lors capital qu’il soit adopté par une large majorité.
  This report makes good the immense **deficiencies** in the Commission proposal, and so it is vital that it be adopted by a large majority.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 705935)

- **Lacunes** dans la vérification du caractère raisonnable des coûts et des demandes de paiement des mesures 121 et 123
  **Deficiencies** in the verification of the reasonableness of the costs and of the payment claims Measures 121 and 123
  ([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 4179532)

## loopholes

Used about 1 343 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 213 · UN documents ≈ 1 130).

- La nouvelle loi fiscale est pleine de **lacunes**.
  The new tax law is full of **loopholes**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · [\#269203](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/269203) [\#952508](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/952508))

- Le contrôle financier comporte de nombreuses **lacunes**, tant avant (ex-ante) qu'après (ex-post).
  Financial inspection is riddled with **loopholes**, both ex-ante and ex-post.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 309513)

- Cette situation crée des **lacunes** dont il est facile d &apos; abuser.
  This situation creates **loopholes** which are open to abuse.
  ([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 10495598)

- Il faut mettre un terme aux **lacunes** juridiques qui ont jusqu'à présent permis aux combines d'exister.
  There must be an end to the legal **loopholes** that have existed up to now for fiddles.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1186759)

- Il s &apos; agit d &apos; un domaine très important si l &apos; on veut combler les **lacunes** imputables à l &apos; insuffisance des moyens de mise en œuvre.
  This is an area of significant importance if **loopholes** attributable to capacity issues are to be plugged.
  ([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 14822830)

## weaknesses

Used about 932 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 85 · legal and administrative ≈ 282 · UN documents ≈ 565).

- Ce n'est pas le cas à l'heure actuelle et il y a de graves **lacunes**.
  This is not the case at present and there are severe **weaknesses**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1305430)

- **Lacunes** dans les contrôles ex post de l'exercice 2013
  **Weaknesses** in ex-post controls FY2013
  ([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 4493332)

- **Lacunes** dans l &apos; inventaire physique et dans la communication de l &apos; information
  **Weaknesses** in physical inventory and reporting
  ([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 28967624)

- Les déclarations financières épinglent certaines **lacunes** au niveau de l’administration communautaire.
  The financial statements show **weaknesses** in the EU’s administration.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 627908)

- **Lacunes** dans l'actualisation de la superficie maximale admissible SIPA, année de demande 2012
  **Weaknesses** in updating LPIS maximum eligible area, CY 2012
  ([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 3503828)

## More sentences

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

- Le récit est plein de **lacunes**.
  The story is full of holes.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Spamster · checked, community translation · [\#1557252](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1557252) [\#1557291](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1557291))

- La commission des libertés et des droits des citoyens est parfaitement consciente des **lacunes** que présente la situation de la démocratie et des droits de l’homme au Pakistan.
  The Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights is well aware of the imperfect state of democracy and human rights in Pakistan.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 592337)

- Toutefois, cette proposition comporte des **lacunes**, je suis certain que le Parlement européen y répondra demain grâce à de nombreux amendements.
  However, this proposal also has flaws, and I am certain that the European Parliament will address these tomorrow with numerous amendments.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 989635)

## Grammar

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