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# mécanismes — French to English

How French *mécanismes* 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: mécanismes (183 877). By style: everyday 5 · parliamentary 4 407 · legal and administrative 6 636 · UN documents 172 829.

## mechanisms

Used about 138 595 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 4 132 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 839 · UN documents ≈ 129 622).

- L'économie c'est l'étude des **mécanismes** économiques.
  Economics is the study of economic **mechanisms**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Petro1 and Miktsoanit · checked, community translation · [\#238002](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/238002) [\#8888](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8888))

- Désormais, nous avons des **mécanismes** de suivi.
  We now have monitoring **mechanisms**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 801101)

- **Mécanismes** d'actionnement ou de déverrouillage
  Operating devices or release **mechanisms**
  ([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 5575383)

- A. **Mécanismes** de coopération
  A. Cooperative **Mechanisms** (COOP)
  ([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 10821650)

- La fièvre est un des **mécanismes** de défense de l'organisme.
  Fever is one of the body's defence **mechanisms**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and WestofEden · checked, community translation · [\#2674332](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2674332) [\#12804056](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12804056))

## existing

Used about 14 402 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 14 402).

- Les **mécanismes** actuels ne peuvent répondre à ces besoins pour deux raisons.
  **Existing** facilities do not meet these needs for two reasons.
  ([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 19767158)

- Comme dans le cas du mercure élémentaire, les **mécanismes** actuels de suivi des échanges commerciaux de produits contenant du mercure (tels que les piles) sont en général jugés inappropriés.
  **Existing** methods for tracking mercury trade (in products such as batteries), as in the case of elemental mercury, are generally considered to be inadequate.
  ([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 25185909)

- a) Comment les **mécanismes** existants du Fonds monétaire international pourraient être utiles aux États concernés pour atténuer les difficultés économiques particulières qu &apos; ils connaissent;
  (a) How the **existing** facilities of the International Monetary Fund might be helpful to the States concerned, with the view to alleviating their special economic problems;
  ([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 960266)

- c) Troc − formule analogue aux **mécanismes** du marché existants, mais les crédits pourraient être réglés par des moyens non monétaires (annulation de dettes, débouchés commerciaux, emploi, etc.);
  Barter transaction (similar to **existing** market approaches but credits could be paid by using currency other than money, e.g. debt cancellation, trading opportunities, employment, etc.);
  ([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 17525267)

## arrangements

Used about 11 217 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 415 · UN documents ≈ 10 802).

- Décrire les **mécanismes** mis en place pour:
  Describe the **arrangements** for:
  ([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 1132611)

- Les pays ont un passé politique, religieux et économique différent et des **mécanismes** de protection sociale différents.
  Countries have disparate political, religious and economic histories, and different welfare state **arrangements**.
  ([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 21001621)

- les **mécanismes** de régulation des ordres, notamment:
  order throttling **arrangements** including:
  ([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 4295718)

- 105. Dans certains PMA, des **mécanismes** nationaux de concertation ouverts à tous existent déjà au sujet des questions et des politiques de développement.
  In some LDCs, national **arrangements** are already in place for broad-based and inclusive dialogue on development issues and policies.
  ([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 7812867)

- Les règles nationales régissant ce prétendu régime d’aides ont été notifiées à l’Autorité de surveillance AELE comme étant des **mécanismes** d’aide à la souscription d’actions.
  The national rules concerning this alleged scheme were declared to ESA as aid **arrangements** for share subscriptions.
  ([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 2504370)

## place

Used about 277 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 277). Meaning: [place in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/place/).

- L’ARM prévoit des ressources suffisantes et des **mécanismes** de sauvegarde pour pouvoir assurer ses services à tout moment.
  The ARM shall maintain adequate resources and have back-up facilities in **place** in order to offer and maintain its services at all times.
  ([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 5038082)

- Ces **mécanismes** sont vérifiés par des tiers indépendants afin de certifier que les fonderies et affineries appliquent des dispositifs garantissant que l'approvisionnement en minerais est responsable.
  Such schemes use independent third-party audits to certify smelters and refiners that have systems in **place** to ensure the responsible sourcing of minerals.
  ([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 4323504)

## effective

Used about 138 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 138). Meaning: [effective in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/effective/).

- instaurer des dispositifs de signalement anonyme, semi-anonyme ou d'autres **mécanismes** de signalement efficaces,
  introducing possibilities for anonymous, or semi-anonymous, or other **effective** reporting facilities,
  ([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 4225869)

## More sentences

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

- Les scientifiques commencent lentement à assembler les **mécanismes** de la vieillesse.
  Scientists are slowly piecing together the mechanism of aging.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · [\#639688](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/639688) [\#813981](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/813981))

- Les chercheurs sont encore loin de comprendre les **mécanismes** impliqués dans la maladie d'Alzheimer.
  Researchers are still a long way off from understanding the mechanism involved in Alzheimer's disease.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · [\#950936](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/950936) [\#952713](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/952713))

- La protection et la bonne gestion des ressources en eau ne s' obtiennent pas par des **mécanismes** de politique tarifaire répressive et de mesures de recouvrement au détriment des consommateurs.
  Water resources cannot be protected and managed rationally using suppressive pricing policies and collection measures paid for by the consumer.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 262733)

## Grammar

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