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# mandat — French to English

How French *mandat* 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: mandat (248 686), mandate (5 392), mandates (802), mandats (40 973). By style: everyday 24 · literary 5 · parliamentary 6 721 · legal and administrative 12 753 · UN documents 276 350.

## mandate

Used about 245 066 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 4 653 · legal and administrative ≈ 6 019 · UN documents ≈ 234 391). Forms: mandate, mandates. Meaning: [mandate in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/mandate/).

- L'église n'a pas le **mandat** de changer le monde. Si elle remplit pourtant sa mission, elle changera le monde.
  The church does not have the **mandate** to change the world. But if it fulfills its mission, it will change the world.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and niceguydave · checked, community translation · [\#2365003](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2365003) [\#2367848](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2367848))

- Quel sera son **mandat** ?
  What **mandate** is it to have?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 317988)

- adoption des **mandats** nécessaires à l'élaboration des STI;
  adoption of the **mandates** needed to draw up the TSIs;
  ([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 1443795)

- B. **Mandats** par pays
  B. Country specific **mandates**
  ([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 5191346)

- Rā a donné le **mandat** à Thoth, qu'il devrait effectuer le triomphe d'Osiris contre ses adversaires, et le **mandat** est ce que Thoth a exécuté.
  Rā issued the **mandate** to Thoth, that he should effect the triumph of Osiris against his adversaries, and the mandate is what Thoth hath executed.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by nonong and nonong · checked, community translation · [\#9503065](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9503065) [\#10586003](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10586003))

## term

Used about 29 413 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 323 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 489 · UN documents ≈ 24 597). Forms: term, terms. Meaning: [term in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/term/).

- Le **mandat** du président dure cinq ans.
  The president's **term** lasts five years.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and rafiurster69 · checked, community translation · [\#2321522](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2321522) [\#2320537](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2320537))

- Comme vous le savez, mon **mandat** de président de la Cour des comptes se termine en janvier 2005.
  As you are aware, my **term** as President of the Court ends in January 2005.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 627681)

- Article 16 Durée des **mandats**
  Rule 16 **Term** of office of Officers
  ([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 623207)

- (13 membres élus pour un **mandat** de cinq ans)
  (13 members; five-year **term**)
  ([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 16212926)

- Le **mandat** du président dure quatre ans.
  The president's **term** lasts four years.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#5199994](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5199994) [\#8640700](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8640700))

## warrant

Used about 4 553 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 16 · literary ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 194 · UN documents ≈ 4 341). Meaning: [warrant in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/warrant/).

- Vous avez un **mandat** ?
  Do you have a **warrant**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2547423](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2547423) [\#12026659](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12026659))

- Il ne fit point comme d'habitude; il n'entra point en matière; il n'exhiba point de **mandat** d'amener.
  He did not proceed according to his custom, he did not enter into the matter, he exhibited no **warrant** of arrest.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 6472)

- Le **mandat** d'arrêt ne peut être exécuté sans que le système judiciaire ne comprenne les faits élémentaires de l'affaire.
  You cannot execute an arrest **warrant** without the judiciary understanding what the simple facts of the case are.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1576392)

- Son domicile a été perquisitionné sans **mandat** à cet effet et ses documents personnels ainsi que ses livres ont été confisqués.
  His house was searched without a search **warrant** and his personal documents and books were confiscated.
  ([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 20212178)

- Où est votre **mandat** ?
  Where's your **warrant**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and Mrdrumjunkie3 · checked, community translation · [\#7469935](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7469935) [\#7793927](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7793927))

## council

Used about 3 227 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 129 · legal and administrative ≈ 204 · UN documents ≈ 2 894). Meaning: [council in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/council/).

- J'espère que le Conseil approuvera notre point de vue et qu'il préparera un **mandat** de révision du règlement 2815.
  I hope the **Council** will approve our position and issue an order to revise Regulation 2815.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 192648)

- Le Coreper a pour tâche de préparer les travaux du Conseil et d'exécuter les **mandats** qui lui sont confiés par celui-ci.
  Coreper shall be responsible for preparing the work of the **Council** and for carrying out the tasks assigned to it by the Council.
  ([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 832667)

- Ce Conseil doit jouir d &apos; une autonomie suffisante et avoir pour **mandat** une action efficace en situations de crise.
  The **Council** must be given sufficient autonomy and be mandated to deal effectively with crises.
  ([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 13255960)

- Je constate que le Conseil n'a pas retenu la proposition du Parlement de réserver 10 % des **mandats** à la circonscription électorale européenne.
  I must note that the **Council** has not accepted Parliament's proposal to reserve 10% of seats for the single European constituency.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 340231)

- AMA Marketing ne réalise pas de campagnes publicitaires ni de contrôles des produits mais sélectionne, conformément à la législation nationale transposant la directive 92/50/CEE du Conseil \[16\] puis la directive 2004/18/CE du Parlement européen et du Conseil \[17\], des firmes privées qu'elle **mandate** pour exécuter ces campagnes ou contrôles.
  AMA Marketing does not conduct advertising campaigns or product controls. Instead AMA Marketing selects private firms in accordance with national legislation transposing **Council** Directive 92/50/EEC \[16\] and subsequently Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council \[17\] to conduct such campaigns or controls.
  ([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 3858890)

## More sentences

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

- Vont-ils l'élire pour un nouveau **mandat** de quatre ans ?
  Will they elect him for four more years?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by GeeZ and Source\_VOA · checked, community translation · [\#680793](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/680793) [\#779561](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/779561))

- Les élections de mi-**mandat** sont souvent désastreuses pour les partis au pouvoir.
  Midterm elections are often disastrous for the parties in power.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Vanilla · checked, community translation · [\#3694049](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3694049) [\#3607857](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3607857))

- Javert se levait au moment où l'exprès lui remit l'ordre d'arrestation et le **mandat** d'amener.
  Javert was just getting out of bed when the messenger handed him the order of arrest and the command to produce the prisoner.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 6424)

## 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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