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# mené — French to English

How French *mené* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 6 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: mené (33 531), menée (59 003), menées (104 419), menés (27 285). By style: everyday 66 · literary 2 · biblical 11 · parliamentary 7 797 · legal and administrative 12 651 · UN documents 203 711.

## conducted

Used about 36 450 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 853 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 702 · UN documents ≈ 32 891).

- La police a **mené** une opération de filature.
  Police **conducted** covert surveillance.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Myrano\_ and OsoHombre · checked, community translation · [\#6381295](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6381295) [\#14045032](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14045032))

- Cette exclamation de détresse, loin d'émouvoir les compassions, fut un surcroît d'amusement au bon populaire parisien qui entourait l'échelle, et qui, il faut le dire, pris en masse et comme multitude, n'était alors guère moins cruel et moins abruti que cette horrible tribu des truands chez laquelle nous avons déjà **mené** le lecteur, et qui était tout simplement la couche la plus inférieure du peuple.
  This exclamation of distress, far from exciting compassion, only added amusement to the good Parisian populace who surrounded the ladder, and who, it must be confessed, taken in the mass and as a multitude, was then no less cruel and brutal than that horrible tribe of robbers among whom we have already **conducted** the reader, and which was simply the lower stratum of the populace.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 3528)

- Monsieur le Président, dans une négociation, quand elle est bien **menée**, on donne et on reçoit.
  Mr President, if negotiations are properly **conducted**, there is give and take.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 479212)

- la période d'évaluation (par exemple, audit **mené** du jj/mm/aaaa au jj/mm/aaaa);
  date of the assessment (e.g. audit **conducted** from dd/mm/yyyy to dd/mm/yyyy);
  ([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 213473)

- Des contrôles sont également **menés** pour vérifier que les travailleurs sont dûment payés.
  Audits are also **conducted** to ensure that workers are paid.
  ([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 24054966)

## carried

Used about 31 944 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 056 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 240 · UN documents ≈ 28 647).

- Recherchez le bien de la ville où je vous ai **menés** en captivité, et priez l’Éternel en sa faveur, parce que votre bonheur dépend du sien.
  Seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be **carried** away captive, and pray to the LORD for it; for in its peace you will have peace.”
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 29:7)

- Il se félicite des travaux **menés** par le Parlement.
  We are pleased to see the work **carried** out by Parliament.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 92474)

- les actions d'information et de publicité **menées**;
  information and publicity measures **carried** out;
  ([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 1237887)

- Les actions **menées** par cette direction sont entre autres:
  The work **carried** out by this directorate includes:
  ([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 27498547)

- Celui-ci émergera de ces travaux **menés** avec constance et détermination.
  The future face of the Union will emerge from the constant and determined work **carried** out.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1928602)

## work

Used about 27 302 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 447 · legal and administrative ≈ 329 · UN documents ≈ 26 525). Meaning: [work in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/work/).

- Le travail d'hier n'a **mené** à rien, nous n'avons fait que des erreurs.
  Yesterday **work** didn't get anywhere, we just kept making mistakes.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and blay\_paul · checked, community translation · [\#537826](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/537826) [\#538345](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/538345))

- J'ai appuyé le rapport de Mme Joly sur les travaux **menés** par l'Assemblée parlementaire paritaire ACP/UE en 2009.
  I endorsed the Joly report on the **work** of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in 2009.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1438263)

- sur les travaux **menés** au titre de la présente décision et sur l'utilisation de ses ressources.
  on the **work** performed under this Decision and on the use of its resources.
  ([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 3156522)

- Bilan des travaux **menés** au cours de la première semaine et organisation du débat de la deuxième semaine.
  Review of first week &apos; s **work** and plans for second week &apos; s discussion
  ([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 21306373)

- J'ai voté en faveur du rapport sur les travaux **menés** par l'Assemblée parlementaire paritaire ACP/UE en 2009.
  in writing. - I voted for this report on the **work** of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in 2009.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1438279)

## activities

Used about 15 776 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 922 · UN documents ≈ 14 854).

- en des activités **menées** pour le compte de tiers,
  **activities** on behalf of third parties,
  ([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 5052682)

- 7. Activités **menées** par plusieurs divisions et plusieurs institutions.
  7. Inter-divisional and inter-agency **activities**.
  ([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 24563560)

- dans le cadre de toute activité militaire **menée**:
  in the context of any military **activities** undertaken:
  ([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 5223101)

- Activités **menées** par le PNUE pour donner suite au paragraphe 18 de la Stratégie politique globale
  UNEP **activities** to implement paragraph 18 of the Overarching Policy Strategy
  ([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 17856055)

- Malik a aussi contribué à des activités **menées** par les talibans.
  Malik has also facilitated Taliban **activities**.
  ([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 2498546)

## projects

Used about 8 436 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 284 · legal and administrative ≈ 725 · UN documents ≈ 7 427).

- Des projets sont également **menés** pour soutenir les actions d'acteurs non étatiques.
  **Projects** are also being run in support of non-state actor activities.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1359693)

- Les trois projets seront **menés** parallèlement au cours des douze mois qui suivront.
  The three **projects** will be performed in parallel during the 12 subsequent months.
  ([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 1425181)

- Projets **menés** à bien, dont :
  Total completed **projects** including:
  ([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 16244029)

- Elle a reçu plus de 30 millions d'euros pour plus de 400 projets européens **menés** à bien.
  It has received over EUR 30 million for over 400 successful European **projects**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1435352)

- Participation à divers projets **menés** avec des entreprises ou des administrations
  Participated in various **projects** with companies and administrations.
  ([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 18777750)

## out

Used about 155 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 81 · legal and administrative ≈ 66). Meaning: [out in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/out/).

- Une insurrection **menée** par des maoïstes a éclaté en 1996.
  An insurgency led by Maoists broke **out** in 1996.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and The\_World\_Factbook · checked, community translation · [\#8904520](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8904520) [\#10484486](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10484486))

- Et ce n’est pas dans un pays où coulent le lait et le miel que tu nous as **menés**, ce ne sont pas des champs et des vignes que tu nous as donnés en possession. Penses-tu crever les yeux de ces gens? Nous ne monterons pas.
  Moreover you haven’t brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you put **out** the eyes of these men? We won’t come up.”
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 16:14)

- Je tiens à indiquer que c'est l'Allemagne qui a lancé le mouvement et je suis heureux que nous ayons **mené** le tout à terme.
  I should like to point **out** that it was Germany that got the ball rolling, and I am pleased that we have now reached a satisfactory result.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 368185)

- Sauf décision contraire du conseil des gouverneurs, la procédure d’indemnisation prévue à l’appendice II de l’annexe II est **menée** conformément au présent article.
  Unless otherwise decided by the Governing Council, the compensation procedure set **out** in Appendix II to Annex II shall be managed in accordance with this Article.
  ([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 2568446)

- Le désespoir nous a **mené** à cette solution, mais le livre s'est bien vendu.
  We arrived at that plan **out** of pure desperation, but the book sold well.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by jrjd\_fr and Dejo · checked, community translation · [\#18380](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/18380) [\#2290872](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2290872))

## More sentences

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

- Nous vous avons finalement **mené** là où nous vous voulons.
  We finally have you where we want you.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2025945](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2025945) [\#2026089](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2026089))

- Elle l'a presque **mené** au bord de la banqueroute.
  She almost took him to the edge of bankruptcy.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and belgavox · checked, community translation · [\#1748890](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1748890) [\#1215431](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1215431))

- Ses ennuis l'ont **mené** à boire.
  His troubles led him to drink.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by dominiko and Snark · checked, community translation · [\#295119](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/295119) [\#131808](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/131808))

## 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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