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# mener — French to English

How French *mener* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 7 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: menaient (1 018), menait (1 681), mene (11), mener (86 389), menes (1), menez (149), menons (1 095), mené (33 531), menée (59 003), menées (104 419), menés (27 285). By style: everyday 121 · literary 11 · biblical 24 · parliamentary 14 777 · legal and administrative 16 271 · UN documents 283 378.

## activities

Used about 34 384 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 75 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 759 · UN documents ≈ 32 550).

- 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)

- 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)

- ACTIVITES QUE L &apos; ORGANISATION **MENE** EN TANT QUE FORUM
  III. GLOBAL FORUM **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 10835403)

- Il est récemment apparu qu'ils **menaient** leurs activités criminelles au sein du système d'échange de quotas d'émissions (SCEQE).
  It has recently come to light that they are also pursuing their criminal **activities** within the emissions trading scheme (ETS).
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1340035)

- 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)

## work

Used about 29 909 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 638 · legal and administrative ≈ 550 · UN documents ≈ 28 721). 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))

- Inutile de vous rappeler que le travail que vous **menez** constitue un exemple pour le monde entier.
  I need not tell you that your **work** has lessons for the world.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 339423)

- 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)

- 22. Je vous remercie de l &apos; action que vous **menez**.
  22. I thank you for the **work** you are doing.
  ([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 2188055)

- Vous aurez toujours dans ce Parlement des députés qui sont favorables à l'action que vous **menez**.
  There will always be MEPs in this House who support the **work** that you do.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1541940)

## conducted

Used about 28 270 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 900 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 474 · UN documents ≈ 24 891).

- 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)

- Nous **menons** à bien nos activités de façon échelonnée.
  Our work is being **conducted** in a phased manner.
  ([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 8558137)

## mr

Used about 25 192 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 938 · UN documents ≈ 24 253). Meaning: [mr in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/mr/).

- C'est vrai que le projet est une tâche difficile, mais M. Hara sera capable de le **mener** à bien.
  It's true that the project is a difficult task, but **Mr** Hara will be able to bring it off.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by dominiko and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#36249](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/36249) [\#13000](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13000))

- L'autre soir, j'ai parlé une heure durant avec M. Sharon et je lui ai dit que cet état de siège ne **menait** à rien.
  I talked for an hour the other evening with **Mr** Sharon about the pointlessness of maintaining the present siege.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 367498)

- Mr. Eduardo R. **Menez**
  **Mr**. Eduardo R. Menez
  ([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 24744597)

- Monsieur le Président, le débat que nous **menons** aujourdʼhui vient, nous le savons, conclure de longues négociations.
  **Mr** President, the debate we are holding today is, as we know, the final chapter in a long series of negotiations.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1673019)

- Monsieur le Président, tandis que nous **menons** de grands débats dans ce Parlement, les bourreaux d'Iran font des heures supplémentaires.
  author. - **Mr** President, while we sit in this Chamber having grand debates, the hangmen in Iran are working overtime.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1297161)

## carried

Used about 24 078 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 125 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 529 · UN documents ≈ 20 424).

- 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)

## out

Used about 9 142 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · biblical ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 750 · legal and administrative ≈ 715 · UN documents ≈ 7 659). Meaning: [out in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/out/).

- Je suis déterminé à **mener** à bien ce plan.
  I'm determined to carry **out** this plan.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6872999](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6872999) [\#6877240](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6877240))

- et mettez en face de lui deux méchants hommes qui déposeront ainsi contre lui: Tu as maudit Dieu et le roi! Puis **menez**-le dehors, lapidez-le, et qu’il meure.
  Set two men, wicked fellows, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, ‘You cursed God and the king!’ Then carry him **out**, and stone him to death.”
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1KI 21:10)

- C'est la qualité des projets **menés** ensemble qui garantira le succès de l'initiative.
  It is the quality of the projects that we carry **out** together that will guarantee the success of the initiative.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1091704)

- Pour **mener** à bien l'objectif de la mission énoncé à l'article 2, l'EUCAP Somalia:
  In order to achieve the Mission Statement set **out** in Article 2, EUCAP Somalia shall:
  ([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 3881125)

- 50. Toutefois, celle-ci peut **mener** ses activités sous d &apos; autres formes.
  50. The Sub-Commission can carry **out** its work in other ways, however.
  ([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 3009848)

## led

Used about 4 313 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 34 · literary ≈ 5 · biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 750 · legal and administrative ≈ 330 · UN documents ≈ 3 191). Meaning: [led in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/led/).

- J'ai **mené** l'attaque.
  I **led** the attack.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5858750](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5858750) [\#10009439](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10009439))

- Il s'était laissé **mener** et pousser, porter, jucher, lier et relier.
  He had allowed himself to be **led**, pushed, carried, lifted, bound, and bound again.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 3429)

- Il m’a conduit, **mené** dans les ténèbres, Et non dans la lumière.
  He has **led** me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LAM 3:2)

- Notre chemin nous a principalement **menés** dans les grandes villes et auprès des autorités gouvernementales.
  Our path has mainly **led** to the big cities and the administrative authorities.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 412132)

- la mise en œuvre de stratégies de développement local **mené** par les acteurs locaux;
  implementation of community–**led** local development strategies;
  ([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 3314131)

## More sentences

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

- C'est la personne qui va **mener** la prochaine génération.
  He is the person to lead the next generation.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by JnRouvignac and CM · checked, community translation · [\#298433](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/298433) [\#431176](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/431176))

- Je ne pouvais simplement pas le **mener** jusqu'à son terme.
  I just couldn't go through with it.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2362125](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2362125) [\#2370127](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2370127))

- Emprunter de nouvelles voies peut **mener** à des découvertes passionnantes.
  Treading new paths can lead to exciting discoveries.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and rul · checked, community translation · [\#12409218](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12409218) [\#12409221](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12409221))

## 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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