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# mesures — French to English

How French *mesures* 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: mesures (1 060 343). By style: everyday 59 · literary 1 · biblical 21 · parliamentary 45 480 · legal and administrative 159 125 · UN documents 855 657.

## measures

Used about 698 232 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 39 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 34 110 · legal and administrative ≈ 129 289 · UN documents ≈ 534 786).

- Il nous faut prendre des **mesures**.
  We have to take **measures**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and mailohilohi · checked, community translation · [\#4563452](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4563452) [\#3280064](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3280064))

- --«...Il faut que le comité prenne des **mesures** pour empêcher le recrutement dans les sections pour les différentes sociétés...»
  The committee must take **measures** to prevent recruiting in the sections for the different societies.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18412)

- Il est semblable à du levain qu’une femme a pris et mis dans trois **mesures** de farine, pour faire lever toute la pâte.
  It is like yeast, which a woman took and hid in three **measures** of flour, until it was all leavened.”
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 13:21)

- Rester en marge ou prendre des **mesures** efficaces, voilà le choix qui se présente à lui.
  A choice between tinkering at the edges or taking forceful **measures**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 58366)

- **Mesures** prises par les États membres
  **Measures** taken by Member States
  ([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 523324)

## action

Used about 72 258 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 948 · UN documents ≈ 71 305). Meaning: [action in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/action/).

- Des **mesures** d'urgence sont nécessaires.
  Prompt **action** is necessary.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Snout and CM · checked, community translation · [\#274062](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/274062) [\#544724](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/544724))

- Nombre de mes collègues ont déjà abordé en détail les **mesures** nécessaires.
  Many of my colleagues have already dealt in detail with the **action** that is required.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1172319)

- C. **Mesures** restrictives apportées à certaines règles de droit
  C. Restrictions on rules of law justified by **action** to combat impunity
  ([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 4051095)

- Je prendrai toutes les **mesures** qui paraissent nécessaires.
  I will take such **action** as seems necessary.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Dejo · checked, community translation · [\#261445](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/261445) [\#4888689](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4888689))

- Ces **mesures** pourraient s &apos; inscrire dans le cadre des programmes d &apos; action nationaux.
  National programmes of **action** offer possible frameworks for this task.
  ([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 7812727)

## steps

Used about 72 255 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 948 · UN documents ≈ 71 305).

- Veuillez prendre les **mesures** nécessaires.
  Please take the necessary **steps**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and menaud · checked, community translation · [\#13429902](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13429902) [\#13429892](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13429892))

- À moins que l'Union européenne prenne sans tarder des **mesures** décisives, la perte de crédibilité qui en résultera pourrait avoir des répercussions déstabilisantes pour la région.
  Unless the European Union promptly takes decisive **steps**, the resulting loss of credibility could have destabilising consequences for the region.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1229519)

- Il demande si l &apos; État partie prend des **mesures** pour changer sa politique de condamnation et raccourcir la durée des peines.
  He asked whether the State party was taking **steps** to change its sentencing policy and to shorten the length of sentences.
  ([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 15273807)

- Il a pris les **mesures** adéquates pour faire face à la situation.
  He took the proper **steps** to meet the situation.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and JimBreen · checked, community translation · [\#1620589](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1620589) [\#1623671](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1623671))

- 49. Le Mozambique a pris note des **mesures** visant à donner effet aux dispositions constitutionnelles et aux engagements internationaux.
  49. Mozambique acknowledged **steps** towards the materialization of constitutional dispositions and international commitments.
  ([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 25734195)

## take

Used about 33 931 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 2 843 · legal and administrative ≈ 13 260 · UN documents ≈ 17 826). Forms: take, taken. Meaning: [take in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/take/).

- Cent **mesures** d’huile, répondit-il. Et il lui dit: Prends ton billet, assieds-toi vite, et écris cinquante.
  He said, ‘A hundred batos of oil.’ He said to him, ‘**Take** your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 16:6)

- Nous attendons de la Bulgarie et de la Roumanie qu’elles entreprennent immédiatement des **mesures** correctives dans ces secteurs qui nous préoccupent.
  We expect Bulgaria and Romania to **take** immediate corrective action in those problematic sectors.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 811901)

- Aux fins du calcul mentionné au paragraphe 1, les établissements prennent les **mesures** suivantes:
  For the purposes of the calculation referred to in paragraph 1, institutions shall **take** the following steps:
  ([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 3320335)

- A. **Mesures** prises en application de la résolution
  A. Action **taken** in accordance with General Assembly
  ([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 4380150)

- Il dit ensuite à un autre: Et toi, combien dois-tu? Cent **mesures** de blé, répondit-il. Et il lui dit: Prends ton billet, et écris quatre-vingts.
  Then he said to another, ‘How much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred cors of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘**Take** your bill, and write eighty.’
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 16:7)

## More sentences

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

- La justice de ce pays, c'est un peu deux poids deux **mesures** : il y a la justice des pauvres et la justice des riches.
  Justice in this country is a bit of a double standard: there is the justice of the poor and the justice of the rich.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sysko and bluepie88 · checked, community translation · [\#662719](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/662719) [\#548641](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/548641))

- Les **mesures** doivent être précises.
  The measurements need to be precise.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2599463](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2599463) [\#5931637](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5931637))

- Il faut prendre des **mesures** plus fermes contre le commerce illégal.
  We have to crack down on illegal trading.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Dreamk33 and Dreamk33 · checked, community translation · [\#2144386](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2144386) [\#2144407](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2144407))

## 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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