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# observateurs — French to English

How French *observateurs* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 1 translation 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: observateurs (69 956). By style: everyday 3 · literary 1 · parliamentary 1 498 · legal and administrative 2 072 · UN documents 66 382.

## observers

Used about 57 414 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 404 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 072 · UN documents ≈ 53 935). Forms: observer, observers.

- Les postes éminents et d'autorité au Congrès sont attribués en fonction de la durée de service, indépendamment de la qualité. Les **observateurs** superficiels critiquent depuis longtemps les États-Unis pour leur fétichisme de la jeunesse. C'est déloyal. Fait unique parmi les organes modernes de l'administration publique et privée, sa législature nationale récompense la sénilité.
  The positions of eminence and authority in Congress are allotted in accordance with length of service, regardless of quality. Superficial **observers** have long criticized the United States for making a fetish of youth. This is unfair. Uniquely among modern organs of public and private administration, its national legislature rewards senility.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#6287156](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6287156) [\#8247509](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8247509))

- Cette muraille n'allait pas aboutir carrément à la rue; elle dessinait un pan coupé fort en retraite, dérobé par ses deux angles à deux **observateurs** qui eussent été l'un rue Polonceau, l'autre rue Droit-Mur.
  This wall did not abut directly on the street; it formed a deeply retreating niche, concealed by its two corners from two **observers** who might have been, one in the Rue Polonceau, the other in the Rue Droit-Mur.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 9791)

- En 2007, peu d'**observateurs** avaient vu que la crise allait venir.
  In 2007 few **observers** saw that the crisis was on its way.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1180734)

- Navires et **observateurs** désignés
  Designated vessels and **observers**
  ([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 114871)

- XII. AUTRES PARTICIPANTS ET **OBSERVATEURS**
  XII. OTHER PARTICIPANTS AND **OBSERVERS**
  ([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 546147)

## More sentences

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

- Les éclaireurs et les espions doivent être très **observateurs**.
  Scouts and spies must be very observant.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#8959812](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8959812) [\#8966180](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8966180))

- Vous êtes très **observateurs**.
  You're very observant.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Spamster · checked, community translation · [\#1682745](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1682745) [\#1684788](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1684788))

- Bien que ces mesures soient nécessaires, de trop nombreux **observateurs** jugent excessif le grand nombre de réglementations nouvelles et nécessaires.
  Necessary although these measures are, there are too many people who regard the great number of new and necessary regulations as excessive.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 669527)

## Grammar

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