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Forms: observation, observations, observer. - C'est une **observation** pertinente. That is a keen **observation**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#8329622](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8329622) [\#10286713](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10286713)) - Gavroche entra sur-le-champ en **observation**. Gavroche immediately began to take **observations**. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 19860) - Permettez-moi trois **observations**. Allow me to make three **observations**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 172946) - PROGRAMMES PILOTES D'INSPECTION ET D'**OBSERVATION** PILOT INSPECTION AND **OBSERVER** SCHEMES ([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 1703443) - IX. **Observations** et recommandations IX. **Observations** and recommendations ([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 19501627) ## comments Used about 73 522 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 1 306 · legal and administrative ≈ 17 170 · UN documents ≈ 55 045). Forms: comment, comments. - Y a-t-il des **observations**? Are there any **comments**? ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1857984) - Aucune **observation** n'a été reçue. No **comments** were received. ([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 2969306) - **Observations** générales du Comité \[10\] General **comments** of the Committee \[10\] ([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 17662729) - Aucune **observation** n’a été reçue. No **comments** were received. ([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 3308843) - M. Annabi répond aux **observations** et questions. Mr. Annabi responded to **comments** and questions raised. ([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 12400037) ## mission Used about 5 699 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 82 · legal and administrative ≈ 831 · UN documents ≈ 4 787). Meaning: [mission in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/mission/). - Si les Nations unies décidaient d'assurer la coordination de cette **observation**, nous n'y verrions aucune objection. If the United Nations decided to take on the task of coordinating such an observer **mission**, we would not have any objections. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 230333) - Décision 2010/452/PESC du Conseil du 12 août 2010 concernant la mission d'**observation** de l'Union européenne en Géorgie (EUMM Georgia) (JO L 213 du 13.8.2010, p. 43). Council Decision 2010/452/CFSP of 12 August 2010 on the European Union Monitoring **Mission** in Georgia, EUMM Georgia (OJ L 213, 13.8.2010, p. 43). ([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 4212291) - MONUA Mission d ' **observation** des Nations Unies en Angola United Nations **Mission** in Ethiopia and Eritrea ([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 21558569) - Le Premier ministre gabonais, par une lettre du 23 juillet 1998, a sollicité de la Commission l'envoi d'une mission d'**observation** de l'ensemble du processus électoral. In a letter dated 23 July 1998, the Gabonese Prime Minister asked the Commission to send an observer **mission** for the whole electoral process. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1891923) - Décision 2010/452/PESC du Conseil du 12 août 2010 concernant la mission d’**observation** de l’Union européenne en Géorgie (EUMM Georgia) (JO L 213 du 13.8.2010, p. 43). Council Decision 2010/452/CFSP of 12 August 2010 on the European Union Monitoring **Mission** in Georgia, EUMM Georgia (OJ L 213, 13.8.2010, p. 43). ([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 3779183) ## made Used about 2 673 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 2 · legal and administrative ≈ 277 · UN documents ≈ 2 393). - C'est là qu'a été faite cette **observation** profonde sur une perruche un peu gourmande qui appartenait à une dame pensionnaire: It was there that that profound remark was **made** anent a rather greedy paroquet which belonged to a lady boarder:— ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 10534) - Je t’avais établi en **observation** parmi mon peuple, Comme une forteresse, Pour que tu connusses et sondasses leur voie. “I have **made** you a tester of metals and a fortress among my people, that you may know and try their way. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 6:27) - Les pouvoirs publics russes ont également attiré l’attention sur une **observation** qu’ils avaient formulée en ce sens. The GOR also pointed at a submission it had **made** in this regard. ([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 5226599) - Les intervenants ont formulé des **observations** finales et l ' ' animateur a récapitulé les discussions de la table ronde. The panelists **made** concluding remarks and the Moderator summarized the discussion of the round table. ([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 17164049) - Donne à mon fils Salomon un cœur dévoué à l’**observation** de tes commandements, de tes préceptes et de tes lois, afin qu’il mette en pratique toutes ces choses, et qu’il bâtisse le palais pour lequel j’ai fait des préparatifs. and give to Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep your commandments, your testimonies, and your statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for which I have **made** provision.” ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CH 29:19) ## make Used about 41 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 41). Meaning: [make in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/make/). - Bien sûr, vous me permettrez une **observation** d'ordre politique : ces positions ne reposent ni sur des considérations humanitaires ni assurément sur des idées socialistes. Please allow me to **make** one political remark: these positions are based neither on charitable perceptions nor on socialist ideas. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2022922) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Le sommet de la colline est un bon poste d'**observation**. The top of the hill is a good vantage point. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Chrikaru · checked, community translation · [\#6030421](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6030421) [\#10509376](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10509376)) - Lors de la période Edo, les fêtes d'**observation** de la lune étaient très populaires. In the Edo period, moon-viewing parties were very popular. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and fcbond · checked, community translation · [\#328937](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/328937) [\#908485](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/908485)) - Seule une **observation** stricte des règles évitera le chaos. Only strict adherence to the rules will prevent chaos. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#8657856](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8657856) [\#8755941](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8755941)) ## 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/). ## About these examples Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. 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