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# office — French to English

How French *office* 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: office (144 495), offices (13 577). By style: everyday 15 · literary 9 · biblical 8 · parliamentary 1 695 · legal and administrative 9 299 · UN documents 147 046.

## office

Used about 111 492 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · literary ≈ 6 · biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 1 218 · legal and administrative ≈ 6 102 · UN documents ≈ 104 158). Forms: office, offices. Meaning: [office in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/office/).

- Où se trouve l'**office** du tourisme ?
  Where is the tourist information **office**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#20924](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/20924) [\#11145658](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11145658))

- --Vous avez votre **office** de conseiller du roi.
  “You have your **office** of counsellor to the king.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 2397)

- les vêtements d’**office**, les vêtements sacrés pour le sacrificateur Aaron, les vêtements de ses fils pour les fonctions du sacerdoce;
  the finely worked garments—the holy garments for Aaron the priest, the garments of his sons to minister in the priest’s **office**—
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EXO 31:10)

- Nous soutenons l'**Office**.
  We stand by the **office**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1169584)

- **Offices** publics de l'habitat
  **Offices** publics de l’habitat
  ([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 1418964)

## political

Used about 3 257 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 194 · UN documents ≈ 3 063). Meaning: [political in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/political/).

- de proposer des conseils politiques et ses bons **offices** dans le cadre du processus de réforme constitutionnelle;
  provide **political** advice and facilitation in the process of constitutional reform;
  ([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 1423822)

- Israël est favorable à ce que l &apos; on regroupe les résolutions sur l &apos; **Office** et que l &apos; on en supprime tout langage politique extrinsèque.
  Israel supports a consolidation of UNRWA resolutions, removing all extraneous **political** language.
  ([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 25411279)

- M. Sohrab Kheradi, directeur adjoint du Centre pour les affaires de désarmement du Département des affaires politiques, a continué de faire **office** de secrétaire du Groupe.
  Mr. Sohrab Kheradi, Deputy Director of the Centre for Disarmament Affairs, Department of **Political** Affairs, continued to serve as Secretary of the Group.
  ([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 2714864)

## good

Used about 1 567 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 35 · UN documents ≈ 1 532). Meaning: [good in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/good/).

- Cependant, l’**Office** a de bonnes relations de travail avec les autorités douanières ukrainiennes.
  However, OLAF has **good** working relations with the Ukrainian customs authorities.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 648312)

- t) Bons **offices** du Secrétaire général au Guatemala
  (t) Secretary-General &apos; s **good**
  ([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 159671)

- L'**office** de contrôle pharmaceutique et alimentaire américain s'est forgé une excellente réputation en matière de contrôle de sécurité alimentaire.
  The Food and Drugs Administration has a **good** track record in food safety.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1699669)

## offer

Used about 828 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 53 · legal and administrative ≈ 775). Meaning: [offer in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/offer/).

- En ce moment, l'UE est prête à offrir ses bons **offices** pour faire progresser les négociations en cours.
  The European Union is ready and waiting to **offer** its good services to support the negotiations currently under way.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 415403)

- de proposer les conseils de l'UE et ses bons **offices** dans le processus politique;
  **offer** the EU's advice and facilitation in the political process;
  ([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 874780)

- Nous pouvons aider, nous pouvons fournir une assistance, nous pouvons offrir nos bons **offices**, et nous pouvons nous montrer très engagés.
  We can help, we can assist, we can **offer** our good services and we can be very engaged.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1199014)

- En vertu de ce mandat, le représentant spécial de l'UE proposera des conseils politiques et ses bons **offices** dans le cadre du processus de réforme constitutionnelle.
  Under this amended mandate, the EU Special Representative will provide political advice and **offer** his services in the process of constitutional reform.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 971274)

- de proposer les conseils de l’Union et ses bons **offices** dans le processus politique;
  **offer** the Union’s advice and facilitate the political process;
  ([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 2008809)

## More sentences

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

- Ceci nous fera **office** de chaise.
  This will do for a chair.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · [\#55955](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/55955) [\#929030](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/929030))

- Elle a fait **office** de guide.
  She acted as a guide.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#308176](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/308176) [\#4760095](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4760095))

- Elle fit **office** de guide.
  She acted as a guide.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#308176](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/308176) [\#4760094](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4760094))

## Grammar

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