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# officielle — French to English

How French *officielle* 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: officielle (39 434), officielles (54 297). By style: everyday 48 · literary 3 · parliamentary 2 388 · legal and administrative 8 185 · UN documents 83 107.

## official

Used about 66 995 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 45 · literary ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 1 816 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 666 · UN documents ≈ 61 465). Meaning: [official in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/official/).

- Cette nouvelle est **officielle**.
  This news is **official**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by TRANG and CK · checked, community translation · [\#57159](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/57159) [\#334515](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/334515))

- Cependant l'obscurité avait pu le tromper; la mort de Jean Valjean était **officielle**; il restait à Javert des doutes, et des doutes graves; et dans le doute Javert, l'homme du scrupule, ne mettait la main au collet de personne.
  However, the darkness might have misled him; Jean Valjean’s death was **official**; Javert cherished very grave doubts; and when in doubt, Javert, the man of scruples, never laid a finger on any one’s collar.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 10208)

- Mais l'intention n'était pas que ce fût une délégation **officielle**.
  It was not intended to be an **official** delegation.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1693114)

- aucune mesure phytosanitaire **officielle**.
  No **official** phytosanitary measures.
  ([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 3179949)

- Aperçu des séances **officielles**
  Summary of **official** meetings
  ([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 26612641)

## formal

Used about 10 002 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 224 · legal and administrative ≈ 256 · UN documents ≈ 9 523). Meaning: [formal in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/formal/).

- En 2004, la police a été jusqu’à présenter des excuses **officielles**.
  In 2004, the police went as far as to offer a **formal** apology.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 811551)

- Dans le cas contraire, quand la demande **officielle** d’autorisation a-t-elle été introduite?
  If no, when was the **formal** request for the development consent introduced:
  ([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 1059978)

- \* En vue d’une séance **officielle**.
  \* With a view to a **formal** meeting.
  ([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 5323659)

- En plusieurs occasions, il a même tenu à Genève des réunions **officielles** avec des représentants de la société civile.
  It even held **formal** meetings with civil society representatives in Geneva on various occasions.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 558942)

- L'adhésion conférera des responsabilités **officielles** à l'Union qui, en qualité de partie, devra répondre de sa mise en œuvre de la convention devant les autres parties.
  It will create **formal** responsibilities for the Union so as to make the Union a Party accountable to other Parties for its implementation of the Convention.
  ([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 3471902)

## languages

Used about 3 863 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 2 132 · UN documents ≈ 1 731). Forms: language, languages.

- Les certificats sont établis dans une des langues **officielles** de l'Union.
  Certificates shall be drawn up in one of the official **languages** of the Union.
  ([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 4318711)

- La loi slovaque sur la langue **officielle** interdit aux établissements de délivrer un document de ce genre.
  According to the Slovak State **Language** Law it is forbidden to hand out such a document.
  ([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 5211341)

- Les langues de travail du comité APE sont les langues **officielles** communes aux parties.
  The working **languages** of the EPA Committee shall be the official languages common to the 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 276699)

- 1 Titre &quot; CERTIFICAT INTERNATIONAL DE CONTRÔLE TECHNIQUE &quot; dans la langue **officielle** du pays.
  1/ Title &quot; INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL INSPECTION CERTIFICATE &quot; in national **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 7574891)

- Les langues **officielles** du conseil d'association sont les langues **officielles** des parties.
  The official **languages** of the Association Council shall be the official languages of the 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 164420)

## accompanied

Used about 1 876 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 1 876). Meaning: [accompanied in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/accompanied/).

- Néanmoins, ces États membres peuvent autoriser qu'il soit établi dans la langue **officielle** d'un autre État membre et accompagné, si nécessaire, d'une traduction **officielle**.
  However, those Member States may authorise the certificate to be drawn up in the official language of another Member State, and **accompanied**, if necessary, by an official translation.
  ([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 1714024)

- Lorsque les États membres adoptent ces mesures, celles-ci contiennent une référence à la présente directive ou sont accompagnées d’une telle référence lors de leur publication **officielle**.
  When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be **accompanied** by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication.
  ([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 3199709)

- Lorsque les États membres adoptent ces dispositions, celles-ci contiennent une référence à la présente directive ou sont accompagnées d'une telle référence lors de leur publication **officielle**.
  When Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be **accompanied** by such reference on the occasion of their official publication.
  ([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 430364)

- Lorsque les États membres adoptent ces dispositions, elles contiennent une référence à la présente directive ou sont accompagnées d'une telle référence lors de leur publication **officielle**.
  When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be **accompanied** by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication.
  ([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 428741)

- Lorsque les États membres adoptent ces dispositions, celles-ci contiennent une référence à la présente directive ou sont accompagnées d'une telle référence lors de leur publication **officielle**.
  When Member States adopt these provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be **accompanied** by such reference on the occasion of their official publication.
  ([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 1440451)

## More sentences

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

- L'Algérie a une economie **officielle**.
  Algeria has a formalized economy.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#10096359](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10096359) [\#10925510](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10925510))

- Les millionnaires ont davantage de facilité à se faire élire à des fonctions **officielles** que les gens normaux.
  Millionaires have an easier time getting elected to public office than the average person.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · [\#570556](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/570556) [\#820572](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/820572))

- Mes activités **officielles** me prennent beaucoup de temps.
  My public duties take a lot of time.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and CM · checked, community translation · [\#240505](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/240505) [\#8662](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8662))

## 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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