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# parvenir — French to English

How French *parvenir* 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: parvenir (79 637). By style: everyday 70 · literary 2 · biblical 8 · parliamentary 8 914 · legal and administrative 3 143 · UN documents 67 500.

## achieve

Used about 17 656 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 1 857 · legal and administrative ≈ 327 · UN documents ≈ 15 469). Meaning: [achieve in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/achieve/).

- Comment comptez-vous y **parvenir** ?
  How do you intend to **achieve** this?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#4104974](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4104974) [\#8285813](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8285813))

- Ce à quoi vous voulez **parvenir**, vous n'y parviendrez pas de cette manière.
  That is no way to **achieve** what you want.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1916734)

- La technique est couplée à une augmentation du temps de séjour afin de **parvenir** à la destruction des COV souhaitée.
  It is combined with increased residence time in order to **achieve** the desired VOC destruction.
  ([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 5120805)

- Recommandations relatives aux politiques et aux mesures à appliquer pour **parvenir** à un développement durable des transports.
  Recommendations on policies and measures to **achieve** sustainable transport development.
  ([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 2911625)

- Pour **parvenir** à ses fins, elle recourt à la séduction.
  To **achieve** her ends, she resorts to seduction.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and LimeGreenTeknii · checked, community translation · [\#10278758](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10278758) [\#13068607](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13068607))

## reach

Used about 14 426 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 114 · legal and administrative ≈ 655 · UN documents ≈ 12 656). Meaning: [reach in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/reach/).

- Nous ne saurions **parvenir** jusqu’au Tout-Puissant, Grand par la force, Par la justice, par le droit souverain: Il ne répond pas!
  We can’t **reach** the Almighty. He is exalted in power. In justice and great righteousness, he will not oppress.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 37:23)

- Comment **parvenir** à un équilibre en matière de législation communautaire?
  How can we **reach** an equilibrium with regard to Community legislation?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 693191)

- Hâter les efforts en vue de **parvenir** à un accord avec Europol.
  Accelerate efforts to **reach** an agreement with Europol.
  ([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 773395)

- Ces observations devront **parvenir** au secrétariat avant le 15 janvier 1999.
  Comments are to **reach** the secretariat by 15 January 1999.
  ([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 5078065)

- Sans ce nouveau consensus politique, il sera plus difficile de **parvenir** à un compromis et à des solutions.
  Without this new political consensus, it will be more difficult to **reach** a compromise and solutions.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 688519)

## agreement

Used about 4 192 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 1 114 · legal and administrative ≈ 262 · UN documents ≈ 2 813). Meaning: [agreement in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/agreement/).

- Je pense qu'il est temps pour nous de **parvenir** à un accord.
  I think it's time for us to come to an **agreement**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#903886](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/903886) [\#1392216](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1392216))

- Tout le monde convient qu'il est souhaitable de **parvenir** à un accord final sur ce règlement.
  Everyone is agreed on the desirability of reaching a final **agreement** on the regulation.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 488013)

- Le 14 octobre 2020, l’Allemagne a officiellement reçu l’invitation à engager des consultations appropriées en vue de **parvenir** à un accord.
  Germany formally received the invitation to engage in appropriate consultations to seek **agreement** on 14 October 2020.
  ([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 5318793)

- De nouveaux efforts devront être faits pour **parvenir** à un accord sur toutes les questions pendantes dans le projet de code.
  Efforts still have to be made in order to facilitate **agreement** on all outstanding issues in the draft code.
  ([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 580464)

- J'ai désormais perdu tout espoir de **parvenir** à quelque sorte d'accord avec lui.
  Now I've lost all hope of reaching any type of **agreement** with him.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and XenoKat · checked, community translation · [\#4410150](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4410150) [\#4883536](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4883536))

## must

Used about 2 837 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 1 300 · legal and administrative ≈ 131 · UN documents ≈ 1 406). Meaning: [must in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/must/).

- Pour y **parvenir**, il faut évidemment que certains changements fondamentaux aient lieu en Iran.
  If that is to happen, though, there **must** of course be some fundamental changes in Iran.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 884536)

- Les amendements écrits au projet d'ordre du jour doivent **parvenir** au secrétaire général au plus tard trois jours ouvrables avant l'ouverture de la session plénière.
  Written amendments to the draft agenda **must** be submitted to the Secretary-General not later than three working days before the opening of the Plenary Session.
  ([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 1195999)

- Il faudra **parvenir** à un accord sur certains sujets avant de pouvoir les englober dans les directives et les normes internationales.
  Consensus **must** be reached on certain topics before they can be incorporated into international guidelines and standards.
  ([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 1132685)

- Nous devons faire preuve de patience et de cohérence dans nos relations avec l’Ukraine et pour y **parvenir**, il nous faut également du temps.
  We **must** be patient and consistent in our relations with Ukraine, and for this we also need time.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 618023)

- Pour que la BCN puisse traiter cette demande le jour même dans TARGET2, celle-ci doit lui **parvenir** au plus tard quinze minutes après l’heure de clôture de TARGET2 \[20\] \[21\].
  For the NCB to process the request on the same day in TARGET2, the request **must** be received by the NCB at the latest 15 minutes following the TARGET2 closing time \[20\], \[21\].
  ([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 2321821)

## More sentences

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

- Les pommes qu'il m'a fait **parvenir** étaient délicieuses.
  The apples he sent to me were delicious.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CH · checked, community translation · [\#1487452](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1487452) [\#1490284](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1490284))

- Je vérifierai mon agenda mais, à ce stade, je devrais être en mesure d'y **parvenir** la semaine prochaine.
  I'll check my diary, but, at this stage, I should be able to make it next week.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and patgfisher · checked, community translation · [\#3253558](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3253558) [\#3253719](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3253719))

- Il vient de me faire **parvenir** un texto.
  He just texted me.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#2199467](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2199467) [\#2200670](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2200670))

## 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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