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# postes — French to English

How French *postes* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 5 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: postes (157 752). By style: everyday 21 · literary 1 · biblical 4 · parliamentary 2 311 · legal and administrative 5 657 · UN documents 149 758.

## posts

Used about 83 262 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 963 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 179 · UN documents ≈ 81 119). Forms: post, posts.

- J'aimerais que tu **postes** cette lettre.
  I would like you to **post** this letter.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#252737](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/252737) [\#1461605](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1461605))

- Là non plus, cela n'a rien à voir avec les **postes**.
  That does not have anything to do with the **posts** either.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 193273)

- Ministre des communications, des **postes** et des télégraphes
  Minister for Communications, **Posts** and Telegraphs
  ([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 2427987)

- III. Répartition des **postes** pour 1998-1999 par catégorie 41
  III. **Posts** by category, 1998-1999 38
  ([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 4078784)

- Le Premier ministre les a nommés à des **postes** clés du Cabinet.
  The Prime Minister appointed them to key Cabinet **posts**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#266167](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/266167) [\#8552910](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8552910))

## positions

Used about 35 061 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 385 · legal and administrative ≈ 354 · UN documents ≈ 34 320).

- Il y a quelques **postes** de haut niveau disponibles pour vous.
  There are few high-ranking **positions** left open for you.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Dejo · checked, community translation · [\#17526](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/17526) [\#477380](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/477380))

- Je fais ici allusion à la sélection des personnes qui occuperont les **postes** clés de l'UE.
  We talk here about selections for top EU **positions**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1089658)

- (facultatif) publication de **postes** vacants ou possibilité de postuler en ligne;
  (optional) advertisement of open job **positions** or online job application;
  ([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 3721916)

- de 2 **postes** de temporaire
  International staff: increase of 2 **positions**
  ([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 21786708)

- On lui a déjà offert quelques **postes** mais il me dit qu'il se réserve pour un meilleur salaire.
  He's already been offered a couple of **positions** but he tells me he's holding out for a better salary.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · [\#623162](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/623162) [\#815220](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/815220))

## staff

Used about 3 289 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 48 · legal and administrative ≈ 118 · UN documents ≈ 3 120). Meaning: [staff in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/staff/).

- Le personnel craint de nouvelles suppressions de **postes**.
  **Staff** fear renewed job cuts.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#8808805](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8808805) [\#3672046](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3672046))

- Dans le même temps, le besoin d'une main-d'œuvre détentrice de qualifications professionnelles et en mesure d'occuper les **postes** vacants sur le marché du travail augmentera considérablement.
  At the same time, however, there will be a significant increase in the need for **staff** with vocational qualifications who can take up the vacancies on the labour market.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1189421)

- déclarations officielles faites notamment par les agents des **postes**-frontières et d’autres témoins qui peuvent attester que l’intéressé a franchi la frontière;
  Official statements made, in particular, by border authority **staff** and other witnesses who can testify to the person concerned crossing the border,
  ([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 333887)

- B. Évolution du taux de vacance des **postes** dans les missions, aux 31 décembre 2007, 2008 et 2009 (personnel recruté
  B. Trend of vacancy rates by mission as at 31 December 2007, 2008 and 2009 (international **staff**)
  ([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 21703876)

- Le personnel craint de nouvelles suppressions de **postes**.
  **Staff** fear further job cuts.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#8808804](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8808804) [\#3672046](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3672046))

## women

Used about 3 120 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 3 120).

- Pendant la période 1998-2002, 16 des 30 fonctionnaires occupant des **postes** de direction étaient des femmes.
  In the period 1998-2002, 16 of the 30 officials in a managerial position were **women**.
  ([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 13466333)

## making

Used about 96 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 96). Meaning: [making in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/making/).

- Dans ce cas-là, il faut prendre en considération le nombre de **postes** de travail qui dépendent de cette superficie.
  In **making** such decisions, account should be taken of the number of jobs dependent on these areas.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 159996)

- Ces personnes ont risqué leur vie pour parvenir en Europe et elles réussiront aussi à contourner les **postes** de frontière.
  These people have risked their lives in **making** their way to Europe and they will also succeed in bypassing border crossings.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1550907)

## More sentences

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

- J'aimerais que tu **postes** cette lettre.
  I'd like you to mail this letter.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1455322](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1455322) [\#1461605](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1461605))

- Tom a des amis à des **postes** influents.
  Tom has friends in influential places.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Sisyphe and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1093667](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1093667) [\#2141035](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2141035))

- Les soldats aux avant-**postes** sont continuellement en état d'alerte, prêts à repousser les attaques ennemies.
  The soldiers in the outposts are continually on the look-out, ready to push back enemy attacks.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by qdii and qdii · checked, community translation · [\#722577](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/722577) [\#722617](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/722617))

## Grammar

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