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# préoccupations — French to English

How French *préoccupations* 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: préoccupations (63 929). By style: everyday 9 · literary 4 · parliamentary 5 417 · legal and administrative 1 566 · UN documents 56 933.

## concerns

Used about 54 957 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 4 853 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 468 · UN documents ≈ 48 630). Forms: concern, concerns.

- Nous devons répondre à ces **préoccupations**.
  We need to address these **concerns**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#9694342](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9694342) [\#12267181](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12267181))

- J'ai conscience des **préoccupations** exprimées et je les ai écoutées.
  I know there are **concerns** and I have listened to those concerns.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1343672)

- L'autorité a relevé des **préoccupations** spécifiques.
  The Autority identified specific **concerns**.
  ([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 4739589)

- B. Besoins et **préoccupations** spécifiques et situations spéciales
  B. Specific needs, **concerns** and special situations
  ([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 6414306)

- Je trouve que ce sont des **préoccupations** légitimes.
  I think those are valid **concerns**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6088131](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6088131) [\#12623593](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12623593))

## expressed

Used about 2 485 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 113 · UN documents ≈ 2 372). Meaning: [expressed in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/expressed/).

- Je sais que certains parmi vous ont exprimé des **préoccupations** quant à nos importations de viande bovine du Brésil.
  I am aware that some of you have **expressed** concern as regards our imports of beef from Brazil.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1311825)

- Les Tonga partagent les **préoccupations** que le Président a exprimées au sujet des effets du changement climatique sur les petits États insulaires.
  Tonga shares the concern that the President **expressed** about the impact of climate change on small island States.
  ([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 18250217)

- Plusieurs représentants ont toutefois exprimé leurs **préoccupations** ou leur opposition, expliquant que le dichlorure de paraquat était toujours utilisé dans leurs pays dans des secteurs agricoles importants.
  Several representatives, however, **expressed** concern or opposition, saying that paraquat dichloride continued to be used in their countries in important agricultural sectors.
  ([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 28638598)

## address

Used about 33 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 33). Meaning: [address in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/address/).

- Ces permis répondent à des **préoccupations** économiques plutôt que sécuritaires.
  These Air Service Permits **address** economic rather than safety-related issues.
  ([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 1867047)

## raised

Used about 33 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 33).

- Ils ont, en outre, exprimé des **préoccupations** au sujet de la compatibilité de la taxe sur les communications électroniques avec l’article 12 de la directive 2002/20/CE (directive «autorisation») \[11\].
  They also **raised** doubts concerning the compatibility of the tax on electronic communications with Article 12 of the Authorisation Directive 2002/20/EC \[11\].
  ([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 2219753)

## about

Used about 3 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · literary ≈ 1). Meaning: [about in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/about/).

- Hé, Tom, oublie tes **préoccupations**.
  Hey, Tom, forget **about** your worries.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and al\_ex\_an\_der · checked, community translation · [\#36561](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/36561) [\#1692460](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1692460))

- En véritable neveu du professeur Lidenbrock et malgré mes **préoccupations**, j'observais avec intérêt les curiosités minéralogiques étalées dans ce vaste cabinet d'histoire naturelle; en même temps je refaisais dans mon esprit toute l'histoire géologique de l'Islande.
  As a true nephew of the Professor Liedenbrock, and in spite of my dismal prospects, I could not help observing with interest the mineralogical curiosities which lay **about** me as in a vast museum, and I constructed for myself a complete geological account of Iceland.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 1283)

- Il est évident que l'amélioration de l'expérience utilisateur ne fait pas partie des **préoccupations** des administrateurs de sites web lorsqu'ils ajoutent des widgets de partage de signets sur leurs sites.
  There is no doubt that enhancing user experience is the last thing webmasters think **about** when they add social bookmarking widgets to their sites.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and shekitten · checked, community translation · [\#1722480](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1722480) [\#9436395](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9436395))

## More sentences

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

- Les **préoccupations** n'apportent que des cheveux blancs, des médicaments sur ordonnance et des traitements.
  The only things that worry brings are white hair, prescription drugs and medicine.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and Ricardo14 · checked, community translation · [\#6823575](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6823575) [\#10693458](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10693458))

- L'enchantement, si grand qu'il fût, n'effaça point dans l'esprit de Marius d'autres **préoccupations**.
  Marius’ enchantment, great as it was, could not efface from his mind other pre-occupations.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 29412)

- Puis ces ombres qui variaient sa tristesse lui sortirent de la pensée, et il retomba dans ses **préoccupations** habituelles.
  Then those shadows which had varied his melancholy vanished from his thoughts, and he fell back once more into his habitual preoccupations.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 15844)

## Grammar

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