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# président — French to English

How French *président* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 6 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: président (672 626), présidente (73 592), présidentes (553), présidents (45 755). By style: everyday 306 · literary 33 · parliamentary 160 117 · legal and administrative 39 371 · UN documents 592 699.

## president

Used about 297 106 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 225 · literary ≈ 28 · parliamentary ≈ 141 103 · legal and administrative ≈ 29 184 · UN documents ≈ 126 566). Forms: president, presidents. Meaning: [president in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/president/).

- Où est le **président** ?
  Where's the **president**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Goofy and CK · checked, community translation · [\#265374](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/265374) [\#507784](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/507784))

- Le **président** l'interpella.
  The **President** addressed him:—
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 6143)

- - Madame la **Présidente**, non c’est non.
  Madam **President**, no is no.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 693558)

- Le **président** de la BCE
  The **President** of the ECB
  ([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 1781458)

- Le **Président** fait une déclaration.
  The **President** made a statement.
  ([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 14060441)

## vice

Used about 166 713 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 2 001 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 101 · UN documents ≈ 163 610). Meaning: [vice in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/vice/).

- J'ai aussi M. Lenient, l'armateur, qui est intime avec un des vice-**présidents**.
  There is M. Lenient, too, the ship-owner, who is intimate with one of the **vice**-chairmen.”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 2151)

- Les deux vice-**présidentes** de mon groupe, Mme Kaufmann et Mme Frahm, reviendront sur les dimensions proprement institutionnelles du sommet de Laeken.
  The two **vice**-chairs of my group, Mrs Kaufmann and Mrs Frahm, will speak again with regard to the specifically institutional aspects of the Laeken Summit.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 277354)

- Rôle des **présidents** et vice-**présidents**
  Role of Chairs and **vice**-chairs
  ([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 2237594)

- me Regazzoli, Vice-**Présidente**.
  **Vice**-Chairperson, took the Chair.
  ([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 10416656)

- Comme nous l'avons entendu de la part de la commission de l'environnement, de la santé publique et de la sécurité alimentaire, certains vice-**présidents** et vice-**présidentes** de commissions ont réalisé un travail remarquable, mais leurs efforts ont parfois été tournés en ridicule.
  As we have heard from the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, some of the **Vice**-Chairmen of committees have done very good work, but what they did was sometimes exposed to ridicule.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 902343)

## chairperson

Used about 117 187 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 41 · parliamentary ≈ 1 001 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 927 · UN documents ≈ 114 218). Forms: chairperson, chairpersons.

- Elle fut nommée **présidente**.
  She was appointed **chairperson**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#388631](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/388631) [\#1348344](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1348344))

- par écrit. - Lors des votes en plénière de ce jeudi 3 février 2011, concernant la désignation des **présidents** de l'Autorité européenne de surveillance, la confusion fut totale.
  There was total confusion during the votes held in plenary today, Thursday 3 February 2011, on the appointment of the **chairpersons** of the European Supervisory Authorities.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1487987)

- **Présidente** du conseil d’administration
  **Chairperson** of the Management Board
  ([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 5138556)

- 3. Rapport de la **Présidente**.
  3. Report of the **Chairperson**.
  ([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 20716223)

- Nous avons élu Jane **présidente**.
  We elected Jane **chairperson**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Sakura13 and CP · checked, community translation · [\#28849](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/28849) [\#2740489](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2740489))

## chairman

Used about 73 632 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 36 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 001 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 680 · UN documents ≈ 67 913). Forms: chair, chairman. Meaning: [chairman in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/chairman/).

- Ils l'élurent **président**.
  They elected him **chairman**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#307403](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/307403) [\#997876](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/997876))

- --M. Marchand, l'ami particulier du **président** du conseil d'administration.
  “M. Marchand, who is a great friend of the **Chairman** of the Board.”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 2104)

- La semaine dernière, j'ai eu l'occasion de visiter l'un des quatre centres de détention à Malte en compagnie du **président** de notre groupe, M. Daul.
  Last week I had the opportunity to visit one of the four detention centres in Malta in the company of the **Chairman** of our group, Mr Daul.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 950883)

- **Président** de la Commission de surveillance électorale
  **Chairman**, Electoral Supervisory Commission
  ([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 1170632)

- La **Présidente** formule des observations finales.
  The **Chair** made concluding remarks.
  ([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 24936636)

## members

Used about 5 088 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 2 001 · UN documents ≈ 3 087).

- Je ne sais pas si les députés ou les **présidents** des autres groupes en ont été informés, mais moi, en tout cas, je ne l'ai pas été.
  I do not know whether the **members** or chairmen of other groups were informed of it, but I, in any case, was not.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 911385)

- \* Les **Présidents** et les membres des bureaux souhaitent également informer les membres qu’aucune séance n’aura lieu ni les lundis matin ni les vendredis après-midi.
  \* The Chairmen and **members** of the Bureaux also wish to advise that no meetings will be scheduled for Monday mornings and Friday afternoons.
  ([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 3102654)

- Les **présidents**, directeurs exécutifs, membres des différents "boards" devront agir en pleine indépendance et dans le seul intérêt de l'Union.
  The chairpersons, executive directors, and voting **members** of the different boards must be completely independent and act solely in the interest of the Union.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1484614)

## conference

Used about 3 362 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 275 · UN documents ≈ 3 087). Meaning: [conference in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/conference/).

- Conférence des **présidents** des délégations
  **Conference** of Delegation Chairs
  ([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 2325031)

- **Présidents** de la Conférence régionale sur l &apos; intégration des femmes au développement économique et social de l &apos; Amérique latine et des Caraïbes
  Presiding Officers of the Regional **Conference** on the Integration of Women into the Economic and Social Development of Latin America and the Caribbean
  ([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 3447614)

## More sentences

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

- Le conseil d'administration a décidé à l'unanimité de la nommer au poste de **présidente**-directrice générale.
  The board unanimously decided to appoint her as CEO.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and weihaiping · checked, community translation · [\#1477102](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1477102) [\#11299706](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11299706))

- --Portez ceci à monsieur le **président**.
  “Take this to Monsieur le Président.”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 5872)

- --Monsieur le **président**, en présence des dénégations confuses, mais fort habiles de l'accusé, qui voudrait bien se faire passer pour idiot, mais qui n'y parviendra pas--nous l'en prévenons--nous requérons qu'il vous plaise et qu'il plaise à la cour appeler de nouveau dans cette enceinte les condamnés Brevet, Cochepaille et Chenildieu et l'inspecteur de police Javert, et les interpeller une dernière fois sur l'identité de l'accusé avec le forçat Jean Valjean.
  “Monsieur le Président, in view of the confused but exceedingly clever denials of the prisoner, who would like to pass himself off as an idiot, but who will not succeed in so doing,—we shall attend to that,—we demand that it shall please you and that it shall please the court to summon once more into this place the convicts Brevet, Cochepaille, and Chenildieu, and Police-Inspector Javert, and question them for the last time as to the identity of the prisoner with the convict Jean Valjean.”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 6084)

## Grammar

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