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# prise — French to English

How French *prise* 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: prise (191 296), prises (281 277). By style: everyday 213 · literary 22 · biblical 52 · parliamentary 18 789 · legal and administrative 37 594 · UN documents 415 903.

## taken

Used about 171 862 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 53 · literary ≈ 5 · biblical ≈ 33 · parliamentary ≈ 7 633 · legal and administrative ≈ 16 839 · UN documents ≈ 147 299). Meaning: [taken in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/taken/).

- Cette table est **prise**.
  This table is **taken**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#5304016](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5304016) [\#5919772](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5919772))

- Jean Valjean se remit à courir dans la direction qu'il avait d'abord **prise**.
  Jean Valjean set out on a run, in the direction which he had first **taken**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 2512)

- Elle dit: La gloire est bannie d’Israël, car l’arche de Dieu est **prise**!
  She said, “The glory has departed from Israel; for God’s ark has been **taken**.”
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1SA 4:22)

- C’est une décision que chacun d’entre nous a **prise** librement.
  This is a decision **taken** freely by all of us.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 596110)

- Les décisions sont **prises** à la majorité des suffrages exprimés.
  Decisions shall be **taken** by a majority of the votes cast.
  ([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 2065150)

## making

Used about 47 656 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 47 656). Meaning: [making in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/making/).

- E. Pouvoir et **prise** de décisions
  E. Power and decision-**making**
  ([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 22889410)

- ii) Les femmes et la **prise** de décisions
  (ii) Women in power and decision-**making**
  ([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 3023092)

- Participation à la vie politique et **prise** de décisions
  Political participation and decision-**making**
  ([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 18751857)

- Je voudrais souligner que, lors de sa **prise** de décisions, le Médiateur ne sera pas entièrement libre.
  I wish to emphasize that, in **making** his decision, the Arbitrator will not be totally free.
  ([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 2564798)

- En outre, le degré de décentralisation était également différent pour ce qui est de la **prise** des décisions quotidiennes.
  Furthermore, the level of decentralization in day-to-day decision-**making** differed as well.
  ([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 23450440)

## measures

Used about 33 067 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 1 174 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 566 · UN documents ≈ 30 326).

- Les mesures de révision de la PAC tendront à aggraver cette situation, ce qui oblige à repenser les mesures qui sont **prises**.
  The changes to the CAP will tend to worsen this situation; this requires us to rethink the **measures** set in place.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 482896)

- Mesures **prises** par Finnvera
  **Measures** granted by Finnvera
  ([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 2767613)

- &lt; &lt; Mesures **prises** pour assurer à tous les services de santé et les soins médicaux voulus en cas de maladie &gt; &gt;
  8. Government **measures** assuring medical services and medical attention to all in the event of sickness
  ([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 8064355)

- On pourrait aussi évoquer les mesures de restriction des libertés **prises** par les pays arabes face au terrorisme et à la guerre.
  We might also look at the **measures** restricting freedom in the Arab countries in the face of terrorism and war.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 511646)

- Des mesures visant à atténuer les risques sont **prises** s’il y a lieu.
  Risk mitigation **measures** shall be applied where appropriate.
  ([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 1758335)

## decision

Used about 30 316 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 16 · parliamentary ≈ 3 523 · legal and administrative ≈ 783 · UN documents ≈ 25 994). Forms: decision, decisions. Meaning: [decision in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/decision/).

- La décision a déjà été **prise**.
  The **decision** has already been made.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#5192400](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5192400) [\#5198059](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5198059))

- De toute manière, on peut seulement dire cela de peu de décisions **prises** au Parlement européen.
  That can be said of very few of our **decisions** in the European Parliament, anyway.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1857503)

- L’outil de base pour la **prise** de décision est le rapport PEC/PNEC ou, s’il n’est pas disponible, une estimation qualitative.
  The basic tool used in the **decision**-making is the PEC/PNEC ratio or, if this is not available, a qualitative estimation.
  ([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 2637119)

- Nous espérons que la décision concernant notre admission au Régime sera **prise** rapidement.
  We expect that the **decision** on our admission to the MCTR will be made shortly.
  ([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 11634800)

- La décision n'a pas encore été **prise**.
  The **decision** hasn't yet been made.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#4184322](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4184322) [\#4218386](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4218386))

## More sentences

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

- Je l'ai **prise** pour sa sœur.
  I mistook her for her sister.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#4567873](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4567873) [\#1541161](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1541161))

- La **prise** en main de l'application est facile !
  The application is easy to learn!
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ioan\_Cristian and Ioan\_Cristian · checked, community translation · [\#12927258](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12927258) [\#12927255](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12927255))

- J'ai besoin de la rallonge électrique. La **prise** de courant est trop loin.
  I need the extension cord. The socket is too far.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and DJ\_Saidez · checked, community translation · [\#9735611](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9735611) [\#9736207](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9736207))

## 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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