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# quelles — French to English

How French *quelles* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 3 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: quelles (45 795). By style: everyday 212 · literary 7 · biblical 17 · parliamentary 5 213 · legal and administrative 2 386 · UN documents 37 960.

## measures

Used about 6 129 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 543 · legal and administrative ≈ 50 · UN documents ≈ 5 536).

- **Quelles** mesures la présidence a-t-elle l'intention de prendre pour fournir cette opportunité?
  What **measures** does the Presidency intend to take in order to provide this opportunity?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1051044)

- Le cas de chaque créancier a été examiné afin de déterminer **quelles** mesures ont été prises au moyen de ressources publiques et doivent être attribuées à l'État.
  In order to establish which **measures** concern State resources and are imputable to the State, each creditor was analysed.
  ([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 587208)

- 70. La Pologne a demandé **quelles** étaient les mesures prises pour garantir la pleine jouissance de la liberté religieuse.
  70. Poland enquired about **measures** to secure the full enjoyment of the religious freedom.
  ([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 22057938)

- **Quelles** mesures faut-il prendre pour éviter la récurrence d'une crise d'une telle ampleur et pour que l'expansion du commerce se poursuive?
  What **measures** must be taken to avoid the recurrence of a crisis of such magnitude and for trade to continue expanding?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1343152)

- Question 5 - paragraphe 2, alinéa a) : **quelles** mesures législatives ou autres avez-vous mises en place pour donner effet à cet alinéa?
  Question 5: Operative sub-paragraph 2(a): What legislative or other **measures** are in place to give effect to this sub-paragraph.
  ([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 9577937)

## taken

Used about 6 002 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 217 · legal and administrative ≈ 249 · UN documents ≈ 5 536). Meaning: [taken in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/taken/).

- En attendant, ce que je vais faire, c'est demander au Conseil **quelles** sont exactement les décisions prises et pour **quelles** raisons.
  In the meantime, what I shall do is to ask the Council exactly what decisions have been **taken**, and for what reasons.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1988651)

- Veuillez préciser **quelles** mesures ont été prises pour garantir cet accès.
  Please explain what measures have been **taken** to ensure that access.
  ([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 3732272)

- **Quelles** sont les mesures prises ou envisagées pour remédier à cet état de choses?
  What measures are being **taken** or contemplated to remedy this situation?
  ([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 19356650)

- Sur combien de propositions le Conseil "Compétitivité" a-t-il été consulté, et **quelles** mesures a-t-on prises à la suite de ces consultations?
  On how many proposals has the Competitiveness Council been consulted, and what action has been **taken** as a result?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 489311)

- aviser l’autorité compétente qui a accordé l’homologation de type et faire savoir **quelles** mesures ont été prises pour rétablir la conformité de la production;
  Notify the Competent Authority which has granted type approval indicating what steps have been **taken** to re-establish the conformity of production.
  ([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 5493713)

## know

Used about 1 921 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 9 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 326 · UN documents ≈ 1 582). Meaning: [know in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/know/).

- **Quelles** langues connais-tu ?
  What languages do you **know**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and miflhanc · checked, community translation · [\#1550947](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1550947) [\#1551179](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1551179))

- Et il y avait dans les points suspensifs dont il faisait suivre cette réticence dans son esprit je ne sais **quelles** idées assez gracieuses.
  And in the points of suspense which he placed after this reticence in his mind, there lay I **know** not what flattering ideas.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 1039)

- Je sais bien **quelles** sont vos pensées, Quels jugements iniques vous portez sur moi.
  “Behold, I **know** your thoughts, the plans with which you would wrong me.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 21:27)

- Je ne sais pas comment vous voyez les choses exactement, ou **quelles** sont exactement les modalités de participation que vous envisagez.
  I do not **know** how exactly you envisage this or how exactly you plan to participate.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1534375)

- Mme Belmihoub-Zerdani souhaite savoir dans **quelles** conditions un gouverneur de comté a été autorisé à marier une personne de moins de 18 ans.
  43. Ms. Belmihoub-Zerdani said she wished to **know** the conditions under which a county governor was authorized to marry a person who was less than 18 years old.
  ([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 16990264)

## More sentences

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

- **Quelles** sottises, ce que tu dis rime comme hallebarde et miséricorde.
  What nonsense, there's no rhyme nor reason to what you're saying.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and calypsow · checked, community translation · [\#11817235](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11817235) [\#7591762](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7591762))

- **Quelles** sont les dernières nouvelles en provenance d'Ukraine ?
  What's the latest news from Ukraine?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and shekitten · checked, community translation · [\#11874919](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11874919) [\#10703559](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10703559))

- Combien et **quelles** sont les lois des gaz ?
  How many and what are the gas laws?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#11547401](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11547401) [\#11547411](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11547411))

## 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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