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By style: everyday 16 · parliamentary 742 · legal and administrative 658 · UN documents 27 366. ## environmentally Used about 13 597 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 199 · UN documents ≈ 13 398). - LIGNES DIRECTRICES EN MATIÈRE DE GESTION ÉCOLOGIQUEMENT **RATIONNELLE** (ARTICLE 49) GUIDELINES ON **ENVIRONMENTALLY** SOUND MANAGEMENT (ARTICLE 49) ([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 1315315) - Transfert de technologies écologiquement **rationnelles** Transfer of **environmentally** sound technologies ([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 10617333) - empêche que ces déchets soient valorisés de manière écologiquement **rationnelle**. prevents the recovery of the waste in an **environmentally** sound manner. ([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 1000278) - transfert de techniques écologiquement **rationnelles**, la of **environmentally** sound technology, cooperation and ([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 336637) - empêche que ces déchets soient valorisés de manière écologiquement **rationnelle**. prevents the recovery of the wastes in an **environmentally** sound manner. ([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 1828721) ## sound Used about 4 932 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 31 · legal and administrative ≈ 55 · UN documents ≈ 4 846). Meaning: [sound in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sound/). - Il est nécessaire, par exemple, de développer des stratégies **rationnelles** pour garantir une offre adéquate de médecins, ainsi que des exemples de bonnes pratiques. What we need, for example, are **sound** strategies to ensure an adequate supply of doctors, together with best practice examples. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1146198) - Le site dispose d'un permis d'exploitation; ce permis prévoit des restrictions et conditions pour une exploitation écologiquement **rationnelle**. The site has a permit to operate; this permit contains limitations and conditions to operate in an environmental **sound** manner. ([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 4821051) - pour une gestion écologiquement **rationnelle** des pneus usés **sound** management of used tyres ([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 25178766) - Je pense, en particulier, à la navigation intérieure, qui aurait réellement besoin d'être poussée dans la direction de technologies **rationnelles** sur le plan environnemental. I am thinking in particular of inland navigation, which could really do with a push in the direction of environmentally **sound** technology. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1331482) - Appui à la gestion **rationnelle** des produits chimiques et des déchets au niveau national Support for **sound** chemicals and wastes management at the national level ([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 26897050) ## efficient Used about 1 835 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 8 · legal and administrative ≈ 117 · UN documents ≈ 1 710). Meaning: [efficient in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/efficient/). - Il met plutôt au jour les coûts cachés jusqu'ici et propose une imputation plus efficace et plus **rationnelle** de ces coûts. It merely exposes the previously hidden costs and proposes a more **efficient** and fair redistribution of those costs. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1678109) - puissent être compilées et fournies de manière économiquement **rationnelle**; Can be compiled and provided in a cost-**efficient** way ; ([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 2843282) - a) Conversion et utilisation **rationnelle** de l ' énergie. (a) **Efficient** conversion and use of energy. ([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 1905009) - la gestion efficace et financièrement **rationnelle** des systèmes d’information à grande échelle; the **efficient** and financially accountable management of large-scale IT systems; ([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 4726990) - c) Utilisation **rationnelle** de l ' énergie et des matériaux énergétiques : progrès et politiques (c) **Efficient** use of energy and materials: progress and policies ([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 2902235) ## rational Used about 1 555 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 9 · parliamentary ≈ 533 · legal and administrative ≈ 158 · UN documents ≈ 855). Meaning: [rational in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rational/). - Tu n'es pas **rationnelle**. You're not being **rational**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2274057](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2274057) [\#2275013](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2275013)) - Il n’existe aucune raison **rationnelle** à cela. There are no **rational** grounds for doing so. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 838998) - Utilisation **rationnelle** et efficace de l’air comprimé **Rational** and efficient use of compressed air ([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 4787630) - b) Semaine internationale de l ' utilisation et de la distribution **rationnelles** du gaz; (b) International Week of **Rational** Use and Distribution of Gas ([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 17273355) - Vous n'êtes pas **rationnelle**. You're not being **rational**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2274057](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2274057) [\#2275017](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2275017)) ## waste Used about 292 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 7 · UN documents ≈ 285). Meaning: [waste in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/waste/). - Déchets et utilisation **rationnelle** des ressources — Annexe III, section A, point b) iii) **Waste** and Resource efficiency — Annex III, section A, point (b)(iii) ([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 4488294) - Dans certains cas, le mouvement transfrontière est nécessaire à des fins de récupération et d ' élimination écologiquement **rationnelles** des déchets. In some instances transboundary movement is required for ecologically safe **waste** recovery and disposal. ([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 15427570) ## technologies Used about 285 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 285). - b) Techniques d ' intendance écologique **rationnelle** : (b) Environmental stewardship **technologies**: ([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 1369432) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - La peur de Tom était **rationnelle**. Tom's fears were well founded. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by urro and CK · checked, community translation · [\#4904866](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4904866) [\#12607835](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12607835)) - Les gens ne se comportent pas toujours de façon **rationnelle**. People don't always behave rationally. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#5022309](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5022309) [\#5402540](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5402540)) - As-tu une explication **rationnelle** sur cela ? Do you have any reasonable explanation about it? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Dreamk33 and marcelostockle · checked, community translation · [\#1192354](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1192354) [\#3214841](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3214841)) ## 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/). ## About these examples Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. 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