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# responsable — French to English

How French *responsable* 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: responsable (83 165), responsables (126 732). By style: everyday 285 · literary 2 · biblical 2 · parliamentary 13 066 · legal and administrative 22 946 · UN documents 173 596.

## responsible

Used about 103 025 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 166 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 8 847 · legal and administrative ≈ 16 253 · UN documents ≈ 77 757). Forms: responsibility, responsible. Meaning: [responsible in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/responsible/).

- Je ne suis pas **responsable**.
  I am not **responsible**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felix63 and Eccles17 · checked, community translation · [\#6736594](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6736594) [\#6299349](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6299349))

- Il était visible que le fossoyeur avait éperdument cherché sa carte, et fait tout **responsable** de cette perte dans le galetas, depuis sa cruche jusqu'à sa femme.
  It was plain that the grave-digger had made a desperate search for his card, and had made everybody in the garret, from the jug to his wife, **responsible** for its loss.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 12379)

- C'était la chose **responsable** et juste à faire.
  It was the **responsible** and right thing to do.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1380475)

- Il est **responsable** de leur conservation.
  He shall be **responsible** for their safekeeping.
  ([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 487513)

- 5. Les **responsables** de l &apos; examen annuel sont indiqués cidessous:
  Those **responsible** for the annual review are listed below.
  ([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 13696278)

## authorities

Used about 3 753 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 136 · UN documents ≈ 3 617). Meaning: [authorities in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/authorities/).

- Monsieur le Président, trop souvent, les autorités **responsables** de la politique régionale omettent d'exploiter les possibilités offertes par la culture comme source d'innovation et d'emplois.
  Mr President, all too often regional **authorities** fail to make use of cultural opportunities as a source of employment and innovation.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1747016)

- Source: OCDE, Relations entre les **responsables** de la réglementation et les autorités de la concurrence, 1999.
  Source: OECD, Relationship between regulators and competition **authorities**, 1999.
  ([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 12702385)

- xvi) Renforcer la capacité de mise en œuvre juridique des **responsables** de l &apos; hygiène du milieu dans les ministères, les autorités locales et les mines;
  (xvi) Building the legal enforcement capacity of environmental health officers in ministries, local **authorities** and mines;
  ([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 21399601)

## charge

Used about 2 726 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 31 · parliamentary ≈ 408 · legal and administrative ≈ 478 · UN documents ≈ 1 808). Meaning: [charge in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/charge/).

- Jean est le **responsable**.
  John is in **charge**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Julien\_PDC and tieguy · checked, community translation · [\#13816567](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13816567) [\#9548913](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9548913))

- Là, on a quelqu'un qui est **responsable**, qui négocie pour toute l'Union européenne, et qui obtient des résultats.
  There, there is someone who is in **charge**, who negotiates for the whole of the European Union, and who produces results.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1327785)

- SISON, Jose Maria (alias Armando Liwanag, alias Joma, **responsable** du Parti communiste des Philippines, y compris la NPA) né le 8.2.1939 à Cabugao, Philippines
  SISON, Jose Maria (a.k.a. Armando Liwanag, a.k.a. Joma, in **charge** of the Communist Party of the Philippines including NPA) born 8.2.1939 in Cabugao, Philippines
  ([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 1139530)

- Lorsque la torture a été pratiquée dans un lieu de détention officiel, le **responsable** de ce lieu de détention devrait faire l &apos; objet de mesures disciplinaires ou de sanctions.
  If torture has occurred in an official place of detention, the official in **charge** of that place should be disciplined or punished.
  ([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 7643193)

- Je suis **responsable** de ça.
  I'm in **charge** of that.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2713604](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2713604) [\#8269921](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8269921))

## More sentences

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

- Je ne suis pas **responsable** de mon apparence.
  I can't help how I look.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1951839](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1951839) [\#1963511](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1963511))

- Ne l'en rends pas **responsable**.
  Don't blame it on her.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#41775](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/41775) [\#558449](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/558449))

- C'est moi qui suis **responsable** de tout ça.
  I'm to blame for all of this.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6262389](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6262389) [\#13377928](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13377928))

## Grammar

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