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# sélection — French to English

How French *sélection* 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: sélection (32 008), sélections (210). By style: everyday 22 · parliamentary 922 · legal and administrative 7 225 · UN documents 24 049.

## selection

Used about 22 742 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 20 · parliamentary ≈ 494 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 193 · UN documents ≈ 17 035). Forms: selection, selections. Meaning: [selection in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/selection/).

- C'est une petite **sélection**.
  It's a small **selection**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felix63 and Miktsoanit · checked, community translation · [\#12272436](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12272436) [\#12271198](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12271198))

- La Commission n'est pas intervenue dans la **sélection** des priorités.
  The Commission did not interfere in the **selection** of priorities.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1280547)

- **Sélection** des outils d’évaluation
  **Selection** of assessment tools
  ([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 1359952)

- Titres requis, **sélection** et formation
  Qualifications, **selection** and training
  ([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 3693258)

- Je confirme ma **sélection**.
  I'm confirming my **selection**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#8028532](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8028532) [\#8463525](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8463525))

## candidates

Used about 904 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 27 · legal and administrative ≈ 376 · UN documents ≈ 501).

- Nous tâcherons de procéder à la **sélection** des candidats dès que possible, avant d’entamer la consultation du Parlement.
  We will try to select **candidates** as soon as possible and then start the consultation with Parliament.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 632315)

- les dépenses de convocation de lauréats de concours et de **sélections** à des entretiens d’embauche,
  expenditure on inviting successful **candidates** to employment interviews,
  ([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 5056657)

- v) Préparation et organisation d &apos; entrevues méthodiques dans le cadre des examens oraux et de la **sélection** des candidats
  (v) Preparation and administration of structured interviews in conjunction with oral examinations and the screening of **candidates**
  ([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 6939415)

- Le système actuel semble trop souvent favoriser la **sélection** automatique de candidats issus de grands États membres aux dépens des plus petits.
  The present system too often seems to favour automatic entry for **candidates** from big eurozone Member States at the direct expense of smaller ones.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 673972)

- Mise en œuvre du programme Jeunes administrateurs : les premiers examens ont eu lieu le 7 décembre 2011 et les **sélections** ont commencé en juillet 2012.
  Young professionals programme implemented annually, with first examinations carried out in December 2011, and successful **candidates** onboarded as of July 2012
  ([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 28798505)

## competitions

Used about 541 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 40 · UN documents ≈ 501).

- Nous souhaiterions, dans le futur, voir nos **sélections** nationales participer à des compétitions officielles.
  In future, we would like to see our national team participating in official **competitions**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 462794)

- Les projets sont sélectionnés par voie de concurrence; jusqu &apos; à présent, deux **sélections** ont eu lieu selon cette méthode.
  Projects were selected through a competition; thus far, two such **competitions** had been held.
  ([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 15160719)

- La Commission considère que les objectifs prévus par l'article 128 du Traité en matière de culture ne peut être applicable aux compétitions sportives entre **sélections** nationales.
  In the Commission's view, the objectives concerning culture outlined in Article 128 of the Treaty cannot be applied to sporting **competitions** between national teams.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1937554)

- Il n &apos; a pas d &apos; informations précises à ce sujet, mais il estime que les **sélections** par voie de concurrence ont lieu une fois par an.
  He did not have specific information, but believed that the **competitions** were held once a year.
  ([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 15160720)

- Je voulais simplement exprimer la volonté d'une partie importante des citoyens de Catalogne qui veulent avoir des **sélections** sportives similaires à celles qui existent actuellement en Écosse et au Pays de Galles et qui pourraient être créées à l'avenir dans d'autres pays, comme par exemple en Flandres, afin que les citoyens voient leur identité reconnue dans ces compétitions.
  I merely wished to put forward the views of a significant proportion of the citizens of Catalonia who would like to see the creation of sports teams along the lines of those that currently exist in Scotland and Wales, and which could in future be set up in other areas, such as Flanders. Such teams would allow the citizens to make their identity felt in these **competitions**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1937559)

## More sentences

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

- C'est un outil de **sélection** de couleur.
  It is a color picker tool.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Myrano\_ and Myrano\_ · checked, community translation · [\#13744393](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13744393) [\#13744394](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13744394))

- Je ne peux pas régler les stations de la radio. Le bouton de **sélection** des stations de la radio est cassé.
  I can't tune into the radio station. The tuning knob is broken on the radio.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by tras and Eccles17 · checked, community translation · [\#6577026](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6577026) [\#7371994](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7371994))

- La destruction systématique des troupeaux coûte cher, et elle ruine les efforts de **sélection** faits par les éleveurs.
  The systematic slaughter of herds is expensive and ruins farmers' selective breeding programmes.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 150775)

## Grammar

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