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# secretary — French to English

How French *secretary* 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: secretary (36 773). By style: parliamentary 3 · legal and administrative 74 · UN documents 36 696.

## secretary

Used about 19 954 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 3 · legal and administrative ≈ 74 · UN documents ≈ 19 877). Meaning: [secretary in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/secretary/).

- Il confond peut-être le Scottish **Secretary**, qui est un ministre du gouvernement central britannique, avec un représentant du gouvernement écossais.
  Perhaps he is confusing the Scottish **Secretary**, who is a Minister of the Central British Government, with a representative of the Scottish Government.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 290513)

- The **Secretary** of State».
  The **Secretary** of State’.
  ([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 923014)

- Personal **Secretary** to the Minister
  Personal **Secretary** to the Minister
  ([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 21088153)

- "Calls for the new resolution to foresee the figure of a Special Envoy of the **Secretary**-General, with the task of monitoring the situation, ensuring maximum transparency in the capital punishment system and favouring an internal process directed at the implementation of the United Nations resolution on the moratorium on executions."
  'Calls for the new resolution to foresee the figure of a Special Envoy of the **Secretary**-General, with the task of monitoring the situation, ensuring maximum transparency in the capital punishment system and favouring an internal process directed at the implementation of the United Nations resolution on the moratorium on executions'.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1129633)

- Nom Ben Ponia, **Secretary** of Marine Resources
  Name Ben Ponia, **Secretary** of Marine Resources
  ([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 174488)

## geneva

Used about 12 232 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 12 232). Meaning: [geneva in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/geneva/).

- CATALINA, First **Secretary**, Permanent Mission, Geneva
  CATALINA, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, **Geneva**
  ([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 7505008)

- Irina ANANICH, Third **Secretary**, Permanent Mission, Geneva
  Irina ANANICH, Third Secretary, Permanent Mission, **Geneva**
  ([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 9763338)

- Ms. Anne Nabaasa Third **Secretary**, Permanent Mission, Geneva
  Ms. Anne Nabaasa Third Secretary, Permanent Mission, **Geneva**
  ([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 15081958)

- Mr. John Busuttil First **Secretary**, Permanent Mission, Geneva
  Mr. John Busuttil First Secretary, Permanent Mission, **Geneva**
  ([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 15015757)

- Ms. Vanja RADONJIC, Third **Secretary**, Permanent Mission, Geneva
  Ms. Vanja RADONJIC, Third Secretary, Permanent Mission, **Geneva**
  ([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 11161809)

## permanent

Used about 4 587 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 4 587). Meaning: [permanent in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/permanent/).

- LETTER DATED 18 SEPTEMBER 1996 FROM THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF IRAQ TO THE UNITED NATIONS ADDRESSED TO THE **SECRETARY**-GENERAL
  LETTER DATED 18 SEPTEMBER 1996 FROM THE **PERMANENT** REPRESENTATIVE OF IRAQ TO THE UNITED NATIONS ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL
  ([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 2811953)

- Letter dated 28 October 1997 from the Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations addressed to the **Secretary**-General
  Letter dated 28 October 1997 from the **Permanent** Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General
  ([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 3840454)

- Note verbale dated 6 May 1998 from the Permanent Representative of Monaco to the United Nations addressed to the **Secretary**-General
  Note verbale dated 6 May 1998 from the **Permanent** Representative of Monaco to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General
  ([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 4986248)

- Letter dated 13 November 1995 from the Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations addressed to the **Secretary**-General
  Letter dated 13 November 1995 from the **Permanent** Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General
  ([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 1868157)

- Letter dated 2001/06/18 from the Charge d &apos; affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Israel to the Unted Nations addressed to the **Secretary**-General
  Letter dated 2001/06/18 from the Charge d &apos; affaires a.i. of the **Permanent** Mission of Israel to the Unted Nations addressed to the Secretary-General
  ([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 16770698)

## Grammar

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