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# souligné — French to English

How French *souligné* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 8 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: souligné (106 865), soulignée (4 177), soulignées (1 009), soulignés (1 465). By style: everyday 17 · parliamentary 6 587 · legal and administrative 2 392 · UN documents 104 520.

## highlighted

Used about 25 831 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 1 510 · legal and administrative ≈ 369 · UN documents ≈ 23 953).

- Ces problèmes sont **soulignés** dans mon rapport.
  These problems are **highlighted** in my report.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1245936)

- Elles ont notamment **souligné** que \[愦灭※\] \[3\].
  In particular, both companies have **highlighted** \[愦灭※\] \[3\].
  ([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 813322)

- 8. Quelques points qui méritent d &apos; être **soulignés**
  8. Some issues to be **highlighted**
  ([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 7122251)

- Certains points, me semble-t-il, ont été **soulignés**.
  A number of points have, I think, been **highlighted**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 467505)

- L'absence de proportionnalité est **soulignée** par plusieurs parties intéressées:
  An absence of proportionality is **highlighted** by several interested parties.
  ([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 4198425)

## underlined

Used about 23 139 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · parliamentary ≈ 686 · legal and administrative ≈ 668 · UN documents ≈ 21 775).

- Corrige les mots **soulignés**.
  Correct the **underlined** words.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#25359](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/25359) [\#497323](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/497323))

- Trois choses me semblent devoir être **soulignées**.
  I think there are three things that should be **underlined**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1564840)

- Non **souligné** dans la décision de 1997.
  Not **underlined** in the 1997 decision.
  ([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 534063)

- Celles-ci apparaissent en italiques **soulignés**.
  The proposed amendments appear in **underlined** italics.
  ([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 11220852)

- Corrigez les mots **soulignés**.
  Correct the **underlined** words.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#25359](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/25359) [\#497322](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/497322))

## emphasized

Used about 17 680 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 240 · legal and administrative ≈ 18 · UN documents ≈ 17 420).

- Il a **souligné** l'importance de l'éducation.
  He **emphasized** the importance of education.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and XenoKat · checked, community translation · [\#4440567](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4440567) [\#8437302](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8437302))

- Cela aussi doit être **souligné** comme un fait important.
  This also needs to be **emphasized** as an important fact.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1607739)

- En outre, la Commission a **souligné** que, contrairement à ce qui était prévu par la convention initiale, aucun plan quinquennal n’avait été élaboré pour la période 2005‐2008.
  Furthermore, the Commission **emphasized** that no five-year plan had been adopted for the period 2005–2008 as established by the initial Convention.
  ([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 5103223)

- L &apos; importance du Recueil de jurisprudence a également été **soulignée**.
  The importance of the CLOUT system was also **emphasized**.
  ([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 21658557)

- Elle a **souligné** l'importance de l'éducation.
  She **emphasized** the importance of education.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#313252](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/313252) [\#4775330](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4775330))

## stressed

Used about 12 633 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 515 · legal and administrative ≈ 141 · UN documents ≈ 11 976). Meaning: [stressed in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stressed/).

- J’ai **souligné** ce point.
  I **stressed** the point.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#254592](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/254592) [\#7562904](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7562904))

- Certaines évolutions positives méritent d'être **soulignées**.
  There have been some positive developments that should be **stressed**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1466102)

- Les autorités portugaises ont **souligné** que le montant total maximal de l’incitation fiscale ne serait en aucun cas dépassé.
  The Portuguese authorities have **stressed** that the total amount of the tax incentive will in no event be exceeded.
  ([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 555152)

- À cet égard, les méfaits de la corruption sont **soulignés**.
  In this connection, the baneful character of corruption is **stressed**.
  ([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 1664889)

- Dans ma lettre en réponse à M. Costa, envoyée le 7 octobre, j'ai **souligné** plusieurs points.
  In my letter replying to Mr Costa, sent on 7 October, I **stressed** several points.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1153671)

## need

Used about 3 914 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 69 · legal and administrative ≈ 35 · UN documents ≈ 3 811). Meaning: [need in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/need/).

- Il est urgent que nous discutions encore de cela et que nos priorités soient également **soulignées** dans le budget.
  We urgently **need** to discuss this so that the budget also clearly sets out our priorities.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 49009)

- Bien que la plupart de ces éléments n’aient pas besoin d’explications, quelques aspects méritent d’être **soulignés**.
  While not all **need** an explanation, a few aspects are worth highlighting.
  ([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 4857772)

- La vulnérabilité de ces pays et leur besoin de savoir-faire technique et de ressources financières ont été **soulignés**.
  The vulnerability of LDCs and their **need** for technical know-how and financial resources were underscored.
  ([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 26151524)

- Mes collègues l'ont d' ores et déjà **souligné**. Nous devons mettre un terme à cette colonisation interne, à ce meurtre cruel de l'individualité culturelle du peuple tibétain.
  As fellow MEPs have already explained, we **need** to put a stop to internal colonisation, this brutal murder of the cultural identity of the Tibetan population.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 77484)

- souligne que, pour générer des économies durables dans le budget de l'Union, le Parlement et le Conseil doivent impérativement établir une feuille de route pour un siège unique, dont la nécessité a été **soulignée** par le Parlement dans plusieurs de ses résolutions antérieures;
  Stresses that Parliament and the Council, in order to create long term savings in the Union budget, must address the **need** for a roadmap to a single seat, as stated by Parliament in several previous resolutions;
  ([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 5605541)

## importance

Used about 2 982 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 172 · legal and administrative ≈ 88 · UN documents ≈ 2 722). Meaning: [importance in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/importance/).

- Le professeur a **souligné** l'importance de prendre des notes.
  The teacher stressed the **importance** of taking notes.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Maxence and CK · checked, community translation · [\#272899](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/272899) [\#7700898](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7700898))

- L'importance de ce problème y était **soulignée**.
  The **importance** of this issue was outlined.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1518426)

- L’urgence peut être **souligné** par un appel téléphonique indiquant l’importance du formulaire M et sa nature urgente.
  This urgency may be reinforced by a telephone call highlighting the **importance** of the M form and its urgent nature.
  ([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 2778362)

- L &apos; importance du dialogue avec les membres du Partenariat pour la protection des forêts et les grands groupes a également été **soulignée**.
  The **importance** of the dialogue with heads of CPF members and major groups was also underscored.
  ([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 17416275)

- (EN) Monsieur le Président, l'importance des soins de santé et de cette directive ne peut être trop **soulignée**.
  Mr President, the **importance** of healthcare and this directive cannot be overemphasised.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1471606)

## pointed

Used about 2 466 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 515 · legal and administrative ≈ 317 · UN documents ≈ 1 633).

- Tom a **souligné** mon erreur.
  Tom **pointed** out my mistake.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3415197](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3415197) [\#5688405](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5688405))

- Comme l'a **souligné** M. Audy, nous devons développer nos outils.
  As Mr Audy has **pointed** out, we must develop our tools.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1375424)

- Certaines parties ont **souligné** un manque de capacités de production dans l'industrie de l'Union.
  Some parties **pointed** at a shortage of production capacity by the Union industry.
  ([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 3426019)

- Ces lacunes dans la législation et les pratiques des autorités algériennes ont été régulièrement **soulignées** depuis 1992.
  Such shortcomings in the law and in the practices of the Algerian authorities have regularly been **pointed** out since 1992.
  ([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 23637006)

- Tom a **souligné** les erreurs de Mary.
  Tom **pointed** out Mary's mistakes.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by thowas and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1028202](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1028202) [\#4653219](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4653219))

## emphasised

Used about 1 957 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 1 166 · legal and administrative ≈ 246 · UN documents ≈ 544).

- Tous ces points ont été **soulignés** ici.
  All of these have been **emphasised** here.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 713317)

- En particulier, la Commission avait **souligné** le réalisme des hypothèses principales, constat qui n'a pas changé.
  Specifically, the Commission had **emphasised** the realistic nature of the main assumptions, and it stands by this assessment.
  ([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 4177927)

- Depuis la réunification allemande, achevée en 1990, la Constitution a subi plusieurs modifications, dont deux méritent plus particulièrement d &apos; être **soulignées** ici.
  Since reunification, completed in 1990, there have been a number of constitutional amendments, two of which should be **emphasised** here.
  ([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 21171421)

- Deux aspects importants me paraissent devoir être **soulignés**.
  I believe there are two aspects which must be **emphasised**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1924014)

- Le Royaume-Uni a **souligné** que cette exigence créera une charge involontaire, faute de ressources actuelles possédant une formation adéquate.
  The UK **emphasised** that this requirement will create an unintended burden by stating that currently there is no adequately trained 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 3109107)

## More sentences

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

- Il a **souligné** la nécessité d'une intervention immédiate.
  He put emphasis on the necessity for immediate action.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#300921](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/300921) [\#9420449](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9420449))

- Lors de la mise en place de ces mesures, comme il vient de l'être **souligné** par l'orateur qui vient de s'exprimer, nous devons examiner attentivement certains points.
  In implementing the package, as the previous speaker said, we must take a careful look at specific points.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1025644)

- Le commissaire Barnier a **souligné** hier les difficultés auxquelles le Portugal doit faire face.
  Yesterday Commissioner Barnier outlined the difficulties facing Portugal.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 483918)

## Grammar

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