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# souligne — French to English

How French *souligne* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 7 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: souligne (82 425). By style: everyday 4 · parliamentary 4 587 · legal and administrative 3 227 · UN documents 74 607.

## stresses

Used about 17 029 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 478 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 008 · UN documents ≈ 15 543).

- Dans son rapport, elle **souligne** l'importance de la recherche.
  In it, she **stresses** the importance of research.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1901198)

- En conclusion, la Roumanie **souligne** que DWAR n’a bénéficié d’aucune exemption.
  In conclusion, Romania **stresses** that DWAR did not benefit from any debt waiver.
  ([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 1396228)

- 8. **Souligne** que ces initiatives doivent s &apos; inspirer des décisions de l &apos; Assemblée générale;
  8. **Stresses** that such initiatives must be guided by decisions of the General Assembly;
  ([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 27002920)

- Le rapport de Mme Stauner **souligne** le rôle clé du concept de risque tolérable dans la poursuite des futures améliorations.
  Mrs Stauner's report **stresses** the key role of the concept of tolerable risk in the pursuit of future improvements.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1219268)

- **souligne** que, pour les programmes opérationnels suivants, les déclarations d'erreur manquaient singulièrement de fiabilité:
  **Stresses** that the error reporting for the following operational programmes was particularly unreliable:
  ([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 5605936)

## emphasizes

Used about 15 869 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 191 · legal and administrative ≈ 134 · UN documents ≈ 15 543).

- L'avis que notre commission a adopté **souligne** les points qu'elle juge essentiels.
  The opinion our committee has adopted **emphasizes** what it regards as the essential points.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1666985)

- Elefsis Shipyards **souligne** le fait que l’État/l’ETVA ont en même temps assumé les rôles de garant, prêteur, actionnaire et client le plus important de HSY.
  Elefsis **emphasizes** the fact that the State/ETVA has at the same time assumed the role of guarantor, creditor, shareholder and largest customer of HSY.
  ([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 1695558)

- 2. **Souligne** qu &apos; il faut continuer à exécuter intégralement la deuxième phase du programme;
  &quot; 2. **Emphasizes** the need to continue implementing in full the second phase of the programme;
  ([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 13998253)

- Comme le **souligne** à juste titre le rapport de notre collègue, 2 % à peine des fonds structurels ont une bonne finalité.
  As Mrs Sierra González' report rightly **emphasizes**, barely 2 % of the structural funds have the right finality.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1802285)

- Il **souligne** le rôle de l'innovation technologique dans le développement économique de la RPC, ainsi que l'importance constante des principes de développement «vert».
  It **emphasizes** the role of technological innovation in the economic development of the PRC, as well as the continued importance of ‘green’ development principles.
  ([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 4891211)

## underlines

Used about 8 413 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 573 · legal and administrative ≈ 67 · UN documents ≈ 7 772).

- Se préparant à ses examens, Masha **souligne** les phrases les plus importantes du résumé avec un marqueur.
  Preparing for her exams, Masha **underlines** the most important sentences in the summary with a marker.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#8086765](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8086765) [\#8756004](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8756004))

- Ceci **souligne** également la responsabilité individuelle du rédacteur quant au contenu et à la qualité de son travail.
  This fact also **underlines** the personal responsibility of the journalist for the content and quality of his or her work.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1766786)

- Le Portugal **souligne** que le projet d’investissement recourra principalement à des ouvriers qualifiés touchant \[ \] le salaire moyen du marché local considéré.
  Portugal **underlines** that the investment project will mainly use qualified workers, paid \[ \] the average salary in the relevant local market.
  ([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 2523427)

- 7. **Souligne** le rôle important joué par les organismes chargés de suivre l &apos; application de ces accords;
  7. **Underlines** the important role of the bodies in charge of following up the implementation of these agreements;
  ([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 28537283)

- Le Parlement **souligne** également la nécessité d'adopter des mesures efficaces pour combattre la résistance aux antibiotiques.
  Parliament also **underlines** the need for effective measures to tackle the rising problem of resistance to antibiotics.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1144853)

## need

Used about 8 125 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 287 · legal and administrative ≈ 67 · UN documents ≈ 7 772). Meaning: [need in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/need/).

- Le présent rapport **souligne** la nécessité d'instaurer une coopération dans le domaine de la pollution marine accidentelle.
  This report acknowledges the **need** for establishing cooperation in the field of accidental marine pollution.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2004922)

- Mediaset **souligne** aussi la nécessité d'encourager la disponibilité de services interactifs.
  The **need** to promote the availability of interactive services is also highlighted by Mediaset.
  ([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 1133353)

- Le Secrétaire général **souligne** également la nécessité de régler les conflits qui touchent les pays de ce continent.
  The Secretary-General also mentions the **need** to settle the disputes that afflict the countries of that continent.
  ([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 2542333)

- Le rapport annuel du Conseil **souligne** lui-même la nécessité de mettre sur pied une liste commune des équipements militaires.
  The Council annual report itself identified the **need** for a common list of military equipment to be established.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 99166)

- Il **souligne** la nécessité de renforcer la coopération internationale pour aider les pays producteurs à combattre ce fléau.
  It stressed the **need** for greater international cooperation to help producing countries to combat the drug problem.
  ([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 27347774)

## points

Used about 2 493 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 669 · legal and administrative ≈ 269 · UN documents ≈ 1 554).

- Rafael Leitão **souligne** que l'insertion des échecs dans les écoles brésiliennes est un fait positif, mais il estime que nous sommes encore loin du niveau minimum acceptable pour quelqu'un de gagner des revenus stables en tant que joueur d'échecs professionnel.
  Rafael Leitão **points** out that the insertion of chess in Brazilian schools is a positive fact, but he believes that we are still far from the minimum acceptable level for someone to earn stable incomes as a professional chess player.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#9965851](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9965851) [\#9965876](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9965876))

- La résolution **souligne** la nécessité d’entamer une telle démarche, dans un souci de transparence et d’éclaircissement.
  The resolution **points** out the need for such action in a clear and elucidatory way.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 644091)

- La Commission **souligne** que la partie intéressée a émis des hypothèses non étayées dans sa communication.
  The Commission **points** out that the interested party made unsubstantiated assumptions in its submission.
  ([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 3722836)

- A cet égard, le Comité **souligne** que les économies réalisées grâce à la suppression de postes seront traitées dans le cadre du premier rapport d &apos; exécution.
  In this connection, the Committee **points** out that the savings arising from vacancies will be dealt with in the context of the first performance report.
  ([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 11946)

- Je **souligne** que ces questions sont posées par rapport aux points de vente dont vous parlez en particulier dans votre question.
  I stress that these **points** are made in relation to the outlets that you particularly refer to in your question.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 271151)

## importance

Used about 2 110 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 287 · legal and administrative ≈ 269 · UN documents ≈ 1 554). Meaning: [importance in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/importance/).

- Je **souligne** l'importance que nous accordons à une telle visite.
  I should like to stress the **importance** that we attach to this visit.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 925706)

- Elle **souligne** toutefois l'importance de la neutralité concurrentielle entre les diverses infrastructures techniques sur le marché de la distribution de services de télévision.
  However, it emphasises the **importance** of competitive neutrality among various technical infrastructures in the television distribution marketplace.
  ([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 1126882)

- Il s &apos; agit là d &apos; une étape essentielle qui **souligne** l &apos; importance d &apos; améliorer la qualité et la disponibilité des données sur la criminalité.
  2 March 2012, which represents an important step in underlining the **importance** of improving the quality and availability of crime data.
  ([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 26421274)

- Le sport a aussi une fonction éducative incontestable, comme le **souligne** le rapport.
  Unquestionably, sport is also of educational **importance**, as the report mentions.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 320809)

- **souligne** qu’il est particulièrement important que les dispositions élaborées par l’Autorité permettent également leur application par les petites entités;
  Points out that it is of particular **importance** that provisions drafted by the Authority are designed in a way that allows them to be equally applied by smaller entities;
  ([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 5609001)

## highlights

Used about 2 099 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 478 · legal and administrative ≈ 67 · UN documents ≈ 1 554).

- Jonathan Evans **souligne** le cas des investissements lourds.
  Jonathan Evans **highlights** the example of major investments.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 228022)

- Cependant, l'étude **souligne** les difficultés majeures que présente l'approche fondée sur la capitalisation et montre que les résultats produits par cette méthode peuvent s'avérer peu fiables;
  However, the study **highlights** the major difficulties presented by the ‘capitalisation’ approach and shows that the results produced by this method may be unreliable;
  ([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 3793950)

- Le Secrétaire général **souligne** que le volume du contentieux devant le Tribunal demeure très élevé.
  21. The Secretary-General **highlights** that the Dispute Tribunal continues to have a heavy volume of cases.
  ([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 25492986)

- Dans cet esprit, elle **souligne** le "rôle central" qui doit être dévolu au Forum des entreprises Asie-Europe.
  In that spirit, it **highlights** the 'central role' that is to be devolved to the 'Asian-Europe Business Forum' .
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 205204)

- (PT) J'ai voté en faveur du rapport qui **souligne** qu'il est important de clarifier les règles en matière de santé humaine.
  (PT) I have voted in favour of this report, which **highlights** the importance of clarifying rules in the field of human health.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 468283)

## More sentences

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

- **Souligne** tous les verbes au futur dans ce texte.
  Underline all the verbs in the future tense in this text.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Whidou and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#2629425](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2629425) [\#4532583](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4532583))

- **Souligne** tous les verbes au futur dans ce texte.
  Underline all the verbs in this text which are in the future tense.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Whidou and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#9139994](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9139994) [\#4532583](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4532583))

- Elle permettra à la directive sur les eaux de baignade d’être mieux définie, avec des règles plus claires et plus exigeantes, et je **souligne** que c’est ambitieux.
  It will enable the bathing water directive to be better focused, with clearer and more demanding rules, and I underline that it is ambitious.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 671645)

## Grammar

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