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# tenus — French to English

How French *tenus* 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: tenus (40 197). By style: everyday 3 · literary 2 · biblical 2 · parliamentary 1 900 · legal and administrative 4 308 · UN documents 33 982.

## required

Used about 10 579 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 119 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 257 · UN documents ≈ 9 203).

- Aux termes de la directive, les États membres sont **tenus** de mettre un terme à ce genre de disséminations non autorisées.
  Under the directive Member States are **required** to terminate such unauthorised releases.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 157310)

- Les exploitants sont **tenus** de procéder chaque année à un inventaire physique.
  Operators are **required** to undertake an annual PIT.
  ([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 880112)

- Les États sont **tenus** de promulguer des lois internes qui:
  States are **required** to enact national laws that:
  ([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 29211406)

- Selon la conception actuelle, les fabricants de pesticides sont **tenus** de garantir que leurs produits respectent les normes de sécurité prescrites.
  Under the current scheme of things, manufacturers of plant protection agents are **required** to guarantee that their products meet the prescribed safety standards.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 439039)

- Les États membres seront **tenus** d'utiliser ces méthodes à partir du 31 décembre 2018.
  Member States are **required** to use these methods from 31 December 2018 onwards.
  ([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 3553770)

## obliged

Used about 10 159 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 238 · legal and administrative ≈ 718 · UN documents ≈ 9 203). Forms: obligation, obliged. Meaning: [obliged in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/obliged/).

- En outre, au moins sept États membres sont **tenus** d'abréger la durée de rétention.
  In addition, at least seven Member States are **obliged** to shorten their detention periods.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1095615)

- Les États membres doivent être **tenus** de diffuser ces rapports uniquement deux fois par an.
  The Member States should be **obliged** to circulate those reports only twice a year.
  ([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 495161)

- Ces participants à la procédure ont le droit mais ne sont pas **tenus** de le faire.
  These participants in the proceedings are entitled but not **obliged** to do so.
  ([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 20664122)

- Nous devons tenir compte des citoyens et sommes **tenus** de fournir les services d'intérêt général.
  We must take the citizens into account and the **obligation** to provide services of general interest.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 180384)

- Les importateurs ne sont pas **tenus** d'importer en un seul envoi la quantité totale couverte par une autorisation.
  Importers shall not be **obliged** to import the total quantity covered by an import authorisation in a single consignment.
  ([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 522709)

## bound

Used about 2 203 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 158 · legal and administrative ≈ 628 · UN documents ≈ 1 416). Meaning: [bound in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bound/).

- Nous sommes certainement **tenus** de faire sortir du centre nos concitoyens et les résidents de nos pays.
  We are certainly **bound** to remove our citizens and residents from the camp.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1206774)

- Sans préjudice du droit des autorités compétentes d’être dûment informées, les membres du comité d’utilisateurs sont **tenus** à la confidentialité.
  Without prejudice to the right of competent authorities to be duly informed, the members of the user committees shall be **bound** by confidentiality.
  ([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 3380297)

- Les États Parties ne sont pas **tenus** d &apos; extrader leurs propres ressortissants, mais la faculté leur en est laissée.
  States Parties shall not be **bound** to extradite their own nationals, but may extradite them at their discretion.
  ([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 2370031)

- Le Parlement européen s'est déjà engagé à respecter ces droits, et tous les États membres y sont **tenus**.
  The European Parliament has already committed itself to respecting these rights, and all Member States are **bound** by them.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1242342)

- Les membres du Parlement européen désignés par la Conférence des Présidents pour avoir accès aux informations sensibles sont **tenus** au secret.
  The Members of Parliament designated by the Conference of Presidents to have access to the sensitive information shall be **bound** by the requirement to maintain confidentiality.
  ([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 625757)

## More sentences

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

- Les enfants devraient être **tenus** éloignés de la mare.
  Children should be kept away from the pond.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Apex and CK · checked, community translation · [\#245916](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/245916) [\#8154](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8154))

- Nous nous sommes **tenus** la main, une fois.
  We held hands, once.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by franlexcois and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#4172104](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4172104) [\#4962405](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4962405))

- Mes amis se sont **tenus** à mes cotés au cours du procès.
  My friends stood by me during the court case.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · [\#792284](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/792284) [\#804656](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/804656))

## Grammar

Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [French grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/fr/) · [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [translating between English and French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-fr/) · [translating from French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-fr/) · [translating into English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-en/).

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