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# voulu — French to English

How French *voulu* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 4 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: voulu (30 958), voulue (14 572), voulues (27 487), voulus (8 415). By style: everyday 317 · literary 27 · biblical 48 · parliamentary 3 319 · legal and administrative 1 525 · UN documents 76 196.

## appropriate

Used about 14 568 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 156 · legal and administrative ≈ 119 · UN documents ≈ 14 287). Meaning: [appropriate in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/appropriate/).

- Le videur n’a pas **voulu** me laisser entrer, sous prétexte que ma tenue n’était pas convenable.
  The bouncer didn't want to let me in, under the pretext that my outfit was not **appropriate**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by gillux and weirdie · checked, community translation · [\#11559666](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11559666) [\#3211767](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3211767))

- C'est précisément ce que l'UE envisage de faire, et la Commission présentera sous peu les propositions **voulues**.
  That is exactly what the EU is planning to do, and the Commission will come forward with the **appropriate** proposals shortly.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1368043)

- La tunnellisation n'est pas considérée comme un moyen nécessaire pour atteindre le niveau de sécurité **voulu**.
  Tunnelling is not considered as a necessary means for achieving the **appropriate** security level.
  ([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 390477)

- Dans l &apos; affirmative, veuillez fournir les précisions **voulues**.
  If so, please provide additional information, as **appropriate**.
  ([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 12567425)

- En d'autres termes, nous pouvons de toute évidence accepter ces amendements, ceux-ci permettant de procéder aux rectifications **voulues**.
  In short, of course these proposals can be accepted, and they will result in the **appropriate** amendments being made.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1598904)

## necessary

Used about 9 067 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 225 · legal and administrative ≈ 111 · UN documents ≈ 8 731). Meaning: [necessary in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/necessary/).

- Il est en leur pouvoir de passer les commandes **voulues**.
  It is within their competence to place the **necessary** orders.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 824005)

- Le robinet est ensuite fermé et l'échantillon est amené à la plus basse des températures **voulues**.
  If **necessary**, the degassing operation must be repeated several times.
  ([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 1527981)

- Le représentant de la Fédération de Russie compte que les chiffres **voulus** seront rapidement communiqués.
  He hoped that the **necessary** figures would be provided promptly.
  ([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 27357682)

- L'Agence doit prendre toutes les mesures **voulues** pour améliorer la situation.
  The Agency must take all **necessary** steps to improve the situation.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1549939)

- Pour y apporter d'éventuelles modifications, il convient de biffer les indications erronées et d'ajouter, le cas échéant, les indications **voulues**.
  Any alterations must be made by deleting the incorrect particulars and adding any **necessary** corrections.
  ([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 209497)

## ensure

Used about 6 276 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 69 · legal and administrative ≈ 254 · UN documents ≈ 5 953). Meaning: [ensure in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ensure/).

- Par conséquent, l'aide doit leur parvenir en temps **voulus**, afin qu'elles bénéficient d'une véritable réinsertion professionnelle.
  It is therefore very important to **ensure** that these people are given timely financial assistance, so that they are able to properly integrate into the labour market.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1585074)

- À cet effet, il est approprié de prévoir un système de garantie assurant le respect des objectifs **voulus** tout en évitant des charges excessives pour les opérateurs.
  To that end, securities should be lodged to **ensure** that the goals of the operation are achieved without excessive cost to the operators.
  ([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 735455)

- b) Assurer les conditions **voulues** pour que les victimes puissent exercer leur droit de porter plainte;
  (b) **Ensure** adequate conditions for victims to exercise their rights to make complaints;
  ([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 24131652)

- Je voudrais souligner qu'afin d'établir un espace juridique européen cohérent et de garantir que la coopération judiciaire dans les affaires pénales produise les effets **voulus**, le cadre législatif devrait être mis en œuvre par tous les États membres et que les instruments devraient simplifier l'assistance entre les différentes autorités judiciaires nationales, sans oublier, naturellement, la protection des données personnelles.
  I would like to point out that in order to guarantee a coherent European legal area and to **ensure** that judicial cooperation on criminal matters produces the desired effects, the legislative framework should be implemented by all Member States and the instruments should simplify assistance among the various national judicial authorities, without forgetting, of course, the protection of personal data.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1150919)

- Le Gouvernement entend prendre les dispositions **voulues** pour que le prochain rapport respecte ces directives.
  It would take steps to **ensure** that the forthcoming report did indeed comply with those guidelines.
  ([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 20661810)

## required

Used about 2 802 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 190 · legal and administrative ≈ 230 · UN documents ≈ 2 381).

- Mais non, autant de prévoyance n'est pas **voulue**!
  But no, that would have **required** too much foresight!
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1640418)

- L'essai est effectué avec le four réglé à la température **voulue**.
  The test shall be conducted with the oven temperature set as **required**.
  ([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 422370)

- Si de telles valeurs agrégées devaient être nécessaires, le cadre offre la souplesse **voulue** pour des regroupements ultérieurs.
  Should such aggregate values be **required**, the framework offers the flexibility for subsequent summing.
  ([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 26272680)

- L'intégration des droits de l'homme ne produira pas d'elle-même les résultats **voulus**.
  The mainstreaming of human rights will not on its own produce the **required** results.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1462401)

- Modifie la structure chimique des cheveux, leur permettant d'obtenir la coiffure **voulue**.
  Modifies the chemical structure of the hair, allowing it to be set in the style **required**.
  ([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 799461)

## More sentences

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

- Je n'ai pas **voulu** avoir l'air stupide.
  I didn't want to look stupid.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#2220400](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2220400) [\#2222991](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2222991))

- J'ai toujours **voulu** faire le tour du monde.
  I always wanted to make an around the world trip.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by totochka and totochka · checked, community translation · [\#1040310](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1040310) [\#1040309](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1040309))

- Il a **voulu** enseigner l'anglais à l'école.
  He wanted to teach English at school.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by TRANG and CK · checked, community translation · [\#294798](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/294798) [\#131768](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/131768))

## 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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