decide — English to French

How English decide is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

What it means: decide in the Elamur Dictionary.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: decide (53 465), decides (60 950). By style: everyday 246 · literary 1 · biblical 6 · parliamentary 6 147 · legal and administrative 13 614 · UN documents 94 401.

décider

Used about 78 980 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 149 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 3 009 · legal and administrative ≈ 10 920 · UN documents ≈ 64 901). Forms: décide, décider.

• It's up to you to decide.

  À toi de décider.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #238563 #4598205

• Whether this young girl was a human being, a fairy, or an angel, is what Gringoire, sceptical philosopher and ironical poet that he was, could not decide at the first moment, so fascinated was he by this dazzling vision.

  Si cette jeune fille était un être humain, ou une fée, ou un ange, c'est ce que Gringoire, tout philosophe sceptique, tout poète ironique qu'il était, ne put décider dans le premier moment, tant il fut fasciné par cette éblouissante vision.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 879

• The market should decide that.

  Le marché doit en décider.

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• to decide on restrictions in crop rotation;

  décider de restrictions dans la rotation culturale;

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• 6. Decides to remain seized of the matter.

  6. Décide de rester saisi de la question.

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peut

Used about 4 981 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 64 · UN documents ≈ 4 917).

• My friends, joining the euro zone should not be like an athletics event, where a one-tenth measure decides on whether you qualify or not.

  Mes amis, rejoindre la zone euro ne devrait pas être une sorte de compétition athlétique, où votre qualification peut se jouer à rien.

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• The Working Party may wish to decide on the date for its next session.

  Le Groupe de travail souhaitera peut-être arrêter les dates de sa prochaine session.

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• In accordance with the mandate of the Review Conference, it may be time to decide that the work of the Group has been concluded.

  Conformément au mandat de la Conférence d ' examen, le moment est peut-être venu de déclarer que le Groupe a achevé ses travaux.

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• If they decide to touch/ disturb the item there are a number of ways in which they may do this. These have been discussed previously in paragraphs 36 to 40.

  Dans le premier cas, elle peut agir de diverses façons, ainsi qu ' on l ' a vu aux paragraphes 36 à 40.

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• After that period, if requested, the Conference of the Parties may decide to extend the period for up to five years.

  A l ' expiration de cette période, la Conférence des Parties peut, sur demande, les proroger d ' une période pouvant aller jusqu ' à cinq ans.

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si

Used about 2 433 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 320 · legal and administrative ≈ 142 · UN documents ≈ 1 967).

• For studying abroad, I can't decide whether I should go to Australia or Canada.

  Je ne sais pas si je devrais aller étudier en Australie ou au Canada.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by shekitten and Scott · checked, community translation · #325479 #390257

• The state that orders these controls decides whether this may apply here.

  C'est à l'État qui prend cette décision d'établir si tel est bien le cas.

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• If the Bureau decides that the proposal concerns the key tasks of the Committee, the proposal shall be dealt with under Rule 45(3)(b).

  Si celui-ci constate que la proposition touche au cœur même des tâches du Comité, il la traite conformément au paragraphe 3, point b).

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• It is therefore the responsibility of the Committee to decide whether that limitation is necessary and proportionate to the end that is sought.

  Il incombe donc au Comité d ' évaluer si la restriction est nécessaire et proportionnelle au but visé.

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• They will all decide together, however, whether or not a revision is necessary.

  Mais ce sera tous ensemble qu'ils décideront si révision il devrait y avoir ou non.

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question

Used about 1 253 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 128 · legal and administrative ≈ 142 · UN documents ≈ 983).

• Member of the Commission. - It is up to the President to decide on this.

  Il revient au Président de se prononcer sur cette question.

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• The Director-General of Human Resources and Security shall decide on the matter.

  Le directeur général des ressources humaines et de la sécurité se prononce sur la question.

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• It was also suggested that the Commission decide at a further stage whether to elaborate on the consequences of an unlawful expulsion.

  Il a aussi été suggéré que la Commission se prononce ultérieurement sur la question de savoir si elle devait s ' arrêter sur les conséquences d ' une expulsion illicite.

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• That was an issue about which we had negotiated and on which we could decide later.

  C'était une question que nous avions négociée et sur laquelle nous pouvions prendre une décision ultérieurement.

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More sentences

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

• What's made you decide to work for our company?

  Qu'est-ce qui vous a décidé à travailler pour notre société ?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #7857831 #472266

• Why did you decide to do that?

  Pourquoi avez-vous décidé de faire cela ?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · #6065034 #7785799

• Why did you decide to speak about that now?

  Pourquoi avez-vous décidé d'en parler maintenant ?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eldad and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #1403197 #1403483

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