initiative — English to French

How English initiative is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

What it means: initiative in the Elamur Dictionary.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: initiative (128 355), initiatives (146 398). By style: everyday 10 · literary 2 · parliamentary 21 759 · legal and administrative 9 574 · UN documents 243 408.

initiative

Used about 247 739 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 20 399 · legal and administrative ≈ 9 275 · UN documents ≈ 218 053). Forms: initiative, initiatives.

• The initiative is punishable.

  L'initiative est punissable.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Balamax and Balamax · checked, community translation · #4821687 #4821685

• Paris begins with the lounger and ends with the street Arab, two beings of which no other city is capable; the passive acceptance, which contents itself with gazing, and the inexhaustible initiative; Prudhomme and Fouillou.

  Paris commence au badaud et finit au gamin, deux êtres dont aucune autre ville n'est capable; l'acceptation passive qui se satisfait de regarder, et l'initiative inépuisable; Prudhomme et Fouillou.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 12624

• I call on you to take an initiative.

  Je vous demande de prendre une initiative.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 695856

• Sense of initiative and entrepreneurship

  Esprit d'initiative et d'entreprise

  DGT-TM v2021 · 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 882056

• Greenhouse Gas Initiative (GGI)

  Greenhouse Gas Initiative (GGI)

  United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 21135433

cette

Used about 5 071 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 5 071).

• In reflecting and supporting this ongoing trend, the Initiative would minimize any specific implications for the work load of staff at country level.

  Afin de traduire et d ' encourager cette dynamique actuelle, toutes les incidences sur la charge de travail du personnel au niveau des pays seraient réduites au minimum.

  United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 17464298

• This initiative, inspired and launched in 2005 by the King, is an innovative approach to combating poverty and developing marginalized areas.

  Cette dernière, inspirée et lancée le 18 mai 2005 par S. M. le Roi, constitue une démarche résolument novatrice de lutte contre la pauvreté et de développement des zones marginalisées.

  United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 21893368

programmes

Used about 2 536 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 2 536).

• Training initiatives were established or expanded to increase the number of trained early childhood educators in the province (between 2003 and 2006)

  Des programmes de formation ont été mis en œuvre ou élargi pour augmenter le nombre d ' éducateurs de la petite enfance formés dans la province (entre 2003 et 2006);

  United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 26059515

More sentences

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

• We must assist all the parties in the implementation of the peace initiative in the former Yugoslavia and particularly in regard to the Dayton Agreement for Bosnia-Herzegovina.

  Nous devons aider toutes les parties impliquées à appliquer le plan de paix en ex-Yougoslavie et, plus particulièrement, l'accord Dayton pour la Bosnie-Herzégovine.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1632140

• Despite all the difficulties and mistakes, we have adhered to this principle in the initiative.

  En dépit des difficultés et des erreurs, nous avons adhéré à ce principe dès le départ.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1374444

• Be that as it may, it unfortunately seems that Mr Lehne's initiative is necessary as regards both remuneration and social protection for our assistants.

  Cela étant, la démarche de M. Lehne était malheureusement, semble-t-il, nécessaire, tant sur le plan de la rémunération que sur celui de la protection sociale de nos collaborateurs.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1970742

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