making — English to French

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

What it means: making in the Elamur Dictionary.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: making (195 230), makings (42). By style: everyday 608 · literary 68 · biblical 39 · parliamentary 20 753 · legal and administrative 15 867 · UN documents 157 937.

décisions

Used about 41 283 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 12 · legal and administrative ≈ 324 · UN documents ≈ 40 947).

• I'm capable of making my own decisions.

  Je suis capable de prendre mes propres décisions.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and LeFaune · checked, community translation · #4464819 #4465421

• Each body shall, in its organisation, funding decisions, legal structure and decision-making, be independent of commercial interests.

  Chaque organisme est indépendant d’intérêts commerciaux en ce qui concerne son organisation, ses décisions de financement, sa structure juridique et son processus de prise de décision.

  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 2208345

• Investing in data quality for decision-making

  Des données de qualité pour une prise de décisions informée

  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 29620293

• Documents on women ' s involvement in decision-making.

  * Documents sur les femmes dans les lieux de prise de décisions

  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 18773449

• Delegation of some financial decision-making was enabled with FMS.

  Ce système a permis de déléguer certaines prises de décisions financières.

  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 10139625

nous

Used about 23 347 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 24 · literary ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 5 765 · UN documents ≈ 17 549).

• It's about making an effort, even if we make mistakes.

  Il s'agit de se donner du mal, même si nous commettons des fautes.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #11157145 #1104322

• Since we are making a portrait, and since we do not wish to conceal anything, we are forced to add that he was glacial towards Napoleon in his decline.

  Comme nous faisons un portrait et que nous ne voulons rien cacher, nous sommes forcé d'ajouter qu'il fut glacial pour Napoléon déclinant.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 1028

• making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him

  nous faisant connaître le mystère de sa volonté, selon le bienveillant dessein qu’il avait formé en lui-même,

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EPH 1:9

• That is why we need to put more effort into making progress here.

  C' est pourquoi nous devons nous investir davantage dans cette réforme.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 67931

• We are firmly on the path of making our world a better place.

  Nous sommes fermement engagés sur la voie de faire de notre monde un monde meilleur.

  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 21607286

faire

Used about 9 473 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 122 · literary ≈ 11 · biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 1 537 · UN documents ≈ 7 799).

• I love making desserts.

  J'adore faire des desserts.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and tras · checked, community translation · #6327173 #7677795

• The detective was not far wrong in making this conjecture.

  L'inspecteur de police était fondé à faire cette réflexion.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 1138

• But if you refrain from making a vow, it shall be no sin in you.

  Si tu t’abstiens de faire un vœu, tu ne commettras pas un péché.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 23:22

• I also launched a public debate before making proposals on the CAP post-2013 reform.

  J'ai d'ailleurs lancé un débat public avant de faire des propositions sur la réforme de la politique agricole commune après 2013.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1374738

• In conclusion, I want to encourage all Member States to commit to making the second cycle of the universal periodic review a genuine success.

  Pour conclure, je voudrais inviter tous les États Membres à s ' investir pour faire du deuxième cycle de l ' Examen périodique universel un succès réel.

  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 25317595

vous

Used about 5 918 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 61 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 6 · UN documents ≈ 5 850).

• You're making too much noise.

  Vous faites trop de bruit.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and AutoBot · checked, community translation · #3372390 #10641917

• Solve the two problems, encourage the wealthy, and protect the poor, suppress misery, put an end to the unjust farming out of the feeble by the strong, put a bridle on the iniquitous jealousy of the man who is making his way against the man who has reached the goal, adjust, mathematically and fraternally, salary to labor, mingle gratuitous and compulsory education with the growth of childhood, and make of science the base of manliness, develop minds while keeping arms busy, be at one and the same time a powerful people and a family of happy men, render property democratic, not by abolishing it, but by making it universal, so that every citizen, without exception, may be a proprietor, an easier matter than is generally supposed; in two words, learn how to produce wealth and how to distribute it, and you will have at once moral and material greatness; and you will be worthy to call yourself France.

  Résolvez les deux problèmes, encouragez le riche et protégez le pauvre, supprimez la misère, mettez un terme à l'exploitation injuste du faible par le fort, mettez un frein à la jalousie inique de celui qui est en route contre celui qui est arrivé, ajustez mathématiquement et fraternellement le salaire au travail, mêlez l'enseignement gratuit et obligatoire à la croissance de l'enfance et faites de la science la base de la virilité, développez les intelligences tout en occupant les bras, soyez à la fois un peuple puissant et une famille d'hommes heureux, démocratisez la propriété, non en l'abolissant, mais en l'universalisant, de façon que tout citoyen sans exception soit propriétaire, chose plus facile qu'on ne croit, en deux mots sachez produire la richesse et sachez la répartir; et vous aurez tout ensemble la grandeur matérielle et la grandeur morale; et vous serez dignes de vous appeler la France.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18308

• always in every request of mine on behalf of you all, making my requests with joy,

  ne cessant, dans toutes mes prières pour vous tous,

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PHI 1:4

• I am, as you have stated, making a statement on behalf of the Group of 21.

  Comme vous l ' avez précisé, je m ' exprime au nom du Groupe des 21.

  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 7075247

• I wasn't making fun of you.

  Je ne me moquais pas de vous.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and Aiji · checked, community translation · #2342378 #5708159

More sentences

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

• The blue tits are making a nest.

  Les mésanges bleues construisent un nid.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and lbdx · checked, community translation · #9460635 #12987165

• What's making you so busy?

  Qu’est-ce qui t’occupe tant ?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #5156365 #9986195

• He can't help making fun of others.

  Il faut toujours qu'il casse du sucre sur le dos de quelqu'un !

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by duke and Rovo · checked, community translation · #1504481 #1493848

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