Elamur Translateoptional — English to French
How English optional is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 6 translations with example sentences.
What it means: optional in the Elamur Dictionary.
Sentence pairs counted, by form: optional (91 859), optionals (1). By style: everyday 4 · parliamentary 390 · legal and administrative 4 218 · UN documents 87 248.
facultatif
Used about 59 037 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 122 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 933 · UN documents ≈ 56 978).
It isn't optional.
Cela n'a rien de facultatif.
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Scorpionvenin14 · checked, community translation · #2248744 #3453795Democracy is an optional extra.
La démocratie est un supplément facultatif.
Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 638257five to nine persons employed (optional)
De 5 à 9 personnes occupées (facultatif)
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 1602291For motor cycles optional.
Facultatif pour les motocycles.
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 7571064The word "the" is optional in this sentence.
Le mot « le » est facultatif dans cette phrase.
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and felix63 · checked, community translation · #792608 #792607
convention
Used about 8 903 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 8 903).
8. Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child
8. Protocoles facultatifs à la Convention relative aux droits de l ' enfant
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 17034843OP-CRPD Optional Protocol to Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
OP-CRPD Optional Protocol to Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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 20376508OP-CPD Optional Protocol to Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities;
OP-CPD Optional Protocol to Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities;
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 22214967Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocols, in Uzbek;
La Convention relative aux droits de l ' enfant et ses protocoles facultatifs, en ouzbek:
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 27668666OP-CRPD Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
OP-CRPD Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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 20379011
rapportant
Used about 1 781 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 781).
338. The Committee recommends that the State party accede to both Optional Protocols to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
338. Le Comité recommande à l ' État partie d ' envisager d ' adhérer aux deux Protocoles facultatifs se rapportant au Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques.
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 3257320
se
Used about 88 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 88).
An optional Backup Local National Interface (hereinafter referred to as ‘BLNI’) which has exact the same content and function as the LNI.
Les NI-SIS se composent:
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 1118020
protocole
Used about 33 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 33).
A second point on the optional protocol.
J'ai une deuxième remarque, concernant cette fois le protocole optionnel.
Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 218731If a protocol is optional, the Jamaican government must have thought, then we can leave it voluntarily.
Lorsqu'un protocole est volontaire, aura pensé le gouvernement jamaïcain, on peut également s'en retirer volontairement.
Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1822435However, the UN optional protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography is also referred to.
Or, le protocole additionnel des Nations unies concernant la vente d'enfants, la prostitution des enfants et la pornographie mettant en scène des enfants est également mentionné.
Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 407142The Commission regrets the Jamaican authorities' decision to terminate its signature of the first optional protocol to the International Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
La Commission regrette la décision des autorités jamaïcaines de dénoncer le premier protocole volontaire optionnel de la Convention internationale de protection des droits de l'homme et des libertés fondamentales.
Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1822505
droits
Used about 8 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 8).
Human rights and international law are not optional extras to be defended or ignored depending on the relevant political advantages.
Les droits de l'homme et le droit international ne constituent pas des options à prendre ou à laisser selon les avantages politiques qui peuvent en résulter.
Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1288287
More sentences
Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.
Some business sectors are registered on an optional basis under the current version of the Regulation.
Certains secteurs d'activité sont enregistrés sur une base facultative au titre de la version actuelle du règlement.
Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 986461For the Commission, accepting the amendment authorising the optional introduction of the monitoring measures would be tantamount to negating the substance of the Commission's proposal.
Pour la Commission, accepter l'amendement qui autorise une mise en place facultative du mécanisme de contrôle équivaudrait à vider la proposition de la Commission de toute sa substance.
Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1921366That is why the Commission did not propose any change to the level of the rates or the optional nature of reduced rates for Member States.
C’est la raison pour laquelle la Commission n’a pas proposé de modifier le montant des taux ou la nature facultative des taux réduits pour les États membres.
Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 531561
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