proper — English to French

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

What it means: proper in the Elamur Dictionary.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: proper (50 055). By style: everyday 60 · literary 11 · biblical 5 · parliamentary 6 454 · legal and administrative 5 619 · UN documents 37 906.

bon

Used about 11 809 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 538 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 575 · UN documents ≈ 8 687). Forms: bon, bonne.

• This isn't the proper place for this.

  Ce n'est pas le bon endroit pour ça.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by OsoHombre and Scorpionvenin14 · checked, community translation · #6375610 #6375622

• From the proper employment of forces results public power.

  Du bon emploi des forces résulte la puissance publique.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18280

• Budgeting is not about demanding more; it is about making proper use of the taxpayers' available resources.

  Gérer un budget ne signifie pas exiger toujours plus, gérer signifie utiliser à bon escient l'argent des contribuables.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 297922

• the proper conduct of the oral hearing.

  le bon déroulement de l’audition.

  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 2284432

• (q) Other facilities to be accorded to UNV for the proper functioning in Germany;

  q) Autres facilités à accorder au programme pour assurer son bon fonctionnement en Allemagne;

  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 1049000

adéquate

Used about 2 051 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 672 · legal and administrative ≈ 585 · UN documents ≈ 790).

• This is not the proper way to hold a teacup.

  Ce n'est pas la manière adéquate de tenir sa tasse de thé.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #1676046 #1676236

• Member States have identified the lack of funding as being the main barrier to preventing the proper implementation of this directive.

  Ces derniers ont identifié le manque de financement comme étant le principal obstacle à la mise en œuvre adéquate de cette directive.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1248281

• Describe the process and control that will be carried out in order to ensure the proper monitoring of the implementation of the programme.

  Décrire le processus et le contrôle qui seront appliqués pour garantir une surveillance adéquate de la mise en œuvre du programme.

  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 3547940

• Several delegations called for a proper and just rotation of contingents, especially those operating in the most difficult areas.

  Plusieurs délégations ont demandé la mise en place d ' une procédure adéquate et équitable de relèvement des contingents, en particulier de ceux opérant dans les zones les plus difficiles.

  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 30224217

• In order to find a proper solution, we need to know which constraints we face.

  Afin de trouver une solution adéquate, nous devons savoir à quelles contraintes nous sommes confrontés.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF_US and Aiji · checked, community translation · #8657066 #9009935

fonctionnement

Used about 926 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 807 · legal and administrative ≈ 117).

• This protein is essential to the proper function of the organism.

  Cette protéine est cruciale au bon fonctionnement de l'organisme.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by zogwarg and Aiji · checked, community translation · #13714203 #8553127

• That is why I am asking you to make sure that their proper functioning is safeguarded for the coming period.

  Pour cette raison, je vous prie de faire le nécessaire afin d’assurer le bon fonctionnement de ces services pour la période à venir.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 506131

• In order to avoid degrading the proper operation of rolling stock due to electromagnetic interference, the requirements of the following standards shall be met:

  Afin d'éviter la dégradation du fonctionnement du matériel roulant due aux rayonnements électromagnétiques, les prescriptions des normes suivantes doivent être appliquées:

  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 1362073

• Malware is software designed to disrupt, alter, or destroy logical elements essential to the proper functioning of a computer system.

  Un maliciel, ou logiciel malveillant, est un logiciel destiné à perturber, altérer ou détruire des éléments logiques indispensables au bon fonctionnement d’un système informatique.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Myrano_ and Myrano_ · checked, community translation · #13539002 #13539001

• I am therefore confident that Bulgaria and Romania will enrich the Union without compromising the proper functioning of EU policies and institutions.

  Je suis par conséquent certain que la Bulgarie et la Roumanie enrichiront l’Union sans compromettre le fonctionnement correct des politiques et des institutions de celle-ci.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 854016

More sentences

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

• The neighbours made their balcony into a proper greenhouse.

  Les voisins ont fait sur leur balcon une véritable serre.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and felix63 · checked, community translation · #8855651 #6160699

• You can't rely on him these days to do a proper job.

  On ne peut pas compter sur lui pour faire un boulot convenable, ces temps-ci.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #61079 #2322104

• You have just won a prize of $5000 in a California state safety competition for proper use of your seatbelt.

  Vous venez de gagner un prix de 5000 dollars dans un concours de l'État de Californie sur le port correct de la ceinture de sécurité.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by papabear and hortusdei · checked, community translation · #70048 #987176

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