unable — English to French

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

What it means: unable in the Elamur Dictionary.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: unable (39 700). By style: everyday 110 · literary 4 · parliamentary 4 225 · legal and administrative 2 331 · UN documents 33 030.

pu

Used about 7 159 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 18 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 704 · legal and administrative ≈ 243 · UN documents ≈ 6 193).

• They were unable to help him.

  Elles n'ont pas pu l'aider.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mailohilohi and Aiji · checked, community translation · #6104400 #8823977

• "Yes, it is difficult," he said, "to calculate exactly; perhaps even impossible, since during these three stormy days I have been unable to keep any account of the rate or direction of the raft; but still we may get an approximation."

  —A calculer exactement, oui, répondit-il; c'est même impossible, puisque, pendant ces trois jours de tempête, je n'ai pu tenir note de la vitesse et de la direction du radeau; mais cependant nous pouvons relever notre situation à l'estime.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 3263

• I was therefore unable to vote in favour of the report.

  Je n’ai donc pas pu voter pour le rapport.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 612624

• indicate the reasons for which the third party was unable to take part in the original case before the Tribunal.

  indiquer les raisons pour lesquelles le tiers opposant n'a pu participer au litige principal devant le Tribunal.

  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 1197663

• The working party was unable to provide a rationale for selecting one of the above options.

  Le Groupe de travail n ' a pas pu donner de raison justifiant le choix de l ' une ou de l ' autre de ces options.

  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 1755273

mesure

Used about 4 834 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 9 · parliamentary ≈ 704 · legal and administrative ≈ 680 · UN documents ≈ 3 441).

• I was still unable to answer.

  Je n'étais toujours pas en mesure de répondre.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by zogwarg and felix63 · checked, community translation · #13715751 #8622345

• We are now unable to guide the peace.

  Aujourd'hui, nous ne sommes pas en mesure d'y maintenir la paix.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 18416

• The Committee was unable to adopt an opinion by the necessary qualified majority.

  Le comité n'a pas été en mesure d'obtenir la majorité qualifiée nécessaire pour adopter un avis.

  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 3552181

• Accordingly, the Panel is unable to recommend compensation. 3.

  En conséquence, le Comité n ' est pas en mesure de recommander l ' octroi d ' une indemnité.

  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 6614726

• We are sorry we are unable to accept your request.

  Nous sommes désolés, nous ne sommes pas en mesure d'accepter votre demande.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and TRANG · checked, community translation · #54300 #334197

incapable

Used about 2 705 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 37 · parliamentary ≈ 264 · legal and administrative ≈ 340 · UN documents ≈ 2 064).

• He is unable to do it.

  Il est incapable de le faire.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and mamat · checked, community translation · #284693 #130087

• The fault in this case lies with the Council, which has been unable to agree to a new regulation.

  Dans ce cas-ci, la faute incombe au Conseil, qui a été incapable de convenir d'un nouveau règlement.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1534718

• the AIF is definitively unable to directly or indirectly dispose of the financial instrument.

  le FIA est définitivement incapable de céder directement ou indirectement l’instrument financier.

  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 2897693

• Unable to withstand another round of beatings, one of the inmates hanged himself on 1 July 2004, during the night.

  Incapable de supporter un autre passage à tabac, un des détenus s ' est pendu au cours de la nuit du 1er juillet 2004.

  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 28874580

• He was unable to move.

  Il était incapable de bouger.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #302033 #4711254

More sentences

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

• I was unable to breathe because of the smoke.

  Je ne pouvais pas respirer à cause de la fumée.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Dejo and lbdx · checked, community translation · #256285 #12033241

• The explorers were unable to cleave a path through the jungle.

  Les explorateurs n'ont pas réussi à se frayer un chemin dans la jungle.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and lbdx · checked, community translation · #2327337 #10280610

• It seems he spent many a night unable to sleep.

  Il semble qu'il passa plus d'une nuit dans l'incapacité de dormir.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by fcbond and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #329173 #490712

Grammar

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