vital — English to French

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

What it means: vital in the Elamur Dictionary.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: vital (41 642), vitals (2). By style: everyday 28 · parliamentary 7 334 · legal and administrative 652 · UN documents 33 630.

essentielle

Used about 10 097 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 611 · legal and administrative ≈ 68 · UN documents ≈ 9 416). Forms: essentiel, essentielle.

• Exercise is vital for a dog.

  L'exercice est essentiel pour un chien.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Pharamp · checked, community translation · #26553 #9877

• America's part in our collective security is, and will remain, vital.

  Le rôle de l'Amérique dans notre sécurité collective est, et restera, essentielle.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1217396

• Cooperation between national administrations is vital for the Internal Market to function well.

  La coopération entre autorités nationales est essentielle au bon fonctionnement du marché intérieur.

  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 1731464

• The school has a vital place in the educational system.

  La place de l ' école dans le système éducatif est essentielle.

  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 1181796

• That red cloth is a "fukusa"; it is a vital tool used to cleanse the tea equipment.

  Le linge rouge est un « fukusa »; c'est un outil essentiel utilisé dans la purification du service à thé.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by papabear and belgavox · checked, community translation · #326821 #1645736

vital

Used about 8 356 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 17 · parliamentary ≈ 1 986 · legal and administrative ≈ 299 · UN documents ≈ 6 053). Forms: vital, vitale, vitales.

• No vital organs were damaged.

  Aucun organe vital n'a été touché.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Blabla · checked, community translation · #4850036 #3072622

• Regardless of its regime, Syria is a country that is vital to peace in the region.

  Indépendamment de son régime, la Syrie est un pays vital pour la paix dans la région.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 871985

• 20, Palyakow Vital, 15 days in prison.

  20 décembre 2010, Palyakow Vital, 15 jours d'emprisonnement.

  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 2589580

• It is therefore vital to support the activities of the OPCW.

  L ' appui aux activités de l ' OIAC a donc d ' une importance vitale.

  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 3558645

• It is vital that you be present.

  Il est vital que tu sois présent.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Dejo and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #1349639 #1350019

indispensable

Used about 2 345 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 917 · legal and administrative ≈ 82 · UN documents ≈ 1 345).

• A win tonight is vital to stave off the threat of relegation.

  Une victoire ce soir est indispensable pour écarter la menace de la relégation.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and lbdx · checked, community translation · #11205368 #12963188

• This vital redefinition of our concept of Europe will be the best possible preventive policy.

  Cette indispensable redéfinition de notre conception de l'Europe sera la meilleure politique préventive possible.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1986402

• Third, the production of MOX was vital for the survival of the nuclear processing sector.

  Troisièmement, la production du MOX est indispensable à la survie de la filière du traitement nucléaire.

  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 4177722

• Partnerships between government, donors, NGOs and communities are vital to achievements in water and sanitation.

  252. La collaboration entre le gouvernement, les donateurs, les ONG et les communautés est indispensable pour réaliser des progrès dans le domaine de l ' eau et de l ' assainissement.

  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 2376870

• For a business owner, having a clear overview of one's entire business is vital.

  Pour un chef d'entreprise, avoir une vue d'ensemble claire de son entreprise est indispensable.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by peterius and lbdx · checked, community translation · #6040014 #8915303

importance

Used about 1 805 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 458 · UN documents ≈ 1 345).

• Water is a natural resource of vital importance.

  L'eau est une ressource naturelle de la plus haute importance.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by al_ex_an_der and Aiji · checked, community translation · #270791 #180675

• That really demonstrates the vital importance of NATO and its maintenance.

  Ceci pour démontrer réellement l'importance capitale de l'OTAN et de sa préservation.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1216537

• 33. In shaping attitudes on gender equality, the mass media and the educational system were vital.

  Les médias et le système d ' enseignement revêtent une importance cruciale pour modifier les comportements en ce qui concerne l ' égalité des sexes.

  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 23819805

• Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the six months of the Dutch presidency ending with the Amsterdam summit will be of vital importance for the Union.

  Monsieur le Président, mes chers collègues, les six mois de présidence néerlandaise qui aboutiront au sommet d'Amsterdam seront pour l'Union d'une importance capitale.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1664885

• Capacity-building and increased technical cooperation for programmes in indigenous mountain communities would be particularly vital.

  Le renforcement des capacités et l ' accroissement de la coopération technique pour la mise en œuvre de programmes dans les communautés montagneuses autochtones seront d ' une importance capitale.

  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 13240235

More sentences

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

• The elevators in a skyscraper are vital systems.

  Les ascenseurs d’un gratte-ciel sont des systèmes vitaux.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by buster_blu and zmoo · checked, community translation · #2186 #4013

• Public opinion plays a vital role in politics.

  L'opinion publique joue un rôle crucial dans le monde politique.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and belgavox · checked, community translation · #271230 #1644502

• Europe is a minnow when it comes to the chips that are vital to high-end manufacturing.

  L'Europe fait figure de petit poucet dans le domaine des puces indispensables à la fabrication de produits haut de gamme.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by shekitten and lbdx · checked, community translation · #9794791 #9799924

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