actes — French to English

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

The Elamur Dictionary has no French section yet; the English translations below link to their meanings where it has them.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: actes (187 771). By style: everyday 47 · literary 3 · biblical 19 · parliamentary 5 494 · legal and administrative 19 167 · UN documents 163 041.

acts

Used about 97 936 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 2 633 · legal and administrative ≈ 17 170 · UN documents ≈ 78 124).

• C'est un opéra en cinq actes.

  This is an opera in five acts.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #60087 #1054996

• Ils allaient donc par le monde cherchant et quêtant cette beauté, et après avoir successivement rejeté la reine de Golconde, la princesse de Trébizonde, la fille du Grand-Khan de Tartarie, etc., etc., Labour et Clergé, Noblesse et Marchandise étaient venus se reposer sur la table de marbre du Palais de Justice, en débitant devant l'honnête auditoire autant de sentences et de maximes qu'on en pouvait alors dépenser à la Faculté des arts aux examens, sophismes, déterminances, figures et actes où les maîtres prenaient leurs bonnets de licence.

  So they were roaming about the world seeking and searching for this beauty, and, after having successively rejected the Queen of Golconda, the Princess of Trebizonde, the daughter of the Grand Khan of Tartary, etc., Labor and Clergy, Nobility and Merchandise, had come to rest upon the marble table of the Palais de Justice, and to utter, in the presence of the honest audience, as many sentences and maxims as could then be dispensed at the Faculty of Arts, at examinations, sophisms, determinances, figures, and acts, where the masters took their degrees.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 349

• Le reste des actions de Salomon, tout ce qu’il a fait, et sa sagesse, cela n’est-il pas écrit dans le livre des actes de Salomon?

  Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, aren’t they written in the book of the acts of Solomon?

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1KI 11:41

• Puisqu'il le souhaite, parlons d'abord des actes.

  Since that is what he wants, let us talk about acts.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1620707

• Ces actes sont énumérés à l’annexe dudit accord.

  Those acts are listed in the Annex to the Monetary Agreement,

  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 5063298

actions

Used about 14 301 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 26 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 687 · UN documents ≈ 13 587).

• Je ne regrette pas mes actes.

  I don't regret my actions.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Quonpi and DJ_Saidez · checked, community translation · #9169180 #645809

• Ses idées semblaient pareilles à ses actes; il les indiquait, les promettait, les esquissait, les suggérait, mais ne les énonçait pas.

  His ideas seemed to be like his actions; he suggested them, promised them, sketched them, hinted at them, but never fully uttered them.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 474

• Le moment est donc venu, je le pense, de passer des paroles aux actes.

  In my view, the time has therefore come to pass from words to actions.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1642463

• Ils ont demandé à la Jamahiriya arabe libyenne d ' apporter sans délai par des actes concrets les preuves d ' une telle renonciation.

  The Libyan Arab Jamahiriya was requested to promptly, by concrete actions, prove its renunciation of terrorism.

  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 6593922

• Nous avons besoin d'actes, pas de mots.

  We need actions, not words.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and belgavox · checked, community translation · #1152195 #844199

violence

Used about 13 817 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 229 · UN documents ≈ 13 587). Meaning: violence in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Que les hommes et les bêtes soient couverts de sacs, qu’ils crient à Dieu avec force, et qu’ils reviennent tous de leur mauvaise voie et des actes de violence dont leurs mains sont coupables!

  but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and animal, and let them cry mightily to God. Yes, let them turn everyone from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JON 3:8

• Mais nous avons aussi été témoins d'actes de violence.

  But we have also seen violence.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1523773

• Accueil des victimes d ' actes de violence; orientation

  Reception of victims of violence; referral

  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 15127591

• Premièrement, la proposition du Conseil met trop l’accent sur les auteurs d’actes de violence, ce qui crée un nouveau groupe-cible au même niveau que les victimes.

  Firstly, the Council’s proposal places too much emphasis on the perpetrators of violence, which creates a further target group on the same level as the victims of violence.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 568638

• Mesures appliquées à l ' encontre des auteurs d ' actes de violence familiale

  Measures applied with respect to perpetrators of domestic violence

  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 20462233

adopt

Used about 114 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 114). Meaning: adopt in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Je suis également opposé à ce que la Commission dispose du pouvoir d'adopter certaines spécifications techniques nécessaires à l'application des textes législatifs au moyen d'actes d'exécution.

  I also disagree with the powers given to the Commission to adopt certain technical specifications required for the application of the law by means of an 'executive act'.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1461095

More sentences

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

• Fut-il, en fait, coupable d'actes répréhensibles ?

  Was he, in fact, guilty of wrongdoing?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Source_VOA · checked, community translation · #803142 #2106515

• Était-il, en fait, coupable d'actes répréhensibles ?

  Was he, in fact, guilty of wrongdoing?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Source_VOA · checked, community translation · #803142 #2106513

• Des besoins désespérés conduisent à des actes désespérés.

  Desperate needs lead to desperate deeds.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and GrizaLeono · checked, community translation · #1255493 #1255645

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