congé — French to English

How French congé is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 7 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: congé (24 439), congés (8 108). By style: everyday 196 · literary 2 · biblical 8 · parliamentary 1 062 · legal and administrative 1 417 · UN documents 29 862.

leave

Used about 23 963 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 299 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 255 · UN documents ≈ 22 397). Meaning: leave in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Tom voudrait prendre congé maintenant.

  Tom would like to leave now.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felix63 and Eccles17 · checked, community translation · #6579397 #6566499

• Mr de Quélen sourit et dit: Comment donc, ma chère enfant, un jour de congé!

  M. de Quélen smiled and said, “What, my dear child, a day’s leave of absence!

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 10624

• c’est pourquoi, ayant pris congé d’eux, je partis pour la Macédoine.

  I had no relief for my spirit, because I didn’t find Titus my brother, but taking my leave of them, I went out into Macedonia.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CO 2:13

• L'indemnisation à 100 % pour le congé parental est plutôt correcte.

  Full pay for parental leave is quite correct.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1412827

• Congé parental ou familial

  Parental or family leave

  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 403214

holidays

Used about 2 365 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · parliamentary ≈ 133 · legal and administrative ≈ 44 · UN documents ≈ 2 177).

• Quand l'école ferme-t-elle pour les congés ?

  When does school let out for the holidays?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #1288438 #1288786

• Les droits de l'homme n'ont rien à voir avec les congés payés.

  Human rights have nothing whatsoever to do with paid holidays.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1930727

• Nombre annuel moyen de jours de congés/vacances accordés par l'employeur à un salarié à temps complet.

  Average annual number of days of holidays/vacation per full-time employee, granted by the employer

  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 738831

• Les congés fériés ne sont pas payés.

  There is no remuneration for public holidays on Pitcairn.

  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 29651044

• Les vacances et le congé, ce n'est pas pareil.

  Holidays and days off aren't the same thing.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and zogwarg · checked, community translation · #14070833 #11550070

vacation

Used about 1 918 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 37 · legal and administrative ≈ 15 · UN documents ≈ 1 866). Meaning: vacation in the Elamur Dictionary.

• J'ai besoin de congés.

  I need a vacation.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · #2387470 #11566554

• congé ou vacances; ou

  holiday or vacation; or

  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 1948699

• h Engagements au titre des congés annuels accumulés (817 234 dollars) et des prestations liées au rapatriement (913 194 dollars).

  h Represents accrued liabilities for unused vacation days of $817,234 and for repatriation benefits of $913,194.

  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 23407486

• Il est absent en congés.

  He's away on vacation.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Spamster · checked, community translation · #1737345 #1737733

• g Engagements au titre des congés annuels accumulés (14 506 222 dollars) et des prestations liées au rapatriement (28 341 787 dollars).

  g Represents accrued liabilities for unused vacation days of $14,506,222 and for repatriation benefits of $28,341,787.

  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 28685188

paid

Used about 635 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 11 · UN documents ≈ 622).

• Le congé maternité est une indemnité disponible dans la plupart des pays, à l'exception des États-Unis d'Amérique.

  Paid maternity leave is a benefit available in almost all countries, except the United States.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · #4870436 #4884206

• En outre, ces congés sont bien moins payés et ne sont donc pas envisageables pour les femmes les plus démunies.

  In addition, these are much lower paid, and thus are not feasible for women who are less well-off.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1260209

• :: Convention des congés payés des marins (révisée), 1949 (no 91);

  :: Paid Vacations (Seafarers) Convention (Revised), 1949 (No. 91)

  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 14605740

• Lors de l ' évaluation de ce congé, la majoration doit être intégrée au salaire ou faire l ' objet d ' un paiement distinct.

  When assessing time off in lieu, the wage supplement is to be taken into account or paid out separately.

  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 26222339

maternity

Used about 313 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 299 · legal and administrative ≈ 15). Meaning: maternity in the Elamur Dictionary.

• C'est aussi un congé de maternité pour toutes.

  Maternity leave is also provided for all women.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1384439

• L'END peut alternativement demander une suspension du détachement qui couvre la totalité des périodes accordées pour le congé de maternité.

  An SNE may, alternatively, apply for a suspension of the secondment to cover the whole of the period allowed for maternity.

  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 1165170

• Nous voulons renforcer les congés de maternité et les congés parentaux.

  We want to reinforce maternity and family leave.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1123480

• Les congés de maternité et de paternité doivent bien entendu être mis à égalité.

  Maternity and paternity leave must obviously be brought into line with each other.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 248620

• C'est ici, dans cette directive, que les congés de paternité et de maternité doivent être réunis.

  It is here in this directive that paternity leave and maternity leave must be brought together.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1260344

paternity

Used about 133 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 133). Meaning: paternity in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Une autre directive traitera des congés de paternité et parentaux.

  Paternity and parental leave will be dealt with in another directive.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1412780

• Je ne peux toutefois accepter la proposition d'imposer un congé de paternité obligatoire.

  I cannot, however, agree with the suggestion to implement compulsory paternity leave.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1260221

• Le débat a tendance à se diluer en faisant référence aux congés de paternité ou parental.

  The debate tends to become diluted as a result of the reference made to paternity or parental leave.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1412777

• Les partenaires sociaux, comme je l'ai dit, sont en train de négocier à propos d'une directive sur le congé de paternité.

  The social partners, as I said, are currently holding talks on a directive on paternity leave.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1412625

• Certains pays l'Espagne par exemple ont déjà mis en œuvre des congés de paternité indépendants et transférables.

  There are countries such as Spain that have already implemented independent and transferable paternity leave.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1412714

weeks

Used about 28 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 11 · legal and administrative ≈ 15).

• Elle prit deux semaines de congés et visita la Chine.

  She took two weeks' leave and visited China.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CN · checked, community translation · #310141 #1241787

• Je suis opposé à l'idée d'un congé de maternité de 20 semaines indemnisé à 100 % et j'ai voté contre cet amendement.

  in writing. - I am against the concept of 20 weeks at full pay and voted against that particular amendment.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1421036

• En cas de naissance multiple ou prématurée ou en cas de naissance d'un enfant handicapé, la durée du congé est de vingt semaines.

  In the case of multiple or premature birth or the birth of a disabled child, the duration shall be of 20 weeks.

  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 3836391

More sentences

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

• Je suis en congé aujourd'hui.

  I've got the day off today.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and sctld · checked, community translation · #755157 #10968896

• J'ai pris un jour de congé.

  I took the day off.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and CK · checked, community translation · #5859534 #2316903

• Pourquoi ne prenez-vous pas congé ?

  Why don't you take off?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #2210910 #2211528

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