mesures — French to English

How French mesures 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: mesures (1 060 343). By style: everyday 59 · literary 1 · biblical 21 · parliamentary 45 480 · legal and administrative 159 125 · UN documents 855 657.

measures

Used about 698 232 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 39 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 34 110 · legal and administrative ≈ 129 289 · UN documents ≈ 534 786).

• Il nous faut prendre des mesures.

  We have to take measures.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and mailohilohi · checked, community translation · #4563452 #3280064

• --«...Il faut que le comité prenne des mesures pour empêcher le recrutement dans les sections pour les différentes sociétés...»

  The committee must take measures to prevent recruiting in the sections for the different societies.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18412

• Il est semblable à du levain qu’une femme a pris et mis dans trois mesures de farine, pour faire lever toute la pâte.

  It is like yeast, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.”

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 13:21

• Rester en marge ou prendre des mesures efficaces, voilà le choix qui se présente à lui.

  A choice between tinkering at the edges or taking forceful measures.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 58366

• Mesures prises par les États membres

  Measures taken by Member States

  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 523324

action

Used about 72 258 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 948 · UN documents ≈ 71 305). Meaning: action in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Des mesures d'urgence sont nécessaires.

  Prompt action is necessary.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Snout and CM · checked, community translation · #274062 #544724

• Nombre de mes collègues ont déjà abordé en détail les mesures nécessaires.

  Many of my colleagues have already dealt in detail with the action that is required.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1172319

• C. Mesures restrictives apportées à certaines règles de droit

  C. Restrictions on rules of law justified by action to combat impunity

  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 4051095

• Je prendrai toutes les mesures qui paraissent nécessaires.

  I will take such action as seems necessary.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Dejo · checked, community translation · #261445 #4888689

• Ces mesures pourraient s ' inscrire dans le cadre des programmes d ' action nationaux.

  National programmes of action offer possible frameworks for this task.

  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 7812727

steps

Used about 72 255 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 948 · UN documents ≈ 71 305).

• Veuillez prendre les mesures nécessaires.

  Please take the necessary steps.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and menaud · checked, community translation · #13429902 #13429892

• À moins que l'Union européenne prenne sans tarder des mesures décisives, la perte de crédibilité qui en résultera pourrait avoir des répercussions déstabilisantes pour la région.

  Unless the European Union promptly takes decisive steps, the resulting loss of credibility could have destabilising consequences for the region.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1229519

• Il demande si l ' État partie prend des mesures pour changer sa politique de condamnation et raccourcir la durée des peines.

  He asked whether the State party was taking steps to change its sentencing policy and to shorten the length of sentences.

  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 15273807

• Il a pris les mesures adéquates pour faire face à la situation.

  He took the proper steps to meet the situation.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and JimBreen · checked, community translation · #1620589 #1623671

• 49. Le Mozambique a pris note des mesures visant à donner effet aux dispositions constitutionnelles et aux engagements internationaux.

  49. Mozambique acknowledged steps towards the materialization of constitutional dispositions and international commitments.

  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 25734195

take

Used about 33 931 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 2 843 · legal and administrative ≈ 13 260 · UN documents ≈ 17 826). Forms: take, taken. Meaning: take in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Cent mesures d’huile, répondit-il. Et il lui dit: Prends ton billet, assieds-toi vite, et écris cinquante.

  He said, ‘A hundred batos of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 16:6

• Nous attendons de la Bulgarie et de la Roumanie qu’elles entreprennent immédiatement des mesures correctives dans ces secteurs qui nous préoccupent.

  We expect Bulgaria and Romania to take immediate corrective action in those problematic sectors.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 811901

• Aux fins du calcul mentionné au paragraphe 1, les établissements prennent les mesures suivantes:

  For the purposes of the calculation referred to in paragraph 1, institutions shall take the following steps:

  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 3320335

• A. Mesures prises en application de la résolution

  A. Action taken in accordance with General Assembly

  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 4380150

• Il dit ensuite à un autre: Et toi, combien dois-tu? Cent mesures de blé, répondit-il. Et il lui dit: Prends ton billet, et écris quatre-vingts.

  Then he said to another, ‘How much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred cors of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 16:7

More sentences

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

• La justice de ce pays, c'est un peu deux poids deux mesures : il y a la justice des pauvres et la justice des riches.

  Justice in this country is a bit of a double standard: there is the justice of the poor and the justice of the rich.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sysko and bluepie88 · checked, community translation · #662719 #548641

• Les mesures doivent être précises.

  The measurements need to be precise.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · #2599463 #5931637

• Il faut prendre des mesures plus fermes contre le commerce illégal.

  We have to crack down on illegal trading.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Dreamk33 and Dreamk33 · checked, community translation · #2144386 #2144407

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