obligation — French to English

How French obligation is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 6 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: obligation (129 722), obligations (192 737). By style: everyday 27 · literary 2 · parliamentary 10 593 · legal and administrative 54 466 · UN documents 257 371.

obligation

Used about 235 016 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 13 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 5 407 · legal and administrative ≈ 31 204 · UN documents ≈ 198 390). Forms: obligation, obligations. Meaning: obligation in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Nous avons l'obligation d'essayer.

  We have an obligation to try.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by GB3 and CK · checked, community translation · #5512942 #6551815

• Devoir la vie à un malfaiteur, accepter cette dette et la rembourser, être, en dépit de soi-même, de plain-pied avec un repris de justice, et lui payer un service avec un autre service; se laisser dire: Va-t'en, et lui dire à son tour: Sois libre; sacrifier à des motifs personnels le devoir, cette obligation générale, et sentir dans ces motifs personnels quelque chose de général aussi, et de supérieur peut-être; trahir la société pour rester fidèle à sa conscience; que toutes ces absurdités se réalisassent et qu'elles vinssent s'accumuler sur lui-même, c'est ce dont il était atterré.

  To owe his life to a malefactor, to accept that debt and to repay it; to be, in spite of himself, on a level with a fugitive from justice, and to repay his service with another service; to allow it to be said to him, “Go,” and to say to the latter in his turn: “Be free”; to sacrifice to personal motives duty, that general obligation, and to be conscious, in those personal motives, of something that was also general, and, perchance, superior, to betray society in order to remain true to his conscience; that all these absurdities should be realized and should accumulate upon him,—this was what overwhelmed him.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 28543

• Pourtant, c'est aussi une obligation minimale.

  However, it is also a minimum obligation.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 245487

• Obligations générales des constructeurs

  General obligations of manufacturers

  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 3324259

• Obligation de ne pas causer de dommages significatifs

  Obligation not to cause significant harm

  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 3290706

state

Used about 8 610 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 567 · UN documents ≈ 8 043). Meaning: state in the Elamur Dictionary.

• PZL Hydral a pu obtenir une aide d'État grâce à la non-exécution durable de ses obligations par différents créanciers publics.

  State aid may have been granted to PZL Hydral in the form of continued non-enforcement of public liabilities against the company by various public creditors.

  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 2027554

• III. Obligation de protection incombant à l ' État

  III. State duty to protect

  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 22131370

• Obligation de l ' État touché de rechercher de l ' assistance

  Duty of the affected State to seek assistance

  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 23852586

• En application de cette loi, seule s ' est éteinte pour l ' État l ' obligation d ' intenter une action pénale.

  Pursuant to this law, only the State ' s right to bring criminal charges lapsed.

  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 648062

constitutional

Used about 7 376 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 7 376). Meaning: constitutional in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Pas d'obligations constitutionnelles signalées.

  No constitutional requirements indicated.

  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 287423

• Pas d’obligations constitutionnelles signalées.

  No constitutional requirements indicated.

  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 90997

requirements

Used about 6 983 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 331 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 971 · UN documents ≈ 2 681).

• La décision d'imposer une obligation de visa à des pays tiers ou d'en exempter ces derniers est prise au cas par cas.

  The decision as to whether or not visa requirements should apply to third countries is taken on a case-by-case basis.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1431702

• Les obligations minimales relatives aux réévaluations du prix de titres sont indiquées au tableau 1A.

  The minimum requirements for price revaluation of securities are set out in Table 1A.

  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 1788086

• Les obligations propres à ce niveau d ' accréditation sont énumérées au tableau 1.

  Specific requirements for this level of accreditation are listed in Table 1.

  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 27994973

• Ce processus devrait encourager l'introduction d'obligations d'établissement de rapports financiers pour chaque pays afin de contribuer à la lutte contre la pauvreté.

  This process should encourage the introduction of financial reporting requirements for each country in order to benefit the fight against poverty.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1509278

• Le DCT-prestataire de services bancaires se conforme à l'ensemble des obligations de déclaration suivantes:

  A CSD-banking service provider shall comply with all of the following reporting requirements:

  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 4275214

under

Used about 3 248 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 567 · UN documents ≈ 2 681). Meaning: under in the Elamur Dictionary.

• L’Eurosystème a instauré le programme en vertu duquel les banques centrales de l’Eurosystème achètent des obligations sécurisées éligibles pour un montant nominal escompté de 60 milliards d’EUR.

  The Eurosystem has established the programme under which the Eurosystem central banks shall purchase eligible covered bonds with a targeted nominal amount of EUR 60 billion.

  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 1654489

• Elle avait donné effet à ces obligations par la loi de 2004 sur la protection de l ' environnement, qui incriminait le trafic international illicite d ' espèces sauvages.

  Those binding commitments were enforced under the Environment Protection Act of 2004, which penalized illicit international trafficking in wildlife.

  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 19204913

rights

Used about 3 234 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 552 · UN documents ≈ 2 681).

• Dans notre coin du monde qui est monogame, se marier équivaut à diminuer ses droits de moitié et à doubler ses obligations.

  In our monogamous part of the world, to marry means to halve one’s rights and double one's duties.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · #678633 #678692

• Certains dirigeants agissent comme si l’Union leur conférait des droits, mais aucune obligation.

  Some leaders act as if the Union gave them rights but no duties whatsoever.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 535073

• DE L ' ENFANT CONCERNANT LES OBLIGATIONS DES ÉTATS

  THE rights OF THE CHILD CONCERNING REPORTING

  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 10470785

• La vente implique l'abandon de l'ensemble des droits et obligations, moyennant une compensation financière.

  A sale implies that all rights and duties are waived, and that is what the financial compensation is for.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 209370

• Au Parlement européen comme dans tous les États européens démocratiques, le contrôle du budget fait partie des principaux droits et obligations des députés.

  As in all democratic European States, budgetary control is one of the most important rights and duties of the Members of the European Parliament.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 168233

More sentences

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

• J'ai une autre obligation.

  I have another engagement.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #320311 #1337110

• J'ai une obligation antérieure.

  I have a prior engagement.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #2358786 #2565565

• Quelle est la différence entre une action et une obligation ?

  What's the difference between a stock and a bond?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felix63 and Miktsoanit · checked, community translation · #12288672 #12288123

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