obstacle — French to English

How French obstacle is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 5 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: obstacle (34 213), obstacles (68 414). By style: everyday 33 · literary 10 · biblical 4 · parliamentary 5 551 · legal and administrative 4 850 · UN documents 92 179.

obstacles

Used about 47 574 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 21 · literary ≈ 9 · parliamentary ≈ 3 122 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 172 · UN documents ≈ 42 249). Forms: obstacle, obstacles.

• Il fait face à de nombreux obstacles.

  He faces many obstacles.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and AlanF_US · checked, community translation · #3455404 #834737

• Sentir l'ombre sacrée qui fait obstacle!

  To feel the sacred shadow which forms an obstacle!

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 30075

• Je voudrais énumérer certains de ces obstacles.

  I would like to list some of those obstacles.

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• Date et heure de création de l’obstacle

  Date and time the obstacle was created

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• Obstacles aux livraisons surveillées

  Obstacles to controlled delivery

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barriers

Used about 17 082 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 810 · legal and administrative ≈ 909 · UN documents ≈ 15 363).

• Surmonter les principaux obstacles est un moyen d’y parvenir.

  One way of doing this is to tackle the main barriers.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 514018

• Obstacles à l’utilisation des TIC et de l’internet

  Barriers to the use of ICT and the Internet

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• C. Obstacles à l ' accès à la justice 24 − 32 11

  C. Barriers to access to justice 24 - 32 10

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• Nous devons donc éviter de créer des obstacles au sein des établissements financiers.

  This is why we must avoid introducing barriers in financial institutions.

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• Un bon nombre des ces obstacles sont encore d'actualité.

  Many of those barriers are still relevant.

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major

Used about 2 982 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 101 · UN documents ≈ 2 881). Meaning: major in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Les parties ont toutefois fourni des éléments de preuve démontrant de manière crédible que la situation géographique de l’usine ne représente pas un obstacle majeur.

  The parties provided credible evidence showing that the geographic location of the plant does not constitute a major impediment.

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• Le manque de capitaux constitue 1 ' un des obstacles majeurs qui empêche les femmes de créer des entreprises.

  Lack of capital is a major constraint on women ' s entrepreneurial activities.

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• Le commerce illicite et le détournement généralisé des armes de petit calibre demeurent un obstacle majeur à la paix et au développement durable dans le monde.

  One major impediment to peace and sustainable development worldwide remains the illicit trade in, and the ubiquitous misuse of, small arms.

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• Mais la dette extérieure reste à la fois un fardeau et un obstacle majeur au processus de développement de nombreux pays en développement, y compris le mien, la Zambie.

  But external debt remains both a burden and a major impediment to the development process of many developing countries, including my country, Zambia.

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• 42. Le PNUD a noté que l ' absence d ' assistance juridique financée par l ' État était un obstacle majeur à la représentation par un avocat des personnes vulnérables.

  42. UNDP noted that the lack of State-funded legal aid was a major impediment to providing legal representation for vulnerable persons.

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access

Used about 2 931 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 51 · UN documents ≈ 2 881). Meaning: access in the Elamur Dictionary.

• faisant obstacle à l'acheminement de l'aide humanitaire destinée à la RCA, à l'accès à cette aide ou à sa distribution dans le pays;

  obstructing the delivery of humanitarian assistance to the CAR, or access to, or distribution of, humanitarian assistance in the CAR;

  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 3111454

• Il n ' y a aucun obstacle à l ' accès des femmes, de leur propre droit ou comme parent, aux allocations familiales.

  There is no barrier to women ' s access, in their own right or as parent, to family benefits, such as Children ' s Allowance.

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• La question du locus standi a été un obstacle dans beaucoup de pays pour obtenir l ' accès aux tribunaux afin de faire appliquer le droit de l ' environnement.

  The issue of locus standi has been a hurdle in most countries in obtaining access the courts in seeking enforcement of environmental law.

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• L ' importance des tarifs appliqués à certains produits stratégiques, par exemple 214% pour les céréales et 154% pour le maïs, demeure un obstacle à l ' accès au marché.

  Market access remains constrained by high tariffs on certain strategic products, for example 214 percent on cereals and 154 percent on maize.

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market

Used about 1 336 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 173 · legal and administrative ≈ 202 · UN documents ≈ 960). Meaning: market in the Elamur Dictionary.

• L'objectif est clair: nous voulons un marché unique sans obstacle.

  The objective is clear: we want to see a barrier-free Single Market.

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• ne créent pas de discriminations, ne font pas obstacle à l’entrée de nouveaux venus sur le marché et ne portent pas préjudice aux petits producteurs;

  shall not create discrimination, constitute a barrier for new entrants in the market, or lead to small producers being adversely affected;

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• Les commissions en devises fortes touchées lors de la cession d ' affaires au marché international font aussi obstacle à la coopération entre les pays en développement.

  Also, commissions earned in hard currency when ceding to the international market discourage cooperation among developing countries.

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• La diversité culturelle et linguistique de l'Europe dont on fait beaucoup l'éloge est en réalité souvent un obstacle principalement sur le marché communautaire.

  The much-vaunted cultural and linguistic diversity of Europe is indeed a frequent barrier, especially in the context of the single market.

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• Les processus et les décisions en matière de surveillance ne devraient pas faire obstacle au fonctionnement du marché intérieur en ce qui concerne la libre circulation des capitaux.

  Supervisory processes and decisions should not hamper the functioning of the internal market with regard to the free flow of capital.

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More sentences

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

• Les préjugés sont un obstacle à la connaissance.

  Prejudice is a barrier to knowledge.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by nimfeo and DJ_Saidez · checked, community translation · #11098932 #2274443

• Certains voient la diversité linguistique comme un obstacle, je la considère comme une richesse.

  Some consider linguistic diversity a hindrance; I consider it precious.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and mailohilohi · checked, community translation · #6099018 #9919490

• Il a tenté de faire obstacle à une enquête officielle.

  He has tried to impede an official investigation.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and al_ex_an_der · checked, community translation · #6090991 #8657198

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