prise — French to English

How French prise 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: prise (191 296), prises (281 277). By style: everyday 213 · literary 22 · biblical 52 · parliamentary 18 789 · legal and administrative 37 594 · UN documents 415 903.

taken

Used about 171 862 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 53 · literary ≈ 5 · biblical ≈ 33 · parliamentary ≈ 7 633 · legal and administrative ≈ 16 839 · UN documents ≈ 147 299). Meaning: taken in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Cette table est prise.

  This table is taken.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF_US · checked, community translation · #5304016 #5919772

• Jean Valjean se remit à courir dans la direction qu'il avait d'abord prise.

  Jean Valjean set out on a run, in the direction which he had first taken.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 2512

• Elle dit: La gloire est bannie d’Israël, car l’arche de Dieu est prise!

  She said, “The glory has departed from Israel; for God’s ark has been taken.”

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1SA 4:22

• C’est une décision que chacun d’entre nous a prise librement.

  This is a decision taken freely by all of us.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 596110

• Les décisions sont prises à la majorité des suffrages exprimés.

  Decisions shall be taken by a majority of the votes cast.

  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 2065150

making

Used about 47 656 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 47 656). Meaning: making in the Elamur Dictionary.

• E. Pouvoir et prise de décisions

  E. Power and decision-making

  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 22889410

• ii) Les femmes et la prise de décisions

  (ii) Women in power and decision-making

  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 3023092

• Participation à la vie politique et prise de décisions

  Political participation and decision-making

  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 18751857

• Je voudrais souligner que, lors de sa prise de décisions, le Médiateur ne sera pas entièrement libre.

  I wish to emphasize that, in making his decision, the Arbitrator will not be totally free.

  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 2564798

• En outre, le degré de décentralisation était également différent pour ce qui est de la prise des décisions quotidiennes.

  Furthermore, the level of decentralization in day-to-day decision-making differed as well.

  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 23450440

measures

Used about 33 067 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 1 174 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 566 · UN documents ≈ 30 326).

• Les mesures de révision de la PAC tendront à aggraver cette situation, ce qui oblige à repenser les mesures qui sont prises.

  The changes to the CAP will tend to worsen this situation; this requires us to rethink the measures set in place.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 482896

• Mesures prises par Finnvera

  Measures granted by Finnvera

  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 2767613

• < < Mesures prises pour assurer à tous les services de santé et les soins médicaux voulus en cas de maladie > >

  8. Government measures assuring medical services and medical attention to all in the event of sickness

  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 8064355

• On pourrait aussi évoquer les mesures de restriction des libertés prises par les pays arabes face au terrorisme et à la guerre.

  We might also look at the measures restricting freedom in the Arab countries in the face of terrorism and war.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 511646

• Des mesures visant à atténuer les risques sont prises s’il y a lieu.

  Risk mitigation measures shall be applied where appropriate.

  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 1758335

decision

Used about 30 316 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 16 · parliamentary ≈ 3 523 · legal and administrative ≈ 783 · UN documents ≈ 25 994). Forms: decision, decisions. Meaning: decision in the Elamur Dictionary.

• La décision a déjà été prise.

  The decision has already been made.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · #5192400 #5198059

• De toute manière, on peut seulement dire cela de peu de décisions prises au Parlement européen.

  That can be said of very few of our decisions in the European Parliament, anyway.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1857503

• L’outil de base pour la prise de décision est le rapport PEC/PNEC ou, s’il n’est pas disponible, une estimation qualitative.

  The basic tool used in the decision-making is the PEC/PNEC ratio or, if this is not available, a qualitative estimation.

  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 2637119

• Nous espérons que la décision concernant notre admission au Régime sera prise rapidement.

  We expect that the decision on our admission to the MCTR will be made shortly.

  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 11634800

• La décision n'a pas encore été prise.

  The decision hasn't yet been made.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #4184322 #4218386

More sentences

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

• Je l'ai prise pour sa sœur.

  I mistook her for her sister.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and AlanF_US · checked, community translation · #4567873 #1541161

• La prise en main de l'application est facile !

  The application is easy to learn!

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ioan_Cristian and Ioan_Cristian · checked, community translation · #12927258 #12927255

• J'ai besoin de la rallonge électrique. La prise de courant est trop loin.

  I need the extension cord. The socket is too far.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and DJ_Saidez · checked, community translation · #9735611 #9736207

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