répondre — French to English

How French répondre 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: répondre (120 379). By style: everyday 494 · literary 34 · biblical 33 · parliamentary 11 099 · legal and administrative 6 495 · UN documents 102 224.

needs

Used about 21 580 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 925 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 488 · UN documents ≈ 19 167).

• Il faut répondre aux besoins de la population par le biais d’une assistance technique.

  The needs of the population should be addressed by way of technical assistance.

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• répondre aux besoins nutritionnels des animaux;

  satisfy the nutritional needs of animals;

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• Le Tribunal n ' a pas les moyens de répondre à leurs besoins.

  The Tribunal ' s resources are simply incapable of meeting their needs.

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• De la sorte, on peut créer des effets de synergie et mieux répondre aux besoins spécifiques des zones de montagne.

  In this way the whole can become greater than the sum of its parts, and the specific needs of mountainous areas can be more effectively addressed.

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• Quelles mesures l'État membre a-t-il mis en place pour répondre à l'évolution des besoins?

  Which measures did the Member State put in place to address changing needs?

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respond

Used about 18 970 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 51 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 3 468 · legal and administrative ≈ 541 · UN documents ≈ 14 908). Meaning: respond in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Je ne voulais pas répondre.

  I didn't want to respond.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by LdjuherTaqvaylit and tieguy · checked, community translation · #11613610 #11596116

• Elle, non moins pâle et non moins statue, elle s'était à peine aperçue qu'on lui avait mis en main un lourd cierge de cire jaune allumé; elle n'avait pas écouté la voix glapissante du greffier lisant la fatale teneur de l'amende honorable; quand on lui avait dit de répondre Amen, elle avait répondu Amen.

  She, no less pale, no less like a statue, had hardly noticed that they had placed in her hand a heavy, lighted candle of yellow wax; she had not heard the yelping voice of the clerk reading the fatal contents of the apology; when they told her to respond with Amen, she responded Amen.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 5743

• Je voulais répondre à M. Strasser.

  I wanted to respond to Mr Strasser.

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• L’autorité contactante est encouragée à fixer un délai dans lequel l’autorité contactée devrait si possible répondre.

  The contacting authority is encouraged to set a deadline within which the contacted authority should respond, if possible.

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• Le (la) fonctionnaire se voit ménager une possibilité raisonnable de répondre à ces allégations.

  The staff member is given a reasonable opportunity to respond to the allegations.

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questions

Used about 10 312 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 1 387 · legal and administrative ≈ 406 · UN documents ≈ 8 519). Forms: question, questions.

• (L'orateur accepte de répondre à une question "carton bleu" (article 149, paragraphe 8, du règlement))

  (The speaker agreed to take a blue-card question under Rule 149(8))

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1309990

• Quelques conseils pour bien répondre aux questions ci-dessous:

  Guidance for answering the questions below:

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• Il leur a été demandé de répondre à trois grandes questions:

  The children were asked three basic questions:

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• Monsieur le Président, Monsieur le Commissaire, nous avons à répondre à deux questions simplement.

  Mr President, Commissioner, there are just two questions which must be answered.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 998

• Il convient de répondre aux questions 4.1 à 4.4 dans le premier rapport, et dans les rapports ultérieurs si des changements sont intervenus au cours de la période de référence.

  Questions 4.1 to 4.4 are to be answered in the first report and in subsequent reports if changes were made during the reporting period:

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meet

Used about 8 859 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 1 387 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 083 · UN documents ≈ 6 389). Meaning: meet in the Elamur Dictionary.

• L'ajout d'un code 79 vise donc à répondre à certaines exigences de plusieurs États membres.

  The addition of a code 79 is therefore intended to meet the requirements of certain Member States.

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• Le test par les utilisateurs doit alors répondre aux exigences énoncées à l’appendice II b).

  The user test should then meet the requirements stated in Appendix II(b).

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• Les contraintes de traction dans les fibres doivent répondre aux prescriptions du paragraphe 6.5 ci-dessus.

  The tensile stresses in the fibres shall meet the requirements of paragraph 6.5. above.

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• Ce partenariat n' a pu répondre aux attentes suscitées par les pays participant à la conférence.

  The partnership has failed to meet the expectations raised by the countries participating in the conference.

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• Pour répondre à cette définition, il peut être nécessaire de corriger les loyers observés.

  In order to meet this definition, observed rentals may have to be adjusted.

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answer

Used about 4 855 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 381 · literary ≈ 6 · biblical ≈ 26 · parliamentary ≈ 2 312 · UN documents ≈ 2 130). Meaning: answer in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Je refuse de répondre à ça.

  I refuse to answer that.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #2392561 #2393619

• L'enfant de ne point répondre.

  But there was no answer still.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 4029

• Et ils ne purent rien répondre à cela.

  They couldn’t answer him regarding these things.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 14:6

• Qu'avez-vous à répondre à cela?

  What is your answer to that?

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• Contraints de répondre à la question urgente que soulèvent les normes et les instruments internationaux, serons-nous à la hauteur de nos responsabilités?

  Compelled to answer the urgent question posed by international instruments and norms, will we rise to our responsibilities?

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reply

Used about 1 015 times in the texts (literary ≈ 11 · parliamentary ≈ 462 · legal and administrative ≈ 541). Meaning: reply in the Elamur Dictionary.

• La Thénardier daigna répondre:

  The Thénardier deigned to reply:—

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 8668

• Je dois répondre précisément à quelques questions qui viennent d'être évoquées.

  I must specifically reply to some of the issues that have been raised just now.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1296097

• Tout producteur lié éventuel est également tenu de répondre au questionnaire.

  All related producers would also have to reply to the questionnaire.

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• La bohémienne, sans répondre, se dirigea lentement vers la porte.

  The gypsy walked slowly towards the door, without making any reply.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 3811

• Madame la Présidente, je souhaite répondre aux commentaires émis par deux orateurs, Mme Flesch et M. von Boetticher.

  Madam President I wish to reply to two comments, one by Mrs Flesch and one by Mr von Boetticher.

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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.

• Elle n'a même pas pris la peine de répondre.

  She didn't even bother responding.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and megamanenm · checked, community translation · #9358224 #12161425

• Tom hésita avant de répondre.

  Tom hesitated before answering.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by nimfeo and CK · checked, community translation · #3417650 #8417563

• Ne perdez plus de temps à répondre à ce client.

  Don't waste any more time responding to that customer.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Yan and orcrist · checked, community translation · #48115 #2857263

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