adapter: suggested translations

Consult this page to find suggested English equivalents for "adapter."

adapt, adjust, align, alter, bend, bring . . . into, convert, customize, fine-tune, fit, keep in line, keep in sync, make responsive, match, modify, put . . . in line, redesign, respond, retrofit, tailor, tie . . . more closely

  • adapter le processus / adapt the process
  • adapter un horaire de travail / adjust a work schedule
  • adapter le programme fédéral aux programmes en vigueur ailleurs / align the federal program with the programs in effect elsewhere
  • adapter les faits aux exigences / alter (bend) the facts to fit the requirements
  • adapter le système au XXIe siècle / bring the system into the 21st century
  • adapter la technologie existante aux nouveaux besoins / convert existing technology to meet new needs
  • adapter ses ressources et ses fonctions administratives / customize its own resources and administrative functions
  • adapter ses services pour mieux répondre aux besoins des clients / fine-tune its services to better meet the needs of clients
  • repenser le rôle de l’État dans l’économie pour l’adapter aux priorités / rethink the role of government in the economy to fit our priorities
  • modifier les règlements afin de les adapter à la nouvelle réalité / amend the regulations to keep them in line (in sync) with today’s reality
  • mieux adapter les programmes aux périls qui menacent le secteur / make programs more responsive to the dangers that threaten the sector
  • adapter les mesures d’emploi aux besoins du marché du travail / match employment measures to local labour market needs
  • adapter les solutions à leurs besoins / modify the solutions to address their needs
  • adapter les politiques au contexte mondial actuel / put policies in line with today’s world
  • adapter le mandat aux circonstances nouvelles / redesign the mandate to meet new conditions
  • un geste audacieux qui permet d’adapter le système aux besoins de la société / a bold approach that allows the system to respond to society’s needs
  • adapter les installations nucléaires / retrofit nuclear facilities
  • adapter leurs croyances aux exigences des autorités / tailor their beliefs to the demands of the authorities
  • des modifications permettent d’adapter le budget aux réalités de l’exercice / there are also some changes to tie the budget more closely to the fiscal year

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