English-French translations for acting

• intérimaire
• jeu
• par intérim
  Nous avons félicité le Premier ministre par intérim Olmert pour la victoire du Kadima aux élections. We have congratulated acting Prime Minister Olmert on Kadima’s election victory.
  Conformément à la Constitution, le président par intérim Jonathan devient automatiquement le président en exercice. According to the Constitution, acting President Jonathan automatically becomes the substantive President.
  Le Premier ministre par intérim, M. Olmert, que j’ai également eu l’occasion de rencontrer, m’a assuré qu’Israël faciliterait la tenue de ces élections. Acting Prime Minister Olmert, whom I also saw, assured me that Israel would facilitate the holding of these elections.

Definition of acting

• Temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another person when they are unable to do their job
• An action or deed
• Something done by a party — so called to avoid confusion with the legal senses of and
• The occupation of an actor

Examples

• The Acting Minister must sign Executive Council documents in a Ministers absence.
• Acting President of the United States is a temporary office in the government of the United States.

Related words

• contracting
• distracting
• abstracting
• attracting
• subtracting
• exacting
• detracting
• extracting
• reacting