English-French translations for straighten

  • dresser
  • rajuster
  • rectifier
    Afin d'essayer de rectifier et d'améliorer la situation, la commission de l'environnement a donc présenté, avec un large consensus, 50 amendements. In order to straighten out these matters, therefore, the committee has broadly agreed on 50 amendments in an attempt to improve the situation.
  • redresser
    On a vu ce qu'il s'est passé sur l'Hudson cet hiver: s'il n'y avait pas eu de pilote, on aurait sans doute eu une mécanique qui n'aurait pu redresser l'avion. We saw what happened on the Hudson River last winter: had there not been a pilot, there would have no doubt been no mechanism that could have straightened up the plane. Le Parlement européen a adopté plusieurs amendements à la proposition de la Commission, mais, selon nous, ils sont insuffisants pour redresser quelque chose qui est né tordu. The European Parliament adopted several amendments to the Commission proposal, but in our opinion these are insufficient to straighten out something that was born crooked. Le Parlement européen vient juste d'adopter plusieurs amendements à la proposition de la Commission mais, à notre avis, ils sont insuffisants pour redresser un concept tordu à la base. The European Parliament has just adopted several amendments to the Commission proposal, but in our opinion these are insufficient to straighten something which was born crooked.

Definition of straighten

Examples

  • to straighten ones affairs, or an account

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