French-English translations for pointilleux

fastidious
us
It is our duty to be fastidious, and to pay attention to what the Commission and the other institutions do. Il est de notre devoir d’être pointilleux et d’être attentifs à ce que font la Commission et les autres institutions.
fussySo perhaps it is time for European governments to respect human rights at home instead of being so fussy about what happens elsewhere. Alors il serait temps que les gouvernements européens respectent d'abord les droits de l'homme chez eux avant d'être si pointilleux chez les autres. It is also common knowledge, though, that the United States of America and its current administration are not always that fussy about international law! Tout le monde sait cependant aussi que les États-Unis et leur administration actuelle ne se montrent pas toujours pointilleux au sujet du droit international!

nitpickingOf all lifes pleasures, I like nitpicking the best." -- Wally in Dilbert
pedantic
us
Some of the points raised were really pedantic, for example when it was claimed that opening hours at sports facilities were not in line with women's interests. Certains se sont montrés trop pointilleux, en affirmant par exemple que les heures d'ouverture des infrastructures sportives ne correspondaient pas aux intérêts des femmes.
pickyI am very picky about the way my kitchen is laid out.
punctiliousYou are a punctilious lawyer and you are right to say that if one takes the word 'rule' in its strictest sense, there are not hundreds. Vous êtes un juriste pointilleux et vous avez raison de dire que si l'on prend le terme «règlement» au sens strict, il n'y en a pas des centaines. With a punctilious slap of the gloves, the duel was now inevitable
sedulous
sticklerLexicographers are sticklers for correct language