moderniser

Ça coûte cher de moderniser une ville.

Modernizing a city is expensive.

L'Algérie a besoin de moderniser son économie.

Algeria needs to modernize its economy.

Je dois rénover et moderniser son aspect.

I need to renovate it and modernize its appearance.

— Shaolin Soccer (2001)

Je viens de dire que vous alliez tout moderniser.

I just said that you were going to modernize everything.

— Toni Erdmann (2016)