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# absence — English to French

How English *absence* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 2 translations with example sentences.

What it means: [absence in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/absence/).

Sentence pairs counted, by form: absence (71 310), absences (636). By style: everyday 66 · literary 8 · biblical 2 · parliamentary 2 391 · legal and administrative 11 309 · UN documents 58 170.

## absence

Used about 58 036 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 62 · literary ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 2 038 · legal and administrative ≈ 10 484 · UN documents ≈ 45 445). Forms: absence, absences.

- Nobody noticed her **absence**.
  Personne ne remarqua son **absence**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Romira · checked, community translation · [\#276670](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/276670) [\#181948](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/181948))

- We must admit that she was not much grieved by this voluntary **absence** on the part of the poor hunchback.
  Nous devons dire qu'elle était peu affligée de cette **absence** volontaire du pauvre bossu.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 6332)

- That position was notable for its **absence**.
  Cette position a brillé par son **absence**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1808762)

- Short-term paid **absences**
  **Absences** de courte durée rémunérées
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 2627946)

- Effect of abstentions and **absences**
  Effet des abstentions et des **absences**
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 4388795)

## maladie

Used about 2 777 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 353 · UN documents ≈ 2 424).

- payments paid in this period but relating to other periods, such as arrears, advances or pay for holiday or sickness **absences** outside this period,
  les montants payés pendant la période de référence mais relatifs à une autre période: arriérés, avances sur salaire, rémunérations pour vacances ou congés de **maladie** en dehors de la période de référence,
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 739358)

- (f) Staff members shall inform their supervisors as soon as possible of **absences** due to illness or injury.
  f) Les fonctionnaires qui ne peuvent se rendre à leur travail pour cause de **maladie** ou d &apos; accident doivent en aviser le plus tôt possible leur chef de service.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 4552682)

- If the exact number of hours actually worked is not known, it may be estimated on the basis of the normal number of working hours and the average rate of **absences** (sickness, maternity, etc.).
  Si le nombre exact d’heures effectivement travaillées n'est pas connu, il peut être estimé sur la base du nombre normal d’heures de travail et du taux moyen d'absentéisme (**maladie**, maternité, etc.).
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 1033356)

- If the exact number of hours actually worked is not known, it may be estimated on the basis of the theoretical number of working hours and the average rate of **absences** (sickness, maternity, etc.).
  Si le nombre exact d'heures effectivement travaillées n'est pas connu, il peut être estimé à partir du nombre théorique d'heures de travail et du taux moyen d'absentéisme (**maladie**, maternité, etc.).
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 1818815)

- (v) Staff members shall be responsible for informing their supervisors as soon as possible of **absences** due to illness or injury.
  v) Les fonctionnaires qui ne peuvent se rendre à leur travail pour cause de **maladie** ou d &apos; accident doivent en aviser le plus tôt possible leur chef de service.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 4291281)

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- Have you ever got in your car after a long **absence** and got the brake mixed up with the accelerator?
  As-tu déjà, dans ta voiture et après un long moment sans conduite, appuyé par inadvertance sur le frein et sur l'accélérateur ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by papabear and Erwan29200 · checked, community translation · [\#53394](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/53394) [\#749600](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/749600))

- In the **absence** of firm evidence the prisoner was set free.
  À cause d'un manque de preuves flagrantes, le prisonnier a été remis en liberté.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mcq and qdii · checked, community translation · [\#268229](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/268229) [\#624850](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/624850))

- Ziri's **absence** was hardly noticed.
  L'absense de Ziri a à peine été remarquée.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#10856461](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10856461) [\#11958231](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11958231))

## Grammar

Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [French grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/fr/) · [translating between English and French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-fr/) · [translating from English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-en/) · [translating into French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-fr/).

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