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# actually — English to French

How English *actually* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: actually (38 455). By style: everyday 368 · literary 8 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 12 658 · legal and administrative 5 353 · UN documents 20 067.

## effectivement

Used about 10 993 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 791 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 677 · UN documents ≈ 7 525).

- That seems to suggest to me that we can use decrease in efficiency methods or physical methods to **actually** achieve MAGP targets.
  Cela semble suggérer que nous pouvons utiliser une réduction des méthodes efficaces ou des méthodes physiques pour atteindre **effectivement** les objectifs des POP.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1827454)

- Total area (ha) **actually** planted (on last 31 July):
  Superficie totale (ha) **effectivement** plantée (au 31 juillet dernier):
  ([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 4599240)

- The distance to be covered is the distance **actually** run.
  La distance prise en compte est la distance **effectivement** parcourue.
  ([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 11292318)

- At the moment it is **actually** the plenary sessions which can instigate the procedure, together, obviously, with the competent committee which completes the work.
  Pour l'instant, **effectivement**, c'est bien la session plénière qui peut lancer la procédure, avec bien évidemment la commission compétente qui finit le travail.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 337440)

- Instead of the costs **actually** incurred under the obligatory rate.
  Au lieu des coûts **effectivement** supportés dans le cadre de l’application du tarif imposé.
  ([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 3500106)

## réalité

Used about 2 431 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 54 · parliamentary ≈ 1 319 · legal and administrative ≈ 223 · UN documents ≈ 836).

- I don't **actually** have them.
  En **réalité**, je ne les ai pas.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2275951](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2275951) [\#2420651](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2420651))

- These were **actually** shoeprints, not footprints!
  membre de la Commission. - (EN) Il s'agissait en **réalité** d'empreintes de chaussures, non de pieds!
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 924809)

- Due to the nature of the COVID-19 crisis, they **actually** have a pan-EU character.
  En raison de la nature de la crise liée à la COVID-19, elles revêtent en **réalité** un caractère paneuropéen et mondial.
  ([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 5410379)

- **Actually**, the Aghia Paraskevi police station is in the same building as the North-East Attica Police Directorate.
  En **réalité**, le commissariat de police d &apos; Aghia Paraskevi se trouve dans le même bâtiment que la Direction de la Police de l &apos; Attique NordEst.
  ([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 18120148)

- What does it **actually** mean?
  Qu'est-ce que ça signifie, en **réalité** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#662937](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/662937) [\#4901045](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4901045))

## réellement

Used about 1 313 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 46 · parliamentary ≈ 264 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 004).

- Did you **actually** see it?
  L'avez-vous **réellement** vu ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1886165](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1886165) [\#2041171](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2041171))

- I believe that the Belgian Presidency **actually** did do all it could.
  Je crois que la Présidence belge a **réellement** fait tout ce qu'elle pouvait.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1489140)

- **Actually** filled as at 31 December
  **Réellement** pourvus au 31 décembre
  ([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 4134417)

- Do you **actually** like this?
  Aimez-vous **réellement** ça ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1975676](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1975676) [\#2070635](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2070635))

- Quantity / net mass (kg) **actually** imported or (re)-exported
  Quantité/masse nette (kg) **réellement** importée ou (ré)exportée
  ([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 2665826)

## More sentences

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

- **Actually**, you're right.
  En fait, tu as raison.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by LishaR and martin9 · checked, community translation · [\#3444896](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3444896) [\#1498184](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1498184))

- Going to the beach with you **actually** sounds pretty interesting.
  Aller à la plage en ta compagnie m'a l'air plutôt intéressant.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Gib · checked, community translation · [\#2951866](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2951866) [\#9794904](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9794904))

- Being polyamorous is good, **actually**.
  Être polyamoureuse, c’est bien, en fait.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by shekitten and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#11630559](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11630559) [\#12771753](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12771753))

## 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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