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# advantage — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: advantage (36 965), advantages (16 346). By style: everyday 160 · literary 12 · biblical 14 · parliamentary 5 611 · legal and administrative 11 105 · UN documents 36 409.

## avantage

Used about 33 977 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 97 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 3 215 · legal and administrative ≈ 10 180 · UN documents ≈ 20 480). Forms: avantage, avantages.

- We have an **advantage**.
  Nous avons un **avantage**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#2547497](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2547497) [\#5896068](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5896068))

- Your riches and your pleasures are **advantages** which I hold over you in the debate; but good taste dictates that I shall not make use of them.
  Vos richesses et vos jouissances sont des **avantages** que j'ai contre vous dans le débat, mais il est de bon goût de ne pas m'en servir.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 902)

- Then what **advantage** does the Jew have? Or what is the profit of circumcision?
  Quel est donc l’**avantage** des Juifs, ou quelle est l’utilité de la circoncision?
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ROM 3:1)

- We have that competitive **advantage**.
  Nous disposons de cet **avantage** concurrentiel.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 655456)

- **ADVANTAGES** GRANTED TO EVO
  **AVANTAGES** ACCORDÉS À EVO
  ([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 2019401)

## tirer

Used about 3 648 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 117 · legal and administrative ≈ 116 · UN documents ≈ 3 413).

- You should take **advantage** of this opportunity.
  Vous devriez **tirer** parti de cette chance.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1153022](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1153022) [\#1153031](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1153031))

- Shipowners must take **advantage** of the fact that present fleets are quite old, and speed up the process of their replacement.
  Les armateurs doivent **tirer** parti du vieillissement de la flotte actuelle en accélérant son renouvellement.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1690638)

- They can also benefit from the **advantages** of international diversification.
  Ils peuvent aussi **tirer** parti des possibilités de diversification au niveau international.
  ([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 4992680)

- take **advantage** of free medical care provided at hospitals and clinics;
  - **Tirer** parti des services de soins médicaux gratuits offerts dans les hôpitaux et dispensaires ;
  ([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 10503335)

- However, in my opinion, the fundamental point is that we should take **advantage** of the willingness of the Egyptian authorities and encourage them to rectify certain serious infringements.
  Néanmoins, à mon sens, le point fondamental est que nous devrions **tirer** parti de la bonne volonté des autorités égyptiennes pour les encourager à rectifier certaines violations graves.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1025408)

## profit

Used about 2 747 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 468 · UN documents ≈ 2 276).

- I want to take **advantage** of the opportunity to speak to the governor.
  Je veux mettre à **profit** l'occasion de parler au gouverneur.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lukaszpp and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#437073](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/437073) [\#973736](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/973736))

- Did I take **advantage** of you by anyone of those whom I have sent to you?
  Ai-je tiré du **profit** de vous par quelqu’un de ceux que je vous ai envoyés?
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CO 12:17)

- We must take **advantage** of this situation.
  Nous devons tirer **profit** de cette situation.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 565046)

- - States should take **advantage** of any international funding programmes to stimulate national landmine elimination projects.
  :: Mettre à **profit** les programmes de financement international pour stimuler des projets de déminage à l &apos; échelle nationale
  ([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 25295350)

- Open your hearts to us. We wronged no one. We corrupted no one. We took **advantage** of no one.
  Donnez-nous une place dans vos cœurs! Nous n’avons fait tort à personne, nous n’avons ruiné personne, nous n’avons tiré du **profit** de personne.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CO 7:2)

## More sentences

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

- There is no **advantage** in doing that.
  Il n'y a pas d'intérêt à faire ça.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Swift and Barbiche0 · checked, community translation · [\#41366](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/41366) [\#334960](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/334960))

- She took **advantage** of her paid vacation and went skiing.
  Elle profita de ses congés payés et partit skier.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Swift and nimfeo · checked, community translation · [\#317291](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/317291) [\#134697](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/134697))

- Take **advantage** of it, it's free!
  Profites de ça, c'est gratuit !
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and menaud · checked, community translation · [\#12638976](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12638976) [\#12638999](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12638999))

## 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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