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Nous sommes des **Africains**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rul and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#13626879](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13626879) [\#13626900](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13626900)) - It is not true of all the **African** leaders. Pas tous les leaders **africains**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1007846) - **African**/Classical swine fever Peste porcine **africaine**/classique ([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 416057) - Joint United Nations/**African** Union secretariat Secrétariat conjoint ONU/Union **africaine** ([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 15971114) - Africa is for **Africans**. L'Afrique aux **africains**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Rafik · checked, community translation · [\#11203562](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11203562) [\#11394178](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11394178)) ## afrique Used about 28 135 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 237 · legal and administrative ≈ 423 · UN documents ≈ 27 468). - My friend is North **African**. Mon ami vient de l'**Afrique** du Nord. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and menaud · checked, community translation · [\#12976300](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12976300) [\#12976327](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12976327)) - The North **African** countries are a good example. Les pays d'**Afrique** du Nord en sont un bon exemple. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 766989) - DEVELOPMENT AND RELATIONS WITH **AFRICAN**, CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC (ACP) STATES DÉVELOPPEMENT ET RELATIONS AVEC LES ÉTATS D’**AFRIQUE**, DES CARAÏBES ET DU PACIFIQUE (ACP) ([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 2750402) - L. Enhancement of **African** peacekeeping capabilities L. Renforcement des capacités de l ' **Afrique** ([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 12890686) - My friend is North **African**. Mon amie vient de l'**Afrique** du Nord. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and menaud · checked, community translation · [\#12976300](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12976300) [\#12976329](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12976329)) ## nous Used about 2 289 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 2 289). - Together we can achieve this -- we must achieve this -- in order to provide **Africans** with a truly dignified life. Ensemble, **nous** pouvons le réaliser, nous devons le réaliser, afin d ' assurer aux populations africaines une vie conforme à la dignité humaine. ([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 14806446) ## union Used about 674 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 40 · legal and administrative ≈ 635). - The decision to conclude the economic partnership agreements before the end of 2007 was taken jointly by the European Union and the **African**, Caribbean and Pacific countries. La décision de conclure les APE avant la fin 2007 a été prise conjointement par l'**Union** européenne et les ACP. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 942351) - on a European Union military operation in the Central **African** Republic (EUFOR RCA) relative à une opération militaire de l'**Union** européenne en République centrafricaine (EUFOR RCA) ([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 3109299) - on a European Union CSDP Military Training Mission in the Central **African** Republic (EUTM RCA) relative à une mission militaire de formation PSDC de l'**Union** européenne en République centrafricaine (EUTM RCA) ([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 3813276) - on the European Union military operation in the Republic of Chad and in the Central **African** Republic relative à l’opération militaire de l’**Union** européenne en République du Tchad et en République centrafricaine ([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 1173867) - The authorities of Chad and the Central **African** Republic have welcomed a possible EU military presence in their respective countries. Les autorités du Tchad et de la République centrafricaine se sont félicitées d’une éventuelle présence militaire de l’**Union** européenne dans leurs pays respectifs. ([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 1173880) ## peste Used about 423 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 423). - **African** horse sickness, in accordance with EU legislation, de **peste** équine conformément à la législation de l’UE, ([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 2011951) - The designated Community reference laboratory for equine diseases other than **African** horse sickness should be included in that list. Il convient que le laboratoire communautaire de référence désigné pour les maladies équines autres que la **peste** équine soit inclus dans cette liste. ([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 1486466) - it does not come from the territory or from a part of the territory of a third country considered, in accordance with Community legislation, as infected with **African** horse sickness; il ne provient pas du territoire ou d'une partie du territoire d'un pays tiers, considéré, conformément à la législation communautaire, comme infecté de la **peste** équine; ([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 581276) - Ordinance of 27 June 1995 on epizootic diseases (OFE; RS 916.401), and in particular Articles 112 to 112f (**African** horse disease), 204 to 206 (dourine, encephalomyelitis, infectious anaemia, glanders), and 240 to 244 (contagious equine metritis) thereof; Ordonnance du 27 juin 1995 sur les épizooties (OFE; RS 916.401), et en particulier ses articles 112 à 112f (**peste** équine), 204 à 206 (dourine, encéphalomyélite, anémie infectieuse, morve), 240 à 244 (métrite contagieuse équine); ([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 3544306) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Tom lives in Bangui, the capital of the Central **African** Republic. Tom habite à Bangui, la capitale de la République Centrafricaine. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by shekitten and Rafik · checked, community translation · [\#11802553](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11802553) [\#8754750](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8754750)) - The congressman has been in the spotlight ever since his untoward remarks about **African** Americans. Le membre du Congrès a été constamment sous les projecteurs depuis ses fâcheuses remarques sur les Afro-Étasuniens. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#982673](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/982673) [\#982677](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/982677)) - John Locke, the well-known philosopher of freedom, was a shareholder of the Royal **African** Company, which bought and sold slaves. John Locke, le philosophe bien connu de la liberté, était actionnaire de la Royal African Company, qui achetait et vendait des esclaves. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by enteka and enteka · checked, community translation · [\#1410824](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1410824) [\#1410845](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1410845)) ## 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/). ## About these examples Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. 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