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By style: everyday 21 · literary 1 · parliamentary 1 418 · legal and administrative 1 364 · UN documents 19 442. ## remplacement Used about 8 129 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 28 · UN documents ≈ 8 101). - information on the risks to human health and the environment related to the manufacture or use of the **alternatives**, des informations sur les risques pour la santé humaine et l'environnement liées à la fabrication ou à l'utilisation de ces substances de **remplacement**, ([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 1082859) - (ii) **Alternatives** to mercury; ii) Les solutions de **remplacement** du mercure; ([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 25189894) - POPs **alternatives** to be used for disease vector control Produits de **remplacement** des POP à utiliser dans la lutte contre les vecteurs de maladies ([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 16198554) - Table 5 gives a brief overview of groups of **alternatives** to PFOS. Le tableau 5 donne un bref aperçu des groupes de substances de **remplacement** du SPFO. ([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 25215422) - F. Need for more public data and information on **alternatives** F. Nécessité de disposer de plus de données et informations publiques sur les solutions de **remplacement** ([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 25215803) ## alternatives Used about 5 045 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 798 · legal and administrative ≈ 597 · UN documents ≈ 3 645). - What are the **alternatives**? Quelles sont les **alternatives**? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and multlingvisto · checked, community translation · [\#2544492](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2544492) [\#2794036](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2794036)) - He weighed, he reflected, he considered the **alternatives**, the mysterious balance of light and darkness. Il pesa, il songea, il considéra les **alternatives** de la mystérieuse balance de lumière et d'ombre. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 30101) - There would have to be **alternatives**, but surely it can be done. Des solutions **alternatives** seraient nécessaires et elles existent. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 58950) - Identification of **alternatives**: iohexol. Identification des **alternatives**: iohexol. ([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 2876617) - Institute for African **Alternatives** (1989) Institute for African **Alternatives** (1989) ([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 15365593) ## solutions Used about 2 776 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 325 · legal and administrative ≈ 426 · UN documents ≈ 2 025). - You said that all **alternatives** are open? Vous avez dit que toutes les **solutions** devaient rester ouvertes. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 317582) - **Alternatives** to mercury and mercury compounds; Les **solutions** de remplacement du mercure et des composés du mercure; ([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 4174870) - **Alternatives** (products and processes): Autres **solutions** (produits et procédés): ([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 21507655) - The **alternatives** are quite clearly set out in the Gallagher report. Le rapport Gallagher nous présente très clairement les autres **solutions**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1961060) - **Alternatives** for the remaining applications are still not available. Pour les autres applications, on ne dispose pas encore de **solutions** de remplacement. ([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 4230955) ## possibilités Used about 1 346 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 14 · parliamentary ≈ 89 · legal and administrative ≈ 28 · UN documents ≈ 1 215). - We've given careful thought to both **alternatives**. Nous avons soigneusement considéré les deux **possibilités**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#7803611](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7803611) [\#810294](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/810294)) - Both these **alternatives** have their difficulties. Ces deux **possibilités** comportent leurs propres difficultés. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1539443) - By the time the location decision was adopted, the **alternatives** had been narrowed down to two locations which received serious consideration: Leipzig and Munich. Au moment de la décision sur l’implantation, le choix avait été réduit à deux **possibilités**, qui avaient été sérieusement prises en considération, à savoir Leipzig et Munich. ([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 3815504) - Has the State party considered other placement **alternatives** for asylum-seekers who are in need of care that are suitable for their particular condition? L ' État partie a-t-il envisagé pour les demandeurs d ' asile qui ont besoin de soins d ' autres **possibilités** plus adaptées à leur état? ([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 24146200) - We have given careful thought to both **alternatives**. Nous avons soigneusement considéré les deux **possibilités**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CC and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#37955](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/37955) [\#810294](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/810294)) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - There are many **alternatives** to cow milk, such as goat milk, almond milk, coconut milk, soy milk, hemp milk and rice milk. Il y a beaucoup de substituts au lait de vache, comme le lait de chèvre, d'amande, de noix de coco, de soja, de chanvre ou de riz. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and Elliv · checked, community translation · [\#2794037](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2794037) [\#2927998](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2927998)) - We have no **alternatives**. Nous n'avons pas d'autre possibilité. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1801681](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1801681) [\#1803298](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1803298)) - Human life faces the same **alternatives** that confront all other forms of life—of adapting itself to the conditions under which it must live or becoming extinct. La vie humaine est confrontée à une alternative identique à celle à laquelle sont confrontées toutes les autres formes de vie : s'adapter aux conditions dans lesquelles elle doit vivre ou s'éteindre. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by weihaiping and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1482479](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1482479) [\#1482903](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1482903)) ## 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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