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# apply — English to French

How English *apply* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 5 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: applies (46 348), apply (178 026). By style: everyday 149 · literary 3 · biblical 4 · parliamentary 13 816 · legal and administrative 94 018 · UN documents 116 384.

## applique

Used about 130 643 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 61 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 5 469 · legal and administrative ≈ 49 947 · UN documents ≈ 75 165). Forms: applique, appliquent, appliquer.

- That **applies** to him too.
  Cela s'**applique** aussi à lui.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and mouche · checked, community translation · [\#42177](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/42177) [\#12395](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12395))

- Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. **Apply** your heart to my teaching.
  Prête l’oreille, et écoute les paroles des sages; **Applique** ton cœur à ma science.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 22:17)

- The same **applies** to advertising bans.
  La même chose s'**applique** aux interdictions de publicité.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 958116)

- It shall **apply** from 1 January 2007.
  Il s'**applique** à partir du 1er janvier 2007.
  ([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 1047464)

- Decisions to which SEA **applies**
  Décisions auxquelles s &apos; **applique** la SEA
  ([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 7082496)

## s

Used about 19 137 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 576 · legal and administrative ≈ 13 711 · UN documents ≈ 4 849).

- After some hesitation, he decided to **apply** to this man, not without having first glanced behind and in front of him, as though he feared lest some one should hear the question which he was about to put.
  Après quelque hésitation, il prit le parti de **s**'adresser à ce bourgeois, non sans avoir d'abord regardé devant et derrière lui, comme s'il craignait que quelqu'un n'entendit la question qu'il allait faire.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 5773)

- Which country's legislation will **apply**?
  Quelle législation nationale **s**'appliquera?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 919852)

- The reservations listed therein **apply** \[12\].
  Les réserves qui y sont énumérées **s**'appliquent \[12\].
  ([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 166439)

- 21. Decides that the measures imposed by paragraph 20 above shall not **apply** to:
  21. Décide que les mesures imposées par le paragraphe 20 ci-dessus ne **s** &apos; appliqueront pas :
  ([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 11034645)

- Otherwise the Treaty of Nice will **apply**, which would mean that all the Member States except Germany would lose seats.
  Autrement, le traité de Nice **s**'appliquera, ce qui signifie que tous les États membres perdraient des sièges, à l'exception de l'Allemagne.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 976013)

## même

Used about 9 525 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · parliamentary ≈ 1 727 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 938 · UN documents ≈ 4 849).

- The same **applies** here.
  Il en va de **même** ici.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mailohilohi and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#4563350](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4563350) [\#3122830](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3122830))

- This **applies** even in times of crisis.
  Cela vaut **même** en temps de crise.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1163412)

- The same **applies** for the input to the input and so forth.
  Il en va de **même** pour les intrants des intrants et ainsi de suite.
  ([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 4991247)

- The same **applies** to the ill-treatment of children and women.
  Il en est de **même** des sévices infligés aux enfants et aux femmes.
  ([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 4857325)

- The law **applies** to everyone.
  La loi est la **même** pour tous.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by hickeety and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#4119843](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4119843) [\#774275](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/774275))

## présent

Used about 6 109 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 4 897 · UN documents ≈ 1 212).

- For the purpose of this Regulation, the following definitions **apply**:
  Aux fins du **présent** règlement, on entend par: a) «instrument financier»
  ([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 2598086)

- This report generally **applies** to the period since the restoration of independence in May 2002 up until 30 December 2005.
  Le **présent** rapport porte pour l &apos; essentiel sur la période allant de la restauration de l &apos; indépendance en mai 2002 jusqu &apos; au 30 décembre 2005.
  ([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 17073560)

- As Regulation (EU) 2016/429 **applies** from 21 April 2021, this Regulation should also **apply** from that date.
  Le règlement (UE) 2016/429 étant applicable à partir du 21 avril 2021, il convient que le **présent** règlement soit également applicable à partir de cette date.
  ([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 5316798)

- For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall **apply** in addition to the definitions laid down in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008:
  Aux fins du **présent** règlement, outre les définitions figurant à l’article 2 du règlement (CE) no 1342/2008, on entend par:
  ([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 2099051)

- the country or territory concerned requires payment service providers under its jurisdiction to **apply** the same rules as those established under this Regulation.
  le pays ou le territoire concerné impose aux prestataires de services de paiement de son ressort l'application de règles identiques à celles qui sont instituées par le **présent** règlement.
  ([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 3634846)

## aussi

Used about 1 792 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 576 · UN documents ≈ 1 212).

- That **applies** to him too.
  C'est valable **aussi** pour lui.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#42177](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/42177) [\#572739](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/572739))

- It should also be remembered, however, that no one voluntarily relinquishes power, and that **applies** to both men and women.
  Il faut **aussi** se rappeler que personne ne renonce volontairement au pouvoir, que ce soit homme ou femme.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 18749)

- Physical barriers may also **apply**.
  On peut **aussi** recourir à des barrières physiques.
  ([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 26905321)

- This **applies** to your case as well.
  Cela vous concerne **aussi**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Swift and altebrilas · checked, community translation · [\#55747](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/55747) [\#2010650](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2010650))

- These are questions that we are clearly going to have to raise and the same **applies** to stability and security.
  Voilà des questions qu'il nous faudra à l'évidence soulever, et cette remarque vaut **aussi** pour la stabilité et la sécurité.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 307486)

## More sentences

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

- We're planning to **apply** for an extension.
  Nous avons l'intention de demander une prolongation.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#11554688](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11554688) [\#11561403](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11561403))

- If I were you, I would **apply** for the job.
  Si j'étais toi, je postulerais pour cet emploi.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by blay\_paul and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#482805](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/482805) [\#552267](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/552267))

- I wish to **apply** for a position in your company.
  Je souhaite poser ma candidature pour un poste dans votre entreprise.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#11554709](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11554709) [\#11561391](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11561391))

## 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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