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Tom fait **environ** le même poids que Mary. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and GB3 · checked, community translation · [\#6527400](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6527400) [\#6577957](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6577957)) - For **approximately** 15 minutes nobody came for it. Personne ne s'en est approché durant **environ** 15 minutes. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 262434) - Hydrochloric acid, **approximately** 0,1 mol/l. Acide chlorhydrique, **environ** 0,1 mol/l. ([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 1803568) - Reference luminous flux: 320 lm at **approximately** 6.75 V Flux lumineux de référence: 320 lm à 6,75 V **environ** ([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 26474045) - **Approximately** seven billion people inhabit our planet. **Environ** sept milliards de personnes habitent notre planète. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by karloelkebekio and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#3689865](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3689865) [\#11519041](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11519041)) ## quelque Used about 7 104 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 164 · legal and administrative ≈ 133 · UN documents ≈ 6 807). - But we know that within the European Union there are **approximately** 18 million small enterprises. Mais nous savons que l'Union européenne compte **quelque** 18 millions de petites entreprises. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1961988) - Mahamoud was also one of **approximately** ten members on al-Shabaab’s leadership council as of late 2008. Il faisait partie des **quelque** 10 membres composant le conseil de direction d’Al-Shabaab fin 2008. ([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 2433218) - So far, **approximately** 3,000 persons had received such training. À ce jour, **quelque** 3000 personnes ont bénéficié d ' une telle formation. ([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 18761024) - In fact, **approximately** 200 people a year die in the European Union from contracting the disease of salmonella. En fait, **quelque** 200 personnes meurent chaque année dans l'Union européenne des suites de la salmonellose. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 377006) - Clearly, however, it was difficult to meet the needs of all the **approximately** 12 million Mexican migrants residing in that country. Toutefois, il est évidemment difficile de répondre aux besoins des **quelque** 12 millions de migrants mexicains résidant dans ce pays. ([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 24293742) ## approximativement Used about 4 771 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 164 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 201 · UN documents ≈ 3 404). - The bridge is **approximately** a mile long. Le pont fait **approximativement** un mile de long. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Delapouite · checked, community translation · [\#48670](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/48670) [\#1414548](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1414548)) - I would also like to point out that the total volume of this aid is **approximately** equivalent to 1.4% of the country’s GDP. Je voudrais également souligner que le montant total de cette aide équivaut **approximativement** à 1,4% du PIB du pays. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 635115) - This has now collapsed to **approximately** 2-4 %. Ce pourcentage a maintenant chuté à **approximativement** 2 à 4 %. ([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 5652525) - By 1996, the mortality rate had returned **approximately** to the pre-war figures. En 1996, le taux de mortalité était revenu **approximativement** au même niveau qu ' avant la guerre. ([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 11912252) - There are **approximately** 2 million words in the dictionary. Le dictionnaire contient **approximativement** 2 millions de mots. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by paula\_guisard and belgavox · checked, community translation · [\#1182613](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1182613) [\#1152398](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1152398)) ## approximately Used about 4 204 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 800 · UN documents ≈ 3 404). - It consists of hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly in the range of C6 through C12 and boiling in the range of **approximately** 65 oC to 230 oC (148 oF to 446 oF). It consists of hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly in the range of C6 through C12 and boiling in the range of **approximately** 65 oC to 230 oC (148oF to 446oF). ([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 1638712) - She had reportedly been forced into the marriage by her father in 2004 and remained in the forced marriage for **approximately** 2 years until she fled Iran. She had reportedly been forced into the marriage by her father in 2004 and remained in the forced marriage for **approximately** 2 years until she fled Iran. ([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 23976850) - It consists of hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly in the range of C4 through C11 and boiling in the range of **approximately** - 20 oC to 196 oC (-4 oF to 384 oF).\] It consists of hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly in the range of C4 through C11 and boiling in the range of **approximately** - 20 oC to 196 oC (-4oF to 384oF).\] ([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 1638697) - The direct and indirect CO2 emission reductions are estimated to be **approximately** 1.6 Mt CO2 eq and 4.8 Mt CO2 eq, respectively, over the project duration. The direct and indirect CO2 emission reductions are estimated to be **approximately** 1.6 Mt CO2 eq and 4.8 Mt CO2 eq, respectively, over the project duration. ([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 29954441) - It consists predominantly of hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly in the range of C6 through C8 and boiling in the range of **approximately** 80 °C to 135 °C (176 °F to 275 °F).\] It consists predominantly of hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly in the range of C6 through C8 and boiling in the range of **approximately** 80 °C to 135 °C (176 °F to 275 °F).\] ([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 1888049) ## près Used about 3 442 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 33 · UN documents ≈ 3 404). - We're **approximately** the same age. On a à peu **près** le même âge. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and gillux · checked, community translation · [\#5132184](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5132184) [\#10888484](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10888484)) - Their fortunes were thus **approximately** equal, and certainly the young widow attracted him greatly. La fortune était donc à peu **près** équivalente, et la jeune veuve assurément lui plaisait beaucoup. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 1496) - Therefore, my offer was such that regulation should encompass **approximately** that number. Ma proposition était par conséquent que la réglementation concerne à peu **près** ce nombre. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1016159) - At present there are **approximately** 25 community associations registered with the National Institute of Indigenous Affairs. On compte actuellement **près** de 25 regroupements de communautés. ([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 22441235) - We're **approximately** the same age. Nous sommes à peu **près** du même âge. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#5132184](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5132184) [\#5594115](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5594115)) ## millions Used about 1 135 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 135). - 2. The area of Latvia is 64,589 square kilometres with a population of **approximately** 2.5 million people. 2. Le territoire de la Lettonie couvre une superficie de 64 589 km2 et la population lettone se chiffre à près de 2,5 **millions** d ' habitants. ([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 4377085) ## milliards Used about 164 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 164). - Eighthly, it is estimated that the industry generates **approximately** 13 billion jobs in the EU. Huitièmement, on estime que la contribution de l'industrie à l'emploi dans l'UE s'élève à 13 **milliards**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 879376) - When the directive enters into force, **approximately** EUR 180 billion will be released into circulation. Lorsque cette directive entrera en vigueur, ce seront quelque 180 **milliards** d'euros qui seront mis en circulation. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1489636) - As regards funding, total investment – public and private – will come to **approximately** EUR 10 billion a year between now and 2010. Quant aux financements, l’ensemble des investissements - tant publics que privés - représentera dix **milliards** d’euros par an d’ici 2010. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 520956) - The EU is India's largest trade partner, with trade in goods and services worth **approximately** EUR 84 billion in 2009-2010. L'UE est le principal partenaire commercial de l'Inde, avec des échanges de biens et de services d'une valeur approximative de 84 **milliards** d'euros en 2009-2010. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1556542) - The European aquaculture sector has more than 16 500 companies, a global annual turnover in excess of EUR 3.5 billion and employs **approximately** 64 000 people, both directly and indirectly. par écrit. - (PT) Le secteur aquacole européen compte plus de 16 500 entreprises, représente un chiffre d'affaires annuel de plus de 3,5 **milliards** d'euros et emploie - directement et indirectement - quelque 64 000 personnes. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1437953) ## personnes Used about 35 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 33). - **Approximately** 30 people were arrested. Une trentaine de **personnes** ont été arrêtées. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#8352120](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8352120) [\#10485242](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10485242)) - **Approximately** one hundred people are arriving every week and, furthermore, we are sending them to the rest of the Community. Chaque semaine entrent une centaine de **personnes** que nous envoyons, par ailleurs, dans le reste de la Communauté. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 260785) - **Approximately** thirty people were arrested. Une trentaine de **personnes** ont été arrêtées. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#8352121](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8352121) [\#10485242](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10485242)) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - **Approximately** how large is the community? Quelle est la taille approximative de la communauté ? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#2006598](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2006598) [\#8571101](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8571101)) - Oil currently costs **approximately** USD 13 per barrel. Le pétrole coûte actuellement 13 dollars le baril. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1857491) - In the majority of the Member States, the formal pensionable age is **approximately** 65 while the actual pensionable age is very much lower. Dans la plupart des États membres, l'âge officiel de la pension est fixé aux alentours de 65 ans. Mais il est en réalité beaucoup, beaucoup plus bas. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 315627) ## 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. Every example names its source and licence. 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