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Les forêts recouvrent **environ** 9,4% de la surface terrestre. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Source\_VOA and rene1596 · checked, community translation · [\#681000](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/681000) [\#1182768](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1182768)) - That is **around** 5.5% of the EU's GDP. Ce chiffre correspond à **environ** 5,5 % du PIB de l'UE. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 955116) - Trays of **around** 250-500 g Barquettes de 250-500 g **environ** ([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 2392546) - There are approximately 1,700 families of them, or **around** 10,000 altogether in population. On dénombre **environ** 10 000 Chao Lay, formant 1 700 familles. ([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 24285393) - The overall literacy rate is **around** 55%, and is significantly lower for women than for men. Le taux d'alphabétisation global est d'**environ** 55 %, et il est nettement plus faible chez les femmes que chez les hommes. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by The\_World\_Factbook and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#8907425](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8907425) [\#10567924](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10567924)) ## autour Used about 10 259 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 281 · literary ≈ 48 · biblical ≈ 106 · parliamentary ≈ 663 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 197 · UN documents ≈ 7 964). - Have a look **around** you. Regardez **autour** de toi. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#12042995](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12042995) [\#7862786](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7862786)) - He seemed to see nothing **around** him. Il semblait ne rien voir **autour** de lui. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 13798) - He killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood **around** on the altar. Moïse l’égorgea, et répandit le sang sur l’autel tout **autour**. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LEV 8:19) - The mortality rate for the virus is currently **around** 72%. Le taux de mortalité pour ce virus se situe actuellement **autour** des 72%. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 652249) - Gross debt is expected to stand at **around** 88 % of GDP in 2008. Le ratio d’endettement brut devrait se situer **autour** de 88 % du PIB en 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 1733401) ## monde Used about 10 007 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 77 · parliamentary ≈ 829 · UN documents ≈ 9 102). - She traveled **around** the world last year. Elle a fait le tour du **monde** l'année dernière. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#313841](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/313841) [\#11426711](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11426711)) - Man's greatness resides in his constant desire to know the world **around** him and to know himself. La grandeur de l'homme, c'est sa volonté perpétuelle de connaissance du **monde** qui l'entoure, mais aussi de lui-même. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1689964) - Lux Mundi is distributed to IAUP members **around** the world. Lux Mundi est distribué aux membres de l ' Association dans le **monde** entier. ([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 10651411) - I always wanted to make an **around** the world trip. J'ai toujours voulu faire le tour du **monde**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by totochka and totochka · checked, community translation · [\#1040310](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1040310) [\#1040309](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1040309)) - If we take account of the effects upon literally millions of people **around** the world, current policy is scandalous. Si nous tenons compte des répercussions qu’elle a sur des millions de personnes dans le **monde**, la politique actuelle est scandaleuse. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 660368) ## 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 a lot of places to see **around** here. Il y a beaucoup d'endroits à voir dans les alentours. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and belgavox · checked, community translation · [\#61582](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/61582) [\#1719857](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1719857)) - It will cost **around** 10,000 yen. Cela coûtera à peu près 10 000 yens. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and nicokdo · checked, community translation · [\#42831](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/42831) [\#2110449](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2110449)) - I'm very uncomfortable **around** children. Je suis très mal à l'aise avec les enfants. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#5725402](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5725402) [\#11352145](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11352145)) ## 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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