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# balance — English to French

How English *balance* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 7 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: balance (88 842), balances (19 218). By style: everyday 68 · literary 4 · biblical 14 · parliamentary 8 807 · legal and administrative 16 213 · UN documents 82 954.

## solde

Used about 55 281 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · parliamentary ≈ 1 009 · legal and administrative ≈ 7 600 · UN documents ≈ 46 662). Forms: solde, soldes.

- My account **balance** is negative.
  Mon compte présente un **solde** négatif.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and menaud · checked, community translation · [\#13888217](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13888217) [\#13888212](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13888212))

- We are talking in this case about a budget of **balances**, an enormous budget and surplus.
  Nous parlons ici d'un budget de **soldes**, d'un budget et d'un excédent considérables.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 318279)

- Negative **balance** on equity
  **Solde** négatif des capitaux propres
  ([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 4365885)

- I. Fund **balance** as at 1 January 2002
  I. **Solde** au 1er janvier 2002
  ([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 11377643)

- My account **balance** is negative.
  Mon compte présente un **solde** débiteur.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and menaud · checked, community translation · [\#13888217](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13888217) [\#13888215](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13888215))

## équilibre

Used about 17 333 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 40 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 3 486 · legal and administrative ≈ 844 · UN documents ≈ 12 962).

- He kept his **balance**.
  Il garda l'**équilibre**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2571056](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2571056) [\#4702220](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4702220))

- Thénardier had just passed his fiftieth birthday; Madame Thénardier was approaching her forties, which is equivalent to fifty in a woman; so that there existed a **balance** of age between husband and wife.
  Thénardier venait de dépasser ses cinquante ans; madame Thénardier touchait à la quarantaine, qui est la cinquantaine de la femme; de façon qu'il y avait **équilibre** d'âge entre la femme et le mari.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 8052)

- This is the **balance** that we must strike.
  C'est cet **équilibre**-là que nous devons parvenir à trouver.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 104208)

- the general **balance** between the various actions of the Programme;
  l'**équilibre** général entre les différentes actions du programme;
  ([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 871783)

- The Albanian Government is also engaged in achieving gender **balance**.
  Le Gouvernement albanais s &apos; est également engagé en faveur d &apos; un meilleur **équilibre** entre les deux sexes.
  ([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 6021033)

## bilan

Used about 7 109 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 275 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 378 · UN documents ≈ 3 456).

- I would like to see some kind of **balance** sheet presented to us.
  Je voudrais que l'on nous présente une sorte de **bilan**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1878337)

- **Balance** sheet at the end of the previous month
  **Bilan** à la fin du mois précédent
  ([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 620063)

- &quot; A.7.2.3. Chemical **balance** procedure
  &lt; &lt; A.7.2.3 Procédure de **bilan** chimique
  ([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 24609454)

- For me, it means an all-embracing eco-**balance** sheet, one that covers cultivation and production, as well as the output of gases.
  Biologique signifie pour moi un **bilan** écologique total, un bilan portant à la fois sur la culture, la production et les gaz d'échappement.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 342589)

- Classification of off-**balance** sheet items
  Classification des éléments de hors **bilan**
  ([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 2953119)

## balance

Used about 6 921 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 10 · parliamentary ≈ 183 · legal and administrative ≈ 676 · UN documents ≈ 6 049).

- It makes sense to pay off your credit card **balance** every month.
  Cela est censé équilibrer tous les mois la **balance** de ta carte de crédit.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eldad and sysko · checked, community translation · [\#62772](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/62772) [\#336739](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/336739))

- 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)

- TEKEL: you are weighed in the **balances**, and are found wanting.
  Pesé: Tu as été pesé dans la **balance**, et tu as été trouvé léger.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DAN 5:27)

- Trade has decreased, which will weaken these countries' current account **balances**.
  Les échanges ont diminué, ce qui affaiblira la **balance** des paiements courants de ces pays.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1365156)

- Coverage of the international investment position should be as close as possible to that for quarterly **balance** of payments flows.
  Le champ couvert par la position extérieure globale doit s’apparenter autant que possible à celui des flux de la **balance** des paiements trimestrielle.
  ([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 432880)

## comptes

Used about 1 520 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 1 520).

- Deposits, **balances** and other liabilities
  Dépôts, **comptes** et autres engagements
  ([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 2324347)

- **Balances** with banks outside the euro area
  **Comptes** auprès des banques hors de la zone euro
  ([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 1781176)

- **Balances** with banks, security investments and loans
  **Comptes** auprès de banques, titres et prêts
  ([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 1342703)

- Cash, cash **balances** at central banks and other demand deposits
  Trésorerie, **comptes** à vue auprès de banques centrales et autres dépôts à vue
  ([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 3616424)

- EUR \[850-900\] million Cash and **balances** with the central bank;
  \[850-900\] millions d’EUR de fonds disponibles et **comptes** auprès de la banque centrale;
  ([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 3165164)

## entre

Used about 1 231 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 367 · UN documents ≈ 864).

- But there is a **balance** to be struck between being overly pessimistic and being realistic.
  Toutefois, il y a une différence **entre** pessimisme exacerbé et réalisme.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1195352)

- Recruited staff arestaff are of high quality and ing gender **balance** and geographical distribution are considereds.
  Le personnel recruté est hautement compétent et les principes de parité **entre** les sexes et de répartition géographique sont pris en considération.
  ([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 14020057)

- It is more important to face the issue of the power **balance** between the sexes in our society today fairly and squarely.
  Il est plus important de le traiter directement, de se demander à quoi ressemblent les rapports de force **entre** les sexes dans notre société.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1768349)

- This is based on the position that a good **balance** must be found between road safety and reasonable terms for entrepreneurs.
  Mon vote part du principe qu'il faut trouver un bon compromis **entre** la sécurité routière et des conditions raisonnables pour les entrepreneurs.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 207780)

- Whatever else is true, it is apparent that the internal checks and **balances** were not operating successfully between London and Singapore.
  Quelles que soient les autres causes, il paraît évident que les contrôles internes et les bilans n'ont pas été opérés avec succès **entre** Londres et Singapour.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1595598)

## fonds

Used about 1 033 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 169 · UN documents ≈ 864).

- adapting the minimum capital requirements, taking into account the parameters of the **balance** sheet assessment and the Union-wide stress test;
  adapter les exigences minimales de **fonds** propres, en tenant compte des paramètres de l'évaluation des bilans et des tests de résistance de l'Union;
  ([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 3181144)

- Inter-fund **balances** also reflect transactions directly with other escrow accounts and with the United Nations General Fund.
  Ils tiennent également compte des opérations effectuées directement avec les autres comptes séquestres et avec le **Fonds** général.
  ([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 19532637)

## More sentences

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

- We must **balance** our budget.
  Nous devons équilibrer notre budget.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by \_undertoad and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#2270021](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2270021) [\#11999470](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11999470))

- The two factors need to **balance** each other out.
  Les deux facteurs doivent s'équilibrer.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by zogwarg and nimfeo · checked, community translation · [\#11904252](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11904252) [\#5416271](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5416271))

- The gymnast slipped on the **balance** beam.
  La gymnaste a glissé sur la poutre.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#5345186](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5345186) [\#11260688](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11260688))

## Grammar

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