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# based — English to French

How English *based* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

The [Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) has no article on this word yet.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: based (472 400). By style: everyday 83 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 18 885 · legal and administrative 60 616 · UN documents 392 815.

## sur

Used about 129 650 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 43 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 11 803 · legal and administrative ≈ 27 782 · UN documents ≈ 90 020).

- It's **based** on real events.
  C'est basé **sur** des faits réels.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#7590563](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7590563) [\#9034929](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9034929))

- “‘Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be slain **based** on the testimony of witnesses; but one witness shall not testify alone against any person so that he dies.
  Si un homme tue quelqu’un, on ôtera la vie au meurtrier, **sur** la déposition de témoins. Un seul témoin ne suffira pas pour faire condamner une personne à mort.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 35:30)

- The amended Directive 64/432 is **based** on Articles 37 and 152 of the Treaty.
  La directive 64/432 amendée se fonde **sur** les articles 37 et 152 du Traité.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 27185)

- Pilot project — European survey on gender-**based** violence
  Projet pilote — Enquête européenne **sur** les violences sexistes
  ([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 4132585)

- The Code of Administrative Offences was **based** on the principle of equality of citizens.
  Le Code des infractions administratives repose **sur** le principe de l &apos; égalité des citoyens.
  ([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 26034223)

## base

Used about 88 534 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 22 · parliamentary ≈ 1 574 · legal and administrative ≈ 21 468 · UN documents ≈ 65 469). Forms: base, basée.

- The story is **based** on fact.
  L'histoire se **base** sur des faits.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#44144](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/44144) [\#8603006](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8603006))

- The Initiative is, of course, **based** on the Lisbon strategy on investment in networks and knowledge.
  Cette initiative est évidemment **basée** sur la stratégie de Lisbonne sur l’investissement dans les réseaux et la connaissance.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 503446)

- Ion-exchangers **based** on polymers of headings 3901 to 3913, in primary forms
  Échangeurs d'ions à **base** de polymères des nos 3901 à 3913, sous formes primaires
  ([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 4390691)

- **Based** on the standard rate of 10 per cent of fuel.
  Sur la **base** du taux standard de 10 % du carburant.
  ([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 5601880)

- Her theory is **based** on facts.
  Sa théorie se **base** sur les faits.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by shadowsofpegasus and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1033664](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1033664) [\#947513](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/947513))

## fondée

Used about 67 046 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 1 574 · UN documents ≈ 65 469). Forms: fondé, fondée.

- The theory is **based** on thorough research.
  La théorie est **fondée** sur des recherches approfondies.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by orcrist and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#43488](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/43488) [\#4995152](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4995152))

- Firstly, it is **based** on a part of the Treaty dealing with environmental protection.
  Premièrement, elle est **fondée** sur une partie du Traité consacré à la protection environnementale.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 347788)

- It was **based** on prohibition principle, and mergers had to be notified.
  Elle était **fondée** sur le principe de l &apos; interdiction, et les fusions devaient être notifiées.
  ([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 3225842)

- Shanghainese is actually a kind of pidgin, **based** on Wu dialects, Lower Yangtze Mandarin, and English loanwords.
  Le shanghaïen est en fait une sorte de pidgin, **fondé** sur les dialectes wu, le mandarin du bas-Yangtse, et des mots empruntés à l'anglais.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by U2FS and U2FS · checked, community translation · [\#942192](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/942192) [\#942195](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/942195))

- There must be an enforceable peace **based** on an international force which has NATO as its core.
  Il doit y avoir une paix applicable **fondée** sur une force internationale sous la coupe de l'OTAN.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1991988)

## More sentences

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

- You should not discriminate against people **based** on their gender.
  Tu ne devrais pas discriminer les gens en vertu de leur sexe.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by belgavox and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1726889](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1726889) [\#826848](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/826848))

- That spot has a good plant-**based** poutine.
  Cet endroit a de la bonne poutine végétalienne.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and menaud · checked, community translation · [\#12223366](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12223366) [\#12212768](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12212768))

- Your argument is not **based** in fact.
  Votre argument n'est pas basé dans la vérité.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by GPHemsley and bretsky · checked, community translation · [\#1037119](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1037119) [\#5939926](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5939926))

## Grammar

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