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([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#3732181](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3732181) [\#5359093](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5359093)) - We all know what the **basics** are. Nous connaissons tous les principes de **base**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 812084) - 1 — Let the **basic** number be Soit la numérotation de **base** suivante: ([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 2545385) - Urban **Basics** Services Branch Groupe des services urbains de **base** ([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 25554198) - That's **basic** math. Ce sont des mathématiques de **base**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and genes1s · checked, community translation · [\#5074853](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5074853) [\#13338084](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13338084)) ## fondamentaux Used about 28 511 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 2 009 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 491 · UN documents ≈ 23 008). - This law will rob us of our **basic** rights. Cette loi nous privera de nos droits **fondamentaux**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by joshodude\_1308 and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#5713287](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5713287) [\#945999](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/945999)) - Just look at some economic **basics**. Il suffit de regarder les **fondamentaux** économiques. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1365709) - adoption of the **basic** parameters for each TSI; pour chaque STI, adoption des paramètres **fondamentaux** correspondants; ([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 425638) - **Basics** of trafficking in persons and gender mainstreaming; Aspects **fondamentaux** de la traite des personnes et intégration de la perspective sexospécifique; ([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 24151031) - A large proportion of the world's population don't have access to **basic** human rights which are taken for granted in affluent countries. Une grande partie de la population mondiale n'a pas accès aux droits humains **fondamentaux** qui sont considérés comme acquis dans les pays prospères. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by patgfisher and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#3240553](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3240553) [\#8922903](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8922903)) ## droit Used about 6 344 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 91 · legal and administrative ≈ 499 · UN documents ≈ 5 752). - It's a **basic** human right. C'est un **droit** humain fondamental. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1983986](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1983986) [\#1984905](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1984905)) - The modern institution of adoption is one way of providing one of a child's most **basic** rights: the right to a family. L'institution moderne de l'adoption est l'instrument pour réaliser l'un des premiers droits de l'enfant: le **droit** à la famille. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1665816) - other general technical security training in fields such as law, the science of weapons and explosives, **basics** of control and reading of X-rays; autres formations techniques générales en sécurité, notamment dans les domaines suivants: **droit**, armes et explosifs, notions fondamentales des opérations de contrôle et évaluation de radiographies; ([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 1411576) - During their training, they first learn the **basics** of public international law, international criminal law and Belgian criminal law. Durant cette formation, ils reçoivent tout d ' abord des notions de **Droit** international public, de Droit pénal international et de Droit pénal belge. ([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 15252129) - People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage. Intellectual myopia, often called stupidity, is no doubt a reason. But the privileged also feel that their privileges, however egregious they may seem to others, are a solemn, **basic**, God-given right. The sensitivity of the poor to injustice is a trivial thing compared with that of the rich. Les privilégiés prendront toujours le risque de courir à leur propre perte plutôt que de renoncer à une partie matérielle de leur privilège. La myopie intellectuelle, souvent appelée stupidité, y est sans doute pour quelque chose. Mais les privilégiés ont aussi le sentiment que leurs privilèges, aussi flagrants qu'ils puissent paraître aux autres, sont un **droit** solennel, fondamental, donné par Dieu. La sensibilité des pauvres à l'injustice est une chose triviale comparée à celle des riches. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#6287160](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6287160) [\#8247093](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8247093)) ## principes Used about 4 314 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 4 314). - 2. **Basics** of risk analysis; 2. **Principes** de l ' analyse des risques ([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 28091811) - All vocational education establishments offer a Law **Basics** course. Tous les établissements d ' enseignement professionnel et technique dispensent un cours sur les **principes** élémentaires du droit. ([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 22529193) - 239. In each of these years, 34 hours are allocated to the study of " **Basics** of the Constitutional law " . 239. Dans ces classes, 34 heures par an sont consacrées à l ' étude des **principes** du droit constitutionnel. ([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 26126278) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Air, like food, is a **basic** human need. L'air, tout comme la nourriture, est un besoin humain fondamental. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Zifre and Petro1 · checked, community translation · [\#18233](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/18233) [\#9099](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9099)) - Branching and merging are two **basic** operations of revision control. Les débranchements et les fusions sont deux fonctions fondamentales de la gestion de versions. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by papabear and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#779146](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/779146) [\#944489](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/944489)) - The **basic** job of an advertising agency is to figure out how to turn a desire into a need. Le travail fondamental d'une agence de publicité est d'imaginer comment transformer un désir en besoin. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1097305](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1097305) [\#1099198](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1099198)) ## 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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