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By style: everyday 21 · literary 23 · biblical 22 · parliamentary 2 131 · legal and administrative 5 440 · UN documents 38 261. ## roulements Used about 7 512 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 64 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 267 · UN documents ≈ 5 181). - The back wheels on that tractor have ball **bearings** the size of my fist. Les roues arrière de ce tracteur ont des **roulements** à bille de la taille de mon poing. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1422539](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1422539) [\#1427306](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1427306)) - It appears at times that it is easier to move ball-**bearings** around the European Union than it is to move people. Il semble parfois qu'il est plus facile de faire circuler des **roulements** à bille à travers l'Europe que des personnes. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 302982) - For ball or roller **bearings** pour **roulements** de tous genres ([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 3013351) - Excessive wear in transmission shaft **bearings**. b) Jeu excessif aux **roulements** de l ' arbre de transmission. ([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 8463052) - Friction in anti-friction processes, such as in **bearings**, and in friction processes such as brakes. Les frictions dans des dispositifs antifriction tels que des **roulements**, ainsi que dans des dispositifs à friction tels que les freins. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1386738) ## portant Used about 2 237 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · literary ≈ 9 · biblical ≈ 7 · legal and administrative ≈ 623 · UN documents ≈ 1 594). - The maid came in **bearing** a cake. La soubrette est entrée **portant** un gâteau. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Dejo and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#31844](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/31844) [\#417462](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/417462)) - The officers of the Invalides came immediately behind it, **bearing** laurel branches. Les officiers des Invalides le suivaient immédiatement, **portant** des branches de laurier. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 23013) - Let’s therefore go out to him outside of the camp, **bearing** his reproach. Sortons donc pour aller à lui, hors du camp, en **portant** son opprobre. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · HEB 13:13) - Two samples **bearing** the new trade name or mark. deux échantillons **portant** la nouvelle marque de fabrique ou de commerce. ([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 5526661) - 48th Street entrance: for all other vehicles **bearing** a decal. Entrée de la 48e Rue : Pour tous les autres véhicules **portant** une vignette. ([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 21428687) ## paliers Used about 1 706 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 510 · UN documents ≈ 1 196). - Centrifuge Fixture for Gyro **Bearings**; dispositif de centrifugation pour **paliers** de gyroscope; ([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 3713101) - 9. Centrifuge Fixture for Gyro **Bearings**; 9. Dispositif de centrifugation pour **paliers** de gyroscope; ([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 23207199) - centrifuge fixtures for gyro **bearings**; les dispositifs de centrifugation pour **paliers** de gyroscopes; ([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 1297349) - 2.3.1.6.2.9 Centrifuge Fixture for Gyro **Bearings**; 2.3.1.6.2.9 Dispositif de centrifugation pour **paliers** de gyroscope; ([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 2144459) - Centrifuge fixtures for gyro **bearings**; les dispositifs de centrifugation pour **paliers** de gyroscopes; ([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 959904) ## billes Used about 1 309 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 113 · UN documents ≈ 1 196). - Bicycles without ball **bearings** Bicyclettes qui ne comportent pas de roulement à **billes** ([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 362305) - They were injured by ball **bearings**, but not bullets. Les blessures avaient été provoquées par des **billes** de roulement, mais pas par des balles. ([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 23198638) - The explosives had been packed with nails and ball **bearings** to maximize the pain and suffering of the victims. Les explosifs avaient été remplis de clous et de **billes** d ' acier destinés à accroître au maximum les souffrances des victimes. ([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 8546865) - The terrorist packed the bomb with nails and ball **bearings** to increase the lethality of the charge and the pain and suffering of the victims. Le terroriste avait rempli la bombe de clous et de **billes** d ' acier pour accroître le pouvoir meurtrier de la charge et les souffrances des victimes. ([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 8541823) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - I know that my young squire will marvelously assume the grace, voice, poise, and gestures of a woman of noble **bearing**. Je sais que mon damoiseau usurpera à merveille la grâce, la voix, le port et le geste d'une femme de qualité. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and menaud · checked, community translation · [\#13307633](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13307633) [\#13307615](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13307615)) - That has no **bearing** on the matter. Cela n'a aucun rapport avec la question. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sharptoothed and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#2464771](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2464771) [\#11394463](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11394463)) - The pillars are **bearing** the weight of the roof. Les poutres soutiennent le poids du toit. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and shiboy · checked, community translation · [\#8808823](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8808823) [\#338038](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/338038)) ## 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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