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# beings — English to French

How English *beings* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 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: beings (21 585). By style: everyday 77 · literary 21 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 2 524 · legal and administrative 612 · UN documents 18 350.

## êtres

Used about 15 688 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 55 · literary ≈ 19 · parliamentary ≈ 1 367 · legal and administrative ≈ 485 · UN documents ≈ 13 762).

- All **beings** are beautiful.
  Tous les **êtres** sont beaux.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#11234597](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11234597) [\#11234606](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11234606))

- Such were these two **beings**.
  Tels étaient ces deux **êtres**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 8137)

- Trafficking of human **beings**
  Traite des **êtres** humains
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 77244)

- Trafficking in human **beings**
  Traite des **êtres** humains
  ([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 283955)

- Dignity of human **beings**
  Dignité des **êtres** humains
  ([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 15188864)

## traite

Used about 1 911 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 911).

- Pursue its active participation in the international cooperation efforts to fight the trafficking against human **beings** (Belarus);
  100.59 Continuer de participer activement aux efforts de coopération internationale visant à lutter contre la **traite** des personnes (Bélarus);
  ([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 22150632)

- According to the same law, special care is provided to minors-victims of trafficking in human **beings** or smuggling of migrants who are unaccompanied minors.
  Aux termes de ladite loi, les mineurs non accompagnés victimes de la **traite** ou du trafic de migrants bénéficient d &apos; une prise en charge spéciale.
  ([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 27941709)

- Thirty persons entered the programme for the support and protection of the victims of trafficking in human **beings** in 2013 and were granted comprehensive assistance.
  Trente personnes ont pris part au programme de soutien et de protection des victimes de la **traite** en 2013 et ont reçu toute l &apos; aide appropriée.
  ([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 29452010)

- The Republic of Moldova noted with satisfaction Estonia &apos; s commitment to taking additional measures to prevent, combat and sanction trafficking in human **beings**.
  La République de Moldova a noté avec satisfaction la volonté de l &apos; Estonie de prendre des mesures supplémentaires pour prévenir, combattre et réprimer la **traite** des personnes.
  ([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 25679122)

- The new statistics, which were being aligned with European standards on the collection of data on trafficking in human **beings**, would facilitate statistical comparisons on an international level.
  Les nouvelles statistiques mises en conformité avec les normes européennes relatives à la collecte de données sur la **traite** des personnes faciliteront les comparaisons statistiques à un niveau international.
  ([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 22642674)

## humains

Used about 1 300 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 13 · parliamentary ≈ 421 · legal and administrative ≈ 102 · UN documents ≈ 765). Forms: humain, humains.

- Why do human **beings** laugh?
  Pourquoi les **humains** rient-ils ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#13200338](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13200338) [\#13200109](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13200109))

- However, this is about our fellow human **beings**, our fellow creatures.
  Il s'agit après tout de nos frères **humains**, de nos semblables.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1434003)

- Dolls representing only human **beings**
  Poupées représentant uniquement l'être **humain**, même habillées
  ([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 2088104)

- All human **beings** have the right to live in dignity, free from hunger.
  Tout être **humain** a le droit de vivre dans la dignité, à l &apos; abri de la faim.
  ([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 18466329)

- Why do human **beings** smile?
  Pourquoi les **humains** sourient-ils ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#13200341](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13200341) [\#13200112](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13200112))

## trafic

Used about 53 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 53).

- Internal security will therefore be a real priority for our presidency, in other words, combating organized crime and traffic in human **beings**.
  La sécurité intérieure constituera par conséquent une réelle priorité de notre présidence: la lutte contre la criminalité organisée et le **trafic** de personnes.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1871762)

## More sentences

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

- Human **beings** were created in God's image.
  Les hommes ont été créés à l'image de Dieu.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and sicerabibax · checked, community translation · [\#3123732](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3123732) [\#5223337](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5223337))

- "What? Are you doubting us?" "B-but, that is, suddenly 'spirit world', 'magical **beings**' - it's strange to ask me to believe."
  « Quoi ? Tu doutes de nous ? » « Ouais, mais, c'est que, tout à coup "le monde des esprits", "les créatures fantastiques" - ça fait drôle de me demander d'y croire. »
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by fcbond and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#328393](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/328393) [\#11760400](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11760400))

- All human **beings** are members of one frame, since all, at first, from the same essence came.
  Les enfants d'Adam sont membres d'un seul corps, et sont tous issus de la même essence.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#7009445](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7009445) [\#7010392](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7010392))

## Grammar

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