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# belief — English to French

How English *belief* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 5 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: belief (27 463), beliefs (10 080). By style: everyday 48 · literary 2 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 2 095 · legal and administrative 308 · UN documents 35 089.

## convictions

Used about 17 624 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 11 · parliamentary ≈ 655 · legal and administrative ≈ 144 · UN documents ≈ 16 813). Forms: conviction, convictions.

- That is my sincere **belief**.
  C'est ma sincère **conviction**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#8354482](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8354482) [\#8412268](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8412268))

- People can abandon their religious **beliefs**.
  Chacun peut renoncer à ses **convictions** religieuses.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 232627)

- Among the Bank's key **beliefs** is that \[愦灭※\].
  Parmi ses **convictions** fondamentales, la Banque estime notamment que \[愦灭※\].
  ([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 5654494)

- OR **BELIEF** OF THE COMMISSION
  SUR LA LIBERTÉ DE RELIGION OU DE **CONVICTION**
  ([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 10716795)

- That goes against my **beliefs**.
  Cela va à l’encontre de mes **convictions**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#42364](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/42364) [\#9976988](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9976988))

## croyances

Used about 6 577 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 11 · parliamentary ≈ 349 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 · UN documents ≈ 6 214).

- They share their same **beliefs**.
  Ils partagent les mêmes **croyances**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1514266](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1514266) [\#1514468](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1514468))

- It is important that they should be able to uphold their **beliefs**.
  Il importe qu'elles puissent maintenir leurs **croyances**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 99002)

- Adopts a non-judgmental approach to different **beliefs**, social conventions and values.
  Éviter de porter un jugement sur les **croyances**, les conventions sociales et les valeurs différentes.
  ([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 3441668)

- There shall be no persecution for ideas or **beliefs**.
  Personne ne peut être persécuté pour ses idées ou ses **croyances**.
  ([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 1802900)

- They are fanatical in their **beliefs**.
  Ils sont fanatiques dans leurs **croyances**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#306791](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/306791) [\#1283215](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1283215))

## religion

Used about 5 951 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 44 · legal and administrative ≈ 58 · UN documents ≈ 5 848). Forms: religieuses, religion.

- Truth and God are two entirely interchangeable ideas, and no religion or **belief** should claim to be the sole and exclusive owner of it.
  La Vérité et Dieu sont deux idées complètement interchangeables, et aucune **religion** ni croyance ne devrait prétendre à leur possession exclusive.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and Salutlolo · checked, community translation · [\#2307432](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2307432) [\#7857527](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7857527))

- We will only ultimately be satisfied when complete freedom of **belief** and religion has been achieved.
  Nous ne serons entièrement satisfaits que lorsque nous serons arrivés à une totale liberté de **religion** et de croyance.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 803291)

- ensure respect for their freedom of religion or **belief**.
  garantir le respect de leur liberté de **religion** ou de conviction.
  ([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 3899854)

- (d) Freedom of religion and **belief**.
  d) Liberté de **religion** et de croyance.
  ([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 6292202)

- We are dealing with fundamentalist fanatics, who are dogmatic, but not a particular religion or **belief**.
  Nous sommes confrontés à des fanatiques intégristes et dogmatiques, pas à une **religion** ou à une croyance en particulier.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 908666)

## liberté

Used about 731 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 731).

- The same **belief** in freedom was shared by all democratic Governments and by those who aspired to liberty.
  Tous les gouvernements démocrates et tous ceux qui aspirent à se libérer de l &apos; oppression partagent la même foi en la **liberté**.
  ([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 13868497)

- Show that Egypt and its people enjoy freedom of **belief** and respect minorities and all human races;
  Montrer que l &apos; Égypte et son peuple jouissent de la **liberté** de croyance et respectent les minorités, ainsi que les personnes de toute origine ethnique;
  ([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 29476172)

## opinions

Used about 373 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · legal and administrative ≈ 6 · UN documents ≈ 366).

- One should be respectful of others' **beliefs** rather than mock them.
  On devrait être respectueux des **opinions** d'autrui plutôt que de les moquer.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#713042](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/713042) [\#801788](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/801788))

- ‘advertising’ means any representation to the public, by any means other than a label, that is intended or is likely to influence and shape attitude, **beliefs** and behaviours in order to promote directly or indirectly the sale of organic products;
  «publicité», toute représentation à l'intention du public, par tout moyen autre que l'étiquetage, qui vise ou est de nature à influencer et façonner l'attitude, les **opinions** et les comportements afin de promouvoir directement ou indirectement la vente de produits biologiques;
  ([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 1265720)

- Every judge and prosecutor has her or his personal views, **beliefs** and opinions, which inevitably shape the way she or he approaches and examines a case.
  Every judge and prosecutor has her or his personal views, beliefs and **opinions**, which inevitably shape the way she or he approaches and examines a case.
  ([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 25716349)

- ‘advertising’ means any presentation of products to the public, by any means other than a label, that is intended or is likely to influence and shape attitudes, **beliefs** and behaviours in order to directly or indirectly promote the sale of products;
  «publicité» : toute présentation de produits à l’intention du public, par tout moyen autre que l’étiquetage, qui vise ou est de nature à influencer et façonner les attitudes, les **opinions** et les comportements afin de promouvoir directement ou indirectement la vente de produits;
  ([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 4636473)

## More sentences

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

- The final delusion is the **belief** that one has lost all delusions.
  La dernière illusion est de croire qu'on les a toutes perdues.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#1505792](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1505792) [\#1505791](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1505791))

- Science is the **belief** in the ignorance of experts.
  La science est la croyance en l'ignorance des experts.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2158322](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2158322) [\#2161582](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2161582))

- Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your **belief** will help create the fact.
  N'ayez crainte de la vie. Croyez qu'elle vaut la peine d'être vécue et votre foi aidera à créer le fait.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#410279](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/410279) [\#410426](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/410426))

## 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/).

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