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# below — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: below (151 268). By style: everyday 72 · literary 41 · biblical 3 · parliamentary 1 677 · legal and administrative 23 520 · UN documents 125 955.

## dessous

Used about 59 017 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 41 · literary ≈ 18 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 454 · legal and administrative ≈ 11 270 · UN documents ≈ 47 233).

- It feels **below** us.
  Cela semble en-**dessous** de nous.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#13063356](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13063356) [\#13063357](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13063357))

- Light up society from **below**.
  Éclairez la société en **dessous**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 15772)

- Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried **below** Bethel under the oak; and its name was called Allon Bacuth.
  Débora, nourrice de Rebecca, mourut; et elle fut enterrée au-**dessous** de Béthel, sous le chêne auquel on a donné le nom de chêne des pleurs.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 35:8)

- Even so, the unemployment rate is **below** the Community average.
  Même ainsi, le taux de chômage est en **dessous** de la moyenne communautaire.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 594428)

- They are summarised in paragraphs 27 to 30 **below**.
  Elles sont résumées aux considérants 27 à 30 ci-**dessous**.
  ([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 543375)

## ci

Used about 46 956 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 70 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 900 · UN documents ≈ 41 985).

- The Yamadas live in a flat **below** this one.
  La famille Yamada vie dans un appartement sous celui-**ci**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and Anthony · checked, community translation · [\#245112](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/245112) [\#1138008](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1138008))

- You then ask why we have not given a positive auditor's certificate for the EAGGF field, when this is **below** average.
  Vous me demandez également pourquoi nous n'avons pas remis de déclaration positive pour le secteur du FEOGA alors que celui-**ci** est inférieur à la moyenne.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1772385)

- IAS 29 is amended as described **below**.
  IAS 29 est modifiée comme décrit **ci**-après.
  ([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 1640150)

- The reports are summarized **below**.
  Ces documents sont résumés **ci**-après.
  ([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 11532112)

- In this connection, it is essential for the new Member States to invest more in research and development, as their investment is currently **below** the European average.
  À cet égard, il est primordial que les nouveaux États membres intensifient leurs investissements dans la recherche et le développement, ceux-**ci** étant actuellement inférieurs à la moyenne européenne.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 670344)

## sont

Used about 2 872 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 245 · UN documents ≈ 2 624).

- Belgians are a people that paints a pipe, and then writes **below** the image: "This is not a pipe."
  Les belges **sont** des gens qui peignent une pipe, et écrivent sous l'image : « Ceci n'est pas une pipe. »
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by zogwarg and Lulantis · checked, community translation · [\#11896863](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11896863) [\#3465124](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3465124))

- “When we’ve turned the house upside down and put the cellar at the top and the attic **below**, we’ll tell you what there is inside, and whether it’s francs or sous or half-farthings.”
  Quand nous aurons retourné la maison, et que nous aurons mis la cave en haut et le grenier en bas, nous te dirons ce qu'il y a dedans, et si ce **sont** des balles, des ronds ou des broques.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 22069)

- Thirty per cent of its people live **below** the poverty line and human rights are openly violated.
  Trente pour cent de la population y vivent sous le seuil de pauvreté et les droits de l'homme y **sont** ouvertement violés.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 946440)

- The staffing status of the secretariat, the funding source, the geographic and gender distribution of the staff as it stands at 30 June 2005 are presented in table 13 **below**.
  Les effectifs du secrétariat, les sources de financement, la répartition géographique et par sexe au 30 juin 2005 **sont** indiqués dans le tableau 13 cidessous.
  ([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 14020941)

- “Since we are talking about errors,” said the king’s procurator, “I have just been studying the figures on the portal **below** before ascending hither; is your reverence quite sure that the opening of the work of physics is there portrayed on the side towards the Hôtel-Dieu, and that among the seven nude figures which stand at the feet of Notre-Dame, that which has wings on his heels is Mercurius?”
  --Puisque nous en sommes aux erreurs, dit le procureur du roi, je viens d'étudier le portail d'en bas avant de monter; votre révérence est-elle bien sûre que l'ouverture de l'ouvrage de physique y est figurée du côté de l'Hôtel-Dieu, et que, dans les sept figures nues qui **sont** aux pieds de Notre-Dame, celle qui a des ailes aux talons est Mercurius?
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 4325)

## on

Used about 2 697 times in the texts (literary ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 70 · UN documents ≈ 2 624).

- The little people, the poor, the unhappy, well, what of them? they are put down **below**, where the mud is up to your knees, in the damp places.
  Les petits, les pauvres gens, les malheureux, quoi! **on** les met dans le bas, où il y a de la boue jusqu'aux genoux, dans les trous, dans l'humidité.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 16166)

- **Below** these directors-general, there is another level containing 224 directors and 235 heads of unit.
  Sous ces directeurs généraux, **on** trouvera un autre niveau comprenant 224 directeurs et 235 chefs d'unité.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1420554)

- Updates on previously reported incidents are also included **below**.
  Updates **on** previously reported incidents are also included below.
  ([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 25749121)

- Then they barricaded the window **below**, and held in readiness the iron cross-bars which served to secure the door of the wine-shop at night.
  Puis **on** barricada la fenêtre d'en bas, et l'on tint toutes prêtes les traverses de fer qui servaient à barrer intérieurement la nuit la porte du cabaret.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 26653)

- It was also possible to adopt budgets which fell well **below** the revenue-based ceiling of own-resources.
  L'**on** a également pu fixer des budgets qui étaient inférieurs de beaucoup au plafond des moyens propres dont disposait l'UE, c'est-à-dire de ses recettes.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1998769)

## après

Used about 36 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 35).

- I knew quite well that according to the best received theories the mineral covering of the globe is never at absolute rest; the changes brought about by the chemical decomposition of its component parts, the agitation caused by great liquid torrents, and the magnetic currents, are continually tending to disturb it--even when living beings upon its surface may fancy that all is quiet **below**.
  Je savais bien que, d'**après** les théories les plus acceptées, l'écorce minérale du globe, n'est jamais dans un état de repos absolu; les modifications amenées par la décomposition des matières internes, l'agitation provenant des grands courants liquides, l'action du magnétisme, tendent à l'ébranler incessamment, alors même que les êtres disséminés à sa surface ne soupçonnent pas son agitation.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 3860)

- Figures recently produced from the Central Statistics Office clearly show that the midland region was **below** 75 % of the average EU standard of living.
  D'**après** les chiffres du bureau central de statistiques, la région centrale n'atteignait pas 75 % du niveau de vie moyen au sein de l'Union européenne.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1853038)

## More sentences

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

- It's **below** her to say such a thing.
  Ça ne lui ressemble pas de dire une chose pareille.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Swift and Ppjet6 · checked, community translation · [\#41587](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/41587) [\#824939](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/824939))

- For the first time in more than 6 years, the unemployment rate is **below** 6%.
  Pour la première fois en plus de six ans, le taux de chômage est inférieur à six pourcents.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by BHO and mouche · checked, community translation · [\#3924545](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3924545) [\#4022197](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4022197))

- The sun sunk **below** the clouds.
  Le soleil plongea sous les nuages.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by blay\_paul and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#518642](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/518642) [\#1741933](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1741933))

## 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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