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# benefit — English to French

How English *benefit* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: benefit (106 774), benefits (111 189). By style: everyday 73 · literary 5 · biblical 9 · parliamentary 15 330 · legal and administrative 25 584 · UN documents 176 962.

## avantage

Used about 51 722 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 3 673 · legal and administrative ≈ 9 328 · UN documents ≈ 38 710). Forms: avantage, avantages.

- It has its **benefits**.
  Ça a ses **avantages**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1612977](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1612977) [\#1614322](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1614322))

- Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous? Or does it **benefit** him that you make your ways perfect?
  Si tu es juste, est-ce à l’**avantage** du Tout-Puissant? Si tu es intègre dans tes voies, qu’y gagne-t-il?
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 22:3)

- That is a **benefit** for sportsmen and women.
  Cela représente un **avantage** pour les sportifs.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 168027)

- a **benefit** is thereby conferred.
  si un **avantage** est ainsi conféré.
  ([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 1847099)

- :: Other long-term employee **benefits**;
  :: Les autres **avantages** à long terme;
  ([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 27210804)

## prestations

Used about 32 127 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 479 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 998 · UN documents ≈ 27 650).

- Hybrid schemes combining defined **benefit** and defined contribution elements are also available.
  L’on rencontre également des régimes hybrides combinant des éléments à **prestations** déterminées et à cotisations déterminées.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 737618)

- is in receipt of other **benefits**
  reçoit d'autres **prestations**
  ([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 540366)

- Number of **benefits** applicable
  Nombre de **prestations** visées
  ([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 6943367)

- People off work through illness also raise the cost of social **benefits**, contributing further to a rise in prices.
  Les personnes qui ne travaillent pas pour cause de maladie entraînent aussi une augmentation des coûts des **prestations** sociales, ce qui contribue encore à accroître les prix.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1016776)

- “**Benefits** in kind” means:
  les termes “**prestations** en nature” désignent:
  ([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 1922010)

## bénéfice

Used about 21 550 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 14 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 2 236 · legal and administrative ≈ 6 396 · UN documents ≈ 12 903). Forms: bénéfice, bénéficier.

- I see no **benefit**.
  Je ne vois aucun **bénéfice**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eccles17 and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#6938955](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6938955) [\#7839843](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7839843))

- This very small change had, in fact, prodigiously reduced the cost of the raw material, which had rendered it possible in the first place, to raise the price of manufacture, a **benefit** to the country; in the second place, to improve the workmanship, an advantage to the consumer; in the third place, to sell at a lower price, while trebling the profit, which was a **benefit** to the manufacturer.
  Ce tout petit changement en effet avait prodigieusement réduit le prix de la matière première, ce qui avait permis, premièrement, d'élever le prix de la main-d'oeuvre, bienfait pour le pays; deuxièmement, d'améliorer la fabrication, avantage pour le consommateur; troisièmement, de vendre à meilleur marché tout en triplant le **bénéfice**, profit pour le manufacturier.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 3529)

- However, in my opinion, the higher charges would immediately cancel out this **benefit**.
  Toutefois, selon moi, les frais plus élevés anéantiront immédiatement ce **bénéfice**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1237031)

- To **benefit** from this scheme a company must export.
  Pour pouvoir **bénéficier** de ce régime, une entreprise doit exporter.
  ([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 4349659)

- Young offenders were therefore able to continue their studies and had the **benefit** of socio-educational measures.
  Les jeunes délinquants ont ainsi la possibilité de poursuivre leurs études et de **bénéficier** de mesures socioéducatives.
  ([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 11975160)

## More sentences

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

- We help everyone **benefit** from useful example sentences.
  Nous aidons tout un chacun à profiter de phrases d'exemple utiles.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#10589139](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10589139) [\#10589144](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10589144))

- Advances in science don't always **benefit** humanity.
  Les progrès de la science ne profitent pas toujours au genre humain.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Petro1 · checked, community translation · [\#24014](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/24014) [\#9570](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9570))

- The new road will **benefit** the people living in the hills.
  La nouvelle route profitera aux gens qui vivent dans les collines.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and rene1596 · checked, community translation · [\#269216](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/269216) [\#1182232](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1182232))

## Grammar

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