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# best — English to French

How English *best* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 6 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: best (136 944), bests (23). By style: everyday 1 507 · literary 29 · biblical 42 · parliamentary 13 448 · legal and administrative 9 217 · UN documents 112 724.

## meilleur

Used about 52 846 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 942 · literary ≈ 11 · biblical ≈ 19 · parliamentary ≈ 6 328 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 761 · UN documents ≈ 39 785). Forms: meilleur, meilleure, meilleures, meilleurs.

- You are the **best**.
  Tu es la **meilleure**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2549197](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2549197) [\#2229008](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2229008))

- The **best** of us are not exempt from egotistical thoughts.
  Les **meilleurs** ne sont pas exempts d'une pensée égoïste.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 9494)

- But earnestly desire the **best** gifts. Moreover, I show a most excellent way to you.
  Aspirez aux dons les **meilleurs**. Et je vais encore vous montrer une voie par excellence.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CO 12:31)

- I wish you all the **best**, and thank you from the bottom of my heart.
  Je vous souhaite tout le **meilleur**, du fond du cœur.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 814914)

- number of cancellations at **best** bid and offer;
  nombre d'annulations au **meilleur** prix affiché à l'achat et à la vente;
  ([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 4292499)

## supérieur

Used about 43 676 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 576 · UN documents ≈ 43 100).

- in all actions concerning children the **best** interests of the child shall be a primary consideration,
  l’intérêt **supérieur** de l’enfant doit être une considération primordiale dans toutes les décisions concernant les enfants,
  ([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 1885304)

- B. **Bests** interests of the child (art. 3)
  B. Intérêt **supérieur** de l &apos; enfant (art. 3)
  ([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 13511716)

- (b15) A level of environmental performance which is within the **best** 10 % \[19\] of each of the BAT-AE(P)L ranges defined in the FDM BREF is achieved.
  b15) Le niveau de performance environnementale atteint se situe dans le décile **supérieur** \[19\] pour chacune des fourchettes définies dans le BREF-AAL pour les MTD-NE(PE)A.
  ([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 4196388)

- **Best** interests of the child 346−367 56
  Intérêt **supérieur** de l &apos; enfant 346−367 56
  ([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 24312582)

- As far as possible, siblings shall be kept together, taking into account the **best** interests of the minor concerned and, in particular, his or her age and degree of maturity.
  Dans la mesure du possible, les fratries ne sont pas séparées, eu égard à l’intérêt **supérieur** du mineur concerné, et notamment à son âge et à sa maturité.
  ([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 1871740)

## pratiques

Used about 15 831 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 527 · legal and administrative ≈ 384 · UN documents ≈ 14 919).

- This has allowed the development of **best** management practices which are also increasingly respected by seafarers.
  Cela a permis l'élaboration de **pratiques** de gestion exemplaires, qui sont aussi de plus en plus respectées par les marins.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1310747)

- exchange information and **best** practices in relation to training, skills and safety in the mining industries.
  échanger des informations et des bonnes **pratiques** en ce qui concerne les volets formation, compétences et sécurité dans les industries minières.
  ([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 291511)

- The Office should be a repository of wisdom, knowledge and **best** practices.
  Le Bureau doit être le dépositaire de la sagesse, de la connaissance et des **pratiques** optimales.
  ([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 16294109)

- The banking industry does not need to start from scratch. Rather, they should draw on existing **best** practices in some Member States.
  Ce faisant, le secteur bancaire ne doit pas partir de zéro, mais plutôt se fonder sur les meilleurs **pratiques** en vigueur dans certains États membres.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1090629)

- Those networks may also be used to exchange information and **best** practices with a view to simplifying fulfilment of the notification obligations.
  Ces réseaux peuvent également servir à échanger des informations et des bonnes **pratiques** en vue de simplifier l'exécution des obligations de notification.
  ([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 1634573)

## mieux

Used about 4 936 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 251 · literary ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 2 637 · legal and administrative ≈ 384 · UN documents ≈ 1 658).

- I did my **best**.
  J'ai fait de mon **mieux**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by shanghainese and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1075109](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1075109) [\#1075111](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1075111))

- “The **best** thing is to let me repair the wheel like an honest man, and set out on your journey to-morrow.”
  --Le **mieux**, là, en honnête homme, c'est que je raccommode la roue et que vous remettiez votre voyage à demain.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 5510)

- Yes, I think that would be **best**.
  Oui, je crois que c' est ce qu' il y a de **mieux**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 89849)

- The evaluation of the estimated value shall be performed by the firm on a **best** effort basis.
  La valorisation estimée est réalisée par l'entreprise «au **mieux**».
  ([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 4290374)

- Abduction-related issues were **best** resolved at the bilateral level.
  S &apos; agissant de la question des enlèvements, le **mieux** est de la régler au niveau bilatéral.
  ([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 27335578)

## enfant

Used about 1 658 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 658).

- 540. The court will grant adoption only if it is convinced that adoption assures the **bests** interests of the child, following an inquiry concerning the adopter(s), the child and family conditions.
  540. Le tribunal ne consent à l &apos; adoption que s &apos; il est convaincu, à l &apos; issue d &apos; une enquête concernant les parents adoptifs, l &apos; **enfant** et les conditions familiales, qu &apos; elle sert les intérêts supérieurs de l &apos; enfant.
  ([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 24170988)

## intérêt

Used about 264 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 264).

- We have accepted many of its proposals; we are going to try our **best** to incorporate more of them, since we believe they are all worthy of consideration.
  Nous avons repris une bonne partie de ses propositions et nous allons poursuivre nos efforts afin d'en intégrer davantage encore, car toutes nous semblent dignes d'**intérêt**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 316721)

## More sentences

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

- When speaking to an international audience, it is perhaps **best** to speak English a little slower than usual.
  Lorsque vous vous adressez à un public international, il est peut-être préférable de parler anglais un peu plus lentement que d'habitude.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#954616](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/954616) [\#11093695](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11093695))

- This book is written in very simple English and so is **best** for new learners.
  Ce livre est écrit en anglais très simple et convient donc aux débutants.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Opiejay888 and bourdu · checked, community translation · [\#2489034](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2489034) [\#354410](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/354410))

- He is, without question, the **best** man for the job.
  Il est, sans conteste, le plus qualifié pour ce travail.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#21697](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/21697) [\#479115](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/479115))

## 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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