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# between — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: between (765 533), betweens (19). By style: everyday 709 · literary 138 · biblical 198 · parliamentary 57 287 · legal and administrative 104 762 · UN documents 602 458.

## entre

Used about 496 959 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 635 · literary ≈ 112 · biblical ≈ 140 · parliamentary ≈ 44 684 · legal and administrative ≈ 88 000 · UN documents ≈ 363 387).

- It's all over **between** us.
  Tout est fini **entre** nous.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#33580](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/33580) [\#746551](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/746551))

- He added **between** his teeth:—
  Il ajouta **entre** ses dents:
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 4789)

- Now there was war **between** Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.
  Il y eut guerre **entre** Roboam et Jéroboam, tant que vécut Roboam.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1KI 15:6)

- Peace is made **between** those who are fighting.
  Or la paix se fait **entre** ceux qui se combattent.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1943728)

- Impact on trade **between** EEA Member States.
  Impact sur les échanges **entre** les États membres.
  ([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 5635988)

## ils

Used about 28 697 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 8 · UN documents ≈ 28 688).

- **Between** morning and evening they are destroyed. They perish forever without any regarding it.
  Du matin au soir **ils** sont brisés, Ils périssent pour toujours, et nul n’y prend garde;
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 4:20)

- They were the beneficiaries of social programmes, whereas elsewhere in the world 135 million children **between** the ages of 7 and 18 received no education.
  **Ils** bénéficient de programmes sociaux particuliers alors qu &apos; ailleurs dans le monde il existe 135 millions d &apos; enfants âgés de 7 à 18 ans qui ne reçoivent aucune éducation.
  ([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 12212954)

- So they divided the land **between** them to pass throughout it. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
  **Ils** se partagèrent le pays pour le parcourir; Achab alla seul par un chemin, et Abdias alla seul par un autre chemin.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1KI 18:6)

- 5. According to a sociological survey made in 1993 by the Sociological Information Service for Young People, of 1,420 Moscow adolescents aged 12 to 17 years involved in gainful occupations of various kinds, 52 per cent are employed in what is described as direct commercial activity - street trading, acting as go-**betweens** and the like - while 33 per cent wash cars, sort and deliver mail, or work at loading and unloading, as messengers, typists and so forth.
  5. Selon une étude sociologique réalisée en 1993 par le Service d &apos; information sociologique de la jeunesse, sur 1 420 adolescents moscovites âgés de 12 à 17 ans qui occupent un emploi rémunéré d &apos; un genre ou d &apos; un autre, 52 % travaillent dans ce qui est qualifié d &apos; activité commerciale directe - **ils** sont vendeurs de rue, servent d &apos; intermédiaires, etc., - tandis que 33 % lavent des voitures, trient et portent le courrier, travaillent comme débardeurs, coursiers, dactylographes, etc.
  ([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 1205505)

- &quot; Exploitation exists where, for example, such treatment incurs very serious pecuniary or other consequences; migrants are specifically subjected to unacceptably harsh working and living conditions or are faced with dangers to their personal security or life; workers have transfers of earnings imposed on them without their voluntary consent; candidates for migration are enticed into employment under false pretences; workers suffer degrading treatment or women are abused or forced into prostitution; workers are made to sign employment contracts by go-**betweens** who know the contracts will generally not be honoured upon commencement of employment; migrants have their passports or other identity documents confiscated; workers are dismissed or blacklisted when they join or establish workers &apos; organizations; they suffer deductions from wages without their voluntary consent which they can recuperate only if they return to their country of origin; migrants are summarily expelled as a means to deprive them of their rights arising out of past employment, stay or status &quot; (see International Labour Organization, 1997, annex III, para. 1.2).
  &lt; &lt; Il y a exploitation par exemple lorsque ce traitement entraîne de graves conséquences pécuniaires ou autres; que les migrants sont spécifiquement soumis à des conditions de travail et de vie insupportables ou qu &apos; **ils** sont confrontés à des dangers mettant leur sécurité ou leur vie en péril; qu &apos; on impose aux travailleurs des transferts de leurs gains sans leur libre consentement; que les candidats à l &apos; immigration soient incités à accepter des emplois à la suite de promesses fallacieuses; que les travailleurs soufrent de traitements dégradants ou que les femmes soient abusées ou contraintes à la prostitution; que des intermédiaires fassent signer aux travailleurs des contrats de travail en sachant que ces contrats ne seront probablement pas honorés au moment de commencer le travail; qu &apos; on confisque le passeport des migrants ou autres papiers d &apos; identité; que les travailleurs soient congédiés ou qu &apos; on les mettent sur une liste noire quand ils s &apos; affilient à un syndicat ou constitue des organisations syndicales; qu &apos; ils soient les victimes de retenue sur leur salaire qu &apos; ils ne pourront récupérer que s &apos; ils retournent dans leur pays d &apos; origine, que les travailleurs migrants soient l &apos; objet de mesures d &apos; expulsion sommaire les dépouillant des droits qu &apos; ils tirent d &apos; un emploi, d &apos; un séjour ou d &apos; un statut antérieur &gt; &gt; (Organisation internationale du travail, 1997, Annexe III, par. 1.2).
  ([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 11411418)

## différence

Used about 1 146 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 1 146).

- There is, I believe, a major difference **between** the two, since we are not fighting here for our own benefit, but in principle for safety in Brussels.
  Je pense que cela fait une grande **différence**, car nous ne luttons pas pour notre pro domo, mais, sur le principe, pour la sécurité à Bruxelles.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1810852)

## 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 hard to tell the difference **between** the truth and lies.
  Il est difficile de distinguer la vérité du mensonge.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by jackchak and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1989780](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1989780) [\#1370802](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1370802))

- The doctor receives his patients **between** 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.
  Le médecin reçoit ses patients de 15h à 18h.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eldad and nimfeo · checked, community translation · [\#1430582](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1430582) [\#1083187](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1083187))

- Tom believes in equality **between** women and men.
  Tom croit à l'égalité des sexes.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#1699301](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1699301) [\#1704347](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1704347))

## 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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