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# bill — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: bill (36 378), bills (7 122). By style: everyday 397 · literary 18 · biblical 3 · parliamentary 1 231 · legal and administrative 1 380 · UN documents 40 471.

## loi

Used about 21 392 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 180 · legal and administrative ≈ 129 · UN documents ≈ 21 079).

- Are you for or against the **bill**?
  Êtes-vous pour ou contre le texte de **loi** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by iamgrim and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#16575](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/16575) [\#474106](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/474106))

- The **bill** already mentioned may indeed reappear at any time.
  Le projet de **loi** déjà évoqué peut effectivement resurgir à tout moment.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1465879)

- Comments on the **Bill**
  Observations concernant le projet de **loi**
  ([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 1667327)

- New **bills** or enacted legislation:
  1. Nouveaux projets ou textes de **loi**
  ([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 15237819)

- The **bill** reinforces the excessively severe provisions already in place.
  La **loi** renforce également les clauses excessivement rigoureuses déjà en place.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 918992)

## projets

Used about 6 336 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 13 · UN documents ≈ 6 324). Forms: projet, projets.

- At first, the Council was dilatory in dealing with this important **bill**, the Luxembourg Presidency passing it on to the British Presidency.
  Le Conseil a tout d'abord traité cet important **projet** de législation de façon dilatoire dans la mesure où la présidence luxembourgeoise l'a transmis à la présidence britannique.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1880095)

- (a) New **bills** or enacted legislation and their regulations;
  a) Les nouveaux **projets** ou textes de lois et leurs règlements d &apos; application;
  ([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 22489144)

- As a result, over 100 **bills** were currently under consideration.
  De ce fait, plus de 100 **projets** de lois sont actuellement en cours d &apos; examen.
  ([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 20661186)

- All judicial bodies and organizations are also consulted on **bills** governing their affairs.
  Toutes les instances judiciaires sont consultées sur les **projets** de lois régissant leur organisation et leur fonctionnement.
  ([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 29475989)

- The first serious consequence would be, at least, the final ratification of the criminal Helms-Burton **bill**.
  La première conséquence en serait, à tout le moins, la sanction définitive du **projet** criminel Helms-Burton.
  ([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 2314333)

## bill

Used about 2 809 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 76 · parliamentary ≈ 103 · legal and administrative ≈ 101 · UN documents ≈ 2 529).

- Come home early, **Bill**.
  Rentre tôt à la maison, **Bill**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CP and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#274004](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/274004) [\#129021](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/129021))

- There is not just **Bill** Gates in the age of computers, and that is just as well.
  Il n’y a pas que **Bill** Gates dans la vie de l’informatique, et c’est tant mieux.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 520539)

- Master **bill** of loading
  Connaissement principal (master **bill** of lading)
  ([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 3952368)

- 1. **Bill** of lading showing loading of charcoal in Barawe (Brava)
  1. **Bill** of lading showing loading of charcoal in Barawe (Brava)
  ([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 30201355)

- **Bill** signed up for the exam.
  **Bill** entra pour son examen.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CN and Julien\_PDC · checked, community translation · [\#34545](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/34545) [\#13187](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13187))

## factures

Used about 2 450 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 160 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 372 · legal and administrative ≈ 230 · UN documents ≈ 1 686).

- I paid my **bills**.
  J'ai réglé mes **factures**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#4401055](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4401055) [\#4403965](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4403965))

- And then, there still remained some petty but pressing debts in the neighborhood, and they were collecting the **bills** for them, etc., etc.
  Et puis il y avait un reste de petites dettes criardes dans le pays dont il rassemblait les **factures**, etc., etc.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 4542)

- But it is good that you are paying your **bills** more promptly.'
  Mais c'est bien que vous payiez vos **factures** plus rapidement".
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 861735)

- Arrears on non-housing **bills**
  Arriérés de **factures** non liées au logement
  ([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 4922158)

- Caregivers cannot hold up regular employment outside the home, and medical **bills** deplete resources.
  Celles-ci ne peuvent occuper d &apos; emploi régulier hors de chez elles et doivent ponctionner leurs ressources pour payer les **factures**.
  ([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 8168386)

## payer

Used about 152 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 21 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 115 · legal and administrative ≈ 14).

- Who's going to pay the **bill**?
  Qui va **payer** la facture ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#2543282](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2543282) [\#5619247](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5619247))

- It was the accent of Castlereagh auditing France’s **bill** at the Congress of Vienna.
  C'était l'accent de Castlereagh rédigeant au congrès de Vienne la carte à **payer** de la France.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 8949)

- One way or another, they always have to foot the **bill**.
  D'une façon ou d'une autre, celui-ci doit toujours **payer** la note.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1008941)

- Late action to address banks' problems has resulted in some cases in a higher final **bill** to the taxpayers.
  En tardant à remédier aux problèmes des banques, on a parfois, en définitive, fait **payer** une facture plus lourde aux contribuables.
  ([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 5660195)

- I have to pay this **bill** today.
  Je dois **payer** cette facture aujourd'hui.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#2952189](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2952189) [\#5647278](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5647278))

## More sentences

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

- Did you settle the **bill**?
  Avez-vous réglé la note ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3730912](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3730912) [\#3979820](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3979820))

- This is a hundred dollar **bill**.
  C'est une facture de cent dollars.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#3396464](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3396464) [\#6452584](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6452584))

- Put it on my **bill**.
  Mettez-le sur mon compte !
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3677115](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3677115) [\#1329202](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1329202))

## 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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