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# brief — English to French

How English *brief* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: brief (21 826), briefs (2 271). By style: everyday 36 · literary 9 · parliamentary 2 639 · legal and administrative 1 544 · UN documents 19 869.

## bref

Used about 2 782 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 12 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 635 · legal and administrative ≈ 64 · UN documents ≈ 2 070).

- The journey was **brief**.
  Le voyage était **bref**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by zahurdias and maydoo · checked, community translation · [\#1992948](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1992948) [\#3522121](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3522121))

- “Advocate, be **brief**,” said the president.
  «Avocat, soyez **bref**, dit le président.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 5119)

- I shall be very **brief**.
  Monsieur le Président, je serai **bref**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1669215)

- How to prepare a risk assessment — in **brief**
  Comment préparer une évaluation des risques — En **bref**
  ([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 4801769)

- A. **Brief** historical review
  A. **Bref** aperçu historique
  ([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 2038738)

## brève

Used about 2 223 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 11 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 489 · legal and administrative ≈ 273 · UN documents ≈ 1 449).

- Here is a **brief** description.
  Voici une **brève** description.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#4665808](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4665808) [\#4714385](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4714385))

- The custom was retained until the middle of the sixteenth century of explaining an edifice by a **brief** device inscribed above the door.
  L'usage s'est conservé jusqu'au milieu du seizième siècle d'expliquer un édifice par une **brève** devise écrite au-dessus de la porte.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 3007)

- It is a very **brief** question.
  Il s’agit d’une très **brève** question.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 759237)

- **Brief** description of the objective of the aid.
  **Brève** description de l'objectif de l'aide.
  ([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 5635830)

- Mr. Dejammet (France) (interpretation from French): My statement will be very **brief**.
  M. Dejammet (France) : Mon intervention sera très **brève**.
  ([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 2538910)

## slips

Used about 708 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 708).

- Women's or girls' **briefs** and panties of cotton, knitted or crocheted
  **Slips** et culottes, en bonneterie, de coton, pour femmes ou fillettes
  ([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 57665)

- Men’s or boys’ underpants and **briefs**, knitted or crocheted, of cotton
  **Slips** et caleçons, en bonneterie, pour hommes ou garçonnets, de coton
  ([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 3022978)

- Men’s or boys’ underpants and **briefs**, of other textile materials
  **Slips** et caleçons, pour hommes ou garçonnets, d’autres matières textiles
  ([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 3022918)

- Men's or boys' underpants and **briefs** of cotton (excl. knitted or crocheted)
  **Slips** et caleçons, de coton, pour hommes ou garçonnets (autres qu'en bonneterie)
  ([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 225740)

- Women's or girls' **briefs** and panties of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted
  **Slips** et culottes, en bonneterie, de fibres synthétiques ou artificielles, pour femmes ou fillettes
  ([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 225543)

## description

Used about 655 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 241 · UN documents ≈ 414).

- **Brief** description of the vehicle type 愦灭※
  **Description** sommaire du type de véhicule:愦灭※
  ([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 5598474)

- a **brief** technical specification of the LED module(s),
  une **description** technique succincte du (des) module(s) DEL;
  ([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 14434577)

- A **brief** description of the electrical/electronic components: 愦灭※
  **Description** succincte des composants électriques/électroniques: 愦灭※
  ([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 4077246)

- 7. **Brief** description of fuel tank and fuel
  7. **Description** sommaire du réservoir à carburant et de l &apos; installation d &apos; alimentation en carburant:
  ([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 10790859)

- **Brief** description of the electrical/electronic components (if any):
  **Description** succincte des composants électriques/électroniques (le cas échéant):
  ([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 3613080)

## More sentences

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

- The effects of the drug are intense but **brief**.
  Les effets du médicament sont intenses mais brefs.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by orcrist and Maxence · checked, community translation · [\#43561](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/43561) [\#7698462](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7698462))

- He answered in **brief**.
  Il a répondu brièvement.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eldad and Eldad · checked, community translation · [\#299238](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/299238) [\#132550](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/132550))

- Some more **brief** questions, please.
  Encore quelques petites questions, s'il vous plaît.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Gulliver and christian63 · checked, community translation · [\#6302506](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6302506) [\#5995139](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5995139))

## 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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