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# britain — English to French

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

The [Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) has no article on this word yet.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: britain (40 564). By style: everyday 38 · parliamentary 2 194 · legal and administrative 1 855 · UN documents 36 477.

## bretagne

Used about 29 918 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 27 · parliamentary ≈ 1 554 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 739 · UN documents ≈ 26 598).

- We come from **Britain**.
  Nous venons de Grande-**Bretagne**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and felix63 · checked, community translation · [\#10764087](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10764087) [\#8389500](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8389500))

- We in **Britain** had that opportunity.
  La Grande-**Bretagne** a eu cette opportunité.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2008840)

- Values SA Great **Britain**
  Valeurs pour la ZS Grande-**Bretagne**
  ([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 4435036)

- United Kingdom of Great **Britain**
  Royaume-Uni de Grande-**Bretagne** et
  ([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 4598922)

- He has gone to **Britain**.
  Il est parti en Grande-**Bretagne**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#288974](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/288974) [\#453001](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/453001))

## great

Used about 7 599 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 7 599).

- UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT **BRITAIN**
  UNITED KINGDOM OF **GREAT** BRITAIN
  ([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 6322466)

- United Kingdom of Great **Britain** and Northern Ireland
  United Kingdom of **Great** Britain and Northern Ireland
  ([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 3126908)

- United Kingdom of Great **Britain** and Northern Ireland 170
  United Kingdom of **Great** Britain and Northern Ireland 170
  ([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 18511985)

- Electoral Reform Society of Great **Britain** and Ireland (1983)
  Electoral Reform Society of **Great** Britain and Ireland (1983)
  ([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 7199392)

- LLG London Legal Group, London (United Kingdom of Great **Britain** and Northern Ireland);
  LLG London Legal Group, London (United Kingdom of **Great** Britain and Northern Ireland);
  ([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 29282286)

## irlande

Used about 806 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 46 · UN documents ≈ 760).

- What benefit accrues to Ireland for the risk of being exposed to the majority of **Britain**'s nuclear installations?
  Mais quels bénéfices l'**Irlande** tire-t-elle du risque que représente pour elle la plupart des installations nucléaires britanniques ?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 52022)

- Abstaining: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Republic of Korea, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great **Britain** and Northern Ireland.
  Se sont abstenus: Allemagne, Bosnie-Herzégovine, Canada, France, Italie, Japon, Mexique, Pays-Bas, République de Corée, RoyaumeUni de GrandeBretagne et d &apos; **Irlande** du Nord, Slovaquie, Slovénie, Suisse, Ukraine.
  ([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 20344521)

## uni

Used about 301 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 183 · legal and administrative ≈ 116).

- India gained independence from **Britain** in 1947.
  L'Inde a obtenu l'indépendance vis-à-vis du Royaume-**Uni** en 1947.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and U2FS · checked, community translation · [\#65728](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/65728) [\#799686](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/799686))

- He voiced disapproval at politicians generally for criticizing the EC, saying that this would undermine **Britain**.
  Il s'en est pris aux hommes politiques en général qui critiquent la Communauté, les accusant de nuire potentiellement au Royaume-**Uni**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1705059)

- Issued in Great **Britain** from January 1997 to March 2000
  délivré au Royaume-**Uni** de janvier 1997 à mars 2000
  ([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 3868430)

- The United States and **Britain** have different sign languages. Mexican Sign Language also differs from Spanish Sign Language.
  La langue des signes est différente aux USA et au Royaume-**Uni**. La langue des signes au Mexique est également différente de la langue des signes espagnole.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by papabear and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#712825](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/712825) [\#4431346](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4431346))

- At the same time, if he reports progress towards active cooperation, the US and **Britain** should give the UN process the space to work.
  Parallèlement, s'il fait état de progrès vers une coopération active, les USA et le Royaume-**Uni** devraient laisser l'ONU faire son travail.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 423272)

## grande

Used about 46 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 46).

- Let us just recall how things went for Enron or how things are still going for a certain large company in Great **Britain**.
  Souvenons-nous simplement du cas d'Enron ou, à l'heure actuelle, d'une **grande** firme au Royaume-Uni.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 381898)

## More sentences

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

- **Britain**'s currency crisis has turned into a political one over government failure to stop the pound from going into free-fall.
  La crise monétaire britannique s'est transformée en crise politique avec l'échec du gouvernement d'arrêter la chute libre de la livre sterling.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by papabear and Petro1 · checked, community translation · [\#26153](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/26153) [\#9812](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9812))

- Together with **Britain**, France may ban imports of waste from Germany.
  Il est possible que la France, conjointement avec l'Angleterre, n'interdise l'importation de déchets allemands.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by shekitten and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#66605](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/66605) [\#390276](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/390276))

- And the war between France and **Britain** was over.
  Et la guerre entre la France et l'Angleterre fut terminée.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Source\_VOA and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#804240](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/804240) [\#910553](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/910553))

## 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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