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Forms: capital, capitale, capitales, capitaux. - The **capital** is in the south. La **capitale** est au sud. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#11225403](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11225403) [\#11225406](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11225406)) - Do you see Rejkiavik, the **capital**? Aperçois-tu Reykjawik, sa **capitale**? ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 459) - We will see how our fifteen **capitals** will react. Nous verrons comment réagiront nos quinze **capitales**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1645341) - Paid up **capital** instruments Instruments de **capital** versés ([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 3341186) - Union of Ibero American **Capitals** Union des **capitales** ibéro-américaines ([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 27979155) ## majuscules Used about 8 727 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 21 · literary ≈ 1 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 887 · UN documents ≈ 6 818). - Write your name in **capitals**. Écris ton nom en **majuscules**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Pharamp · checked, community translation · [\#16886](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/16886) [\#395875](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/395875)) - He pronounced the word enormous the second time with a jeering swell of the voice which might be tolerably well represented by **capitals**: “an enormous, ENORMOUS dog.” Il prononça le mot énorme pour la seconde fois avec un renflement de voix goguenarde que des **majuscules** exprimeraient assez bien: un énorme, un ÉNORME chien! ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 17930) - Name (typed or **capitals**) Nom (dactylographié ou en **majuscules**) ([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 707076) - Signatory (name in block **capitals**) Observations Signataire (nom en **majuscules**) ([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 15494672) - Write your name in **capitals**. Écrivez votre nom en **majuscules**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sysko · checked, community translation · [\#16886](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/16886) [\#333137](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/333137)) ## propres Used about 4 915 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 196 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 718). - **Capital** adequacy and investment services Fonds **propres** des entreprises d'investissement etservices d'investissement dans le domaine des valeurs mobilières ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1702652) - Countercyclical **capital** buffer rates Taux de coussin de fonds **propres** contracyclique ([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 5165274) - Clearly, we do want the rules on **capital** requirements to be tightened up. Nous voulons, c'est certain, un renforcement des règles sur les exigences de fonds **propres**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1408500) - (-) Reciprocal cross holdings in T2 **Capital** (-) Détentions croisées de fonds **propres** T2 ([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 4709484) - We have adopted resolutions on the **Capital** Requirements Directive, on managers' salaries, on hedge funds, on accounting regulations and on the European supervisory structure. Nous avons adopté des résolutions sur la directive relative aux exigences de fonds **propres**, sur les salaires de dirigeants, sur les fonds spéculatifs et sur la structure européenne de surveillance. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1266625) ## fonds Used about 4 266 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · UN documents ≈ 4 261). - He needed **capital** to start a new business. Il avait besoin de **fonds** pour démarrer sa nouvelle entreprise. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#299890](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/299890) [\#15458](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/15458)) - GC.12/Dec.13 WORKING **CAPITAL** FUND GC.12/Dec.13 **FONDS** DE ROULEMENT ([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 17535573) - United Nations **Capital** Development Fund (UNCDF) **Fonds** d ' équipement des Nations Unies (FENU) ([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 26148599) - Adopted decision 2007/28 on the results-oriented annual report for 2006 and the strategic partnership between UNDP and the United Nations **Capital** Development Fund. Adopté la décision 2007/28 relative au rapport annuel 2006 axé sur les résultats et au partenariat stratégique entre le PNUD et le **Fonds** d ' équipement des Nations Unies. ([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 17102098) - (a) Credits to Member States resulting from transfers made in 1959 and 1960 from the surplus account to the Working **Capital** Fund in an adjusted amount of 1,025,092 dollars; a) Les crédits, d ' un montant ajusté de 1 025 092 dollars, revenant aux États Membres en raison du virement d ' excédents budgétaires au **Fonds** de roulement en 1959 et 1960; ([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 1628404) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - You must employ your **capital** well. Tu dois bien employer ton argent. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Swift and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#16071](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/16071) [\#5166314](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5166314)) - Also he made before the house two pillars thirty-five cubits high, and the **capital** that was on the top of each of them was five cubits. Il fit devant la maison deux colonnes de trente-cinq coudées de hauteur, avec un chapiteau de cinq coudées sur leur sommet. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CH 3:15) - There were nets of checker work and wreaths of chain work for the **capitals** which were on the top of the pillars: seven for the one **capital**, and seven for the other **capital**. Il fit des treillis en forme de réseaux, des festons façonnés en chaînettes, pour les chapiteaux qui étaient sur le sommet des colonnes, sept pour le premier chapiteau, et sept pour le second chapiteau. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1KI 7:17) ## 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/). ## About these examples Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. Every example names its source and licence. 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