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# carrying — English to French

How English *carrying* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 1 translation 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: carrying (52 216), carryings (4). By style: everyday 50 · literary 13 · biblical 12 · parliamentary 2 175 · legal and administrative 10 567 · UN documents 39 403.

## transportant

Used about 4 048 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · legal and administrative ≈ 829 · UN documents ≈ 3 217).

- I saw him **carrying** books.
  Je le voyais **transportant** des livres.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CarpeLanam and tras · checked, community translation · [\#7269626](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7269626) [\#7272243](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7272243))

- Subject: Crossing of public roads by vehicles **carrying** dangerous goods (N8).
  Objet: traversée de la voie publique par des véhicules **transportant** des marchandises dangereuses (N8).
  ([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 2224740)

- 23. On 13 June 1996, six lorries **carrying** soldiers allegedly went to Kibimba colline, Gitega province.
  22. Le 13 juin 1996, six camions **transportant** des militaires se seraient rendus à la colline de Kibimba, dans la province de Gitega.
  ([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 3985298)

- Lorries **carrying** huge piles of coal waited at the entrance.
  Des camions **transportant** d'énormes tas de charbon attendaient à l'entrée.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#10068509](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10068509) [\#10068626](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10068626))

- Subject: Crossing of public roads by vehicles **carrying** dangerous goods (N8).
  Objet: Traversée de la voie publique par des véhicules **transportant** des marchandises dangereuses (N8).
  ([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 4165597)

## More sentences

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

- He gave me all the money he was **carrying** with him.
  Il me donna tout l'argent qu'il transportait.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1101163](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1101163) [\#1101231](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1101231))

- Why are you **carrying** a gun?
  Pourquoi est-ce que tu portes une arme ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#4015665](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4015665) [\#8010432](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8010432))

- The bus is capable of **carrying** thirty people.
  Le bus peut transporter trente personnes.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Paiooooo · checked, community translation · [\#60682](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/60682) [\#685570](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/685570))

## 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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