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# census — English to French

How English *census* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: census (26 406), censuses (6 354). By style: everyday 4 · biblical 11 · parliamentary 110 · legal and administrative 409 · UN documents 32 226.

## recensement

Used about 29 017 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 106 · legal and administrative ≈ 375 · UN documents ≈ 28 533). Forms: recensement, recensements.

- A **census** was performed in 2005.
  Un **recensement** a été effectué en 2005.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#4350974](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4350974) [\#8016001](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8016001))

- Population and housing **censuses** (debate)
  **Recensements** de la population et du logement (débat)
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1004574)

- **Census** of public stocks
  **Recensement** des stocks publics
  ([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 1045238)

- Population and housing **censuses**.
  **Recensements** de la population et du logement.
  ([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 13622377)

- In the United States, there is a **census** every ten years.
  Aux États-Unis, il y a un **recensement** tous les dix ans.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Clavain · checked, community translation · [\#241312](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/241312) [\#435560](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/435560))

## population

Used about 1 364 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 21 · UN documents ≈ 1 343).

- Number of all record imputations: absolute value and percentage of the **census** population;
  Nombre total des imputations d’enregistrement: valeur absolue et pourcentage de la **population** recensée;
  ([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 2205783)

- At the time of the 2006 General Population and Housing **Census**, 43 per cent of the population lived under the poverty line.
  Selon le RGPH 2006, 43 % de la **population** vivait en dessous du seuil de pauvreté.
  ([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 26548747)

- It consists of the **census** population plus under-coverage minus over-coverage;
  La **population** cible estimée correspond à la population recensée, à laquelle on ajoute la surcouverture et dont on retranche la sous-couverture;
  ([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 4326715)

- Only two countries (Kyrgyzstan and Sweden) used both concepts currently and usually active population in their **census**.
  Seuls deux pays (Kirghizistan et Suède) ont eu recours à la fois au concept de **population** active du moment et au concept de population habituellement active.
  ([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 27998414)

- The estimated target population consists of the **census** population plus under-coverage minus over-coverage;
  La **population** cible estimée correspond à la population recensée, à laquelle on ajoute la sur-couverture et dont on retranche la sous-couverture;
  ([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 2205653)

## statistiques

Used about 676 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 4 · UN documents ≈ 671).

- Providing information, data and statistics to market/**census** bureaus or other governmental or inter-governmental entities
  Transmission d'informations, de données et de **statistiques** aux services économiques et statistiques ou à d'autres entités gouvernementales ou intergouvernementales
  ([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 4278100)

- A. Population and housing **censuses**
  **Statistiques** démographiques et sociales
  ([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 13661272)

- However, a significant number of countries or areas are relying on alternative sources to generate their **census** statistics.
  Un grand nombre de pays ou zones font toutefois appel à d &apos; autres sources pour produire leurs **statistiques** censitaires.
  ([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 26427267)

## More sentences

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

- A **census** taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.
  Un agent recenseur a un jour essayé de me tester. J'ai dégusté son foie avec des fèves au beurre, et un excellent chianti.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#10651043](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10651043) [\#10651042](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10651042))

- Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to take a **census** of Israel.
  Satan se leva contre Israël, et il excita David à faire le dénombrement d’Israël.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CH 21:1)

- “Take a **census** of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers’ houses, by their families;
  Compte aussi les fils de Guerschon, selon les maisons de leurs pères, selon leurs familles;
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 4:22)

## 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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