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# closely — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: closely (58 830). By style: everyday 60 · literary 7 · parliamentary 5 705 · legal and administrative 3 079 · UN documents 49 979.

## étroitement

Used about 32 249 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 2 139 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 989 · UN documents ≈ 28 113). Forms: étroite, étroitement.

- Phoenician and Hebrew are **closely** related.
  Le phénicien et l'hébreu sont **étroitement** liés.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#10767208](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10767208) [\#12104792](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12104792))

- This is **closely** linked to enlargement.
  Elle est **étroitement** liée à l'élargissement.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1639567)

- **Closely** associated with the state security apparatus.
  **Étroitement** associé à l'appareil sécuritaire de l'État.
  ([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 4164987)

- The two offices are working **closely** together to ensure a smooth transfer.
  Les deux bureaux collaborent **étroitement** pour assurer un transfert sans problème.
  ([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 14204523)

- This newspaper hews **closely** to the official propaganda narratives.
  Ce journal adhère **étroitement** aux récits de propagande officiels.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by shekitten and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#9019071](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9019071) [\#9019073](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9019073))

## près

Used about 11 609 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 11 · literary ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 1 902 · legal and administrative ≈ 321 · UN documents ≈ 9 371).

- Tom looked at it more **closely**.
  Tom le regarda de plus **près**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#3825698](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3825698) [\#5326537](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5326537))

- Besides, no one has any interest in looking **closely** after children who have not a sou.”
  D'ailleurs, dans des enfants qui n'ont pas le sou, nul n'a intérêt à y regarder de **près**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 20458)

- The use of the revenue will be **closely** watched.
  L'utilisation des recettes sera surveillée de **près**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1185119)

- The employment level follows **closely** production.
  Il suit de **près** le niveau de production.
  ([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 4095903)

- They decided to remain **closely** engaged on the issue.
  Ils ont décidé de continuer de suivre de **près** cette question.
  ([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 6866134)

## attentivement

Used about 2 350 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 20 · parliamentary ≈ 119 · legal and administrative ≈ 128 · UN documents ≈ 2 082).

- I watched them **closely**.
  Je les regardais **attentivement**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CH and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3904303](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3904303) [\#3922187](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3922187))

- We are following events in Mindanao and the neighbouring islands **closely**.
  Nous suivons **attentivement** les événements à Mindanao et dans les îles voisines.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 56939)

- **closely** follow the political, security and development consequences of humanitarian crises in the region;
  de suivre **attentivement** les conséquences des crises humanitaires dans la région sur les plans politique, de la sécurité et du développement;
  ([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 3541805)

- The Danish immigration authorities follow this particular area very **closely** and focus on any need for adjustment.
  Les services danois de l &apos; immigration suivent très **attentivement** ce domaine particulier et s &apos; appliquent à détecter tout besoin éventuel d &apos; ajustement.
  ([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 20511052)

- I watched her **closely**.
  Je l'ai **attentivement** regardée.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CH and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3904305](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3904305) [\#3922179](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3922179))

## liée

Used about 1 160 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 119 · UN documents ≈ 1 041).

- This under-consumption is **closely** linked to the cumbersome procedures that have to be confronted by those involved in local development.
  Cette sous-consommation est grandement **liée** à la lourdeur des procédures auxquelles doivent faire face les acteurs du développement local.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1737420)

- The environmental dimension (Goal 7 of the MDGs) is a major investment target because it is **closely** linked to poverty reduction.
  La dimension environnementale (OMD 7) fait l &apos; objet d &apos; un investissement important dans la mesure où elle est fortement **liée** à la lutte contre la 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 27902528)

## très

Used about 195 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · literary ≈ 1 · legal and administrative ≈ 192).

- Dutch is **closely** related to German.
  Le néerlandais est **très** proche de l'allemand.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and KotobaNiko · checked, community translation · [\#64824](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/64824) [\#10838](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10838))

- In the midst of the confused thoughts which occupied her, she fancied that she caught for an instant a sound similar to that of the preceding evening, as though some one were walking beneath the trees in the dusk, and not very far from her; but she told herself that nothing so **closely** resembles a step on the grass as the friction of two branches which have moved from side to side, and she paid no heed to it.
  Au milieu des pensées confuses qui l'occupaient, elle croyait bien percevoir par instants un bruit pareil au bruit de la veille, comme de quelqu'un qui marcherait dans l'obscurité sous les arbres pas **très** loin d'elle, mais elle se disait que rien ne ressemble à un pas qui marche dans l'herbe comme le froissement de deux branches qui se déplacent d'elles-mêmes, et elle n'y prenait pas garde.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 20066)

- Both models were presented as models **closely** resembling models already excluded from the anti-dumping measures in force.
  Ces deux modèles ont été présentés comme des modèles **très** similaires à d'anciennes versions déjà exclues des mesures antidumping en vigueur.
  ([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 991633)

- other products based on the same or a **closely** similar active ingredient have been shown to have an adverse influence on the quality.
  lorsque d’autres produits fabriqués à partir de la même substance active ou d’une substance **très** similaire se sont révélés avoir une influence néfaste sur la qualité.
  ([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 2905162)

- Does the transaction value of the imported goods **CLOSELY** APPROXIMATE to a value mentioned in Article 134(2) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 (optional reply)?
  (réponse facultative) La valeur transactionnelle concernant les marchandises importées est-elle **TRÈS** PROCHE d'une valeur mentionnée à l’article 134, paragraphes 2 du règlement d'exécution (UE) 2015/2447?
  ([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 3950350)

## 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 read the textbook **closely**.
  Vous devez lire le manuel avec attention.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by grindeldore and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#19103](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/19103) [\#1546423](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1546423))

- The two women resembled each other so **closely** that they could have been twins.
  Les deux femmes se ressemblaient tellement qu'elles auraient pu être jumelles.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and Tamy · checked, community translation · [\#8920226](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8920226) [\#1984749](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1984749))

- You must read the textbook **closely**.
  Tu dois lire le manuel avec attention.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by grindeldore and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#19103](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/19103) [\#1546426](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1546426))

## 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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