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# collection — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: collection (74 440), collections (4 017). By style: everyday 67 · literary 4 · biblical 3 · parliamentary 1 500 · legal and administrative 11 522 · UN documents 65 361.

## collecte

Used about 40 749 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 56 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 969 · legal and administrative ≈ 8 401 · UN documents ≈ 31 319). Forms: collecte, collection, collections.

- He is proud of his **collection**.
  Il est fier de sa **collection**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by pne and nimfeo · checked, community translation · [\#2995425](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2995425) [\#1084275](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1084275))

- One day, while arranging a **collection** of minerals in his cabinet, I noticed in a corner this unhappy compass, which we had long lost sight of; I opened it, and began to watch it.
  Un jour, en rangeant une **collection** de minéraux dans son cabinet, j'aperçus cette fameuse boussole et je me mis à observer.
  ([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 4089)

- Now concerning the **collection** for the saints: as I commanded the assemblies of Galatia, you do likewise.
  Pour ce qui concerne la **collecte** en faveur des saints, agissez, vous aussi, comme je l’ai ordonné aux Églises de la Galatie.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CO 16:1)

- The same is not true, however, of private **collections**.
  Il n'en va pas de même pour les **collections** privées.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 201993)

- **COLLECTION** OF RELEVANT DATA
  **COLLECTE** DE DONNÉES PERTINENTES
  ([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 4899014)

## membre

Used about 10 894 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 10 894).

- Member State Advances **Collections** Balance
  État **Membre** Avances dues Montant Solde
  ([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 16050406)

- Member State Contributions payable **Collections** Total
  État **Membre** Contributions Montants Total
  ([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 19585825)

- Member State Contributions payable **Collections** Total
  État **Membre** Contributions exigibles Montants Total
  ([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 23276940)

- Member State Assessments for the **Collections** Balance
  État **Membre** Montants mis en Montants recouvrés Solde
  ([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 12633155)

- Member State Contributions payable **Collections** Total
  État **Membre** Contributions exigibles Montants recouvrés Total
  ([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 17775631)

## données

Used about 4 322 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 78 · legal and administrative ≈ 840 · UN documents ≈ 3 404).

- Consequently, mandatory data **collection** by Member States is necessary.
  Il est donc indispensable que ces **données** soient obligatoirement collectées par les États membres.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1568439)

- No data for CY and MT are available in current data **collections**.
  Les collectes de **données** actuelles ne comprennent aucune donnée pour Chypre ni pour Malte.
  ([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 2839317)

- The system has been designed to allow for a more flexible approach to data **collection**.
  Le système a été conçu pour permettre une approche plus flexible du recueil de **données**.
  ([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 26089539)

- These different systems sometimes process data **collections** which duplicate each other and overlap.
  Tous ces systèmes traitent partiellement les **données** collectées d'une manière parallèle, ce qui entraîne des chevauchements.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1722429)

- The following provisions apply to all data **collections** specified in this annex:
  Les dispositions suivantes s'appliquent à toutes les collectes de **données** spécifiées dans la présente annexe:
  ([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 4413958)

## contributions

Used about 2 739 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 16 · UN documents ≈ 2 723).

- The **collection** system for contributions is a complicated political game that results in Member States attempting to maximise their own benefits and minimise what they pay out.
  Le système de versement des **contributions** est un jeu politique complexe, par lequel les États membres s' efforcent de maximiser leur profit et de minimiser leur propre contribution.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 177555)

- **Collections** Contributions outstanding for the period
  **Contributions** non acquittées pour la période
  ([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 17779707)

- (credits) as at **Collections** Contributions outstanding for the period
  **Contributions** Montants Contributions non acquittées pour la période Crédits Crédits Soldes
  ([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 19595275)

- Member State Contributions **Collections** Creditsa Contributions outstanding for Credits Credits Total
  **Contributions** Montants Créditsa Contributions non acquittées Crédits Crédits Total
  ([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 12628226)

- The **collections** in the period from January to June 2006, broken down by List of States, are shown in table 1.
  Les **contributions** recouvrées pour la période allant de janvier à juin 2006, ventilées par listes d &apos; États, sont récapitulées au tableau 1.
  ([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 15830587)

## statistiques

Used about 848 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 47 · legal and administrative ≈ 120 · UN documents ≈ 681).

- There will be statistics but these are national figures, when we get them and when the data **collection** systems are reliable.
  Il y aura des **statistiques** mais ce sont des statistiques par pays, quand nous les recevons, et quand les systèmes de récolte de statistiques sont fiables.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 992832)

- The 2006 statistics from the Confederation of Paper Industries have shown that **collections** of P 愦灭;amp; W paper in the United Kingdom are around 10 % \[2\].
  D'après les **statistiques** de la Confederation of Paper Industries pour l'année 2006, les collectes de papier I愦灭;amp;E représentent environ 10 % au Royaume-Uni \[2\].
  ([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 1380317)

- The Office is also assisting African countries in the production, **collection** and analysis of statistical information on illicit drugs and crime.
  L &apos; Office aide également les pays africains à produire, rassembler et analyser des informations **statistiques** sur les drogues illicites et la criminalité.
  ([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 18232046)

- The idea of such portals is to facilitate the registration of firms, the submission of tax or customs declarations and use of **collections** of statistical data.
  L'idée de tels portails est de faciliter l'immatriculation d'entreprises, la soumission de déclarations fiscales ou douanières et l'utilisation de bases de données **statistiques**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1173261)

- The Danish Social Democrats today voted for the reports on minimum reserves (Hoppenstedt), powers of sanction (Katiforis) and **collection** of statistical information (Hendrick) for the European Central Bank.
  Les députés sociaux-démocrates danois ont voté ce jour pour les rapports concernant les réserves obligatoires (Hoppenstedt), les pouvoirs de sanctions (Katiforis) et les informations **statistiques** (Hendrick).
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1890411)

## More sentences

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

- Tom is reading a **collection** of short stories.
  Tom lit un recueil d'histoires courtes.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eccles17 and GB3 · checked, community translation · [\#6763122](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6763122) [\#6763204](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6763204))

- Language is not a **collection** of words and rules.
  Une langue, ce n'est pas un ensemble de mots et de règles.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by frpzzd and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#13564920](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13564920) [\#13577155](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13577155))

- A language isn't a **collection** of words.
  Une langue n'est pas un ensemble de mots.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by araneo and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#13586663](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13586663) [\#13576929](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13576929))

## 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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