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# communication — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: communication (159 401), communications (132 484). By style: everyday 54 · literary 4 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 11 687 · legal and administrative 26 494 · UN documents 253 645.

## communication

Used about 265 163 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 51 · literary ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 10 957 · legal and administrative ≈ 24 286 · UN documents ≈ 229 866). Forms: communication, communications.

- **Communications** broke down.
  Les **communications** ont été interrompues.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#56409](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/56409) [\#9416764](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9416764))

- “Ah! you have a **communication** to make to me.”
  --Ah! vous avez une **communication** à me faire.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 11382)

- This **communication** must be free.
  La **communication** doit être libre.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 163182)

- **Communication** of relevant data
  **Communication** 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 1052166)

- **Communications** to the Editor
  **Communications** à la rédaction
  ([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 14112422)

## information

Used about 2 918 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 276 · UN documents ≈ 2 642).

- The **Communication** was followed in November 2007 by Council Conclusions on scientific information in the digital age: access, dissemination and preservation.
  Elle a été suivie, en novembre 2007, par des conclusions du Conseil sur l'**information** scientifique à l'ère numérique: accès, diffusion et conservation.
  ([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 2552263)

- Relying on local mediums of **communication** to disseminate this information could jeopardize the success of the programme on the ground and could potentially set back the peace process.
  Le recours aux moyens d &apos; **information** locaux pour diffuser cette information pourrait compromettre le succès du programme sur le terrain, voire faire reculer le processus de paix.
  ([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 7696420)

## concernant

Used about 2 642 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 2 642).

- A. Status of submission and review of sixth national **communications**
  A. État de la situation **concernant** la présentation et l &apos; examen des sixièmes
  ([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 29967164)

## More sentences

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

- Her **communication** skills could be improved.
  Son aptitude à communiquer pourrait être améliorée.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by emory989 and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1513954](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1513954) [\#1514098](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1514098))

- English is a means of **communication**.
  L'anglais est un moyen de communiquer.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sysko · checked, community translation · [\#26247](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/26247) [\#1463351](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1463351))

- The senior maître acts as an expert in his field, whether in navigation, weaponry, or **communications**.
  Le maître principal agit en expert dans son domaine, qu’il s’agisse de navigation, d’armement ou de transmissions.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#13362958](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13362958) [\#13362957](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13362957))

## 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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