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# compared — English to French

How English *compared* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations 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: compared (65 149). By style: everyday 82 · literary 7 · biblical 4 · parliamentary 2 819 · legal and administrative 9 620 · UN documents 52 617.

## rapport

Used about 18 297 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 9 · parliamentary ≈ 1 527 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 607 · UN documents ≈ 13 154).

- **Compared** to Tokyo, London is small.
  Par **rapport** à Tokyo, Londres est petit.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by notrwanda and melospawn · checked, community translation · [\#684729](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/684729) [\#781946](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/781946))

- It can be a breath of fresh air **compared** with the everyday grind.
  Cela peut représenter une bouffée d'air frais par **rapport** au train-train quotidien.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1911200)

- Consumption rose by 8,5 % **compared** to 2015.
  La consommation a augmenté de 8,5 % par **rapport** à 2015.
  ([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 4526260)

- Increase **compared** with revised appropriations
  Augmentation par **rapport** au montant révisé du crédit ouvert pour 1998-1999
  ([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 5783694)

- My feet are small **compared** to yours.
  Mes pieds sont petits par **rapport** aux tiens.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by papabear and Delapouite · checked, community translation · [\#707003](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/707003) [\#1419828](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1419828))

## contre

Used about 17 479 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 235 · legal and administrative ≈ 802 · UN documents ≈ 16 443).

- Currently 80% of the population, in other words about 1.1 million people, are dependent on food aid **compared** with 63% in 2006.
  80 % de la population, soit 1,1 million de personnes environ, dépendent aujourd'hui de l'aide alimentaire, **contre** 63 % en 2006.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1042517)

- Direct flight travel time is one hour **compared** to three hour travel time by train.
  La durée d’un vol direct est de 1 heure, **contre** 3 heures en train.
  ([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 5094511)

- 12. A total of 3,380 asylum-seekers arrived in Norway in 1994 as **compared** to 12,880 in 1993.
  12. Au total, 3 380 demandeurs d &apos; asile sont arrivés en Norvège en 1994, **contre** 12 880 en 1993.
  ([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 1718280)

- A recent study illustrated that two-thirds of older women are receiving minimum pensions **compared** with one-third of older men.
  Une étude récente a montré que deux tiers des femmes âgées reçoivent une pension de retraite minimale **contre** un tiers des hommes âgés.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1774058)

- In 2016, five cases of BSE were reported in cattle in the Union **compared** to 2166 reported cases in 2001.
  En 2016, cinq cas d'ESB chez des bovins ont été signalés dans l'Union **contre** 2166 cas en 2001.
  ([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 4647579)

## comparé

Used about 2 594 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 58 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 235 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 203 · UN documents ≈ 1 096). Forms: comparé, comparée.

- I am fortunate **compared** with him.
  Je suis chanceux, **comparé** à lui.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Shiawase and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#286865](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/286865) [\#920549](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/920549))

- **Compared** to the true daylight, it is night.
  **Comparée** au vrai jour, c'est de la nuit.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 7571)

- It is not acceptable for someone who is in dire straits to be **compared** with someone in the developing world.
  Personne ici vivant dans des conditions difficiles ne peut être **comparé** à une personne du tiers monde.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 333049)

- The Commission **compared** the injury margin and the dumping margin.
  La Commission a **comparé** la marge de préjudice et la marge de dumping.
  ([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 3577254)

- **Compared** with the range in current levels of life expectancy in the more developed regions (from about 70 to 77 years), the range in the less developed regions is large.
  147. **Comparée** à celle des pays développés qui se situe dans une étroite fourchette (entre 70 et 77 ans), l &apos; espérance de vie accuse dans les pays en développement des écarts importants.
  ([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 938849)

## More sentences

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

- The earth is small **compared** with the sun.
  En comparaison avec le Soleil, la Terre est petite.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#275095](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/275095) [\#458832](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/458832))

- This article is more interesting as **compared** to the previous one.
  Cet article est plus intéressant que le précédent.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by GeeZ and GeeZ · checked, community translation · [\#1469305](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1469305) [\#1469302](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1469302))

- **Compared** to his problems, mine are just small potatoes.
  Comparés à ses problèmes, les miens ne sont que du pipi de chat.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by timmartin and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#11585676](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11585676) [\#11585679](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11585679))

## Grammar

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