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La **concurrence** est féroce. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by saeb and BigMouse · checked, community translation · [\#370555](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/370555) [\#1593153](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1593153)) - State aid and **competition** policy Aides d'État et politique de **concurrence** ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2048458) - Other distortions of **competition** Autres distorsions de **concurrence** ([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 5628100) - Programme: International **competition** and trade policies Programme : **Concurrence** internationale et politiques commerciales ([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 1591358) - There would be no **competition**. Il n'y aurait pas de **concurrence**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Source\_VOA and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#807077](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/807077) [\#3649010](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3649010)) ## concours Used about 22 473 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 15 · parliamentary ≈ 3 315 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 539 · UN documents ≈ 13 604). - It's not a **competition**. Ceci n'est pas un **concours**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#2571382](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2571382) [\#2302142](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2302142)) - The aim is thus to achieve more differentiated **competitions**. Le but est de mieux cibler les **concours** de cette manière. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1692189) - regional **competitions** with a view to selecting equidae; **concours** régionaux à des fins de sélection des équidés; ([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 1450102) - (d) Organizing **competitions** and exhibitions; d) L ' organisation de **concours** et d ' expositions; ([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 636553) - It isn't a **competition**. Ceci n'est pas un **concours**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#7198898](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7198898) [\#2302142](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2302142)) ## compétition Used about 14 336 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 47 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 3 466 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 363 · UN documents ≈ 7 460). Forms: compétition, compétitions. - I missed the **competition**. J'ai raté la **compétition**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#3825632](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3825632) [\#5660434](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5660434)) - These doctrines, these theories, these resistances, the unforeseen necessity for the statesman to take philosophers into account, confused evidences of which we catch a glimpse, a new system of politics to be created, which shall be in accord with the old world without too much disaccord with the new revolutionary ideal, a situation in which it became necessary to use Lafayette to defend Polignac, the intuition of progress transparent beneath the revolt, the chambers and streets, the **competitions** to be brought into equilibrium around him, his faith in the Revolution, perhaps an eventual indefinable resignation born of the vague acceptance of a superior definitive right, his desire to remain of his race, his domestic spirit, his sincere respect for the people, his own honesty, preoccupied Louis Philippe almost painfully, and there were moments when strong and courageous as he was, he was overwhelmed by the difficulties of being a king. Ces doctrines, ces théories, ces résistances, la nécessité inattendue pour l'homme d'État de compter avec les philosophes, de confuses évidences entrevues, une politique nouvelle à créer, d'accord avec le vieux monde sans trop de désaccord avec l'idéal révolutionnaire, une situation dans laquelle il fallait user Lafayette à défendre Polignac, l'intuition du progrès transparent sous l'émeute, les chambres et la rue, les **compétitions** à équilibrer autour de lui, sa foi dans la révolution, peut-être on ne sait quelle résignation éventuelle née de la vague acceptation d'un droit définitif et supérieur, sa volonté de rester de sa race, son esprit de famille, son sincère respect du peuple, sa propre honnêteté, préoccupaient Louis-Philippe presque douloureusement, et par instants, si fort et si courageux qu'il fût, l'accablaient sous la difficulté d'être roi. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18311) - We need to achieve global international **competition**. Nous avons à faire à une **compétition** internationale, mondiale. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1264061) - Tyres designed for **competitions**; Aux pneumatiques conçus pour la **compétition**; ([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 5448311) - (h) The organization of sports and cultural **competitions**; h) L ' organisation de **compétitions** sportives et culturelles; ([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 3797009) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - We must clearly tighten them up, for example as regards what the candidates are allowed to bring in with them when they sit the **competition**. Nous devons rendre ces règles nettement plus sévères, par exemple en ce qui concerne les choses que les candidats peuvent apporter dans la salle d'examen. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1891652) - I am sure that Mrs Cederschiöld will agree with me when I say that this is not the **competition** against the dollar that we wish to win. Je suis sûr que notre collègue Charlotte Cederschiöld conviendra avec moi que ce n'est pas là le défi que nous voulons remporter face au dollar. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 187401) - The companies involved in the **competition** have also been informed directly. Les entreprises participant au projet ont également été informées directement. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2000336) ## 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/). ## About these examples Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. Every example names its source and licence. 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