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# continuous — English to French

How English *continuous* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 2 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: continuous (32 853). By style: everyday 11 · literary 2 · parliamentary 824 · legal and administrative 5 234 · UN documents 26 782.

## continu

Used about 10 637 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 429 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 944 · UN documents ≈ 7 253). Forms: continu, continue.

- This **continuous** noise annoys me.
  Ce bruit **continu** m'agace.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#395398](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/395398) [\#12934390](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12934390))

- In the hollow depths of the huge ship they could hear a confused and **continuous** commotion; the noise of bales and cases pitched down into the hold mingling with footsteps, voices, the creaking of the machinery lowering the freight, the boatswain’s whistle, and the clatter of chains dragged or wound on to capstans by the snorting and panting engine which sent a slight vibration from end to end of the great vessel.
  On entendait dans les profondeurs sonores de l'immense bâtiment une grande agitation confuse et **continue**, où la chute des marchandises entassées dans les cales se mêlait aux pas, aux voix, au mouvement des machines chargeant les caisses, aux sifflets des contremaîtres et à la rumeur des chaînes traînées ou enroulées sur les treuils par l'haleine rauque de la vapeur qui faisait vibrer un peu le corps entier du gros navire.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 2307)

- Our legislative activity is a **continuous** process.
  Notre activité législative est un processus **continu**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 798898)

- ☐浡㭰 **Continuous** fishing system
  ☐浡㭰 Système de pêche en **continu**
  ([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 3580205)

- (c) **Continuous** monitoring of materials and teaching methods;
  c) Les matériels et les méthodes d &apos; enseignement font l &apos; objet d &apos; une surveillance **continue**;
  ([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 8056648)

## permanente

Used about 2 427 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 86 · legal and administrative ≈ 109 · UN documents ≈ 2 232).

- Enlargement is a process of **continuous** assessment, not a one-off exam.
  L'élargissement est un processus qui requiert une évaluation **permanente** et non ponctuelle.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 338081)

- the **continuous** monitoring of the risk-benefit balance of the medicinal product(s), the result of that monitoring and the decision-making process for taking appropriate measures;
  la surveillance **permanente** du rapport bénéfice/risque du médicament, les résultats de ladite surveillance et les processus de décision permettant de prendre les mesures appropriées;
  ([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 2633792)

- (c) Capacity enhancement through **continuous** learning and best practices
  c) Le renforcement des capacités grâce à la formation **permanente** et à de meilleures pratiques
  ([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 16434932)

- The certification control system should be subject to compulsory accreditation and **continuous** monitoring.
  Le système de contrôle de la certification doit être soumis à un agrément et à une surveillance **permanente** obligatoires.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 859762)

- Production is now increasingly knowledge-based and competition now occurs on the basis of both **continuous** innovation and price.
  La production est désormais de plus en plus fondée sur le savoir et la concurrence se fait maintenant par l &apos; innovation **permanente** et par les prix.
  ([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 7495301)

## More sentences

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

- But your function isn't Lipschitz **continuous**!
  Mais ta fonction n'est pas lipschitzienne !
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by FeuDRenais and qdii · checked, community translation · [\#403591](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/403591) [\#403592](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/403592))

- Dan harassed Linda with **continuous** calls.
  Dan harcela Linda d'appels continus.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Scorpionvenin14 · checked, community translation · [\#4009497](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4009497) [\#4009546](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4009546))

- We use dashed lines for the model, and **continuous** lines for the reality.
  On utilise les pointillés pour le modèle, et les traits continus pour la réalité.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by FeuDRenais and qdii · checked, community translation · [\#407219](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/407219) [\#407218](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/407218))

## 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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