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# controls — English to French

How English *controls* 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: controls (44 826). By style: everyday 14 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 3 813 · legal and administrative 12 243 · UN documents 28 755.

## contrôles

Used about 32 025 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 9 · parliamentary ≈ 3 575 · legal and administrative ≈ 8 672 · UN documents ≈ 19 769). Forms: contrôle, contrôles.

- The captain **controls** the whole ship.
  Le capitaine **contrôle** tout le navire.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and RoiOfTheSuisse · checked, community translation · [\#273509](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/273509) [\#1593390](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1593390))

- How can we improve the **controls**?
  Comment améliorer les **contrôles**?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1699452)

- **Controls** of products entering the Community market
  **Contrôles** des produits entrant sur le marché communautaire
  ([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 1579492)

- (e) Reinforcing national **controls** on transfers of arms;
  e) Renforcer les **contrôles** nationaux des transferts d &apos; armes;
  ([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 16357918)

- The customs office **controls** imports.
  Le Bureau des douanes **contrôle** les importations.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#13406289](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13406289) [\#13406288](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13406288))

## commandes

Used about 3 762 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · legal and administrative ≈ 765 · UN documents ≈ 2 995).

- The **controls** of the plane were out of order.
  Les **commandes** de l'avion étaient hors service.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by \_undertoad and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#2268070](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2268070) [\#8435306](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8435306))

- operation of door **controls** (release, closure);
  l’utilisation des **commandes** de portes (ouverture, fermeture),
  ([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 2544979)

- Location and identification of hand **controls** tell-tales and indicators
  L &apos; emplacement et les moyens d &apos; identification des **commandes** manuelles, des témoins et des indicateurs
  ([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 12787625)

- In all others cases, the **controls** shall be adjacent to the ramp.
  Dans tous les autres cas, les **commandes** doivent être situées à côté de la rampe.
  ([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 5478320)

- 10. Regulation No. 121 (Identification of **controls**, tell-tales and indicators)
  10. Règlement no 121 (Emplacement et moyens d &apos; identification des **commandes** manuelles, des témoins et des indicateurs)
  ([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 24697906)

## témoins

Used about 1 530 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 1 530).

- Also add positive and negative **controls** in two wells each per plate.
  Ajouter également des **témoins** positifs et négatifs à deux puits par boîte.
  ([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 900910)

- When the **controls** are outside these limits the tests are repeated.
  Lorsque les **témoins** se trouvent en dehors de ces limites, répéter les épreuves.
  ([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 2095962)

- The average r3 for each test concentration may then be compared with the average r3 for the **controls**.
  La moyenne r3 pour chaque concentration d'essai peut ensuite être comparée à la moyenne r3 des **témoins**.
  ([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 1537796)

- The results of the assay are expressed as relative changes in hormone production compared with the solvent **controls** (SCs).
  Les résultats de l'essai s'expriment par des changements relatifs de la production hormonale par comparaison avec les **témoins** solvant (TS).
  ([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 3377347)

- In order to reduce background gas production and to decrease the influence of the blank **controls**, pre-digestion of the sludge may be considered.
  Pour réduire la production gazeuse de fond et diminuer l'influence des **témoins** à blanc, on peut envisager de prédigérer la boue.
  ([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 3941066)

## More sentences

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

- One organization allegedly **controls** the European drug market.
  Une organisation contrôlerait le marché de la drogue européen.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#1982080](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1982080) [\#7811164](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7811164))

- I've tried **Controls**, but they seem a little tighter to me than Durexes.
  J'ai essayé les Control, mais ils me semblent être un peu plus serrés que les Durex.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by papabear and U2FS · checked, community translation · [\#877732](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/877732) [\#877740](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/877740))

- Rupert Murdoch **controls** the media.
  Rupert Murdoch a les médias sous son emprise.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by shekitten and zogwarg · checked, community translation · [\#11900684](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11900684) [\#11900686](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11900686))

## Grammar

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