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# counsel — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: counsel (33 647), counsels (817). By style: everyday 6 · literary 10 · biblical 126 · parliamentary 114 · legal and administrative 118 · UN documents 34 090.

## conseils

Used about 5 803 times in the texts (literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 27 · parliamentary ≈ 14 · legal and administrative ≈ 79 · UN documents ≈ 5 682). Forms: conseiller, conseils.

- My dear brother, Jehan hath made of your **counsels** straw and dung to trample under foot.
  Mon cher frère, Jehan a fait de vos gracieux **conseils** paille et fumier à fouler aux pieds.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 6765)

- Haven’t I written to you thirty excellent things of **counsel** and knowledge,
  N’ai-je pas déjà pour toi mis par écrit Des **conseils** et des réflexions,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 22:20)

- We must only propose and adopt legislation on the basis of good **counsel** and good experience.
  Nous ne devons proposer et adopter des législations que sur la base de bons **conseils** et d'une bonne expérience.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 254384)

- the provision of general **counsel**;
  la fourniture de **conseils** généraux;
  ([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 3323203)

- (c) Qualifications for and competence of defence **counsels**;
  c) Qualifications et compétence des **conseils** pour la défense;
  ([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 1713067)

## avocats

Used about 4 629 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 12 · UN documents ≈ 4 616).

- There was no free choice of legal representation, and public defence **counsel** were appointed by the court.
  Au lieu de laisser le libre choix des **avocats**, un défenseur a été commis d'office par le tribunal.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 415743)

- There are now 19 magistrates and 13 State **counsels**.
  On compte actuellement 19 magistrats et 13 **avocats**.
  ([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 19507377)

- Their defence **counsel**, Yevgeni Baro and Yuri Schmit, are themselves facing trial next week on a charge of defamation.
  Leurs **avocats**, Evgeni Baro et Iouri Schmit, seront eux-mêmes jugés la semaine prochaine pour diffamation.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 758486)

- Juan Peirano Basso (represented by **counsels** Carlos Varela Alvarez and Carlos de Casas)
  Juan Peirano Basso (représenté par MM. Carlos Varela Alvarez et Carlos de Casas, **avocats**)
  ([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 23621430)

- It is important to emphasise that lawyers must be considered equal to advocates in those countries that do not have the compulsory employment of **counsel**.
  Il est important de souligner que les juristes doivent être assimilés aux **avocats** dans les pays sans ministère d'avocats.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 73203)

## More sentences

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

- She made the decision by herself, without seeking my **counsel**.
  Elle a pris sa décision toute seule, sans me demander conseil.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aghanim and Aghanim · checked, community translation · [\#13528625](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13528625) [\#13528618](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13528618))

- Keep your own **counsel**!
  Garde ça pour toi !
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by chelita2 and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#4132231](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4132231) [\#1224818](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1224818))

- Take kindly the **counsel** of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
  Prends le conseil des ans avec bienveillance, en rendant avec grâce les armes de la jeunesse.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by BraveSentry and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1490949](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1490949) [\#1491570](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1491570))

## 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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