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# development — English to French

How English *development* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: development (1 479 567), developments (98 123). By style: everyday 52 · literary 6 · parliamentary 51 634 · legal and administrative 56 115 · UN documents 1 469 883.

## développement

Used about 643 323 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 40 · literary ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 32 809 · legal and administrative ≈ 28 642 · UN documents ≈ 581 829). Forms: développement, développements.

- Her mental **development** was slow.
  Son **développement** mental a été lent.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by emitxab111 and emitxab111 · checked, community translation · [\#11175396](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11175396) [\#11175398](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11175398))

- The first was, that he now had a horror of that house, where he had beheld, so close at hand, and in its most repulsive and most ferocious **development**, a social deformity which is, perhaps, even more terrible than the wicked rich man, the wicked poor man.
  La première, c'est qu'il avait horreur maintenant de cette maison où il avait vu, de si près et dans tout son **développement** le plus repoussant et le plus féroce, une laideur sociale plus affreuse peut-être encore que le mauvais riche, le mauvais pauvre.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18731)

- Appropriations for rural **development** exceed the finance ceiling.
  Les crédits alloués au **développement** rural dépassent le plafond financier.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 508897)

- Human and social **development**
  **Développement** humain et social
  ([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 2751469)

- TRADE AND **DEVELOPMENT** BOARD
  CONSEIL DU COMMERCE ET DU **DÉVELOPPEMENT**
  ([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 6679522)

## évolution

Used about 322 087 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 11 295 · legal and administrative ≈ 19 874 · UN documents ≈ 290 914). Forms: évolution, évolutions.

- He was mainly interested in the origin and **development** of the universe.
  Il s'intéressait principalement à l'origine et l'**évolution** de l'univers.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#288189](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/288189) [\#963585](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/963585))

- The Commission is monitoring these **developments** closely.
  La Commission surveille ces **évolutions** de près.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 824991)

- Adaptation to technical **developments**
  Adaptation aux **évolutions** techniques
  ([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 4007157)

- IV. **Developments** inside Somalia
  IV. **Évolution** de la situation en Somalie
  ([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 14234077)

- There's been a significant **development** in the case of the missing toddler.
  Il y a eu une **évolution** significative dans l'affaire du bambin disparu.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by patgfisher and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3649780](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3649780) [\#3649883](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3649883))

## progrès

Used about 138 925 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 538 · legal and administrative ≈ 585 · UN documents ≈ 137 802).

- Doctors should keep abreast with all the latest **developments** in medicine.
  Les médecins doivent être au fait des derniers **progrès** de la médecine.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#28074](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/28074) [\#13938](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13938))

- No one will deny that, in view of **developments** in technology, a new regulatory framework on frequency policy is needed.
  Personne ne pourra contester qu'à la lumière des **progrès** techniques, un nouveau cadre juridique pour la politique en matière de spectre radioélectrique s'avère judicieux.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 213249)

- the availability and quality of services including those which are an alternative to roaming (voice, SMS and data), in particular in the light of technological **developments**,
  la disponibilité et la qualité des services, y compris de ceux qui peuvent remplacer l’itinérance (communications vocales, SMS et données), en particulier à la lumière des **progrès** technologiques,
  ([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 1856032)

- **Developments** in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of
  Les **progrès** de l &apos; informatique et de la télématique
  ([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 19779373)

- Group of Governmental Experts on **Developments** in the Field of Information
  Groupe d &apos; experts gouvernementaux chargé d &apos; examiner les **progrès**
  ([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 23062553)

## situation

Used about 16 972 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 1 076 · legal and administrative ≈ 585 · UN documents ≈ 15 311).

- Subsequent **developments** also give little ground for optimism.
  Quant à la **situation** ultérieure à ce massacre, elle n'incite guère à l'optimisme.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 874542)

- Had these **developments** not occurred, the situation of the Community industry would have been even more favourable.
  Si tel n'avait pas été le cas, la **situation** de l'industrie communautaire n'en aurait été que meilleure.
  ([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 954921)

- The present session of the General Assembly provides us with an excellent opportunity for a joint assessment of current international political and socio-economic **developments**.
  La session actuelle de l &apos; Assemblée générale nous offre une excellente occasion de procéder à une évaluation commune de la présente **situation** politique et socio-économique internationale.
  ([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 750890)

- Ladies and gentlemen, I share the concern of the European people about current **developments**.
  Mesdames et Messieurs, je partage les craintes des Européens sur le tour que prend la **situation**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1379642)

## More sentences

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

- Murine models are used in drug **development** research.
  Les modèles murins sont utilisés dans les recherches pour la mise au point de médicaments.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mccarras and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#8979584](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8979584) [\#9803014](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9803014))

- Part-time workers play an important role in the **development** of the economy.
  Les travailleurs à temps partiel jouent un rôle important dans l'essor de l'économie.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by WestofEden and shiboy · checked, community translation · [\#35609](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/35609) [\#338154](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/338154))

- She thinks it is a positive **development**.
  Elle pense qu'il s'agit d'un rebondissement positif.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1114679](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1114679) [\#2134565](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2134565))

## 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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