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# device — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: device (39 848), devices (46 117). By style: everyday 59 · literary 5 · biblical 2 · parliamentary 719 · legal and administrative 27 361 · UN documents 57 819.

## dispositifs

Used about 58 290 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 300 · legal and administrative ≈ 23 656 · UN documents ≈ 34 330). Forms: dispositif, dispositifs.

- This **device** may come in handy.
  Ce **dispositif** peut se révéler bien utile.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#954427](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/954427) [\#958191](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/958191))

- Measuring **devices** containing mercury (vote)
  **Dispositifs** de mesure contenant du mercure (vote)
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 877213)

- the number and position of the **devices**;
  nombre et emplacement des **dispositifs**;
  ([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 5509682)

- Locks and anti-theft **device** (X) 7/
  8.3 Serrures et **dispositif** antivol (X)7
  ([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 12798561)

- Most of, if not all, electronic and mechanical **devices** on airplanes are redundant in order to prevent failures.
  La plupart, si ce n'est la totalité, des **dispositifs** électroniques et mécaniques d'un avion sont redondants afin d’éviter les pannes.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by GeeZ and GeeZ · checked, community translation · [\#1422408](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1422408) [\#1422241](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1422241))

## appareil

Used about 4 659 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 48 · parliamentary ≈ 142 · legal and administrative ≈ 855 · UN documents ≈ 3 614). Forms: appareil, appareils.

- What does this **device** do?
  Que fait cet **appareil** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1886752](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1886752) [\#2061257](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2061257))

- This **device** exists somewhere in Milan or southern Italy.
  Cet **appareil** se trouve quelque part à Milan ou dans le sud de l’Italie.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 639806)

- Parts of apparatus for physical deposition by sputtering on liquid crystal **devices** (LCD) substrates, n.e.s.
  Parties d'**appareils** à dépôt physique par pulvérisation cathodique sur des substrats pour affichage à cristaux liquides, n.d.a.
  ([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 228189)

- Test **device** for clearance to ground
  **Appareil** pour l &apos; essai de garde au sol
  ([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 28126245)

- He improved the **device**.
  Il a amélioré l'**appareil**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#2137318](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2137318) [\#11059808](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11059808))

## doit

Used about 2 099 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 7 · legal and administrative ≈ 285 · UN documents ≈ 1 807).

- Launched in 2004 to replace the E111 form, this **device** is intended to allow citizens, in all cases, to assert their rights to health insurance in a simple and effective way.
  Lancée en 2004, en remplacement du formulaire E111, cet outil **doit** permettre aux citoyens, en toutes circonstances, de faire valoir leurs droits à l’assurance-maladie de manière simple et efficace.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 692345)

- When the pressure in the locking chamber approaches the level at which mechanical locking occurs, an optical or audible warning **device** shall come into action.
  Lorsque la pression dans la chambre de verrouillage approche le niveau auquel se produit le verrouillage mécanique, un signal d’avertissement optique ou auditif **doit** se déclencher.
  ([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 5479850)

- It has to be proved that the **device** meets the following requirements: 6.2.3.1.
  Il **doit** être prouvé que le système répond aux prescriptions suivantes:
  ([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 9885628)

- The axis of the acceleration-sensing **device** coincides with the geometric center of the head form and the direction of impact.
  L &apos; axe de l &apos; accéléromètre **doit** coïncider avec le centre géométrique de la tête factice et la direction d &apos; impact.
  ([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 19155317)

- The blending **device** shall be checked at the used settings and the nominal value shall be compared to the measured concentration of the instrument.
  Le mélangeur-doseur **doit** être vérifié aux réglages utilisés et la valeur nominale doit être comparée à la concentration mesurée par l &apos; instrument.
  ([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 24676419)

## doivent

Used about 1 490 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 285 · UN documents ≈ 1 205).

- the supply line shall be stopped; in addition, any energy storage **device**(s) for auxiliary equipment shall be isolated;
  la conduite d’alimentation doit être obturée; en outre, le ou les réservoirs des équipements auxiliaires **doivent** être isolés;
  ([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 5479733)

- Geometrical characteristics of the ventilation **device** shall be according to Figure 9.
  Ses caractéristiques géométriques **doivent** être conformes à celles de la figure 9.
  ([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 24790175)

- The vacuum-relief **device** shall be set to relieve at....design vacuum pressure.
  Les soupapes à dépression **doivent** être tarées pour s &apos; ouvrir ... à la valeur absolue de la dépression pour laquelle la citerne a été conçue.
  ([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 6657679)

## More sentences

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

- Complexity is often a **device** for claiming sophistication, or for evading simple truths.
  La complexité est souvent un moyen de prétendre à la sophistication ou d'échapper à des vérités simples.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#6287085](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6287085) [\#8250124](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8250124))

- Tom doesn't want an iPad. He wants a portable **device** that supports Flash.
  Tom ne veut pas d'un iPad. Il veut un portable qui accepte le Flash.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and rene1596 · checked, community translation · [\#1025928](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1025928) [\#1181435](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1181435))

- Tom was fucking Mary while translating this sentence on his Android **device**.
  Tom baisait Mary tout en traduisant cette phrase sur son terminal Android.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1076250](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1076250) [\#1076248](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1076248))

## 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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