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# direction — English to French

How English *direction* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 5 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: direction (61 155), directions (11 847). By style: everyday 106 · literary 50 · biblical 5 · parliamentary 7 746 · legal and administrative 8 761 · UN documents 56 334.

## direction

Used about 36 840 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 60 · literary ≈ 12 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 2 824 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 015 · UN documents ≈ 29 927). Forms: direction, directions.

- What **direction** are you going?
  Quelle **direction** prends-tu ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lukaszpp and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#464534](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/464534) [\#474010](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/474010))

- Nevertheless, he followed one given **direction**.
  Cependant, il suivait une **direction**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 28523)

- When they went, they went in their four **directions**. They didn’t turn as they went, but to the place where the head looked they followed it. They didn’t turn as they went.
  En cheminant, elles allaient de leurs quatre côtés, et elles ne se tournaient point dans leur marche; mais elles allaient dans la **direction** de la tête, sans se tourner dans leur marche.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 10:11)

- There was a shift in other **directions**.
  Il y a eu un déplacement dans d'autres **directions**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 377043)

- Political control and strategic **direction**
  Contrôle politique et **direction** stratégique
  ([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 1714759)

## orientations

Used about 13 142 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 1 130 · legal and administrative ≈ 274 · UN documents ≈ 11 736).

- The Chief of Staff of the French Army coordinates the major strategic **directions** of the land forces.
  Le chef d’état-major de l’armée de Terre coordonne les grandes **orientations** stratégiques des forces terrestres françaises.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#13362875](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13362875) [\#13362872](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13362872))

- What is primarily important is its capacity to formulate true political **directions**.
  Mais ce qui importe en premier lieu, c'est sa capacité d'arrêter les vraies **orientations** politiques.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1789365)

- The PSC shall provide the EUSR with strategic guidance and political **direction** within the framework of the mandate, without prejudice to the powers of the HR.
  Le COPS fournit des **orientations** stratégiques et politiques au RSUE dans le cadre de son mandat, sans préjudice des compétences du HR.
  ([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 2009166)

- MAIN **DIRECTIONS** AND ACTIVITIES
  **ORIENTATIONS** ET ACTIVITES PRINCIPALES
  ([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 3957496)

- For your information, the marketing subcommittee is scheduling a phone conference to establish objectives and **directions** for 1998.
  À titre d'information, le sous-comité du marketing a prévu une conférence téléphonique pour établir les objectifs et les **orientations** pour 1998.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by papabear and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#32997](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/32997) [\#10781346](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10781346))

## sens

Used about 7 232 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 16 · literary ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 888 · legal and administrative ≈ 456 · UN documents ≈ 5 868).

- He has no sense of **direction**.
  Il n'a aucun **sens** de l'orientation.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Despear · checked, community translation · [\#303651](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/303651) [\#2084260](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2084260))

- The aunt examined the paper, turned it about in all **directions**, then put it back in its case.
  La tante examina le papier, le retourna dans tous les **sens**, puis le remit dans la boîte.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 13856)

- Our final vote will of course depend on the **direction** this vote takes.
  Notre vote final dépendra naturellement du **sens** du vote.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 208831)

- 'Test cross section' is the section perpendicular to the flow **direction**.
  La 'veine de croisement d'essais' est la partie perpendiculaire au **sens** du flux.
  ([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 4093946)

- The testimony given by several people points in this **direction**.
  Plusieurs des témoignages reçus vont dans ce **sens**.
  ([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 411519)

## additif

Used about 2 282 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 2 282).

- In the **directions** for use of the additive and premixture, the storage conditions shall be indicated.
  Le mode d'emploi de l'**additif** et du prémélange précise les conditions de stockage.
  ([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 4603522)

- In the **directions** for use of the additive and premixtures indicate storage and stability conditions.
  Indiquer les conditions de stockage et de stabilité dans le mode d'emploi de l'**additif** et des prémélanges.
  ([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 3624509)

- In the **directions** for use of the additive and premixture, indicate the storage and stability conditions.
  Dans le mode d'emploi de l'**additif** et du prémélange, indiquer les conditions de stockage et de stabilité.
  ([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 3623029)

- In the **directions** for use of the additive and premixtures, the storage and stability conditions shall be indicated.
  Indiquer les conditions de stockage et de stabilité dans le mode d'emploi de l'**additif** et des prémélanges.
  ([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 4263093)

- In the **directions** for use of the additive and premixtures, the storage and stability conditions shall be indicated.
  Les conditions de stockage et de stabilité sont à indiquer dans le mode d'emploi de l'**additif** et des prémélanges.
  ([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 4594412)

## mode

Used about 91 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 91).

- These preparations are classified in heading 3004 if they bear on the label, packaging or on the accompanying user **directions** the following statements of:
  Ces préparations sont à classer dans le no 3004 si l'étiquette, l'emballage ou le **mode** d'emploi porte les indications suivantes:
  ([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 4389892)

## More sentences

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

- Can you point me in the **direction** of the central station?
  Pouvez-vous m'indiquer le chemin vers la gare centrale ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eccles17 and felix63 · checked, community translation · [\#7347671](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7347671) [\#7325479](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7325479))

- A car was coming in this **direction**.
  Une voiture s'approchait d'ici.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and Julien\_PDC · checked, community translation · [\#265424](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/265424) [\#128259](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/128259))

- She is asking for **directions**.
  Elle demande son chemin.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by tieguy and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#13885718](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13885718) [\#13703635](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13703635))

## 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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