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# draw — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: draw (44 650), draws (9 514). By style: everyday 151 · literary 17 · biblical 86 · parliamentary 8 800 · legal and administrative 5 094 · UN documents 40 016.

## attention

Used about 9 992 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 1 650 · UN documents ≈ 8 337).

- I don't like to **draw** attention to myself.
  Je n'aime pas attirer l'**attention** sur moi.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by shekitten and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#10411363](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10411363) [\#10458573](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10458573))

- I should like to **draw** your attention to this.
  Je tenais à y attirer votre **attention**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 952947)

- Such awareness campaigns seek to **draw** Muslim women &apos; s attention to the following facts that:
  Ces campagnes visent à appeler l &apos; **attention** des femmes musulmanes sur les faits ci-après :
  ([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 15139605)

- If we hide a part of the body, it's to better **draw** attention towards it.
  Si on cache une région du corps, c'est pour mieux attirer l'**attention** sur elle.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#901863](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/901863) [\#892781](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/892781))

- That is what I wanted to **draw** your attention to.
  Voilà ce sur quoi j'ai voulu attirer l'**attention**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1721348)

## appelle

Used about 9 587 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 9 587).

- The Committee **draws** the attention of the State party to its general comment No. 14 (2000).
  Le Comité **appelle** l &apos; attention de l &apos; État partie sur son Observation générale no 14 (2000).
  ([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 26236410)

- In this connection, the Committee **draws** attention to its recommendation in paragraph V.4 above.
  À ce propos, le Comité **appelle** l &apos; attention sur la recommandation qu &apos; il a formulée plus haut, au paragraphe V.4.
  ([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 3485889)

- The Committee **draws** the State party &apos; s attention to its general comment No. 18 (2005) on the right to work.
  Le Comité **appelle** l &apos; attention de l &apos; État partie sur son Observation générale no 18 (2005) sur le droit au travail.
  ([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 27889048)

- The Committee **draws** the attention of the State party to its general comment No. 13 on the right to education.
  Le Comité **appelle** l &apos; attention de l &apos; État partie sur son Observation générale no 13 (1999) sur le droit à l &apos; éducation.
  ([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 22653514)

- The Committee **draws** the State party &apos; s attention to its general comment No. 13 (1999) on the right to education.
  Le Comité **appelle** l &apos; attention de l &apos; État partie sur son Observation générale no 13 (1999) sur le droit à l &apos; éducation.
  ([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 27889811)

## tirer

Used about 3 866 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 13 · literary ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 825 · legal and administrative ≈ 106 · UN documents ≈ 2 918).

- May I **draw** the curtains?
  Puis-je **tirer** le rideau ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and fucongcong · checked, community translation · [\#63824](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/63824) [\#10960](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10960))

- "Well, admitting all your calculations to be quite correct, you must allow me to **draw** one rigid result therefrom."
  «Mon oncle, repris-je, je tiens pour exact tous vos calculs, mais permettez-moi d'en **tirer** une conséquence rigoureuse.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 2153)

- We should **draw** some lessons from that.
  Nous devrions en **tirer** les leçons.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 361467)

- This extension of the coordinated programme is recommended in order to be able to **draw** meaningful conclusions on the safety of cheeses.
  Cet élargissement du programme coordonné est recommandé afin de pouvoir **tirer** des conclusions significatives sur la sécurité des fromages.
  ([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 596581)

- The Economic and Social Council should **draw** more efficiently from the reporting work of its functional commissions.
  Le Conseil économique et social devrait **tirer** un meilleur parti des rapports de ses commissions techniques.
  ([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 14521772)

## établit

Used about 2 057 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 367 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 274 · UN documents ≈ 417).

- I agree with Mr Andersson's analysis, which **draws** a clear distinction between supply and demand.
  Je suis d'accord avec l'analyse de base de M. Andersson qui **établit** une nette distinction entre l'offre et la demande.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1685492)

- The Registrar shall **draw** up minutes of every inquiry hearing.
  Le greffier **établit** un procès-verbal de chaque audience d'instruction.
  ([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 3566675)

- - the State Counsel &apos; s Office **draws** up a report for the relevant authority in the \[adoptee &apos; s\] State of origin;
  Le Ministère public **établit** un rapport à destination de l &apos; autorité compétente de l &apos; État d &apos; origine;
  ([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 20595619)

- Page 6 of the recommendation **draws** a parallel with the Coal and Steel Community and how it started the EEC as it then was.
  La page 6 de la recommandation **établit** un parallèle entre la Communauté du charbon et de l’acier et la façon dont celle-ci est devenue la CEE.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 816959)

- The Chairman shall **draw** up a provisional agenda for each meeting.
  Le président **établit** l’ordre du jour provisoire de chaque réunion.
  ([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 2021684)

## attire

Used about 1 558 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · biblical ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 1 283 · legal and administrative ≈ 265).

- Sugar **draws** ants.
  Le sucre **attire** les fourmis.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by halfb1t and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2025452](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2025452) [\#2025653](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2025653))

- For he **draws** up the drops of water, which distill in rain from his vapor,
  Il **attire** à lui les gouttes d’eau, Il les réduit en vapeur et forme la pluie;
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 36:27)

- The Commission also **draws** our attention to recipient countries.
  La Commission **attire** en outre notre attention sur les pays d'accueil.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 912093)

- **Draws** attention to the obligation to publish energy consumption and renewable energy share data;
  **attire** l’attention sur l’obligation de publier les données relatives à la consommation d’énergie et à la part d’énergies renouvelables;
  ([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 2759152)

- The report **draws** attention to financial risks.
  Le rapport **attire** l’attention sur les risques financiers.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#13406224](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13406224) [\#13406221](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13406221))

## More sentences

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

- I have learned to **draw** by following his lessons.
  J'ai appris à dessiner en suivant ses cours.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by papabear and NomadSoul · checked, community translation · [\#260658](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/260658) [\#964784](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/964784))

- Did Tom **draw** this?
  C'est Tom qui a dessiné ça ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by pyeman23 and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#9858581](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9858581) [\#4614538](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4614538))

- **Draw** me a sheep.
  Dessine-moi un mouton...
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and AlgideAmygdale · checked, community translation · [\#548989](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/548989) [\#3684505](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3684505))

## 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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