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# employment — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: employment (189 316), employments (114). By style: everyday 12 · literary 5 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 19 410 · legal and administrative 12 234 · UN documents 157 768.

## emploi

Used about 128 824 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 11 · literary ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 16 637 · legal and administrative ≈ 8 636 · UN documents ≈ 103 535). Forms: emploi, emplois.

- He is seeking **employment**.
  Il cherche un **emploi**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CC and nimfeo · checked, community translation · [\#299744](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/299744) [\#132638](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/132638))

- From the proper **employment** of forces results public power.
  Du bon **emploi** des forces résulte la puissance publique.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18280)

- This must also be the case for **employment** policy.
  Cela doit également être le cas pour ce qui concerne la politique de l'**emploi**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1876487)

- **EMPLOYMENT** AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS
  **EMPLOI** ET AFFAIRES SOCIALES
  ([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 3098417)

- (ii) **Employments** of retirees
  ii) **Emploi** de retraités
  ([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 9481984)

## of

Used about 19 721 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 19 721).

- (ii) **Employments** of retirees;
  (ii) Employments **of** retirees;
  ([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 9479673)

- The role of **employment** and work in poverty eradication: the empowerment and advancement of women \[2\]
  The role **of** employment and work in poverty eradication: the empowerment and advancement of women \[2\]
  ([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 6470261)

- ACHRA notes that almost two-thirds of women affected by domestic and family violence in Australia are in some form of paid **employment**.
  ACHRA notes that almost two-thirds **of** women affected by domestic and family violence in Australia are in some form of paid employment.
  ([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 29168734)

- Furthermore, the Government has hitherto reportedly not placed dancing in the Opera troupes on its list of hazardous **employments** for children.
  Furthermore, the Government has hitherto reportedly not placed dancing in the Opera troupes on its list **of** hazardous employments for children.
  ([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 18471735)

- Furthermore, the Government has hitherto reportedly not placed dancing in the opera troupes on its list of hazardous **employments** for children.
  Furthermore, the Government has hitherto reportedly not placed dancing in the opera troupes on its list **of** hazardous employments for children.
  ([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 18480471)

## travail

Used about 14 815 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 1 188 · legal and administrative ≈ 480 · UN documents ≈ 13 147).

- Firstly, the opportunities for ethnic minorities to find **employment**.
  Il s'agit premièrement des chances de **travail** des minorités ethniques.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1933183)

- The minimum period of paid annual leave may not be replaced by an allowance in lieu, except where the **employment** relationship is terminated.
  La période minimale de congé annuel payé ne peut être remplacée par une indemnité financière, sauf en cas de fin de relation de **travail**.
  ([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 3227241)

- Did Romania intend to ratify the ILO Conventions on the **employment** of children?
  La Roumanie envisage-t-elle de ratifier les Conventions de l &apos; OIT concernant le **travail** des enfants ?
  ([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 1864470)

- They have no education, no access to health care, no **employment** and no shelter.
  Elles n' ont pas accès à l' éducation, aux soins de santé, elles sont sans **travail** et sans abri.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 219015)

- For this reason the number of consecutive working days on board and the number of rest days can be correspondingly higher than is the case in land-based **employment**.
  C'est pourquoi le nombre de jours de **travail** consécutifs à bord et le nombre de jours de repos peuvent être comparativement plus importants que pour un travail à terre.
  ([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 3227148)

## femmes

Used about 1 643 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 643).

- Women &apos; s access to dangerous professions remained a question of principle only as women had never to date sought **employment** in positions of that nature.
  La question de l &apos; accès des **femmes** à des activités à risque demeure théorique, puisque jusqu &apos; ici, celles-ci ne demandent pas à occuper ce genre de postes.
  ([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 26215196)

## activité

Used about 1 199 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 1 199).

- Age limit for **employment**
  Âge limite d'**activité**
  ([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 3835840)

- officials and temporary staff in active **employment**,
  les fonctionnaires et agents temporaires en **activité**,
  ([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 3772214)

- The age limit for **employment** is set at the end of the month in which the staff member reaches the age of 65.
  L'âge limite d'**activité** est fixé à la fin du mois au cours duquel l'agent atteint soixante-cinq ans.
  ([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 3835841)

- Proceeds from the special levy and the solidarity levy on the salaries of Members of the institution, officials and other servants in active **employment**
  Produit du prélèvement spécial et du prélèvement de solidarité affectant les rémunérations des membres de l’institution, des fonctionnaires et des autres agents en **activité**
  ([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 4766002)

- For unit cost number 3 relating to training for self-**employment** and self-entrepreneurship, the amount will be reimbursed only in the case of group formation of 4 or more students.
  Pour le coût unitaire 3 relatif à la formation à l'**activité** indépendante et à l'auto-entrepreneuriat, le montant ne sera remboursé que pour les groupes d'au moins 4 étudiants.
  ([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 4415285)

## 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 no long-term **employment**.
  Je ne suis pas en CDI.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Miktsoanit and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#12198447](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12198447) [\#12197523](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12197523))

- “‘“They will set apart men of continual **employment** who will pass through the land. Those who pass through will go with those who bury those who remain on the surface of the land, to cleanse it. After the end of seven months they will search.
  Ils choisiront des hommes qui seront sans cesse à parcourir le pays, Et qui enterreront, avec l’aide des voyageurs, Les corps restés à la surface de la terre; Ils purifieront le pays, Et ils seront à la recherche pendant sept mois entiers.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 39:14)

- President of the Commission. - The issue of **employment**, as you know, is dependent on the overall economic situation.
  Le problème du chômage, comme vous le savez, dépend de la situation économique générale.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1372391)

## 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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