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Forms: égal, égale, égalité. - It's perfectly **equal**! C'est parfaitement **égal** ! ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by steve and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1521769](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1521769) [\#1157549](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1157549)) - The boat scudded thus northward during the whole day, borne on by monstrous waves, preserving always, fortunately, a speed **equal** to theirs. Pendant toute la journée, l'embarcation courut ainsi vers le nord, emportée par les lames monstrueuses, en conservant heureusement une rapidité **égale** à la leur. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 1714) - The topaz of Ethiopia will not **equal** it. It won’t be valued with pure gold. La topaze d’Éthiopie n’est point son **égale**, Et l’or pur n’entre pas en balance avec elle. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 28:19) - First of all, a partnership of **equals**. D'abord un partenariat d'**égal** à égal. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1007718) - **Equals** total (2) in Table 17 **Égal** au total (2) du tableau 17 ([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 5382349) ## égaux Used about 12 395 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 33 · parliamentary ≈ 1 354 · legal and administrative ≈ 173 · UN documents ≈ 10 836). - We're all **equal** here. Nous sommes tous **égaux** ici. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#6874262](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6874262) [\#12096249](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12096249)) - This must take place through a dialogue between **equals**. Cela passe par un dialogue entre **égaux**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 411905) - Straight line amortisation: repayment of principal in **equal** instalments is equivalent to one risk mitigant. Un amortissement linéaire: le remboursement du principal en versements **égaux** équivaut à un facteur d’atténuation des risques. ([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 2972941) - Article 14, paragraph 2, stipulates that all are **equal** before the law. Le paragraphe 2 de l ' article 14 dispose que tous sont **égaux** devant la loi. ([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 20386155) - All men are created **equal**. Tous les hommes naissent **égaux**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#51724](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/51724) [\#128679](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/128679)) ## tous Used about 1 661 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 451 · UN documents ≈ 1 204). - In a democracy, all citizens have **equal** rights. En démocratie, **tous** les citoyens ont les mêmes droits. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#322685](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/322685) [\#824653](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/824653)) - The generation which is passing in its turn over the earth, is not forced to abridge it for the sake of the generations, its **equal**, after all, who will have their turn later on.—“I exist,” murmurs that some one whose name is All. La génération qui a actuellement son tour de passage sur la terre n'est pas forcée de l'abréger pour les générations, ses égales après tout, qui auront leur tour plus tard.--J'existe, murmure ce quelqu'un qui se nomme **Tous**. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 26855) - Finally, the EU countries must be placed on an **equal** footing. Il faut enfin veiller à offrir des conditions égales à **tous** les États de l'Union européenne. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 462219) - Every citizen shall have the right of **equal** access to the public service of his country. " **Tous** les citoyens ont également le droit d ' accéder aux fonctions publiques de leur pays > > . Droit de vote ([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 11756159) - We all grew up believing that everyone is entitled to their opinion, however, some now believe that all opinions are **equal**. Nous avons **tous** grandi dans la croyance que chacun a droit a son opinion, cependant, certains croient désormais que toutes les opinions se valent. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Dejo and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#546830](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/546830) [\#563711](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/563711)) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - He is **equal** to the job. Il est à la hauteur de la tâche. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Petro1 · checked, community translation · [\#290857](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/290857) [\#9011](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9011)) - My boss doesn't think I am **equal** to the job. Mon patron ne pense pas que je sois de taille à faire ce travail. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CC and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#268323](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/268323) [\#12196411](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12196411)) - You may write in any language you want. On Tatoeba, all languages are **equal**. Tu es libre d'écrire dans la langue que tu préfères. Sur Tatoeba, toutes les langues sont égales. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by TRANG and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#785667](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/785667) [\#13565317](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13565317)) ## 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/). ## About these examples Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. 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