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# estimate — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: estimate (34 530), estimates (56 982). By style: everyday 30 · literary 2 · parliamentary 1 504 · legal and administrative 7 836 · UN documents 82 140.

## estimer

Used about 41 348 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 9 · parliamentary ≈ 627 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 632 · UN documents ≈ 35 081). Forms: estimation, estimations, estimer.

- You can't **estimate** this state.
  Tu ne peux pas **estimer** cet état.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by FeuDRenais2 and felix63 · checked, community translation · [\#774390](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/774390) [\#774389](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/774389))

- I cannot under-**estimate** the importance of customising our content.
  Je ne peux sous-**estimer** l'importance de l'adaptation notre contenu.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 135444)

- **Estimates** of discards (M)
  **Estimation** des rejets (M)
  ([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 3718976)

- \*\* As per latest available **estimates**.
  \*\* Selon les dernières **estimations** disponibles.
  ([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 22927322)

- The distance is hard to **estimate**.
  La distance est difficile à **estimer**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#7722076](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7722076) [\#7793407](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7793407))

## prévisions

Used about 18 886 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 63 · UN documents ≈ 18 824).

- The Pan American Health Organisation **estimate** of 400 000 is a little lower but of the same order of magnitude.
  Les **prévisions** de l'Organisation panaméricaine de la santé sont de 400 000: elles sont un peu plus faibles mais restent dans le même ordre de grandeur.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1434013)

- Percentage of preliminary **estimate**
  Pourcentage des **prévisions** préliminaires
  ([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 16347126)

- **Estimates** were based on a four-day week in Strasbourg and the decision now taken entails no change in costs.
  Les **prévisions** tablaient sur une semaine de quatre jours à Strasbourg et la décision qui vient d' être prise n' entraîne aucune modification des coûts.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 193038)

- 1 January-31 December 1994 cost **estimate** . 9 800
  — 1er janvier-31 décembre 1994 : **prévisions** de
  ([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 529816)

- But I would like to point out that last year, 2002, the Member States' **estimates** were 70% higher than the amount that was actually taken up.
  Je rappelle cependant que l'an dernier, en 2002, les **prévisions** des États membres ont dépassé de 70% le montant global réellement utilisé.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 477040)

## budget

Used about 3 090 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 31 · legal and administrative ≈ 490 · UN documents ≈ 2 567).

- I **estimate** the production costs to be 36 percent of the budget.
  J'évalue les coûts de production à 36 % du **budget**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#271940](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/271940) [\#9481295](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9481295))

- I **estimate** the EU's budget would double.
  J'estime, chers collègues, que le **budget** de l'UE doublera.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1937986)

- **Estimates** of all revenue and expenditure for Eurofound shall be prepared each financial year and shall be shown in Eurofound's budget.
  Un état prévisionnel de toutes les recettes et dépenses d'Eurofound est préparé pour chaque exercice et est inscrit au **budget** d'Eurofound.
  ([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 4901406)

- 1. Takes note of the Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions on the UNOPS budget **estimates** (DP/OPS/21116);
  1. Prend note du Rapport du Comité consultatif pour les questions administratives et budgétaires sur le projet de **budget** de l &apos; UNOPS (DP/OPS/2011/6);
  ([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 26172654)

- I **estimate** the production costs to be 36 percent of the budget.
  J'estime que les coûts de production représentent 36 % du **budget**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#271940](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/271940) [\#9481296](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9481296))

## dépenses

Used about 2 119 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 408 · UN documents ≈ 1 711).

- to adopt the draft **estimates** of expenditure and revenue of the Committee;
  adoption du projet d'état prévisionnel des recettes et **dépenses** du Comité;
  ([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 433993)

- VI. **Estimates** of additional requirements
  VI. **Dépenses** additionnelles à prévoir
  ([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 18361495)

- The provisional draft **estimate** of the Agency's revenue and expenditure shall be sent to the Commission by 31 January each year.
  Le projet d'état prévisionnel des recettes et **dépenses** de l'Agence est transmis à la Commission au plus tard le 31 janvier de chaque année.
  ([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 4669383)

- In 2003-2004, total expenditure for shelter costs was $75.3 million, representing 0.93 percent of total provincial budgetary **estimates** of expenditure.
  En 2003-2004, le total des **dépenses** associées aux coûts d &apos; habitation était de 75,3 millions de dollars, ce qui représentait environ 0,93 pour 100 de l &apos; ensemble des dépenses budgétaires provinciales estimées.
  ([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 15384180)

- The provisional draft **estimate** of the revenue and expenditure of the EPPO shall be sent to the Commission by 31 January each year.
  Le projet d’état prévisionnel des recettes et des **dépenses** du Parquet européen est envoyé à la Commission au plus tard le 31 janvier de chaque année.
  ([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 4406598)

## 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 give me a price **estimate**?
  Vous pouvez me faire un devis ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and menaud · checked, community translation · [\#14010893](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14010893) [\#14010847](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14010847))

- We **estimate** that there are several fossils in these giant rocks.
  On estime qu'il y a plusieurs fossiles dans ces roches géantes.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eccles17 and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#6855763](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6855763) [\#3162843](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3162843))

- They're going to give me an **estimate**.
  Ils vont me donner un devis.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and nimfeo · checked, community translation · [\#3271970](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3271970) [\#3271971](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3271971))

## 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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