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# explore — English to French

How English *explore* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: explore (20 947), explores (727). By style: everyday 13 · literary 2 · biblical 2 · parliamentary 481 · legal and administrative 413 · UN documents 20 763.

## étudier

Used about 3 743 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 36 · legal and administrative ≈ 30 · UN documents ≈ 3 677).

- Of course, we also need to **explore** the reasons why Hamas was elected.
  Bien sûr nous devons aussi **étudier** les raisons pour lesquelles le Hamas a gagné les élections.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 802300)

- **explore** ways to improve governance of the European research and innovation system,
  à **étudier** les moyens d'améliorer la gouvernance du système européen de recherche et d'innovation,
  ([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 867475)

- WP.29 agreed to **explore** the possibilities of linking the two systems.
  Il a décidé d &apos; **étudier** la possibilité de relier les deux systèmes.
  ([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 17344762)

- In this respect, we need to **explore** ways of setting up a Copenhagen Green Climate Fund.
  À cet égard, nous devons **étudier** les moyens de mettre sur pied un Fonds de Copenhague pour le climat.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1329424)

- To **explore** opportunities for cooperation (international, regional, triangular and south-south) to address remaining challenges.
  **Étudier** les possibilités de coopération (internationale, régionale, triangulaire et sud-sud) pour relever les défis qui subsistent.
  ([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 5342014)

## explorer

Used about 3 558 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 204 · legal and administrative ≈ 98 · UN documents ≈ 3 244). Forms: explore, explorer.

- Children like to **explore**.
  Les enfants aiment **explorer**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#5360504](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5360504) [\#10956315](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10956315))

- If now we were to try to penetrate to the soul of Quasimodo through that thick, hard rind; if we could sound the depths of that badly constructed organism; if it were granted to us to look with a torch behind those non-transparent organs to **explore** the shadowy interior of that opaque creature, to elucidate his obscure corners, his absurd no-thoroughfares, and suddenly to cast a vivid light upon the soul enchained at the extremity of that cave, we should, no doubt, find the unhappy Psyche in some poor, cramped, and ricketty attitude, like those prisoners beneath the Leads of Venice, who grew old bent double in a stone box which was both too low and too short for them.
  Si maintenant nous essayions de pénétrer jusqu'à l'âme de Quasimodo à travers cette écorce épaisse et dure; si nous pouvions sonder les profondeurs de cette organisation mal faite; s'il nous était donné de regarder avec un flambeau derrière ces organes sans transparence, d'**explorer** l'intérieur ténébreux de cette créature opaque, d'en élucider les recoins obscurs, les culs-de-sac absurdes, et de jeter tout à coup une vive lumière sur la psyché enchaînée au fond de cet antre, nous trouverions sans doute la malheureuse dans quelque attitude pauvre, rabougrie et rachitique comme ces prisonniers des plombs de Venise qui vieillissaient ployés en deux dans une boîte de pierre trop basse et trop courte.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 2185)

- The children of Dan sent five men of their family from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land and to search it. They said to them, “Go, **explore** the land!” They came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.
  Les fils de Dan prirent sur eux tous, parmi leurs familles, cinq hommes vaillants, qu’ils envoyèrent de Tsorea et d’Eschthaol, pour **explorer** le pays et pour l’examiner. Ils leur dirent: Allez, examinez le pays. Ils arrivèrent dans la montagne d’Éphraïm jusqu’à la maison de Mica, et ils y passèrent la nuit.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JDG 18:2)

- Mr President, sometimes it is important to **explore** the background to a situation.
  . - Monsieur le Président, il importe parfois d’**explorer** le contexte d’une situation.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 831007)

- Typical parameters to **explore** would be:
  Les paramètres types à **explorer** seraient les suivants:
  ([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 4857146)

## possibilités

Used about 291 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 22 · legal and administrative ≈ 53 · UN documents ≈ 216).

- At EU level, there is a need to **explore** further the possibilities of using the European Social Fund.
  À l'échelon européen, il est nécessaire d'exploiter davantage les **possibilités** offertes par le Fonds social européen.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1263740)

- The Commission Communication COM(2006) 519 final \[5\] **explores** options for future organisation of training.
  La communication COM(2006) 519 final de la Commission \[5\] passe en revue les **possibilités** d’organisation des formations.
  ([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 1990876)

- 3. This paper **explores** the use of the Internet as a channel with a lot of possibilities (and an enormous potential of growth) for the next Census round of 2011.
  3. La présente note examine comment le recours à Internet peut offrir de nombreuses **possibilités** (et un extraordinaire potentiel de croissance) pour le prochain recensement qui aura lieu aux alentours de 2011.
  ([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 20814696)

- We will also **explore** whether we can intensify this forum of cooperation for nanomaterial health care-related information.
  Nous étudierons également les **possibilités** d'intensifier ce forum de coopération pour les informations sur les soins de santé utilisant les nanomatériaux.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1294998)

- The EU will **explore** possibilities to assist the respective countries throughout this process, should objective circumstances so permit.
  L’Union européenne examinera les **possibilités** d’aider les pays respectifs tout au long de ce processus, si les circonstances objectives le permettent.
  ([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 169765)

## More sentences

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

- We will **explore** every planet that goes around the sun.
  Nous explorerons toutes les planètes qui tournent autour du soleil.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by auxitt and Bruno · checked, community translation · [\#22830](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/22830) [\#461797](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/461797))

- **Explore** the cave, but bring a flashlight with you.
  Explorez la grotte, mais prenez une lampe de poche avec vous.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#6034867](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6034867) [\#8965366](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8965366))

- We shall **explore** every planet orbiting the Sun.
  Nous explorerons toutes les planètes qui tournent autour du soleil.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and Bruno · checked, community translation · [\#10490923](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10490923) [\#461797](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/461797))

## 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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