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# expressing — English to French

How English *expressing* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 2 translations with example sentences.

The [Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) has no article on this word yet.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: expressing (23 129). By style: everyday 9 · literary 2 · parliamentary 1 731 · legal and administrative 519 · UN documents 20 868.

## exprimer

Used about 8 310 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 685 · legal and administrative ≈ 227 · UN documents ≈ 7 391). Forms: exprimant, exprimer.

- You have a bad way of **expressing** yourself.
  Tu as une mauvaise façon de t'**exprimer**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Miktsoanit and felix63 · checked, community translation · [\#12371542](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12371542) [\#12368734](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12368734))

- For, let us insist upon this point, masonry must not be thought to be powerful only in erecting the temple and in **expressing** the myth and sacerdotal symbolism; in inscribing in hieroglyphs upon its pages of stone the mysterious tables of the law.
  Car, insistons sur ce point, il ne faut pas croire que la maçonnerie ne soit puissante qu'à édifier le temple, qu'à **exprimer** le mythe et le symbolisme sacerdotal, qu'à transcrire en hiéroglyphes sur ses pages de pierre les tables mystérieuses de la loi.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 2597)

- I do not therefore agree that I am **expressing** my displeasure at money not being spent.
  Je refuse donc d’**exprimer** mon mécontentement parce que des fonds n’ont pas été dépensés.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 709669)

- One producer **expressing** its opposition has come forward.
  Un producteur s'est manifesté pour **exprimer** son opposition.
  ([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 4251574)

- Resolution **expressing** gratitude to the Government of Indonesia
  Résolution **exprimant** la gratitude de la Conférence envers le Gouvernement indonésien
  ([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 19658943)

## déclarant

Used about 4 348 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 4 348).

- (b) (i) Increased percentage of clients **expressing** satisfaction with services rendered
  b) i) Augmentation de la proportion de clients se **déclarant** satisfaits des services qui leur sont offerts
  ([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 16241141)

- (f) (i) Increased percentage of respondents **expressing** satisfaction with the procurement service
  f) i) Accroissement de la proportion de personnes interrogées se **déclarant** satisfaites des services d &apos; achat
  ([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 17433965)

- **Expressing** its determination to do everything possible to end the suffering of the people of Darfur,
  Se **déclarant** résolu à faire tout ce qui est en son pouvoir pour soulager les souffrances de la population du Darfour,
  ([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 12596385)

- **Expressing** deep concern regarding the growing dangers posed by the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction,
  Se **déclarant** profondément préoccupée par le danger croissant que pose la prolifération des armes de destruction massive,
  ([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 10337015)

- **Expressing** its grave concern at the danger to humanity posed by the possibility that nuclear weapons could be used,
  Se **déclarant** gravement préoccupée par le danger que constitue pour l &apos; humanité la possibilité d &apos; emploi des armes nucléaires,
  ([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 20392984)

## More sentences

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

- They're **expressing** their love by hugging.
  Ils expriment leur amour en s'enlaçant.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Source\_VOA and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#680905](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/680905) [\#1107308](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1107308))

- I'm documenting language use, not **expressing** opinions.
  Je documente l'usage de la langue, je n'exprime pas d'opinions.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rul and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#14058673](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14058673) [\#14079609](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14079609))

- It has always been the case that **expressing** a different opinion in Russia was considered to be a crime. It's even more true today. It's as if Russians had a chronic inability to bear two opinions at the same time.
  De tous temps, être dans l'opposition en Russie a été considéré comme un crime. C'est plus que jamais le cas aujourd'hui. Comme si les Russes avaient une incapacité chronique à supporter deux opinions différentes à la fois.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Imenebaiod and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#11411307](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11411307) [\#1972558](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1972558))

## Grammar

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