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Elle veut **étendre** la zone non-fumeurs. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Swift and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#313285](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/313285) [\#134248](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/134248)) - Violent extremism **extends** beyond the region. L'extrémisme violent s'**étend** au-delà de la région. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1462777) - The geographical area **extends** over the following municipalities: L’aire géographique s'**étend** au territoire des communes suivantes: ([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 1644006) - **Extends** the DDA to cover private clubs (with 25 or more members); **Étend** la loi aux clubs privés (comptant 25 membres ou plus); ([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 18969604) - The curve **extends** from point A to point B. La courbe s'**étend** du point A au point B. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Luornu and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#63813](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/63813) [\#12846081](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12846081)) ## jusqu Used about 3 649 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 138 · legal and administrative ≈ 551 · UN documents ≈ 2 961). - Animal welfare forms an essential part of this quality which **extends** from farm to fork. Le bien-être des animaux est un élément essentiel de cette qualité, qui doit exister depuis la ferme **jusqu**' à l' assiette. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 254781) - It is therefore appropriate to **extend** the application of Decision 2005/759/EC until 31 December 2006. Il y a donc lieu de proroger l'application de la décision 2005/759/CE **jusqu**’au 31 décembre 2006. ([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 816959) - 1. Decides to **extend** the mandate of MINURCA until 25 October 1998; Page 1. Décide de proroger le mandat de la MINURCA **jusqu** ' au 25 octobre 1998; ([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 5434963) - Therefore, we present a monitoring system which **extends** all the way from the manufacturer to the patient. Nous présentons donc un système de surveillance qui couvre toute la chaîne, depuis le fabricant **jusqu**'au patient. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1495173) - Surface which **extends** to the limits of a road, including vehicular areas and other parts of it. Surface s'étendant **jusqu**'aux limites d'une route, comprenant les surfaces de circulation des véhicules et les autres parties. ([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 2198504) ## prolonger Used about 3 051 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 277 · legal and administrative ≈ 795 · UN documents ≈ 1 974). - Can I **extend** my stay? Puis-je **prolonger** mon séjour ? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and U2FS · checked, community translation · [\#327389](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/327389) [\#891036](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/891036)) - It is therefore imperative to **extend** the deadlines for this evaluation, as proposed by the Commission. Donc, il est impérieux de **prolonger** les délais pour cette évaluation, comme le propose la Commission. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1683903) - It is therefore necessary to **extend** its approval period. Il est donc nécessaire de **prolonger** la période de validité de cette approbation. ([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 3247425) - Pending the president ' s ruling, the evicted person ' s application does not **extend** the eviction order beyond the fourteenth day; En attendant l ' ordonnance du président, la requête de la personne expulsée n ' a pas pour effet de **prolonger** la mesure d ' expulsion au-delà du 14e jour; ([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 29344811) - The city wants to **extend** the road. La ville veut **prolonger** la route. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Source\_VOA and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#680906](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/680906) [\#950708](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/950708)) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - From our family to yours, we **extend** our best wishes. De notre famille à la vôtre, nous vous adressons nos meilleurs vœux. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and menaud · checked, community translation · [\#13216227](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13216227) [\#13216207](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13216207)) - The Alps **extend** across eight European countries. Les Alpes s'étendent sur huit pays européens. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#10547907](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10547907) [\#10547954](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10547954)) - Better to **extend** an olive branch than launch a missile. Mieux vaut tendre une branche d'olivier que de lancer un missile. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#643267](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/643267) [\#811379](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/811379)) ## 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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