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Les **cannelures** doivent être solidement collées aux feuilles de couverture. ([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 5534248) - The fluting or corrugated fibreboard shall be firmly glued to the **facings**. Les **cannelures** du carton ondulé doivent être solidement collées aux surfaces. ([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 4287883) - The fluting or corrugated fibreboard should be firmly glued to the **facings**. Les **cannelures** du carton ondulé doivent être solidement collées aux surfaces. ([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 4284112) - The fluting of corrugated fibreboard shall be firmly glued to the **facings**. Les **cannelures** du carton ondulé doivent être solidement collées aux feuilles de couverture. ([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 4349855) - The fluting or corrugated fibreboard shall be firmly glued to the **facings**. Les **cannelures** du carton ondulé doivent être solidement collées aux feuilles de couverture. ([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 5446758) ## problèmes Used about 5 125 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 394 · legal and administrative ≈ 30 · UN documents ≈ 4 700). - First of all, we were **facing** some serious human rights issues. En premier lieu, nous étions devant de graves **problèmes** de droits de l'homme. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 255653) - According to the Portuguese authorities \[5\], BPN had been **facing** liquidity issues since the summer of 2008, with the rating agency Moody’s having downgraded BPN from Baa1 to Baa3 on 18 July 2008 \[6\]. D’après les autorités portugaises \[5\], BPN était confrontée à des **problèmes** de liquidités depuis l’été 2008 et la notation de l’agence Moody's est passée de Baa1 à Baa3 le 18 juillet 2008 \[6\]. ([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 2537110) - (iii) Measures for residents **facing** housing problems iii) Mesures en faveur des résidents ayant des **problèmes** de logement ([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 24494311) - I visited the area during the conflict and saw the problems and fears **facing** both sides. Je me suis rendue dans la région pendant le conflit et j'ai constaté les **problèmes** et les peurs des deux parties. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1346394) - Progress and challenges **facing** Afghan women and girls Progrès obtenus et **problèmes** auxquels sont confrontées les femmes et les filles afghanes ([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 10768507) ## face Used about 4 631 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 11 · literary ≈ 8 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 493 · legal and administrative ≈ 699 · UN documents ≈ 3 418). - I'm flying **facing** the moon. Je vole **face** à la lune. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Miktsoanit and NikiTricky · checked, community translation · [\#12196348](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12196348) [\#12195695](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12195695)) - Jondrette had taken possession of the other chair, **facing** M. Leblanc. Jondrette avait pris possession de l'autre chaise en **face** de M. Leblanc. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 17177) - **Facing** the length of one hundred cubits was the north door, and the width was fifty cubits. Sur la **face**, où se trouvait la porte septentrionale, il y avait une longueur de cent coudées; et la largeur était de cinquante coudées. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 42:2) - Mr President, all the speakers have said we are **facing** the most historic event since the signing of the Treaty of Rome. Monsieur le Président, tous les orateurs ont répété que nous nous trouvons **face** à un événement historique depuis la signature du traité de Rome. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1829478) - SIDE IMPACT (SIDE-**FACING** SEAT) CHOC LATÉRAL (SIÈGE FAISANT **FACE** VERS LE CÔTÉ) ([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 5515796) ## difficultés Used about 3 486 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 493 · UN documents ≈ 2 991). - He is **facing** many difficulties. Il est confronté à de nombreuses **difficultés**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by belgavox and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1152243](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1152243) [\#834740](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/834740)) - This draft budget needs to be passed in Congress and this is definitely **facing** some difficulties. Ce projet de budget doit passer au Congrès et fait incontestablement l'objet de **difficultés**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 53209) - The second group contains pupils **facing** learning problems, such as dyslexia. Le deuxième groupe contient les élèves confrontés à des **difficultés** d ' apprentissage, telles la dyslexie. ([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 20596745) - Russia is **facing** great financial difficulties. La Russie est confrontée à de grandes **difficultés** financières. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by shanghainese and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#29368](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/29368) [\#11184531](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11184531)) - I also think that this piece of data, more than any other, is extremely significant with regard to the difficulties that the programme is **facing** in getting off the ground. Plus que toute autre donnée, je pense que celle-ci est extrêmement significative des **difficultés** de mise en ?uvre auxquelles ce programme est confronté. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 439421) ## confrontés Used about 1 645 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 1 183 · legal and administrative ≈ 30 · UN documents ≈ 427). - We're **facing** a budget crisis. Nous sommes **confrontés** à une crise budgétaire. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#4665389](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4665389) [\#8352429](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8352429)) - That is the political problem we are **facing**, Mr President. Tel est le problème politique auquel nous sommes **confrontés**, Monsieur le Président. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 824452) - Member States are thus **facing** an increase in the demand for support by the Fund. Les États membres sont donc **confrontés** à une augmentation de la demande en faveur d’une aide au titre du Fonds. ([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 5364341) - Many LDCs are in crisis, **facing** conflict or emerging from recent wars. Nombre de PMA se trouvent dans des situations de crise, sont **confrontés** à un conflit ou sortent de guerres récentes. ([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 10140824) - We're **facing** a profound change. Nous sommes **confrontés** à un changement profond. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#5729674](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5729674) [\#11890327](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11890327)) ## doivent Used about 159 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 99 · legal and administrative ≈ 61). - Industries that are **facing** that sort of competition have to look at the ways they can restructure, invest, change the process, introduce research and development. Les entreprises confrontées à ce type de concurrence **doivent** se demander comment restructurer, comment investir, comment modifier leurs procédures, comment mettre en ?uvre des mesures de recherche et de développement. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 436003) - Such seats shall be forward or rearward **facing** within 15 o of the longitudinal axis of the aeroplane. Ces sièges **doivent** être orientés vers l'avant ou l'arrière, avec un angle maximum de 15° par rapport à l'axe longitudinal de l'avion. ([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 1075686) - 愦灭;quot;A’, ‘B’ or ‘C’ class divisions in accommodation and services spaces and cabin balconies which are faced with combustible materials, **facings**, mouldings, decorations and veneers shall comply with the provisions of paragraphs 3.2.2 to 3.2.4 and Regulation II-2/B/6. Les cloisonnements du type «A», «B» ou «C» des locaux d’habitation et de service et des balcons de cabine qui sont recouverts de matériaux, revêtements, moulures, décorations et placages combustibles **doivent** satisfaire aux dispositions des points 3.2.2 à 3.2.4 et de la règle II-2/B/6. ([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 5163073) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Nearly all siheyuans had their main buildings and gates **facing** south for better lighting, so a majority of hutongs run from east to west. Presque tous les siheyuans avaient leur bâtiment principal et leur portail tournés au sud pour un meilleur éclairage, donc une majorité de hutongs courent d'est en ouest. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by eastasiastudent and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#747920](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/747920) [\#1081343](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1081343)) - China is **facing** a problem with exploding watermelons. La Chine est confrontée à un problème d'explosion de pastèques. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#898417](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/898417) [\#898406](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/898406)) - I'd like a room **facing** the ocean instead. Je voudrais changer pour une chambre avec vue sur la mer, s'il vous plaît. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Odanak1811 · checked, community translation · [\#22244](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/22244) [\#15014](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/15014)) ## 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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