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# fair — English to French

How English *fair* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 7 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: fair (64 578), fairs (1 748). By style: everyday 193 · literary 26 · biblical 7 · parliamentary 7 317 · legal and administrative 10 643 · UN documents 48 140.

## foires

Used about 16 811 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 1 180 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 100 · UN documents ≈ 10 531).

- In this way, participation in international exhibitions and **fairs** will become easier.
  Ainsi, la participation aux expositions et **foires** internationales sera plus simple.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1527090)

- Participation in trade **fairs**
  participation à des **foires**.
  ([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 1552210)

- Union of International **Fairs** UFI IDB.2/Dec.29 IDB.2/5
  Union des **foires** internationales UFI
  ([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 10833028)

- This weekend I was in Wels, Austria, attending one of the biggest renewable energy **fairs**.
  Ce week-end, j’étais à Wels, en Autriche, à l’une des plus grandes **foires** des énergies renouvelables.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 652913)

- Participation at trade **fairs** and shows
  Participation à des **foires** et salons
  ([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 654907)

## équitable

Used about 12 800 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 12 · parliamentary ≈ 1 534 · legal and administrative ≈ 222 · UN documents ≈ 11 032).

- It's not **fair**.
  Ce n'est pas **équitable**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1894576](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1894576) [\#1895003](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1895003))

- Open trade has to be **fair**.
  Le libre-échange doit être **équitable**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1069632)

- The remuneration paid by the Treasury to PI on the deposits could be deemed to be **fair** because:
  la rémunération versée par le Trésor à PI sur les dépôts pouvait être considérée comme **équitable** dans la mesure où:
  ([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 4846752)

- The right to a **fair** trial. . . . . . . . . . . . 292
  Le droit à un procès **équitable** 316
  ([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 1897679)

- It doesn't seem very **fair**.
  Ça ne semble pas très **équitable**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#2591018](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2591018) [\#11166472](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11166472))

## juste

Used about 8 822 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 95 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 944 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 769 · UN documents ≈ 4 012).

- It's not **fair**.
  Ce n'est pas **juste**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and jihaire · checked, community translation · [\#1894576](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1894576) [\#429157](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/429157))

- “In truth, that is **fair**!” said Madame Thénardier, “if the beast has not been watered, it must be.”
  --Au fait, c'est **juste**, dit la Thénardier, si cette bête n'a pas bu, il faut qu'elle boive.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 8177)

- but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober minded, **fair**, holy, self-controlled,
  mais qu’il soit hospitalier, ami des gens de bien, modéré, **juste**, saint, tempérant,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · TIT 1:8)

- I therefore feel that this form of redistribution is quite **fair** and quite efficient.
  Et donc, il me semble que cette redistribution-là est assez **juste** et assez efficace.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 148419)

- Assets measured at **fair** value
  Actifs évalués à la **juste** valeur
  ([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 512827)

## salons

Used about 4 469 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 236 · legal and administrative ≈ 222 · UN documents ≈ 4 012).

- Purchases at trade **fairs** are now also classed as direct selling.
  Les achats effectués lors de **salons** commerciaux sont désormais également classés dans la catégorie "ventes directes".
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1526278)

- trade **fairs** and exhibitions
  **salons** professionnels et expositions
  ([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 253812)

- Total number of job **fairs**
  Nombre total de **salons** de l &apos; emploi
  ([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 26010127)

- If we want to preserve work opportunities for women specifically in these disadvantaged regions, where the textile and clothing industries have their own tradition, we must support these industries as a productive industrial sector through suitable measures: creating new programmes focusing, for example, on the presentation and advertising of new products at specialist and international **fairs**.
  Si nous voulons préserver les possibilités d'emploi des femmes dans ces régions défavorisées, où les industries du textile et du vêtement ont une tradition qui leur est propre, nous devons soutenir ces industries - un secteur industriel productif - en adoptant des mesures adéquates: créer de nouveaux programmes centrés, par exemple, sur la présentation et la promotion de nouveaux produits lors de **salons** spécialisés et internationaux.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1024331)

- Public relations (events, participation in food **fairs**)
  Actions de relations publiques (événements, participation à des **salons** de l'alimentation)
  ([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 696955)

## expositions

Used about 623 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 118 · UN documents ≈ 501).

- It's scary how much you age between two World's **Fairs**, especially when there's a considerable gap between them.
  C’est effrayant ce qu’on vieillit entre deux **Expositions** Universelles, surtout lorsqu’elles sont séparées par un laps considérable.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by tieguy and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#13885664](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13885664) [\#909003](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/909003))

- Forced prostitution, though, is also to be found going on at congresses, trade **fairs**, and even here in Strasbourg when this House is in session.
  Mais la prostitution forcée existe également en marge de congrès, d’**expositions** et même ici, à Strasbourg, pendant que ce Parlement est en session.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 781628)

- Promotion of the visual arts movement through events and **fairs** and discovery and nurturing of gifted artists;
  dynamiser le secteur des arts plastiques par l &apos; organisation de manifestations et d &apos; **expositions**, ainsi que par la découverte et la protection des talents;
  ([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 24480732)

## participation

Used about 501 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 501).

- Supporting developing country DNAs &apos; participation in Carbon Expo **fairs** and meetings of the DNA Forum
  Appui apporté à la **participation** des autorités nationales désignées des pays en développement au salon Carbon Expo et aux réunions du forum des autorités nationales désignées.
  ([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 19326029)

## valeur

Used about 118 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 118).

- Secondly, the industry should be given a **fair** chance to regulate itself along the lines of the code of conduct for added value telecommunications services in Austria.
  Deuxièmement : il faut donner une chance réelle à l'autorégulation sectorielle - comme dans le cas du code de bonne conduite pour les services de télécommunications à **valeur** ajoutée en Autriche.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 83051)

## More sentences

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

- After the rain, **fair** weather.
  Après la pluie, le beau temps.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#391960](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/391960) [\#391944](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/391944))

- Mayuko made a **fair** copy of the draft.
  Mayuko a fait une copie au propre du brouillon.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Mar1L and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#32382](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/32382) [\#8967952](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8967952))

- I gave you **fair** warning.
  Je vous ai bien assez avertie.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by erikspen and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1670170](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1670170) [\#1671622](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1671622))

## 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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