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# faith — English to French

How English *faith* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: faith (19 973), faiths (1 802). By style: everyday 128 · literary 19 · biblical 225 · parliamentary 1 645 · legal and administrative 579 · UN documents 19 179.

## foi

Used about 6 565 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 88 · literary ≈ 18 · biblical ≈ 216 · parliamentary ≈ 343 · legal and administrative ≈ 507 · UN documents ≈ 5 394).

- I've got **faith**.
  J’ai la **foi**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Fenrir and Fenrir · checked, community translation · [\#11952680](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11952680) [\#11952667](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11952667))

- This is said in good **faith**.
  Ceci est dit de bonne **foi**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 2473)

- for we walk by **faith**, not by sight.
  car nous marchons par la **foi** et non par la vue,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CO 5:7)

- This is not just a question of **faith**.
  Ce n’est pas seulement une question de **foi**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 599407)

- Good **faith** and abuse of rights
  Bonne **foi** et abus de droit
  ([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 9814)

## confessions

Used about 3 604 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 206 · UN documents ≈ 3 396).

- Because we reject the same thing that people of all **faiths** reject: the killing of innocent men, women, and children. And it is my first duty as President to protect the American people.
  Parce que nous rejetons la même chose que les gens de toutes les **confessions** rejettent : L'assassinat d'hommes, de femmes et d'enfants innocents. Et il est de mon premier devoir comme Président de protéger le peuple Étasunien.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by saeb and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#377076](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/377076) [\#481984](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/481984))

- We are a country of many different **faiths**, and we have excellent doctors.
  Nous sommes un pays abritant de nombreuses **confessions** et nous avons de bons médecins.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 389729)

- 2,134 religious organizations belonging to 16 religious **faiths**, including:
  2 134 organisations religieuses sont enregistrées sous 16 **confessions**, notamment:
  ([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 12354749)

- I believe that people of all **faiths** represented in Europe add to our civilization.
  Je pense que les représentants de toutes les **confessions** représentées en Europe contribuent à notre civilisation.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1869697)

- That certainly applies equally with respect to all other religions and **faiths**.
  Et cela s &apos; applique également à toutes les autres religions et **confessions**.
  ([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 18273084)

## religions

Used about 2 708 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 308 · UN documents ≈ 2 397).

- Other **faiths** are present in Algeria.
  Il y a d'autres **religions** en Algérie.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and always · checked, community translation · [\#10136721](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10136721) [\#12184916](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12184916))

- Muslims follow one of the three Abrahaminic **faiths**.
  Les musulmans sont adeptes d'une des trois **religions** issues d'Abraham.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 115929)

- Minority **faiths** often have a high ratio of chaplain support.
  La proportion d &apos; aumôniers est souvent élevée dans le cas des **religions** minoritaires.
  ([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 25953700)

- In the Holy Koran there are clear statements of respect for other **faiths**.
  On trouve dans le Saint Coran des références claires au respect des autres **religions**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 805508)

- The places of worship of all **faiths** and religions are protected by the law.
  Les lieux réservés au culte de diverses croyances et **religions** sont protégés par la loi.
  ([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 7093747)

## bonne

Used about 217 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 17 · UN documents ≈ 200).

- We just need to have **faith** in ourselves, to position ourselves well and to spread positive news rather than the usual negative rumours.
  Nous devons simplement avoir confiance en nous, nous positionner et diffuser la **bonne** parole plutôt que les rumeurs négatives habituelles.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 832077)

- We appeal to all people of good **faith** to lend their support and join together in building a just, safe and flourishing world.
  Nous appelons toutes les personnes de **bonne** volonté à appuyer les efforts visant à instaurer un monde juste, sûr et prospère et à s &apos; y associer.
  ([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 25312236)

## More sentences

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

- He does not believe in any **faith**.
  Il ne croit en aucune confession.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by minshirui and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#487425](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/487425) [\#551345](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/551345))

- I have **faith** in the future.
  J'ai confiance en l'avenir.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1682692](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1682692) [\#1000028](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1000028))

- It is at night that **faith** in light is admirable.
  C'est la nuit qu'il est beau de croire à la lumière.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#8092788](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8092788) [\#8092615](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8092615))

## 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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