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Il y a un **flux** constant de trafic sur cette route. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#10541937](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10541937) [\#10556496](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10556496)) - This triggers the massive **flow** of refugees. Cette situation est à l'origine d'un **flux** massif de réfugiés. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1050738) - Profitability and cash **flow** Rentabilité et **flux** de liquidités ([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 2377421) - FDI **flows** and stock, 1993 d ' après l ' importance des **flux** et des stocks en 1993 ([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 2240574) - Scientists define the beginning of interstellar space as the place where the sun’s constant **flow** of material and magnetic field stop affecting its surroundings. This place is called the heliopause. It marks the end of a region created by our sun that is called the heliosphere. Les scientifiques définissent le début de l’espace interstellaire comme l’endroit où le **flux** constant de matière et le champ magnétique du Soleil cessent d’influencer son environnement. Cet endroit s’appelle l’héliopause. Il marque la fin d’une région créée par notre Soleil qui est appelée l’héliosphère. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and Balamax · checked, community translation · [\#5322391](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5322391) [\#12334630](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12334630)) ## débit Used about 17 434 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 693 · UN documents ≈ 14 740). - The exit **flow** rate is proportional to the pressure difference around the exit valve. Le **débit** de fuite est proportionnel à la différence des pressions en amont et en aval de la vanne de sortie. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by FeuDRenais2 and felix63 · checked, community translation · [\#781626](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/781626) [\#781622](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/781622)) - Special requirements for differential **flow** measurement Conditions particulières pour la mesure du **débit** différentiel ([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 5520920) - qmPM = particulate mass **flow** rate \[g/h\] qmPM = **débit** massique de particules \[g/h\] ([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 22761818) - The calculation of the instantaneous exhaust gas mass **flow** is as follows: Le **débit**-masse instantané de gaz d’échappement est calculé comme suit: ([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 5470203) - xH2Oexhdry = amount of H2O per dry mole of measured **flow** \[mol/mol\] xH2Oexhdry = quantité de H2O par mole sec de **débit** mesuré \[mol/mol\] ([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 20975245) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Where does the river **flow**? Où coule la rivière ? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by ddnktr and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#10832025](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10832025) [\#11406311](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11406311)) - It is difficult to actually stand up against the **flow**. Il est difficile de vraiment se tenir à contre-courant. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by blay\_paul and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#542640](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/542640) [\#1736798](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1736798)) - We're just going with the **flow**. Nous prenons les choses comme elles viennent. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and tieguy · checked, community translation · [\#5729658](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5729658) [\#11784625](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11784625)) ## 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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