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([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#5356380](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5356380) [\#6380929](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6380929)) - Several articles **focus** on these issues. Plusieurs articles concentrent leur contenu **sur** ces questions. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1513013) - Consequently, the analysis **focuses** on the EOUS only. En conséquence, l’analyse est axée **sur** le seul régime EOU. ([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 1285966) - The discussions in that respect could **focus** on the following questions: Les échanges pourraient dès lors se focaliser **sur** : ([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 19535988) - Don't **focus** on negative things. Ne te focalise pas **sur** les choses négatives. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#8078644](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8078644) [\#11889965](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11889965)) ## accent Used about 21 410 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 778 · legal and administrative ≈ 361 · UN documents ≈ 20 270). - The company places its main **focus** on innovation. L'entreprise met l'**accent** sur l'innovation. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by bigfellow68 and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#6866430](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6866430) [\#11928487](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11928487)) - I think it **focuses** on a very important point. Je pense qu'elle met l'**accent** sur un point très important. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1800825) - The clear **focus** will be to support research projects. L'**accent** sera mis explicitement sur le soutien aux projets de recherche. ([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 867404) - 487. Vietnam **focuses** on the following actions: 487. Le Viet Nam met l ' **accent** sur les actions suivantes: ([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 27966731) - Therefore, we must put the **focus** on the social aspect of the EU. C'est pourquoi nous devons mettre l'**accent** sur les aspects sociaux de l'Union européenne. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1339181) ## concentrer Used about 11 704 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 34 · parliamentary ≈ 2 421 · legal and administrative ≈ 561 · UN documents ≈ 8 687). Forms: concentre, concentrer. - You have to **focus**. Tu dois te **concentrer**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mailohilohi and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#5300868](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5300868) [\#8395855](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8395855)) - We must **focus** on that. C'est sur cela que nous devons nous **concentrer**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1493907) - It mainly **focuses** on the target ratios themselves. Il se **concentre** principalement sur les ratios cibles eux-mêmes. ([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 5387226) - **Focus** on the family Se **concentrer** sur la famille ([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 28199289) - I need to **focus**. J'ai besoin de me **concentrer**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#2835778](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2835778) [\#11222395](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11222395)) ## porte Used about 10 656 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 521 · UN documents ≈ 10 135). - It **focuses** on the Dar Naïm district of Nouakchott. Elle **porte** principalement sur le quartier Dar Naim de Nouakchott. ([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 4774435) - It **focuses** on the most common faults relevant to seed potato production and trade. Le Guide **porte** essentiellement sur les défauts les plus courants relatifs à la production et au commerce des plants de pomme de terre. ([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 28044607) - The cooperation **focuses** on issues concerning children and women in the member States of OIC. Leur collaboration **porte** essentiellement sur les questions concernant les enfants et les femmes dans les États membres de l ' OCI. ([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 670668) - This Decision therefore **focuses** on the restructuring aid. La présente décision **porte** dès lors sur l’aide à la restructuration. ([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 787542) - The present section **focuses** on Burkina Faso and Mali, which have extensive trade links with northern Côte d’Ivoire. La présente section **porte** sur Burkina Faso et le Mali, pays qui entretiennent d’importantes relations commerciales avec le nord de la Côte d’Ivoire. ([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 25045178) ## principalement Used about 3 522 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 346 · legal and administrative ≈ 280 · UN documents ≈ 2 896). - The report **focuses** mainly on tuna, but also covers demersal species. Cet accord concerne **principalement** le thon, mais couvre également les espèces démersales. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 607163) - They should primarily **focus** on services linked to products and processes. Il y a lieu que ces normes se concentrent **principalement** sur des services liés à des produits et à des procédés. ([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 2717702) - Intervention for 2001 will **focus** on expanding on the activities of 2000. Le plan d ' action de 2001 consistera **principalement** à poursuivre l ' action entreprise en 2000. ([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 7262030) - The **focus** of the Energy Council is on new technologies and energy security. Le Conseil de l'énergie est **principalement** axé sur les nouvelles technologies et la sécurité énergétique. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1295307) - Toshiba is also significant in terms of sales, but **focuses** mainly on steam turbines. Toshiba est également importante en termes de ventes, mais elle est **principalement** axée sur les turbines à vapeur. ([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 562748) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - This chapter will **focus** on the concepts of geometry. Ce chapitre sera consacré aux concepts de la géométrie. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and tanguy14 · checked, community translation · [\#58444](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/58444) [\#2405413](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2405413)) - The image is not in **focus**. L'image n'est pas cadrée. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and Barbiche0 · checked, community translation · [\#49495](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/49495) [\#350865](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/350865)) - We need to maintain **focus**. Nous devons rester concentrés. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#5077342](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5077342) [\#7555047](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7555047)) ## 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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