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# foreign — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: foreign (223 444). By style: everyday 308 · literary 2 · biblical 34 · parliamentary 14 004 · legal and administrative 12 929 · UN documents 196 167.

## étrangère

Used about 150 005 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 257 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 28 · parliamentary ≈ 12 254 · legal and administrative ≈ 10 774 · UN documents ≈ 126 691). Forms: étrangers, étrangère, étrangères.

- He has a **foreign** car.
  Il a une voiture **étrangère**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by witbrock and sciuro · checked, community translation · [\#428081](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/428081) [\#427821](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/427821))

- “This man, forced to conceal himself, and for reasons, moreover, which are **foreign** to politics, had adopted the sewer as his domicile and had a key to it.
  --Cet homme, forcé de se cacher, pour des raisons du reste **étrangères** à la politique, avait pris l'égout pour domicile et en avait une clef.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 31757)

- How can we sing the LORD’s song in a **foreign** land?
  Comment chanterions-nous les cantiques de l’Éternel Sur une terre **étrangère**?
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 137:4)

- We are talking about a common security and **foreign** policy.
  Nous débattons d'une politique **étrangère** et de sécurité commune.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1850977)

- **foreign** matter: not permissible;
  substances **étrangères**: non tolérées;
  ([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 1243291)

## politique

Used about 568 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 292 · legal and administrative ≈ 269).

- The government was obliged to make changes in its **foreign** policy.
  Le gouvernement était dans l'obligation de modifier sa **politique** extérieure.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and Bruno · checked, community translation · [\#497965](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/497965) [\#497422](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/497422))

- Should the implementation of the Union' s **foreign** policy not now finally be entrusted to one person?
  La mise en uvre de la **politique** extérieure de l' Union ne devrait-elle pas en fait être attribuée à une seule personne ?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 213547)

- The **Foreign** Trade Act authorises the GOI to issue notifications regarding the export and import policy.
  Cette loi autorise les pouvoirs publics indiens à publier des déclarations concernant la **politique** en matière d’importation et d’exportation.
  ([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 2971611)

## affaires

Used about 292 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 292).

- Nonetheless, there have been some worrying omissions in the field of **foreign** affairs.
  Cependant, pour ce qui est des **affaires** extérieures, des carences préoccupantes sont évidentes.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 307051)

## commune

Used about 292 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 292).

- Four, to have a coordinated common European **foreign** policy that serves as an instrument for eliminating poverty in countries in which immigration originates.
  Quarto, instaurer une politique extérieure européenne **commune** coordonnée qui serve de levier afin d'éliminer la pauvreté dans les pays d'où proviennent les migrants.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 236164)

## More sentences

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

- She has traveled in **foreign** countries.
  Elle a voyagé à l'étranger.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and pierrephi · checked, community translation · [\#838872](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/838872) [\#339385](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/339385))

- We're going to see a **foreign** film tonight.
  Nous allons voir un film étranger ce soir.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Source\_VOA and rene1596 · checked, community translation · [\#680998](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/680998) [\#1182765](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1182765))

- **Foreign** direct investments in China amounted to $3 billion last year.
  Les investissements directs en Chine s'élevaient à 3 milliards de dollars l'année dernière.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CN and U2FS · checked, community translation · [\#277502](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/277502) [\#129351](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/129351))

## 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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