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# forest — English to French

How English *forest* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: forest (57 801), forests (34 777). By style: everyday 214 · literary 33 · biblical 48 · parliamentary 2 999 · legal and administrative 2 856 · UN documents 86 428.

## forêt

Used about 62 445 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 211 · literary ≈ 22 · biblical ≈ 44 · parliamentary ≈ 2 468 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 083 · UN documents ≈ 57 619). Forms: forest, forêt, forêts.

- This **forest** is very dense.
  Cette **forêt** est très dense.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#5008536](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5008536) [\#11952216](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11952216))

- "It is only a **forest** of mushrooms," said he.
  «Ce n'est qu'une **forêt** de champignons,» dit-il.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 2613)

- I made myself pools of water, to water the **forest** where trees were grown.
  je me créai des étangs, pour arroser la **forêt** où croissaient les arbres.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ECC 2:6)

- **Forest** fires in Greece
  Incendies de **forêts** en Grèce
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1887476)

- 9320 Olea and Ceratonia **forests**
  9320 **Forêts** à Olea et Ceratonia
  ([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 2846716)

## durable

Used about 3 632 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 31 · UN documents ≈ 3 601).

- In most countries, however, **forest** law is based on principles of sustainable development.
  Toutefois, dans la plupart des pays, la législation forestière repose sur des principes de développement **durable**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 740181)

- Conclusion and recommendations on financing for sustainable **forest** management
  Conclusion et recommandations concernant le financement de la gestion **durable**
  ([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 21012745)

- The objective is to strengthen the **forest** sector and its contribution to sustainable development throughout the UNECE region.
  2. L &apos; objectif est de renforcer le secteur forestier et sa contribution au développement **durable** dans toute la région de la CEE.
  ([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 19082227)

- Key words: certification, FSC, sustainable **forest** management, social and environmentally responsible trade, \`People, Planet, Profit &apos;
  Mots clefs: certification, FSC, gestion forestière **durable**, commerce socialement et écologiquement responsable, &lt; &lt; People, Planet, Profit &gt; &gt; .
  ([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 11172994)

- Policies that address long-term land tenure rights and encourage local community investment in sustainable **forest** management could mobilize significant financing.
  Les mesures qui touchent au régime foncier à long terme et encouragent les collectivités locales à investir dans la gestion forestière **durable** pourraient mobiliser un financement important.
  ([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 3969719)

## gestion

Used about 991 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 31 · legal and administrative ≈ 60 · UN documents ≈ 900).

- I would like to make quite clear my opposition to market regulation of **forest** management, which has been put up for discussion time and time again.
  Je voudrais dire clairement que je suis contre la réglementation du marché de la **gestion** forestière, dont il a été question à maintes reprises.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 780638)

- The certification bodies issuing **forest** and/or chain of custody certificates shall be accredited/recognised by that certification scheme.
  Les organismes de certification délivrant des certificats de **gestion** forestière et/ou relatif à la chaîne de contrôle doivent être accrédités/reconnus par ce système de certification.
  ([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 3129108)

- Cooperation of medium size **forest** enterprises in **forest** management, silviculture and **forest** production.
  Coopération des entreprises forestières de taille moyenne à la **gestion** forestière, à la sylviculture et à l &apos; exploitation forestière.
  ([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 5497021)

- The certification bodies issuing **forest** and/or chain of custody certificates shall be accredited or recognised by that certification scheme.
  Les organismes de certification délivrant les certificats de **gestion** forestière et/ou relatifs à la chaîne de contrôle doivent être accrédités ou reconnus par ce système de certification.
  ([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 4145900)

## More sentences

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

- "Where do you live now?" "I live in Sweden, in the middle of the **forest**."
  « Où habitez-vous donc maintenant ? » « J'habite en Suède au milieu des bois. »
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rul and felix63 · checked, community translation · [\#13799616](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13799616) [\#8579184](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8579184))

- Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with beautiful branches, and with a **forest**-like shade, of high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs.
  Voici, l’Assyrie était un cèdre du Liban; Ses branches étaient belles, Son feuillage était touffu, sa tige élevée, Et sa cime s’élançait au milieu d’épais rameaux.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 31:3)

- and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king’s **forest**, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel by the temple, for the wall of the city, and for the house that I will occupy.” The king granted my requests, because of the good hand of my God on me.
  et une lettre pour Asaph, garde forestier du roi, afin qu’il me fournisse du bois de charpente pour les portes de la citadelle près de la maison, pour la muraille de la ville, et pour la maison que j’occuperai. Le roi me donna ces lettres, car la bonne main de mon Dieu était sur moi.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NEH 2:8)

## 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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