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# format — English to French

How English *format* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 2 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: format (32 331), formats (5 661). By style: everyday 5 · parliamentary 411 · legal and administrative 9 490 · UN documents 28 086.

## format

Used about 17 919 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 261 · legal and administrative ≈ 7 414 · UN documents ≈ 10 240). Forms: format, formats, forme.

- It's a small and lightweight audio player with extensive **format** support.
  C'est un lecteur audio petit et léger, compatible avec de nombreux **formats**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Myrano\_ and Myrano\_ · checked, community translation · [\#13158607](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13158607) [\#13158608](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13158608))

- I support continuing the negotiations in the 5 + 2 **format**.
  Je soutiens la poursuite des négociations sous le **format** "5+2".
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1554531)

- A. **FORMAT** FOR THE REPORTING OF DATA
  A. **FORMAT** DE COMMUNICATION DES DONNÉES
  ([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 4821658)

- Page 2.2: Portrait **format**, French, Back
  Appendice 2 Page 2.2: **Format** vertical, français, verso
  ([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 12749721)

- You can also find many books in various **formats** at Project Gutenberg.
  Tu peux aussi trouver beaucoup de livres sous divers **formats** au Projet Gutenberg.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by MondCivitano and mamat · checked, community translation · [\#477835](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/477835) [\#477850](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/477850))

## présentation

Used about 6 643 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 9 · legal and administrative ≈ 198 · UN documents ≈ 6 436).

- Instead of simply showing expenses distributed among accounts, the new-**format** Budget shows more clearly what we are getting for our money.
  Au lieu de ne montrer que les dépenses ventilées en différents comptes, le budget montre plus clairement, dans sa nouvelle **présentation**, ce que procureront les sommes budgétisées.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 106726)

- statistical reports must take their form and **format** from the technical reporting requirements set by the relevant NCB;
  la forme et la **présentation** des déclarations statistiques doivent être conformes aux obligations de déclaration techniques fixées par la BCN concernée;
  ([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 3438413)

- Further harmonised data **formats** for hazard information;
  Harmoniser davantage la **présentation** des bases de données sur les risques;
  ([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 11088579)

- The report follows the **format** used for the past two years with chapters covering revenue in each of the expenditure areas under the headings of the Financial Perspective.
  Le rapport suit la même **présentation** que celle des deux dernières années, avec des chapitres traitant des recettes dans chacun des domaines de dépenses relevant des rubriques des perspectives financières.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 117711)

- Commitment to comply with the technical standards and **formats** for clearance and exchange of information under this Regulation.
  S'engager à respecter les normes techniques et les structures de **présentation** pour la compensation et l'échange d'informations au titre du présent règlement.
  ([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 3974540)

## More sentences

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

- I still couldn't **format** my hard disk.
  Je ne peux toujours pas formater mon disque dur.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by ToinhoAlam and alexisslay · checked, community translation · [\#4505214](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4505214) [\#5504091](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5504091))

- Mr President, Commissioner, at the European Council in Lisbon the desire was expressed to harmonise and standardise the capitalist **format** for all Member States of the EU.
  Monsieur le Président, Monsieur le Commissaire, le Conseil européen de Lisbonne a voulu uniformiser et standardiser le modèle capitaliste pour tous les États membres 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 340613)

- in writing. - (PT) The current Regulation lays down a uniform **format** for visas but has not led to unique visa numbering in the Member States.
  par écrit. - (PT) Le règlement en vigueur établit un modèle type de visa, mais il n'a pas abouti à une numérotation unique des visas délivrés dans les États membres.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1108701)

## 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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