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Le Sahara occidental est une **ex**-colonie espagnole. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#10896731](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10896731) [\#10963025](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10963025)) - Firstly, reconstruction in **former** Yugoslavia. Premièrement: la reconstruction de l'**ex**-Yougoslavie. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1755105) - POB: Mogilev/Mahiliou, **former** USSR (now Belarus) Lieu de naissance: Mogilev/Mahiliou, **ex**-URSS (actuellement Biélorussie) ([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 5373003) - **Former** Union of Soviet Socialist Republics **Ex**-URSS T-72 M1T T-55 AM2 ([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 11307002) - Everyone is anxious to know what has become of the **former** champion. Tout le monde est désireux de savoir ce qu'il est advenu de l'**ex**-champion. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and U2FS · checked, community translation · [\#68013](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/68013) [\#828785](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/828785)) ## opinion Used about 24 783 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 1 242 · legal and administrative ≈ 575 · UN documents ≈ 22 966). - Because of limited financial resources, we are being forced to develop concepts addressed directly at opinion **formers** and multipliers. L'étroitesse du cadre financier nous oblige à développer des concepts fortement orientés vers les faiseurs d'**opinion** et les multiplicateurs. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 95479) - Journalists and opinion **formers**. Journalistes et faiseurs d'**opinion**. ([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 1001927) - By staying in constant contact with opinion **formers**, i.e. the media, it is possible to build up a consensus on research conclusions. En établissant un contact permanent avec les relais d’**opinion** que sont les médias, on peut parvenir à créer un consensus autour des conclusions des recherches. ([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 6730762) - Because, for the moment, Progress's 'target' audience is neither the unemployed nor the excluded, but political decision makers and opinion **formers**. Car, pour l'instant, le public "cible" de Progress, ce ne sont ni les chômeurs ni les exclus, ce sont les décideurs politiques et les faiseurs d'**opinion**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1317145) - activities with a view to promoting the Union’s external trade policy through a process of structured dialogue with key opinion **formers** of civil society and stakeholders, including small and medium-sized enterprises, on external trade issues, des activités visant à promouvoir la politique commerciale extérieure de l’Union par un processus de dialogue structuré avec les principaux formateurs d’**opinion** de la société civile et les parties prenantes, y compris les petites et moyennes entreprises, sur les questions liées au commerce extérieur, ([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 3444229) ## ancien Used about 16 525 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 21 · literary ≈ 7 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 1 519 · legal and administrative ≈ 6 516 · UN documents ≈ 8 461). Forms: ancien, ancienne. - Who was the **former** prosecutor? Qui était l'**ancien** procureur ? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by megamanenm and megamanenm · checked, community translation · [\#10733736](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10733736) [\#10733738](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10733738)) - He is the son of a **former** precentor of Saint-Jacques-du-Haut-Pas. Il est fils d'un **ancien** chantre de Saint-Jacques-du-Haut-Pas. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 2925) - “Don’t remember the **former** things, and don’t consider the things of old. Ne pensez plus aux événements passés, Et ne considérez plus ce qui est **ancien**. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ISA 43:18) - Today's Russia is not the **former** Soviet Union. La Russie d'aujourd'hui n'est pas l'**ancienne** Union soviétique. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 983161) - **Former** RCD-G General. **Ancien** général du RCD-G. ([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 1673128) ## république Used about 2 609 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 192 · UN documents ≈ 2 417). - Date of birth: 12.9.1952. Place of birth: Vydrikha Village, Shemonaikhinskiy (**former** Verkhubinskiy) District, Eastern Kazakhstan Region, Soviet Socialist Republic of Kazakhstan, USSR Né le 12.9.1952, dans le village de Vydrikh, district de Shemonaikhinsk (Verkhubinsk), Kazakhstan oriental, **République** socialiste soviétique du Kazakhstan, URSS ([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 2210660) - f/ Includes an amount of $13,690,003 owed by the **former** German Democratic Republic for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). f Y compris un montant de 13 690 003 dollars correspondant aux contributions non acquittées par l ' ancienne **République** démocratique allemande pour la Force intérimaire des Nations Unies au Liban (FINUL). ([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 2288153) - Detailed descriptions of these regional programmes are found below: Zambia (paragraphs 18-27); Albania (28-44); The **former** Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (45-57); the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (58-79). Ce document contient les descriptions détaillées de ces programmes régionaux : Zambie (par. 18-27); Albanie (par. 28-44); exRépublique yougoslave de Macédoine (par. 45-57) et **République** fédérale de Yougoslavie (par. 58-79). ([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 5902487) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Love is above money. The latter can't give as much happiness as the **former**. L'amour dépasse l'argent. L'argent ne peut pas nous rendre aussi heureux que l'amour. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Swift and menaud · checked, community translation · [\#28689](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/28689) [\#12976221](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12976221)) - We have freedom of speech and freedom of thought, but the **former** is exercised much more than the latter. Nous avons la liberté d'expression et la liberté de pensée, mais la première est beaucoup plus utilisée que la seconde. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rul and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#12912409](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12912409) [\#12912635](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12912635)) - Both the French and the English like to drink, but while the latter prefer beer, the **former** have a weakness for red wine. Les Français et les Anglais aiment bien boire, mais ceux-ci préfèrent la bière tandis que ceux-là ont un faible pour le vin rouge. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by jhomel and Dreamk33 · checked, community translation · [\#5073880](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5073880) [\#2142592](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2142592)) ## 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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