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# formulation — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: formulation (40 695), formulations (2 455). By style: everyday 1 · parliamentary 544 · legal and administrative 1 411 · UN documents 41 194.

## formulation

Used about 20 467 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 363 · legal and administrative ≈ 794 · UN documents ≈ 19 310). Forms: formulation, formulations.

- The natural world is always much more complex than **formulations** in the lab or blueprints in the design office.
  Le monde réel est toujours plus compliqué que les **formulations** en laboratoire ou les plans en bureau d'étude.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by eastasiastudent and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2367549](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2367549) [\#2367695](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2367695))

- We consider that your **formulation** is better.
  Nous trouvons votre **formulation** meilleure.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1831036)

- Type(s) of **formulation**
  Type(s) de **formulation**
  ([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 5409377)

- 1. Policy **formulation** and monitoring
  1. **Formulation** des politiques générales
  ([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 7978048)

- This additional **formulation** is worded:
  Cette **formulation** supplémentaire est exprimée ainsi:
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1037624)

## préparations

Used about 6 228 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 220 · UN documents ≈ 6 007).

- Dustable powder **formulations** containing a combination of:
  **Préparations** de poudre pour poudrage contenant un mélange de:
  ([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 981426)

- Liquid **formulations** for dilution before use are sometimes marketed.
  On trouve parfois sur le marché des **préparations** liquides à diluer avant utilisation.
  ([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 26898870)

- It is recommended for all solid **formulations**, which are used undiluted.
  Elle est recommandée pour toutes les **préparations** solides utilisées non diluées.
  ([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 2396411)

- New **formulations** to be listed in 2.5.3.2.4, IBC 520 and T23
  Nouvelles **préparations** à mentionner dans le paragraphe 2.5.3.2.4 et les instructions IBC520 et T23
  ([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 16073608)

- This extrapolation is, for example, not possible for slow release **formulations**.
  Cette extrapolation est par exemple impossible pour les **préparations** à libération lente.
  ([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 2394834)

## More sentences

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

- Paragraph 31 has the most bombastic **formulation** in this respect.
  À cet égard, le paragraphe 31 est le plus redondant.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1853506)

- The question is how we in Europe can support the **formulation** of standards.
  La question est de savoir comment l'on peut soutenir l'établissement de normes du côté européen.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1847066)

- I had some doubts when I saw the **formulation** of the question, so it was nice to learn that it is working.
  J'avais eu quelques doutes à la lecture de la question; je me réjouis donc de savoir qu'il fonctionne correctement.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1761338)

## 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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