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Elle en a **quatre**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#3272694](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3272694) [\#3272695](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3272695)) - “And there are **four** of you?” --Et vous êtes **quatre**? ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 2864) - The LORD showed me **four** craftsmen. L’Éternel me fit voir **quatre** forgerons. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ZEC 1:20) - I should like to mention **four**. J' en nommerai **quatre**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 191924) - **Four**-lined girdled lizard Zonosaure à **quatre** bandes ([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 4251108) ## fours Used about 45 113 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 697 · UN documents ≈ 44 417). - Cap Sicie — Six **Fours** Cap Sicie - Six **Fours** ([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 1973818) - n Autres **fours** n **Fours** par voie sèche ([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 7230757) - Cap Sicie — Six **Fours** Cap Sicie – Six **Fours** ([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 2228301) - n Batteries de **fours** à coke; n Batteries de **fours** à coke; ([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 7230661) - furnace/oven/kiln manufacturer (“constructeur de **fours**”), constructeur de **fours**, ([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 1323115) ## ans Used about 3 171 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 305 · UN documents ≈ 2 866). - Europe is creating jobs – 6.5 million over the past **four** years. L’Europe crée des emplois: 6,5 millions en 4 **ans**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 663662) - (a) Pre-school (under-**fours**) for the school year 2006/07: i) Le préscolaire (4 à 5 **ans**) : année scolaire 2006-2007 : ([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 16963384) - A lot has been accomplished since the European Parliament's approval of the report by the late Alexander Langer a little over **four** years ago. Nous avons fait beaucoup de chemin depuis 4 **ans**, depuis que le Parlement européen a approuvé le rapport de notre regretté collègue, Alexander Langer. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1867162) - The National Wawa Wasi Programme (PNWW) provides integrated services for young children and seeks to meet the need for day care for under-**fours**, in particular those at risk and living in poverty or extreme poverty. Le Programme national des Wawa s ' occupe pleinement de la petite enfance, répondant ainsi aux besoins de prise en charge diurne des enfants âgés de moins de 4 **ans**, en particulier de ceux en situation de risque et vivant dans la pauvreté ou l ' extrême pauvreté. ([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 13589559) ## trois Used about 153 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 153). - All this can be summed up nowadays in **four** simple words: the need to learn. Je dirais qu' à l' époque actuelle, tout cela peut être résumé en **trois** mots simples : je dois apprendre, et encore apprendre. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 291584) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - He will come back at **four**. Il sera de retour à 4 heures. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and nrms · checked, community translation · [\#297100](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/297100) [\#1583958](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1583958)) - A cat can carry up to **four** pounds of spy equipment. Un chat peut transporter jusqu'à deux kilogrammes d'équipement d'espionnage. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rul and Eccles17 · checked, community translation · [\#12927261](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12927261) [\#6461092](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6461092)) - The organization has seventy-**four** members. L'organisation a soixante-quatorze membres. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ioan\_Cristian and Ioan\_Cristian · checked, community translation · [\#14032708](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14032708) [\#14032709](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14032709)) ## 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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