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# gaps — English to French

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

The [Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) has no article on this word yet.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: gaps (28 877). By style: everyday 6 · literary 1 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 783 · legal and administrative 864 · UN documents 27 222.

## lacunes

Used about 15 580 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 473 · legal and administrative ≈ 360 · UN documents ≈ 14 745).

- I have a lot of **gaps** in my knowledge of math.
  J'ai beaucoup de **lacunes** en maths.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#7954982](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7954982) [\#9704499](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9704499))

- These are the **gaps** we need to plug.
  Voilà les **lacunes** que nous devons combler.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 22102)

- Data **gaps** may exist when:
  Il peut y avoir **lacunes** dans les données lorsque:
  ([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 2840771)

- **Gaps** in population surveys
  Les **lacunes** des enquêtes sur la population
  ([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 9258119)

- There are a lot of **gaps** in my math knowledge.
  J'ai beaucoup de **lacunes** en mathématiques.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rul and sysko · checked, community translation · [\#13077204](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13077204) [\#367108](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/367108))

## écarts

Used about 1 787 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 49 · legal and administrative ≈ 36 · UN documents ≈ 1 701).

- The human experience of text translation, with all its difficulty and its trial and error, constitutes an irreplaceable richness. The paths from one mental universe to another, the instructive journeys that flow from it and the **gaps** that one explores there must not be lost sight of, lest we thereby lose our humanity.
  L’expérience humaine de la traduction, de sa difficulté, de ses tâtonnements, constitue une richesse irremplaçable. Les passages d’un univers mental à un autre, les voyages instructifs qui en découlent, les **écarts** qu’on y explore ne doivent pas être annulés. On y perdrait en humanité.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Objectivesea and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#8112962](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8112962) [\#7962232](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7962232))

- From a professional point of view, then, the **gaps** widen throughout their careers.
  Ainsi, professionnellement, les **écarts** se creusent au cours des carrières.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1412457)

- Estimated by the Commission services, applying the common methodology on estimating output **gaps**.
  Selon les estimations des services de la Commission sur la base de la méthode commune d’estimation des **écarts** de production.
  ([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 1395523)

- However, **gaps** remain in poverty incidents among the Jewish and the Arab populations.
  Toutefois, les **écarts** dans l &apos; incidence de la pauvreté perdurent entre les populations juives et les populations arabes.
  ([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 22659501)

- **Gaps** in competitiveness are a genuine problem for those countries which share the same currency.
  Les **écarts** de compétitivité sont un vrai problème pour les pays partageant une monnaie commune.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1510478)

## combler

Used about 1 768 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 49 · legal and administrative ≈ 18 · UN documents ≈ 1 701).

- The resources for LIFE+ are not there for the Member States to plug financial **gaps**, but to promote joint European programmes.
  Les fonds LIFE+ ne sont pas destinés à **combler** les trous dans le budget des États membres, mais à promouvoir des programmes communs européens.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 866029)

- bridging knowledge **gaps** for advancing maternal immunisation in low-resource settings
  **combler** le manque de connaissance pour faire progresser la vaccination maternelle dans les milieux modestes
  ([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 3775958)

- :: To identify **gaps** in coverage (e.g. fuel types, flows) and to develop methodologies to cover **gaps**
  :: Recenser les vides existant dans la couverture des méthodes existantes (types d &apos; énergie, flux, par exemple) et mettre au point des méthodes permettant de **combler** ces vides;
  ([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 22883960)

- The Commission proposed an amendment to the directive in 1987 to fill the **gaps** in equal treatment in the social security field.
  La Commission a proposé en 1987 un amendement à la directive visant à **combler** la différence de traitement dans le domaine de la sécurité sociale.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1870916)

- Appropriate social policies are required to address systemic gender inequalities and close gender **gaps**, in particular for mothers.
  Des politiques sociales appropriées doivent être mises en place pour réduire les inégalités systémiques et **combler** les écarts entre les hommes et les femmes, en particulier pour les mères.
  ([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 29675737)

## More sentences

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

- There are **gaps** between the boards in the box. If you fit them in snugly, you'll get more use out of the box.
  Il y a des espaces entre les planches de la boîte. Si tu les ajustes avec précision, ta boîte te sera plus utile.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and hortusdei · checked, community translation · [\#33737](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/33737) [\#1610758](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1610758))

- His teeth have **gaps**.
  Ses dents sont espacées.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and GeeZ · checked, community translation · [\#12333132](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12333132) [\#826763](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/826763))

- His teeth have **gaps** between them.
  Ses dents sont espacées.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and GeeZ · checked, community translation · [\#12333135](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12333135) [\#826763](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/826763))

## Grammar

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