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Forms: génération, générations. - You belong to the next **generation**. Tu appartiens à la **génération** suivante. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Swift and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#17636](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/17636) [\#570757](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/570757)) - Because every thought, either philosophical or religious, is interested in perpetuating itself; because the idea which has moved one **generation** wishes to move others also, and leave a trace. C'est que toute pensée, soit religieuse, soit philosophique, est intéressée à se perpétuer, c'est que l'idée qui a remué une **génération** veut en remuer d'autres, et laisser trace. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 2673) - Joseph died, as did all his brothers, and all that **generation**. Joseph mourut, ainsi que tous ses frères et toute cette **génération**-là. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EXO 1:6) - Each **generation** has its own challenges to face. Chaque **génération** a ses propres défis à relever. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 663866) - Maximum number of **generations** Nombre maximal de **générations** ([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 4161909) ## électricité Used about 4 734 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 196 · legal and administrative ≈ 523 · UN documents ≈ 4 015). - Combined heat and power guarantees efficient and ecological energy **generation**. La production combinée de chaleur et d'**électricité** garantit une production efficace et écologique d'énergie. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1850262) - **Generation** of electricity consumed by upstream activities; la production d’**électricité** consommée par les activités en amont; ([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 2842657) - Malawi ' s electricity supply depends on hydroelectric **generation**. 49. L ' alimentation du Malawi en **électricité** est tributaire de la production hydroélectrique. ([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 17845002) - The same applies to power **generation** from waste gases in steel production. Il en va de même pour la production d'**électricité** à partir de gaz résiduaires provenant de la production de l'acier. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1219913) - Kinetic energy of wind exploited for electricity **generation** in wind turbines. Énergie cinétique du vent exploitée pour la production d’**électricité** au moyen d’aérogénérateurs. ([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 2880162) ## production Used about 4 101 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 157 · legal and administrative ≈ 732 · UN documents ≈ 3 212). - It does of course cover the **generation** of electricity through nuclear fission. Ce "toutes" inclut, bien évidemment, la **production** d’énergie électrique à partir de la fission nucléaire. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 543157) - Annual **generation** of hazardous waste in tonnes **Production** annuelle de déchets dangereux en tonnes ([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 2781149) - OECD initiative on increasing **generation** of hazard data Initiative de l ' OCDE concernant la **production** accrue de données sur les dangers ([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 16030193) - I support the directive, as it will provide an impetus for increased **generation** of this type throughout Europe. Je soutiens la directive, car elle donnera un élan � ce type de **production** en Europe. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 539854) - **Generation** of the modified NEDC profile (mNEDC) **Production** du profil de vitesse NEDC modifié (NEDCm) ([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 3504267) ## futures Used about 402 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 402). - OF EVERY PERSON OF PRESENT AND FUTURE **GENERATIONS** TO LIVE IN AN ENVIRONMENT ADEQUATE TO HIS OR HER HEALTH AND WELL-BEING PRÉSENTES ET **FUTURES**, DE VIVRE DANS UN ENVIRONNEMENT PROPRE À SA SANTÉ ET À SON BIENÊTRE ([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 19076835) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Again God said to Abraham: And thou therefore shalt keep my covenant, and thy seed after thee in their **generations**. Dieu dit à Abraham : Pour toi, sois fidèle à mon alliance, toi et ta postérité après toi dans tous les âges. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#7853920](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7853920) [\#8589806](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8589806)) - And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and between thy seed after thee in their **generations**, by a perpetual covenant: to be a God to thee, and to thy seed after thee. Cette alliance, établie entre moi et entre toi et ta postérité dernière, je l’érigerai en alliance perpétuelle, étant pour toi un Dieu comme pour ta postérité après toi. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#7853916](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7853916) [\#8589828](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8589828)) - In his humiliation, his judgment was taken away. Who will declare His **generation**? For his life is taken from the earth.” Dans son humiliation, son jugement a été levé. Et sa postérité, qui la dépeindra? Car sa vie a été retranchée de la terre. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 8:33) ## 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. Every example names its source and licence. 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