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([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Clavain and Clavain · checked, community translation · [\#431628](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/431628) [\#431629](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/431629)) - “That cannot be, **gentlemen**.” --**Messieurs**, cela ne se peut 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 24192) - Ladies and **gentlemen**, that concludes the votes. Mesdames et **Messieurs**, l'heure des votes est close. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 423121) - Let us show these peoples that the diplomats of 1997 are not a club of ladies and **gentlemen** with little work who wander through the halls of this building. Montrons à nos peuples que les diplomates de 1997 ne sont pas un club de dames et de **messieurs** peu occupés, qui errent dans les couloirs de cet édifice. ([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 3532493) - Good evening, ladies and **gentlemen**. Bonsoir Mesdames et **Messieurs** ! ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by fanty and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1597893](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1597893) [\#1598006](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1598006)) ## chers Used about 9 695 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 9 689 · UN documents ≈ 6). - Ladies and **gentlemen**, the survival of European fisheries is non-negotiable. Mes **chers** collègues, la survie de la pêche européenne n'est pas négociable. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1404078) - My dear colleagues, ladies and **gentlemen**, today is 2 July 2009. **Chers** collègues, nous sommes aujourd ' hui le 2 juillet 2009. ([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 20497195) - Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and **gentlemen**, first let me turn to the positive aspects. Monsieur le Président, Madame le Commissaire, **chers** collègues, je veux mettre en avant le côté positif des choses. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1995556) - Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and **gentlemen**, Mr Schnellhardt, I think that you are all wrong. Monsieur le Président, Monsieur le Commissaire, mes **chers** collègues, Monsieur Schnellhardt, je crois que vous avez tout faux. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1961875) - My second point is that in Recital B, read it ladies and **gentlemen**, Western forces are forces of occupation. Le deuxième point: dans le considérant B, lisez-le mes **chers** collègues, les forces occidentales sont des forces d'occupation. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1462977) ## mesdames Used about 164 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 164). - Thank you, ladies and **gentlemen**. Merci, **Mesdames** et Messieurs. ([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 233121) - Excellencies, ladies and **gentlemen**, Excellences, **Mesdames** et Messieurs, ([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 23171071) - Ladies and **Gentlemen** Presiding Officers, **Mesdames**, Messieurs les membres des bureaux, ([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 18734833) - No, do not be afraid, ladies and **gentlemen**. Non, ne craignez rien, **Mesdames** et Messieurs. ([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 2314516) - Distinguished guests, Ladies and **gentlemen**, Excellences **Mesdames** et Messieurs les Ambassadeurs, ([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 12552588) ## monsieur Used about 1 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1). - He is a gentleman among **gentlemen**. C'est un **monsieur**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1276667](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1276667) [\#1278286](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1278286)) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Please be seated, ladies and **gentlemen**. Que tout le monde s'assoie, je vous prie ! ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#38531](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/38531) [\#12818](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12818)) - We're **gentlemen**. Nous sommes des gentilshommes. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2240991](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2240991) [\#4543046](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4543046)) - **Gentlemen** first. Priorité au gentilshommes ! ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Luornu and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#269710](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/269710) [\#8602994](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8602994)) ## 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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