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# individual — English to French

How English *individual* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: individual (168 984), individuals (115 023). By style: everyday 73 · literary 12 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 13 610 · legal and administrative 30 945 · UN documents 239 366.

## individuels

Used about 60 853 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 46 · literary ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 2 552 · legal and administrative ≈ 8 381 · UN documents ≈ 49 868). Forms: individu, individuels, individus.

- What is an **individual**?
  Qu'est-ce qu'un **individu** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by shekitten and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#11762745](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11762745) [\#11762928](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11762928))

- No, from the point of view of the **individual**.
  Non, au point de vue de l'**individu**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 26840)

- **Individual** nation states will not and do not have a chance.
  Les États nations **individuels** n'auraient pas la moindre chance.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1632665)

- OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND PAYMENT OF **INDIVIDUAL** ENTITLEMENTS
  OFFICE DE GESTION ET DE LIQUIDATION DES DROITS **INDIVIDUELS**
  ([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 5058427)

- However, implementation remains limited to **individual** projects.
  Cependant, la mise en oeuvre demeure limitée à des projets **individuels**.
  ([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 8869624)

## personnes

Used about 53 020 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 2 977 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 158 · UN documents ≈ 44 881).

- There is an whole industry based entirely on preying upon financially vulnerable **individuals**.
  Il y a toute une industrie qui cherche à extorquer les **personnes** les plus vulnérables financièrement.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mailohilohi and blizb · checked, community translation · [\#6088803](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6088803) [\#11167803](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11167803))

- Let **individuals** work out their own salvation.
  Laissez les **personnes** travailler pour s'en sortir.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1264050)

- A. **Individuals** associated with the Taliban
  A. **Personnes** physiques associées aux Taliban
  ([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 2601369)

- In one year, a total of 13 **individuals** were apprehended.
  En effet, en un an, 13 **personnes** ont été appréhendées.
  ([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 6851468)

- **Individuals** invent.
  Les **personnes** inventent.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by shanghainese and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#1241689](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1241689) [\#9020297](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9020297))

## particuliers

Used about 25 814 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 709 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 158 · UN documents ≈ 19 947).

- The first key point is to give the various stakeholders, whether private, public, **individuals** or organisations, the means to implement this governance.
  Premier point clé, c'est de donner aux différents acteurs, privés, publics, **particuliers**, organisations, les moyens de mettre en œuvre cette gouvernance.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1148491)

- Characteristics to be collected for **individuals** having already used the internet:
  Caractéristiques à collecter auprès des **particuliers** ayant déjà utilisé l'internet:
  ([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 1602342)

- In addition, **individuals** may lodge complaints about expulsions with Committee P: there were six complaints in 2010 and four in 2011.
  De plus, le Comité P peut être saisi par des **particuliers** de plaintes à ce sujet : six plaintes en 2010 et quatre plaintes en 2011.
  ([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 25874826)

- In the end all the partners were more interested in achieving European added value than in asserting their potential own interests in **individual** cases.
  Au bout du compte, tous les partenaires ont considéré que l'acquêt européen est plus important que d'éventuels intérêts **particuliers** portant sur des cas spécifiques.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1981922)

- Characteristics to be collected for **individuals** having used spreadsheet software in the last 12 months:
  Caractéristique à collecter auprès des **particuliers** ayant utilisé un tableur au cours des douze derniers mois:
  ([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 3404077)

## chaque

Used about 15 259 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 851 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 934 · UN documents ≈ 12 467).

- Each **individual** is different.
  **Chaque** personne est différente.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#239821](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/239821) [\#11472167](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11472167))

- There is also a significant disparity among these areas in **individual** Member States.
  Il y a également une disparité importante entre ces zones dans **chaque** État membre.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1233436)

- EUR 1 or less per **individual** amount in the case of specific duties.
  s'agissant de droits spécifiques, 1 EUR ou moins pour **chaque** montant.
  ([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 3640922)

- profiles of host organisations behind each **individual** project
  Profil des organisations qui accueillent **chaque** projet;
  ([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 9374523)

- Each **individual** paid 1,000 dollars.
  **Chaque** personne a payé mille dollars.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eldad and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#27663](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/27663) [\#570323](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/570323))

## More sentences

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

- **Individual** freedom is the foundation of democracy.
  La liberté individuelle est la base de la démocratie.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Dejo and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1787055](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1787055) [\#1787767](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1787767))

- You are a creative **individual**.
  Tu es une personne créative.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#7554654](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7554654) [\#9009480](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9009480))

- He is a strange **individual**.
  Il est une personne bizarre.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mailohilohi and mela · checked, community translation · [\#5951515](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5951515) [\#2826225](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2826225))

## 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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