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Agis au **lieu** de causer ! ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Zaksocool and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#5164812](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5164812) [\#3625652](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3625652)) - How stupid that is, **instead** of being with me!” Comme c'est bête, au **lieu** d'être avec moi! ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 30452) - “‘“Adulterous wife, who takes strangers **instead** of her husband! tu as été la femme adultère, qui reçoit des étrangers au **lieu** de son mari. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 16:32) - This means targeted criticism **instead** of general complaints. Cela se traduit par des critiques ciblées au **lieu** de griefs généraux. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1249157) - Clerical error: read ‘2007’ **instead** of ‘2006’. Erreur matérielle: lire «2007» au **lieu** de «2006». ([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 1682416) ## plutôt Used about 3 100 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 45 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 1 599 · legal and administrative ≈ 879 · UN documents ≈ 575). - Can we do it on Monday **instead**? Pouvons-nous **plutôt** le faire lundi ? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#3329697](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3329697) [\#5939135](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5939135)) - But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should release Barabbas to them **instead**. Mais les chefs des sacrificateurs excitèrent la foule, afin que Pilate leur relâchât **plutôt** Barabbas. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAR 15:11) - We should **instead** have fewer sittings in Brussels and work on Fridays. Il faudrait **plutôt** faire moins de sessions à Bruxelles et travailler le vendredi. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1625279) - emptying of the equipment with a pump or under vacuum **instead** of gravity emptying; les équipements sont vidés au moyen d'une pompe ou pompe à vide **plutôt** que par gravité, ([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 4527679) - (a) In paragraphs 1 and 2, reference should be made to " notice " **instead** of " registration " ; and a) Aux paragraphes 1 et 2, il faudrait faire référence à un " avis " **plutôt** qu ' à une " inscription " ; et ([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 23855971) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - I'd rather you go there **instead** of me. Je préférerais que tu y ailles à ma place. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#10625914](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10625914) [\#10625917](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10625917)) - I may give up soon and just nap **instead**. Il se peut que j'abandonne bientôt et fasse une sieste à la place. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by brauliobezerra and ANH\_DAO · checked, community translation · [\#1300](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1300) [\#3116](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3116)) - I bought a bicycle **instead**. J'ai acheté un vélo à la place. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#4666049](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4666049) [\#7771191](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7771191)) ## 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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