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Forms: île, îles. - Sumatra is an **island**. Sumatra est une **île**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Pharamp · checked, community translation · [\#477051](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/477051) [\#479910](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/479910)) - "An **island**!" cries my uncle. —Une **île**! s'écrie mon oncle. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 3055) - But we must run aground on a certain **island**.” Mais nous devons échouer sur une **île**. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 27:26) - **Islands** have to be helped. Les **îles** doivent être aidées. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 588932) - VIRGIN **ISLANDS**, U.S. **ÎLES** VIERGES DES ÉTATS-UNIS ([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 3350091) ## insulaires Used about 36 270 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 494 · legal and administrative ≈ 165 · UN documents ≈ 35 612). - · it calls for fair treatment for **islands** and sparsely populated regions; · il réclame un traitement équitable pour les régions **insulaires** et les régions à faible densité de population; ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 703335) - Article 80 of the Agreement provides for the accession of the other Pacific **Island** States. L’article 80 de l’accord prévoit l’adhésion des autres États **insulaires** du Pacifique. ([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 5122226) - Small **island** developing States Petits États **insulaires** en développement ([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 29008278) - In addition, the Commission should examine the impact of climate change on **island** regions. En outre, la Commission devrait examiner l'impact du changement climatique sur les régions **insulaires**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 917950) - facilitating the development and reducing the isolation of the less-favoured and **island** regions of the Community, thereby helping to strengthen economic and social cohesion; faciliter le développement et réduire l'isolement des régions moins favorisées et **insulaires** de la Communauté et contribuer ainsi au renforcement de la cohésion économique et sociale; ([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 869446) ## développement Used about 3 616 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 55 · UN documents ≈ 3 561). - promote the development of coastal, maritime and **island** tourism. encourage le **développement** du tourisme côtier, maritime et insulaire. ([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 2464143) - 53. As a small **island** developing State, Jamaica had suffered from natural disasters such as hurricanes and earthquakes. 53. Petit État insulaire en **développement**, la Jamaïque a subi des catastrophes naturelles telles qu ' ouragans et tremblements de terre. ([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 5923994) - European Development Funds have been secured to build a new causeway to link the two largest Caicos **islands** (North and Middle). On s ' est assuré des fonds de **développement** européens pour construire une chaussée reliant les deux plus grandes Caïques (celles du Nord et du Milieu). ([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 16574456) - 6. As a small-**island** developing state (SIDS), Mauritius faces all the inherent vulnerabilities of a SIDS in pursuing sustainable development. Petit État insulaire en **développement**, Maurice connaît toutes les difficultés propres à un pays de cette catégorie qui aspire à un développement durable. ([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 11992455) ## états Used about 55 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 55). - Member States with single supply terminals, or **island** market conditions might experience a swift increase to wide or even 100 % availability of sulphur-free fuels. Dans les **États** membres disposant d’un unique terminal d’approvisionnement ou connaissant des conditions de marché insulaire, la disponibilité des carburants sans soufre pourrait rapidement augmenter jusqu’à atteindre 100 %. ([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 596143) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Gilligan's **Island** is just way too overacted. Les Joyeux naufragés, c'est une série trop surjouée. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and menaud · checked, community translation · [\#14052747](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14052747) [\#14052744](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14052744)) - I spent my holidays on the Balearic **Islands**. J'ai passé mes vacances aux Baléares. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Nylez and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#9311736](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9311736) [\#1083313](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1083313)) - I spent my vacation in the Balearic **Islands**. J'ai passé mes vacances aux Baléares. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by kaiperkins271 and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#6949742](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6949742) [\#1083313](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1083313)) ## 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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