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# issue — English to French

How English *issue* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 2 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: issue (277 023), issues (494 887). By style: everyday 163 · literary 6 · biblical 5 · parliamentary 67 277 · legal and administrative 25 331 · UN documents 679 128.

## question

Used about 414 233 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 19 · parliamentary ≈ 30 835 · legal and administrative ≈ 8 444 · UN documents ≈ 374 935). Forms: question, questions.

- It's a knotty **issue**.
  C'est une **question** épineuse.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#10741289](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10741289) [\#10750027](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10750027))

- This is a health and safety at work **issue**.
  C' est une **question** de santé et de sécurité au travail.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2011491)

- sanitary and phyto-sanitary **issues**;
  **Questions** sanitaires et phytosanitaires
  ([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 20527)

- C. KEY POLICY **ISSUES**
  C. **QUESTIONS** CLEFS POUR LES GOUVERNEMENTS
  ([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 15466182)

- It's an equity **issue**.
  C'est une **question** d'équité.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#8510248](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8510248) [\#10266002](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10266002))

## problème

Used about 58 905 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 93 · parliamentary ≈ 7 709 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 583 · UN documents ≈ 49 520). Forms: problème, problèmes.

- I have **issues**.
  J'ai des **problèmes**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#11382908](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11382908) [\#2371267](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2371267))

- Many Members have talked about the **issue** of drugs.
  Bon nombre de députés ont fait allusion au **problème** de la drogue.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 562276)

- Are there any particular implementation **issues** that give rise to concerns in your Member State?
  Certains aspects particuliers de la mise en œuvre posent-ils des **problèmes** dans votre pays?
  ([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 783162)

- To discuss whether there is a need to develop guidelines addressing this **issue**;
  b) Débattre de la nécessité éventuelle d &apos; élaborer des lignes directrices pour traiter ce **problème**;
  ([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 20840781)

- That's another **issue**.
  C'est un autre **problème**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and engone · checked, community translation · [\#3701579](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3701579) [\#12397](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12397))

## More sentences

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

- The library will **issue** you a library card.
  La bibliothèque vous fournira une carte de lecteur.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by \_undertoad and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#2268375](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2268375) [\#2269884](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2269884))

- Saudi Arabia does not **issue** tourist visas.
  L'Arabie saoudite ne délivre pas de visa touristique.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Objectivesea and pfpillon · checked, community translation · [\#4657492](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4657492) [\#4659004](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4659004))

- This **issue** has nothing to do with you.
  Cette affaire ne te concerne en rien.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by eastasiastudent and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1185801](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1185801) [\#1523196](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1523196))

## 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

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