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# language — English to French

How English *language* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 5 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: language (97 191), languages (66 035). By style: everyday 1 707 · literary 25 · biblical 76 · parliamentary 7 518 · legal and administrative 12 817 · UN documents 141 083.

## langue

Used about 125 969 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 529 · literary ≈ 15 · biblical ≈ 71 · parliamentary ≈ 5 856 · legal and administrative ≈ 9 746 · UN documents ≈ 108 751). Forms: langue, langues.

- He can speak ten **languages**.
  Il parle dix **langues**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by jshholland and U2FS · checked, community translation · [\#4306290](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4306290) [\#993982](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/993982))

- "But what **language** is it?"
  «Mais quelle est cette **langue**?»
  ([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 187)

- The whole earth was of one **language** and of one speech.
  Toute la terre avait une seule **langue** et les mêmes mots.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 11:1)

- There are three **languages**.
  Il y a trois **langues**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1489091)

- Use of the **language** of the case
  Emploi de la **langue** de procédure
  ([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 3566324)

## langage

Used about 5 655 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 124 · literary ≈ 6 · biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 712 · legal and administrative ≈ 401 · UN documents ≈ 4 409).

- What's your love **language**?
  Quel est ton **langage** d'amour ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and menaud · checked, community translation · [\#10840948](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10840948) [\#12824497](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12824497))

- Some of these habits, especially in the matter of **language**, seem eccentric.
  Quelques-unes de ces habitudes, dans le **langage** surtout, semblaient bizarres.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 13314)

- For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the **language** of the crafty.
  Ton iniquité dirige ta bouche, Et tu prends le **langage** des hommes rusés.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 15:5)

- Why do you not use plain **language**?
  Pourquoi ne pas utiliser un **langage** clair?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1278577)

- \[In addition, insert a brief explanation of the classification of the product with a maximum of 300 characters in plain **language**\]
  \[Ajouter une brève explication, en **langage** simple et en maximum 300 caractères, du classement du produit\]
  ([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 4306837)

## foi

Used about 935 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 935).

- The Decision shall be authentic in the English **language**.
  Le texte en langue anglaise de la présente décision fait **foi**.
  ([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 5621022)

- This Decision shall be authentic in the English **language**.
  Le texte en langue anglaise de la présente décision fait **foi**.
  ([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 5627705)

- The Decision is addressed to Norway. It is authentic in the English **language**.
  La Norvège est destinataire de la présente décision dont le texte en langue anglaise est le seul faisant **foi**.
  ([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 5666103)

- The text of Directive 2003/85/EC in the Norwegian **language**, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.
  Le texte de la directive 2003/85/CE en langue norvégienne, à publier dans le supplément EEE du Journal officiel de l'Union européenne, fait **foi**.
  ([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 6452)

- Done at Ilulissat on this third day of October, 2018, in a single original, in the Chinese, English, French and Russian **languages**, each text being equally authentic.
  Fait à Ilulissat le trois octobre deux mille dix-huit en un seul original, dont les versions anglaise, chinoise, française et russe font également **foi**.
  ([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 311943)

## européenne

Used about 267 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 267).

- lack of knowledge of foreign **languages** to communicate with customers in other EU countries;
  connaissances linguistiques insuffisantes pour communiquer avec les clients dans d'autres pays de l'Union **européenne**,
  ([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 4096291)

- Council Regulation No 1 of 15 April 1958 determining the **languages** to be used by the European Economic Community (OJ 17, 6.10.1958, p. 385).
  Règlement no 1 du Conseil du 15 avril 1958 portant fixation du régime linguistique de la Communauté Économique **européenne** (JO 17 du 6.10.1958, p. 385).
  ([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 4727533)

## officiel

Used about 79 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 79).

- There is a rumour going round that a recent edition of the Official Journal, published in the Finnish **language**, has had to be scrapped and is about to be reprinted.
  Une rumeur circule selon laquelle la version finnoise d'une édition récente du Journal **officiel** a dû être jetée et est sur le point d'être réimprimée.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1802163)

## More sentences

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

- I like the Occitan **language**.
  J'aime l'occitan.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Batko and Batko · checked, community translation · [\#1031102](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1031102) [\#1031097](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1031097))

- Interpreted **languages** such as Ruby or Lua are not compiled and so they need some kind of execution engine.
  Les langages interprétés comme Ruby ou Lua ne sont pas compilés et nécessitent par conséquent une sorte de moteur d'exécution.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by see and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#11294642](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11294642) [\#945519](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/945519))

- For example, C, C++, Rust and Zig are compiled programming **languages**.
  Par exemple, C, C++, Rust et Zig sont des langages de programmation compilés.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ioan\_Cristian and Ioan\_Cristian · checked, community translation · [\#14074877](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14074877) [\#14074878](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14074878))

## 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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