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By style: everyday 8 · literary 8 · biblical 11 · parliamentary 1 106 · legal and administrative 28 990 · UN documents 4 406. ## fixant Used about 8 502 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 46 · legal and administrative ≈ 8 455). - in writing. - I voted for this proposal **laying** out higher emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles. par écrit. - (EN) J'ai voté en faveur de cette proposition **fixant** des normes d'émission plus strictes pour les véhicules utilitaires légers neufs. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1493082) - The Commission may adopt implementing acts **laying** down necessary measures concerning: La Commission peut adopter des actes d'exécution **fixant** des mesures nécessaires concernant: ([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 3074839) - I am fairly optimistic about the discussions in the Council on the directive **laying** down minimum standards for the reception of asylum seekers in Member States. Je suis assez optimiste quant aux discussions au sein du Conseil sur la directive **fixant** des normes minimales pour l'accueil des demandeurs d'asile dans les États membres. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 403995) - **laying** down the date for the completion of migration from the Schengen Information System (SIS 1+) to the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) **fixant** la date d’achèvement de la migration du système d’information Schengen (SIS 1+) vers le système d’information Schengen de deuxième génération (SIS II) ([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 1702444) - Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 **laying** down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin Règlement (CE) no 853/2004 du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 29 avril 2004 **fixant** des règles spécifiques d'hygiène applicables aux denrées alimentaires d'origine animale ([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 3887497) ## établissant Used about 6 965 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 138 · legal and administrative ≈ 6 644 · UN documents ≈ 184). - One of these is a factual account, **laying** down the principles of our involvement in Iraq. Un de ces rapports est un compte rendu factuel, **établissant** les principes de notre implication en Iraq. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1050463) - Commission Regulation of 25 March 2010 **laying** down common rules on air traffic flow management, as amended by: Règlement de la Commission du 25 mars 2010 **établissant** des règles communes relatives à la gestion des courants de trafic aérien, modifié par: ([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 162640) - Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council **laying** down harmonized conditions for the marketing of the construction products Proposition de règlement du Parlement européen et du Conseil **établissant** des conditions harmonisées de commercialisation pour les produits de construction ([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 22747630) - We have put forward a proposal for a directive **laying** down criminal sanctions in the fight against counterfeiting. Nous avons présenté une proposition de directive **établissant** des sanctions pénales dans le domaine de la lutte contre la contrefaçon. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 825258) - The Commission shall adopt detailed guidelines **laying** down the principles applicable to inspections referred to in Article 111. La Commission adopte les lignes directrices détaillées **établissant** les principes applicables aux inspections visées à l’article 111. ([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 2312961) ## no Used about 5 436 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 5 436). - Council Regulation (EEC) No 315/93 of 8 February 1993 **laying** down Community procedures for contaminants in food Règlement (CEE) **no** 315/93 du Conseil du 8 février 1993 portant établissement des procédures communautaires relatives aux contaminants dans les denrées alimentaires ([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 242521) - Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 of 21 June 1999 **laying** down general provisions on the Structural Funds (OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 1). Règlement (CE) **no** 1260/1999 du Conseil du 21 juin 1999 portant dispositions générales sur les Fonds structurels (JO L 161 du 26.6.1999, p. 1). ([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 3452237) - amending Regulation (EC) No 493/2006 **laying** down transitional measures within the framework of the reform of the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector modifiant le règlement (CE) **no** 493/2006 portant mesures transitoires dans le cadre de la réforme de l'organisation commune des marchés dans le secteur du sucre ([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 1204950) - Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 of 22 March 1999 **laying** down detailed rules for the application of Article 93 (now 88) of the EC Treaty (OJ L 83, 27.3.1999, p. 1). Règlement (CE) **No** 659/1999 du Conseil du 22 mars 1999 portant modalités d'application de l'article 93 (maintenant 88) du traité CE, publié au JO L 83 du 27.03.1999, p. 1 ([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 861416) - **laying** down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) portant modalités d’application du règlement (CE) **no** 1698/2005 du Conseil concernant le soutien au développement rural par le Fonds européen agricole pour le développement rural (Feader) ([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 1096505) ## poules Used about 3 319 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 115 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 020 · UN documents ≈ 184). - Protection for **laying** hens Protection des **poules** pondeuses d'élevage ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1948605) - Excluding **laying** hens and cull hens. Les pondeuses et les **poules** de réforme sont exclues. ([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 2616180) - 3. Housing systems for **laying** hens 3. Logement des **poules** pondeuses ([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 6222394) - In the case of **laying** hens, over 25% of their feed is produced on the farm. Pour les **poules** pondeuses, c'est plus de 25% de la nourriture qui est produite à la ferme. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 471848) - the culled breeding and **laying** birds of Gallus gallus, de **poules** reproductrices et de poules pondeuses Gallus gallus mises à mort, ([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 2292195) ## pose Used about 2 845 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 23 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 812 · UN documents ≈ 1 010). - **Laying** long telecommunications cables is an expensive business. La **pose** de câbles de télécommunications d'une longueur donnée implique en effet des dépenses considérables. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 163051) - with regard to the **laying** and maintenance of cables and pipelines: concernant la **pose** et l’entretien de câbles et canalisations: ([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 2535139) - Measures to be taken by military personnel when **laying** minefields Mesures incombant au personnel militaire qui **pose** les champs de mines ([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 15074876) - Floor-**laying** and covering, wall-covering and wall-papering work Travaux de **pose** de revêtement de sols et de murs et pose de papiers peints ([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 1495176) - Great care is needed when **laying** lines across water obstacles. La **pose** de conduites traversant des cours d ' eau fait l ' objet d ' une attention particulière. ([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 9379235) ## règles Used about 1 530 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 138 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 208 · UN documents ≈ 184). Forms: règlement, règles. - The need for better lawmaking and for **laying** down better rules is the subject of a genuine consensus. La nécessité de mieux légiférer et de formuler de meilleures **règles** fait l’objet d’un réel consensus. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 798897) - The measures designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, by supplementing it, **laying** down in particular, the following: Les mesures visant à modifier les éléments non essentiels du présent **règlement**, en le complétant, et définissant en particulier: ([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 1541069) - Directive No. 17 of the Supreme Court, **laying** down the guidelines for the courts, provides for the aspects of child custody. La Directive n° 17 de la Cour suprême, qui prescrit les **règles** des tribunaux, dispose en matière de droit de garde. ([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 13550639) - **Laying** down clear rules in this matter would improve the transparency and effectiveness of monetary policy. La fixation de **règles** claires en la matière améliorerait la transparence et l'efficacité de la politique monétaire. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 873559) - The ECB and the NCAs shall adopt internal rules **laying** down the specific restrictions for insiders taking into account effectiveness, efficiency and proportionality considerations. La BCE et les ACN adoptent des **règles** internes définissant les restrictions particulières imposées aux initiés, qui tiennent compte de facteurs d'efficacité, d'efficience et de proportionnalité. ([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 3562135) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - The platypus is an egg-**laying** mammal, which means it lays eggs. L'ornithorynque est un mammifère ovipare, c'est-à-dire qu'il pond des œufs. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Dejo and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#8097694](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8097694) [\#8924963](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8924963)) - A critic is a hen that clucks while others are **laying**. Un critique est une poule qui caquette pendant que les autres donnent des œufs. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Dejo and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#2278662](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2278662) [\#10749984](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10749984)) - The company announced that it would be **laying** off 30% of its employees. La société a annoncé qu'elle allait licencier 30 % de ses employés. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by megamanenm and megamanenm · checked, community translation · [\#10815451](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10815451) [\#10815454](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10815454)) ## 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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