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# legally — English to French

How English *legally* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: legally (36 425). By style: everyday 5 · parliamentary 2 476 · legal and administrative 3 362 · UN documents 30 582.

## juridiquement

Used about 18 266 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 083 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 891 · UN documents ≈ 15 291).

- A tenancy agreement is a **legally** binding document between a landlord and their tenant.
  Un contrat de location est un document **juridiquement** contraignant entre le propriétaire et le locataire.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by patgfisher and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#3144335](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3144335) [\#9122293](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9122293))

- We find this decision neither opportune nor **legally** correct.
  Cette décision ne nous paraît ni opportune, ni **juridiquement** correcte.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1959004)

- It is not **legally** binding.
  Il n'est pas **juridiquement** contraignant.
  ([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 192104)

- to prepare a global **legally** binding instrument on mercury
  **juridiquement** contraignant sur le mercure
  ([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 23350431)

- A deal may be struck, but there will be no **legally** binding agreement.
  Un accord sera peut-être conclu, mais il ne sera pas **juridiquement** contraignant.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1303548)

## légalement

Used about 4 281 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 464 · legal and administrative ≈ 630 · UN documents ≈ 3 186).

- If the player deliberately touches any of his pieces, he must move it, provided he can make a valid move with it. If he deliberately touches an opponent's piece, it must be captured, if capture is **legally** possible. This rule applies to all formal chess competitions. Players who intend to fail to observe this rule, in friendly matches, must agree on this in advance.
  Si le joueur touche délibérément une de ses pièces, il doit la déplacer, à condition qu'il puisse effectuer un mouvement valide avec elle. S'il touche délibérément une pièce de l'adversaire, celle-ci doit être capturée, si la capture est **légalement** possible. Cette règle s'applique à toutes les compétitions d'échecs formelles. Les joueurs qui ont l'intention de ne pas respecter cette règle, lors de matchs amicaux, doivent en convenir à l'avance.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#9960242](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9960242) [\#9963171](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9963171))

- It is not binding **legally** but it has always been complied with.
  Son avis n'est pas **légalement** contraignant, mais il a toujours été respecté.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1663553)

- the chartering company shall be **legally** established in the chartering CPC.
  l'entreprise d'affrètement est **légalement** établie dans la PCC affréteuse.
  ([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 4418510)

- Second, the parents are **legally** resident in the Republic of Albania.
  En second lieu, si les parents résidaient **légalement** en République d &apos; Albanie.
  ([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 11751366)

- Mr President, I have risen to speak about discrimination against Polish workers who are **legally** employed in Belgium.
  - Monsieur le Président, je prends la parole pour évoquer les discriminations contre les travailleurs polonais **légalement** embauchés en Belgique.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 746964)

## contraignant

Used about 2 169 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 258 · UN documents ≈ 1 911). Forms: contraignant, contraignante, contraignantes.

- Although the moratorium is not **legally** binding, it carries enormous moral and political significance.
  Certes, ce moratoire n'a pas de valeur juridique **contraignante**, mais il revêt une énorme importance sur les plans politique et moral.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1117842)

- Pending the conclusion of such **legally** binding instrument, the Nuclear Weapon States should fully observe their existing obligations.
  En attendant la conclusion d &apos; un tel instrument **contraignant**, les États détenteurs d &apos; armes nucléaires doivent se conformer entièrement à leurs obligations existantes;
  ([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 16288253)

- If we speak out for certain values worldwide, we also have to apply those values ourselves and make them **legally** binding.
  Si nous défendons certaines valeurs aux quatre coins du monde, nous devons également les appliquer et les rendre **contraignantes** chez nous.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 950865)

- Such declarations are noteworthy and for my country are **legally** binding in the terms in which the scope of these unilateral acts are materialized in international law.
  Mon pays considère qu &apos; elles revêtent un caractère juridique **contraignant**, vu la portée concrète et particulière de tels actes unilatéraux en droit international.
  ([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 6064781)

- The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union must be made **legally** binding, and the EU should accede to the European Convention on Human Rights.
  La Charte des droits fondamentaux de l'Union européenne doit être **contraignante** et l'UE devrait adhérer à la Convention européenne des droits de l'homme.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 999609)

## instrument

Used about 70 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 70).

- The experts observed that in order to be able to do this **legally** it was necessary for the Greek Parliament to pass new legislation (Article 53 of Law 3283/2004).
  Les experts indiquent que pour pouvoir effectuer cette opération dans la légalité, il a fallu que le Parlement grec adopte un nouvel **instrument** législatif (article 53 de la loi 3283/2004).
  ([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 2230418)

## More sentences

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

- It's not **legally** binding.
  Ce n'est pas une obligation légale.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2020397](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2020397) [\#2022310](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2022310))

- She has **legally** divorced her husband.
  Elle a divorcé de son mari en bonne et due forme.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and SUZIE · checked, community translation · [\#316752](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/316752) [\#15657](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/15657))

- The decision of the jury in the Depp-Heard case was **legally** baseless.
  La décision du jury dans le procès de Depp contre Heard n'avait aucun mérite juridique.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by shekitten and zogwarg · checked, community translation · [\#11986295](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11986295) [\#11986462](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11986462))

## Grammar

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