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# legislation — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: legislation (253 799), legislations (2 565). By style: everyday 9 · literary 3 · parliamentary 21 499 · legal and administrative 21 569 · UN documents 213 284.

## législation

Used about 160 987 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · literary ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 18 588 · legal and administrative ≈ 17 974 · UN documents ≈ 124 416). Forms: législation, législations.

- This kind of restrictive **legislation** is bound to hobble the economy.
  Ce genre de **législation** contraignante entrave forcément l'économie.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by PeterR and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#1345424](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1345424) [\#10633472](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10633472))

- But in a very short time, all these efforts at communal **legislation** fell into abeyance.
  Mais, en peu de temps, tous ces essais de **législation** communale tombèrent en désuétude.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 7009)

- But where is the proper **legislation** about it?
  Mais où est donc la vraie **législation** làdessus?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1790367)

- List of Union harmonisation **legislation**
  Liste de la **législation** d'harmonisation de l'Union
  ([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 4977833)

- Coherence with other **legislations**
  Cohérence avec d &apos; autres **législations**
  ([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 8393104)

## loi

Used about 20 221 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 224 · UN documents ≈ 19 995).

- This **legislation** constitutes a full-fledged attack on consumer rights.
  La **loi** constitue une attaque en règle contre les droits des consommateurs.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1762014](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1762014) [\#1764863](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1764863))

- This European **legislation** will help to increase the share of renewables in the electricity market.
  Cette **loi** européenne permettra d'augmenter la part des énergies renouvelables dans la consommation d'électricité.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 212793)

- new or enacted **legislation**;
  - Les nouveaux projets ou textes de **loi**:
  ([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 15234019)

- The argument continues about the "white-collar exemption" that exempts specific white-collar workers from the "eight hours per day, 40 hours per week" working hours, as fixed by labour standards **legislation**.
  La polémique se poursuit quant à « l'exemption des Cols Blancs » qui exempte des travailleurs cols blancs spécifiques du temps de travail « 8 heures par jours, 40 heures semaines » prévu par la **loi** sur le temps de travail.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Objectivesea and hortusdei · checked, community translation · [\#326663](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/326663) [\#129101](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/129101))

- **Legislations** Constitution (Amendment) Act 1997
  **Loi** de 1997 portant modification de la Constitution
  ([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 22378786)

## dispositions

Used about 7 564 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 899 · UN documents ≈ 6 665).

- Measures and terms of **legislation** as regards the identification of animals (4):
  Mesures et **dispositions** législatives concernant l'identification des animaux (4):
  ([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 391067)

- The following is a summary of the enactments and amendments of **legislations** related to women during 2002-2005.
  Récapitulatif des textes législatifs et nouvelles **dispositions** relatifs aux femmes durant la période 2002-2005 :
  ([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 16959183)

- The use of 2′-O-fucosyllactose should be authorised without prejudice to the requirements of those **legislations**
  Il convient d'autoriser l'utilisation du 2′-O-fucosyllactose sans préjudice des **dispositions** de ces actes législatifs.
  ([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 3807677)

- These rights are exercised within the framework of the provisions of the Constitution and of specific **legislation**;
  Ces droits sont exercés dans le cadre des **dispositions** constitutionnelles et des lois qui les régissent spécifiquement;
  ([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 27679421)

- Non-notified State aid has to be assessed on the basis of the **legislation** in force at the time of its granting.
  Les aides d'État non notifiées doivent être évaluées sur la base des **dispositions** juridiques en vigueur au moment de leur octroi.
  ([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 588626)

## nationales

Used about 5 117 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 224 · legal and administrative ≈ 449 · UN documents ≈ 4 443). Forms: nationale, nationales.

- In other areas, the directive is supported by the existing instruments intended to facilitate harmonisation and the mutual recognition of national **legislations**.
  Dans d'autres domaines, la directive s'appuie sur les instruments déjà existants qui visent à favoriser l'harmonisation et la reconnaissance mutuelle des réglementations **nationales**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 46056)

- Any cross-border advantage is not caused by the Hungarian tax **legislation** but results from differences between the **legislations** of Member States.
  Les avantages transfrontaliers ne sont pas dus aux règles fiscales hongroises, mais à l’écart entre les différentes réglementations **nationales**.
  ([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 1979518)

- 13. The formulation of national **legislation** and its harmonization with the provisions of the Convention;
  13. L &apos; élaboration de dispositions législatives **nationales** et leur harmonisation avec les dispositions de la Convention;
  ([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 6436319)

- A potential advantage based on a multinational scenario is not imputable to the measure, but to the difference between tax **legislations** of Member States.
  Les avantages potentiels résultant de rapports multinationaux ne sont pas imputables à la mesure mais à la différence entre les réglementations fiscales **nationales**.
  ([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 1979530)

- The National Assembly established a Legislative Committee in 2003 to scrutinize all new **legislations** before submission to the National Assembly.
  En 2003, l &apos; Assemblée **nationale** a mis en place un comité législatif chargé d &apos; examiner de près toutes les nouvelles lois avant qu &apos; elles ne lui soient soumises.
  ([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 16941088)

## More sentences

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

- It is true that behavior cannot be legislated, and **legislation** cannot make you love me, but **legislation** can restrain you from lynching me, and I think that is kind of important.
  Il est vrai que le comportement ne peut être réglementé, et les lois ne peuvent vous forcer à m'aimer, mais les lois peuvent vous empêcher de me lyncher, et je crois que c'est assez important.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#414158](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/414158) [\#607961](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/607961))

- This procedure applies to a greatly increased range of **legislation**, yet there has been less need to resort to conciliation.
  Cette procédure s' applique à une gamme plus large d' actes législatifs ; cependant, les occasions de recours à la conciliation ont diminué.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 69111)

- When comitology leads to secondary **legislation**, this **legislation** must also be verified.
  Lorsque la comitologie débouche sur un droit dérivé, ce droit doit être lui aussi vérifié.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 798748)

## Grammar

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