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# lessons — English to French

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

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Sentence pairs counted, by form: lessons (41 960). By style: everyday 65 · literary 1 · parliamentary 1 654 · legal and administrative 494 · UN documents 39 746.

## enseignements

Used about 28 817 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 345 · legal and administrative ≈ 319 · UN documents ≈ 28 153).

- We must take on board the **lessons** of the past.
  Il faut tirer des **enseignements** du passé.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 308913)

- It shall also take account of **lessons** learned.
  Elle tient compte également des **enseignements** tirés,
  ([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 1255681)

- Item 4: EXPERIENCES AND **LESSONS**
  Point 4 : DONNÉES D &apos; EXPÉRIENCE ET **ENSEIGNEMENTS**
  ([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 7905079)

- Let us hope we learn those **lessons**.
  Espérons que nous saurons tirer profit de ces **enseignements**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1670782)

- Good practices and **lessons** learnt, including at sub-national level
  Bonnes pratiques et **enseignements** tirés, y compris au niveau infranational
  ([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 5247921)

## leçons

Used about 5 364 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 31 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 068 · legal and administrative ≈ 124 · UN documents ≈ 4 140).

- I take dance **lessons**.
  Je prends des **leçons** de danse.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mervert1 and Rockaround · checked, community translation · [\#2746464](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2746464) [\#6895396](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6895396))

- The old woman who had given her **lessons** in what may be called the life of indigence, was a sainted spinster named Marguerite, who was pious with a true piety, poor and charitable towards the poor, and even towards the rich, knowing how to write just sufficiently to sign herself Marguerite, and believing in God, which is science.
  La vieille qui lui avait donné ce qu'on pourrait appeler des **leçons** de vie indigente était une sainte fille nommée Marguerite, dévote de la bonne dévotion, pauvre, et charitable pour les pauvres et même pour les riches, sachant tout juste assez écrire pour signer Margueritte, et croyant en Dieu, ce qui est la science.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 3994)

- Are there **lessons** to be learned?
  Y a-t-il des **leçons** à en tirer?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1860832)

- Number of completed tandem **lessons**
  Nombre de **leçons** en tandem achevées
  ([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 4244068)

- Furthermore, the basic training includes 166 **lessons** of psychology.
  La formation de base prévoit en outre 166 **leçons** de psychologie.
  ([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 6046787)

## expérience

Used about 4 171 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 31 · UN documents ≈ 4 140).

- Where relevant, they should include the results of any **lessons** learned from previous assistance.
  Le cas échéant, ils devraient inclure les résultats de l'**expérience** acquise dans le cadre d'une assistance antérieure.
  ([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 1046876)

- History of investments **Lessons** learned
  Bilan de l &apos; **expérience** acquise
  ([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 14532800)

- procedures for describing the implementation of new safety management rules based on development and **lessons** learnt;
  procédures pour décrire la mise en œuvre de nouvelles règles de gestion de la sécurité fondées sur le développement et l’**expérience** acquise;
  ([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 2207761)

- Past cooperation and **lessons** learned
  Coopération antérieure et **expérience** acquise
  ([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 24394426)

- The workshops should be evaluated with a view to scaling up to include further countries in the future, building on **lessons** learned.
  Ces ateliers devraient être évalués afin de les étendre à d’autres pays les années suivantes, en s’appuyant sur l’**expérience** acquise.
  ([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 5054643)

## tirer

Used about 34 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 34). Forms: tirer, tirées, tirés.

- I think that the authorities in this House will have to shoulder their responsibilities and learn **lessons** from this.
  Je pense que les autorités de cette maison devront prendre leurs responsabilités et en **tirer** les conséquences.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1393087)

## More sentences

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

- Tom and Mary give piano **lessons** to children.
  Tom et Mary donnent des cours de piano aux enfants.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CT and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#6509393](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6509393) [\#12252495](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12252495))

- I give **lessons** in Spanish.
  Je donne des cours d'espagnol.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by marcj794 and Yemana · checked, community translation · [\#5661506](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5661506) [\#5661701](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5661701))

- We didn't have any **lessons** today because our teacher had lost her voice.
  Nous n'avions pas cours aujourd'hui parce que la prof était aphone.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#12786923](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12786923) [\#7956457](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7956457))

## Grammar

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