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# liberty — English to French

How English *liberty* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 2 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: liberties (5 719), liberty (38 349). By style: everyday 56 · literary 20 · biblical 14 · parliamentary 2 481 · legal and administrative 659 · UN documents 40 838.

## liberté

Used about 34 024 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 54 · literary ≈ 19 · biblical ≈ 13 · parliamentary ≈ 1 292 · legal and administrative ≈ 316 · UN documents ≈ 32 330). Forms: liberté, libertés.

- What is **liberty**?
  C'est quoi la **liberté** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by shekitten and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#9844717](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9844717) [\#9850082](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9850082))

- This **liberty** goes very far.
  Cette **liberté** va très loin.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 2635)

- Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is **liberty**.
  Or, le Seigneur c’est l’Esprit; et là où est l’Esprit du Seigneur, là est la **liberté**.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CO 3:17)

- **Liberty** and security, Mr President.
  **Liberté** et sécurité, Monsieur le Président.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1613598)

- without undue delay after deprivation of **liberty**;
  sans retard indu après la privation de **liberté**;
  ([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 2857260)

## civiles

Used about 1 033 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 724 · legal and administrative ≈ 309).

- I will be happy to discuss it with the Civil **Liberties** Committee and Parliament.
  Je serai heureuse d'en débattre avec la commission des libertés **civiles** et avec le Parlement.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1450130)

- Committee on Civil **Liberties**, Justice and Home Affairs
  Commission des libertés **civiles**, de la justice et des affaires intérieures
  ([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 2327133)

- I would particularly like to draw your attention to the issue of civil rights and **liberties**.
  Je souhaiterais attirer en particulier votre attention sur la question des droits et des libertés **civiles**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 855002)

- Civil **liberty** groups have the duty to weigh all new measures being advocated.
  Les groupes de défense des libertés **civiles** ont le devoir de mettre en balance toutes les nouvelles mesures préconisées.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1342432)

- It enhances privacy and civil **liberties** and increases transparency.
  Elle améliore le respect de la vie privée et des libertés **civiles** tout en renforçant la transparence.
  ([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 3842801)

## More sentences

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

- I took the **liberty** of calling her.
  Je me suis permis de l'appeler.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Tximist and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#265004](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/265004) [\#949298](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/949298))

- I took some creative **liberties**. I hope you don't mind.
  J'ai pris certaines licences créatives. J'espère que ça ne vous dérange pas.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by FlamingTofu and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1979830](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1979830) [\#1980039](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1980039))

- I will walk in **liberty**, for I have sought your precepts.
  Je marcherai au large, Car je recherche tes ordonnances.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 119:45)

## 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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