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C'est très **probable**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Fenrir and Fenrir · checked, community translation · [\#11166302](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11166302) [\#11166297](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11166297)) - This was so obvious and **likely** that every one accepted it. C'était tellement simple et **probable** que tout le monde en fut d'accord. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 225) - I think it **likely** that it will not be an easy route to take. Je pense que ce ne sera **probablement** pas une voie facile à suivre. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 493532) - Most **Likely** Error (EAGF non IACS) Erreur la plus **probable** (FEAGA hors SIGC) ([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 3503748) - This situation is **likely** to be a problem elsewhere. Ce problème se pose **probablement** dans les mêmes termes ailleurs. ([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 11263271) ## susceptibles Used about 11 668 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 17 · parliamentary ≈ 257 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 938 · UN documents ≈ 7 456). Forms: susceptible, susceptibles. - He is the least **likely** to come. Il est celui qui est le moins **susceptible** de venir. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#612075](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/612075) [\#1073501](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1073501)) - In fact my country is one of those **likely** to be affected most by the new directive. En fait, mon pays est l’un des pays **susceptibles** d’être les plus touchés par la nouvelle directive. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 727384) - rotation systems and cultivation methods **likely** to respect the environment. les rotations et les techniques culturales **susceptibles** de respecter l’environnement. ([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 1615891) - The choice of appropriate gloves shall correspond to the dangers **likely** to arise. Le choix des gants appropriés doit correspondre aux dangers **susceptibles** de survenir. ([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 17341834) - How many people are **likely** to show up? Combien de gens sont **susceptibles** de venir ? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2196905](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2196905) [\#2201478](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2201478)) ## sera Used about 2 860 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 64 · UN documents ≈ 2 796). - Consequently, it is **likely** to be more complex than any other and I would therefore like to thank everyone at the outset for their cooperation. Par conséquent, il **sera**, sans aucun doute, plus complexe que tout autre et je voudrais donc dès le début remercier toute les personnes impliquées pour leur coopération. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 428846) - The number of cases has risen steadily and is **likely** to be exacerbated by the AIDS epidemic. Le nombre de cas n ' a cessé d ' augmenter et **sera** sans doute accru encore par l ' épidémie de Sida. ([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 10482278) - 2/ Even though oxidation stability is controlled, it is **likely** that shelf life will be limited. 2/ Malgré les mesures prises pour assurer la stabilité à l ' oxydation, il est vraisemblable que la durée de conservation des produits **sera** limitée. ([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 20929266) - (b) Develop criteria for determining processes that are **likely** to have impacts on biological diversity; b) Elaborer des critères grâce auxquels il **sera** possible de déterminer les phénomènes risquant d ' avoir des conséquences sur la diversité biologique; ([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 1369762) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - I think I've figured out which horse is most **likely** to win the race. Je pense avoir déterminé quel cheval a la meilleure probabilité de gagner la course. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1887713](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1887713) [\#2153198](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2153198)) - The task of seeing lines of play is easier, and errors are less **likely** if you are aware of the resources of the pieces. La tâche de voir les lignes de jeu est plus facile et les erreurs sont moins probables si vous êtes attentif aux caractéristiques des pièces. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#10328871](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10328871) [\#10328895](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10328895)) - At this rate, we're not **likely** to be done before the end of the week. À ce rythme, on ne risque pas de finir avant la fin de la semaine. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Dejo and TRANG · checked, community translation · [\#2164](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2164) [\#3985](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3985)) ## 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. 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