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Je mène une double **vie**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#8832317](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8832317) [\#8418289](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8418289)) - I earned my **living** by pruning trees. Je gagnais ma **vie** à émonder des arbres. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 30250) - who preserves our life among the **living**, and doesn’t allow our feet to be moved. Il a conservé la **vie** à notre âme, Et il n’a pas permis que notre pied chancelât. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 66:9) - An economy that provides rising **living** standards but which does not cost the earth. Une économie qui assure l'augmentation du niveau de **vie**, mais pas au détriment de la Terre. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1048174) - **Living** and working conditions Conditions de **vie** et de travail ([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 2113984) ## vivant Used about 14 342 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 14 · literary ≈ 12 · biblical ≈ 52 · parliamentary ≈ 950 · legal and administrative ≈ 279 · UN documents ≈ 13 034). - Our governments have become space aliens **living** among a human population. Nos gouvernements sont devenus des androïdes **vivant** parmi une population humaine. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Samer and qdii · checked, community translation · [\#607711](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/607711) [\#607713](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/607713)) - “**Living**,” added Mr. Fogg, “if we do not lose a moment.” --**Vivant**! ajouta Mr. Fogg, si nous ne perdons pas une minute!» ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 2560) - Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the **living** God.” Simon Pierre répondit: Tu es le Christ, le Fils du Dieu **vivant**. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 16:16) - This would be the second church for Romanians **living** in Serbia. Ce serait la deuxième église pour les Roumains **vivant** en Serbie. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1208406) - Persons **living** in a private household Personnes **vivant** dans un ménage privé ([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 4288613) ## personnes Used about 13 623 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 14 · parliamentary ≈ 407 · legal and administrative ≈ 167 · UN documents ≈ 13 034). - Many of the world's seven thousand or so languages are spoken only by handfuls of **living** people and are in danger of extinction. Nombre des quelque sept mille langues que compte le monde ne sont parlées que par une poignée de **personnes** vivantes et sont menacées d'extinction. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by papabear and U2FS · checked, community translation · [\#910001](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/910001) [\#966360](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/966360)) - That may be too much to expect of people **living** in remote areas in large countries. Cette obligation peut s'avérer particulièrement contraignante pour les **personnes** habitant dans les régions éloignées de pays aux territoires étendus. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1115193) - In this respect, the measure is targeted to allow people **living** in those areas to watch television. À cet égard, l'objectif de la mesure est de permettre aux **personnes** qui résident dans ces zones de regarder la télévision. ([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 3146708) - III. Rights of persons **living** with HIV/AIDS III. Droits des **personnes** infectées par le VIH ou atteintes du 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 9205566) - Self-evidently, **living** survivors are predominantly elderly, and many are infirm or **living** their remaining years in poverty. Comme nous pouvons nous en douter, les survivants sont surtout des **personnes** âgées, dont bon nombre sont invalides ou passent leurs dernières années dans la pauvreté. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1877289) ## plus Used about 11 384 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 14 · literary ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 136 · legal and administrative ≈ 56 · UN documents ≈ 11 172). - Visible from space, the Great Barrier Reef is the largest structure on Earth made by **living** organisms. Visible depuis l'espace, la Grande Barrière de Corail est la **plus** grande structure sur Terre construite par des organismes vivants. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by patgfisher and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3669038](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3669038) [\#3669653](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3669653)) - One no longer knows what is due to the **living** or to the dead. On ne sait **plus** ce qu'on doit, ni aux vivants, ni aux morts. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 11639) - It is even worse if **living** creatures are involved. De telles pratiques sont encore **plus** graves lorsque des êtres vivants sont concernés. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 256180) - Improving mental health and healthier **living** (Annex — Point 2.2.1) Améliorer la santé mentale et vivre **plus** sainement (annexe — point 2.2.1) ([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 1354233) - In 1992, over half of the population **living** there had not been born in the Antilles. En 1992, **plus** de la moitié de la population de cette île n ' était pas native des Antilles. ([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 4887414) ## conditions Used about 7 640 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 136 · legal and administrative ≈ 56 · UN documents ≈ 7 448). - There are people there **living** in extraordinarily wretched conditions, both within Chechnya and outside. Il y a là-bas des personnes qui vivent dans des **conditions** extrêmement pénibles, tant en Tchétchénie qu'à l'extérieur. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 414047) - other local **living** conditions. les autres **conditions** locales. ([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 3024727) - The people of northern Uganda have been **living** in civil-war-like circumstances for eighteen years now. Les populations de l\`Ouganda du Nord vivent depuis 18 ans dans des **conditions** comparables à celles d ' une guerre civile. ([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 12263118) - Establishments of the correctional system are experiencing great difficulties in providing for the feeding, medical treatment and **living** conditions of arrested persons and convicts. Les établissements du système de réinsertion ont le plus grand mal à assurer aux personnes arrêtées et condamnées la nourriture, les soins médicaux et les **conditions** de subsistance. ([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 1804679) - The Lao People ' s Army is highly disciplined, committed to protect the people ' s lives and properties as well as to assist them in earning their **livings** and improving their **living** conditions. The Lao People ' s Army is highly disciplined, committed to protect the people ' s lives and properties as well as to assist them in earning their livings and improving their living **conditions**. ([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 16713922) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Tom began **living** by himself at the age of sixteen. Tom a commencé à vivre seul à l'âge de seize ans. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and GB3 · checked, community translation · [\#1027029](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1027029) [\#6760634](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6760634)) - My flat has a big **living** room. Mon appartement a une grande salle de séjour. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and felix63 · checked, community translation · [\#6462445](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6462445) [\#6462375](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6462375)) - He is **living** apart from his wife. Il vit séparé de sa femme. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and nimfeo · checked, community translation · [\#296777](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/296777) [\#132094](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/132094)) ## 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. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. 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