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# location — English to French

How English *location* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 6 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: location (39 817), locations (26 215). By style: everyday 31 · parliamentary 1 185 · legal and administrative 9 509 · UN documents 55 307.

## lieu

Used about 16 195 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 222 · legal and administrative ≈ 991 · UN documents ≈ 14 979). Forms: lieu, lieux.

- They decided on the date and **location** of their wedding.
  Ils ont décidé de la date et du **lieu** de leur mariage.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by kenken and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#778307](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/778307) [\#1833018](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1833018))

- I still regard Strasbourg as a choice **location**.
  Je continue à considérer Strasbourg comme un **lieu** de choix.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1044571)

- **Location**, frequency and status of sampling
  **Lieu**, fréquence et statut de l’échantillonnage
  ([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 690830)

- Date and territory or **location** of launch:
  Date et territoire ou **lieu** de lancement:
  ([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 23303881)

- They decided on the date and **location** of their wedding.
  Elles ont décidé de la date et du **lieu** de leur mariage.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by kenken and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#778307](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/778307) [\#1833019](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1833019))

## emplacement

Used about 8 360 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 37 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 981 · UN documents ≈ 6 337).

- They refused to disclose the **location** of the hostages.
  Ils ont refusé de divulguer l'**emplacement** des otages.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mailohilohi and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#6116189](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6116189) [\#8823992](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8823992))

- The report also looks at the **location** of our last Assembly.
  Le rapport examine également l'**emplacement** de notre dernière Assemblée.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1823138)

- **Location** indicator of MWO (M)
  Indicateur d’**emplacement** de MWO (M)
  ([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 5178953)

- 9-4 **LOCATION** AND ARRANGEMENT OF THE SUPPLY UNIT
  9-4 **EMPLACEMENT** ET AMÉNAGEMENT DU POSTE D &apos; ALIMENTATION
  ([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 8456298)

- What better **location** for a bakery than next to a school?
  Quel meilleur **emplacement** pour une boulangerie qu'à côté d'une école ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and genes1s · checked, community translation · [\#11190686](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11190686) [\#13370089](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13370089))

## sites

Used about 4 255 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 86 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 288 · UN documents ≈ 2 881).

- Airbus provides jobs at six European **locations** and employs a total of 58 000 workers.
  La société fournit du travail sur six **sites** européens et emploie 58 000 travailleurs au total.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 993245)

- Performance requirements at offshore **locations**
  Exigences de performance sur les **sites** en mer
  ([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 4018040)

- Operation and maintenance of 4 level-II medical facilities in 4 **locations**
  Exploitation et entretien de quatre centres médicaux de niveau II, sur quatre **sites**
  ([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 16234558)

- An inventory should be drawn up of **locations** where the soil may have been contaminated in the past.
  On devrait également faire un inventaire des **sites** dont les sols ont autrefois peut-être été pollués.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 995307)

- Reference File of the Coding of **Locations** (Primary and subsidiary),
  fichier de référence du codage des **sites** (primaires et secondaires).
  ([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 5406854)

## où

Used about 3 250 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 49 · legal and administrative ≈ 891 · UN documents ≈ 2 304).

- Gabriel was unaware of Rima’s **location**.
  Gabriel ne savait pas **où** exactement était Rima.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#11754745](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11754745) [\#11757012](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11757012))

- For the time being, no one knows his exact **location**.
  À l’heure actuelle, personne ne sait exactement **où** il se trouve.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 643564)

- The city of **location**
  Ville **où** se situe le FP.
  ([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 1782930)

- Candidates will be advised of the time and **location** of the oral examination by convocation.
  Chaque candidat recevra une convocation l’informant de l’heure et de la salle **où** son oral se déroulera.
  ([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 5264894)

- A GPS device can pinpoint your **location** anywhere in the world.
  Un appareil GPS peut localiser votre position n'importe **où** dans le monde.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#1412062](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1412062) [\#11045536](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11045536))

## localisation

Used about 2 573 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 148 · legal and administrative ≈ 693 · UN documents ≈ 1 728).

- What is the **location** of the country?
  Quelle est la **localisation** du pays ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#11219591](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11219591) [\#11219607](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11219607))

- Why withdraw the **location** clause and the concept of territory?
  Pourquoi supprimer la clause de **localisation** et la notion de territoire ?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 329339)

- **Location** of the holding \[1\]
  **Localisation** de l'exploitation \[1\]
  ([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 3355262)

- Satellite positioning and **location** capabilities
  Positionnement et **localisation** par satellite
  ([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 14838570)

- Please tell me your **location**.
  Pourriez-vous m'indiquer votre **localisation** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and qdii · checked, community translation · [\#268476](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/268476) [\#647454](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/647454))

## endroits

Used about 2 484 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 160 · legal and administrative ≈ 594 · UN documents ≈ 1 728).

- He was obsessed with the idea of travelling to exotic **locations**.
  Il était obsédé par l'idée de voyager à des **endroits** exotiques.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by janms and Scorpionvenin14 · checked, community translation · [\#3276003](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3276003) [\#3448710](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3448710))

- Wave power only works in specific geographic **locations**.
  L’énergie des vagues ne fonctionne que dans certains **endroits** spécifiques.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 823042)

- disinfection points must be installed at critical **locations** in the establishment;
  des points de désinfection doivent être installés aux **endroits** critiques de l’établissement;
  ([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 5204003)

- The measurements shall be made with the same microphones and microphone **locations** used during the test.
  Il est mesuré au moyen des mêmes microphones que ceux utilisés pendant l &apos; essai, placés aux mêmes **endroits**.
  ([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 26475014)

- The Commission held hearings in various **locations** throughout Europe.
  La Commission a procédé à des auditions à différents **endroits** en Europe.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1961225)

## More sentences

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

- Police tracked William's **location**.
  La police a traqué William et l'a localisé.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#11602453](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11602453) [\#11607763](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11607763))

- This **location** has the best view in the city.
  Cette position a la meilleure vue de la ville.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ioan\_Cristian and Ioan\_Cristian · checked, community translation · [\#14068021](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14068021) [\#14068022](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14068022))

- This room's **location** is great.
  C'est une pièce très bien exposée.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by weihaiping and 9h0ost · checked, community translation · [\#1481772](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1481772) [\#119953](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/119953))

## 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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