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Il vend à **perte**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and Rafik · checked, community translation · [\#13731113](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13731113) [\#13731093](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13731093)) - This began the **loss** of the battle. Ceci commença la **perte** de la bataille. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 7153) - However, I consider those things that were gain to me as a **loss** for Christ. Mais ces choses qui étaient pour moi des gains, je les ai regardées comme une **perte**, à cause de Christ. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PHI 3:7) - We see huge job **losses** across the EU. Les **pertes** d'emploi dans l'UE atteignent des proportions énormes. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1245111) - **Loss** in case of slaughtering **Pertes** en cas d'abattage ([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 1377837) ## résultat Used about 3 404 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 3 404). - Statement of profit or **loss** État du **résultat** net ([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 4377664) - 6 Net profit or net **loss** on financial operations **Résultat** provenant d'opérations financières ([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 2955066) - Recoveries recorded directlyto the statement of profit or **loss** Recouvrements enregistrées directement dans l'état du **résultat** net ([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 3344697) - Financial assets at fair value through profit or **loss**, category \[member\] Actifs financiers à la juste valeur par le biais du **résultat** net, catégorie \[member\] ([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 5309533) - SMBV's profit and **loss** account as presented in its financial statements are reproduced in Table 3. Le compte de **résultat** de SMBV tel qu'il figure dans les comptes annuels est reproduit au tableau 3. ([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 4159530) ## financiers Used about 45 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 45). - As always, whenever economic **losses** occur, the financial damage affects those at the bottom of the production chain most. Comme toujours lorsqu'il y a préjudice économique, les dommages **financiers** affectent particulièrement ceux qui sont au bout de la chaîne de production. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1542397) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Young people don't know that experience is a **loss**, and it takes losing everything to know a little. Les jeunes ne savent pas que l’expérience est une défaite et qu’il faut tout perdre pour savoir un peu. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Miktsoanit and samir\_t · checked, community translation · [\#10899107](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10899107) [\#10897954](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10897954)) - He was at a **loss** for an answer. Il ne savait pas quoi répondre. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CH and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#303569](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/303569) [\#12310856](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12310856)) - As I was at a **loss** what to do, I asked my teacher for advice. Comme je ne savais pas quoi faire, j'ai demandé conseil à mon professeur. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and minti · checked, community translation · [\#38800](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/38800) [\#136091](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/136091)) ## 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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