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Sarkozy et ses amis des "**majors**" ont un répit. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1267433) - For the **majors**, the establishment of production units in low-cost countries also reflects a wish to expand sales there. Pour les **majors**, l’implantation d’unités de production dans les pays à bas coûts répond aussi à la volonté d’y développer les ventes. ([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 1682197) - To: **Majors** < apexholdingssia@yahoo.fr > To: **Majors** < apexholdingssia@yahoo.fr > ([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 26724573) - The Commission's recommendation may encourage these '**majors**' to withdraw their repertoires from the current system of collective rights management societies, which makes it possible to safeguard rights. La recommandation de la Commission est susceptible d'encourager ces "**majors**" à retirer leurs répertoires du système actuel de sociétés de gestion collective des droits, ce qui permet la sauvegarde des droits. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 911761) - \[愦灭※\] For the **majors**, the establishment of production units in low-cost countries also reflects a wish to expand sales there. Pour les **majors**, l’implantation d’unités de production dans les pays à bas coûts répond aussi à la volonté d’y développer les ventes. ([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 2797414) ## majeur Used about 18 411 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 11 · parliamentary ≈ 2 145 · legal and administrative ≈ 485 · UN documents ≈ 15 770). - It is a **major** logistics hub. C'est un nœud de transports **majeur**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#13237225](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13237225) [\#13237226](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13237226)) - There is a **major** problem with rewarding the law-breakers. Récompenser les personnes qui enfreignent la loi pose un problème **majeur**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 515459) - A **major** advantage of this species is the high individual biomass (up to 40 - 50 mg wet weight per individual). Un avantage **majeur** de cette espèce est la biomasse individuelle élevée (jusqu'à 40 à 50 mg de poids humide par individu). ([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 3942244) - Reimbursement rates for **major** equipment and selfsustainment Taux de remboursement applicables au matériel **majeur** et au soutien logistique autonome ([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 23836098) - We haven't had any **major** accidents. Nous n'avons eu aucun accident **majeur**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Scorpionvenin14 · checked, community translation · [\#5592864](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5592864) [\#5592916](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5592916)) ## grandes Used about 12 221 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · legal and administrative ≈ 388 · UN documents ≈ 11 828). - Small businesses are often absorbed by a **major** company. Les petites entreprises sont souvent englouties par les **grandes** compagnies. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and minti · checked, community translation · [\#267589](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/267589) [\#138947](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/138947)) - Other expenditure for new **major** research infrastructures — Euratom Programme Autres dépenses pour les nouvelles **grandes** infrastructures de recherche — programme Euratom ([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 3101803) - Indonesia made the Netherlands one of the **major** colonial powers. L ' Indonésie a fait des Pays-Bas l ' une des **grandes** puissances coloniales. ([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 15180237) - Japan consists of four **major** islands and over 3,000 small islands, and is about equal to California in area. Le Japon est constitué de 4 **grandes** îles, de plus de 3000 petites îles et a une surface à peu près égale à celle de la Californie. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by papabear and nimfeo · checked, community translation · [\#281472](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/281472) [\#14431](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14431)) - Review in the light of the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the development of carbon markets in other **major** economies Réexamen à la lumière de la mise en œuvre de l'accord de Paris et du développement des marchés du carbone dans d'autres **grandes** économies ([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 4561196) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Ursa **Major** looks like a dipper. La Grande Ourse ressemble à une louche. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#10008004](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10008004) [\#10765066](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10765066)) - History is not his **major** subject. L'Histoire n'est pas sa spécialité. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#245514](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/245514) [\#8201](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8201)) - If they admit me to the university, I think I will **major** in economics. S'ils m'acceptent à l'université, je crois que je vais m'inscrire en économie. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Dejo and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#30724](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/30724) [\#392091](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/392091)) ## 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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