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# manufacturer — English to French

How English *manufacturer* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 2 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: manufacturer (48 716), manufacturers (15 394). By style: everyday 9 · literary 3 · parliamentary 2 383 · legal and administrative 26 515 · UN documents 35 200.

## constructeur

Used about 28 807 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 521 · legal and administrative ≈ 11 048 · UN documents ≈ 17 233). Forms: constructeur, constructeurs.

- Volkswagen is a German car **manufacturer**.
  Volkswagen est un **constructeur** automobile allemand.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#4474978](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4474978) [\#12784968](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12784968))

- Preventing such a trend is a great challenge for the aircraft **manufacturers**.
  Empêcher que cela ne se produise représente un énorme défi pour les **constructeurs** aéronautiques.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1740999)

- **Manufacturer**’s name and address:
  Nom et adresse du **constructeur**:
  ([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 5580400)

- Motor Vehicle **Manufacturers** (OICA) /
  des **constructeurs** d &apos; automobiles (OICA)\*
  ([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 19185502)

- We supply parts to the auto **manufacturer**.
  Nous fournissons des pièces détachées au **constructeur** automobile.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Swift and rene1596 · checked, community translation · [\#23181](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/23181) [\#1188226](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1188226))

## fabricants

Used about 27 785 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 142 · legal and administrative ≈ 12 705 · UN documents ≈ 13 933). Forms: fabricant, fabricants.

- The **manufacturer** guaranteed the new machine for 5 years.
  Le **fabricant** garantit la nouvelle machine pour cinq ans.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#45899](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/45899) [\#1054969](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1054969))

- Lieutenants are crowned kings; superintendents improvise **manufacturers** out of themselves.
  Les lieutenants se couronnent rois; les contre-maîtres s'improvisèrent **fabricants**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 7802)

- **Manufacturers** need clear regulations and certainty.
  Les **fabricants** ont besoin de dispositions claires et de sécurité.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1231914)

- Information to be provided by **manufacturers**
  Informations à fournir par les **fabricants**
  ([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 1640490)

- **Manufacturer** (name and address):
  **Fabricant** : (nom et adresse)
  ([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 4368091)

## More sentences

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

- The **manufacturer** of the medicine is a Japanese company.
  Le fabriquant de ce médicament est une entreprise japonaise.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by orcrist and serpico · checked, community translation · [\#43539](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/43539) [\#3048111](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3048111))

- But when he beheld the wealthy **manufacturer** Madeleine going to low mass at seven o’clock, he perceived in him a possible candidate, and resolved to outdo him; he took a Jesuit confessor, and went to high mass and to vespers.
  Mais quand il vit le riche manufacturier Madeleine aller à la basse messe de sept heures, il entrevit un candidat possible, et résolut de le dépasser; il prit un confesseur jésuite et alla à la grand'messe et à vêpres.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 3576)

- This very small change had, in fact, prodigiously reduced the cost of the raw material, which had rendered it possible in the first place, to raise the price of manufacture, a benefit to the country; in the second place, to improve the workmanship, an advantage to the consumer; in the third place, to sell at a lower price, while trebling the profit, which was a benefit to the **manufacturer**.
  Ce tout petit changement en effet avait prodigieusement réduit le prix de la matière première, ce qui avait permis, premièrement, d'élever le prix de la main-d'oeuvre, bienfait pour le pays; deuxièmement, d'améliorer la fabrication, avantage pour le consommateur; troisièmement, de vendre à meilleur marché tout en triplant le bénéfice, profit pour le manufacturier.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 3529)

## 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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