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([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CC and sysko · checked, community translation · [\#318227](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/318227) [\#711065](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/711065)) - “Well, since there is no other **means**.” --Au fait, c'est qu'il n'y a pas d'autre **moyen**. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 11897) - At the same time, I would prefer to reinforce Europe's competitiveness by other **means**. Je préférerais en outre renforcer la compétitivité de l'Europe par d'autres **moyens**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 940762) - The service provider may supply the declaration by any **means**. Le prestataire peut fournir cette déclaration par tout **moyen**. ([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 604404) - IX. **Means** of implementation \[to be informed by the outcomes of the deliberations of the Forum\] IX. **Moyens** de mise en œuvre \[à compléter en fonction des résultats du Forum\] ([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 17126920) ## cela Used about 17 489 times in the texts (literary ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 4 805 · UN documents ≈ 12 681). - “It **means** cursed name of a dog, in Latin.” --**Cela** veut dire sacré nom d'un chien en latin. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 23415) - We do not take it by any **means** so seriously. C'est trop compliqué pour nous de contrôler tout **cela**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1812851) - That **means** that they carry the full weight of the international community. **Cela** signifie qu ' elles ont derrière elles tout le poids de la communauté internationale. ([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 775923) - “It **means** that I am the son of my father.” --**Cela** veut dire que je suis le fils de mon père. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 13875) - Well, no, Mr President, that is by no **means** that! Eh bien non, Monsieur le Président, **cela** ne fait pas l'affaire! ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1757707) ## signifie Used about 14 917 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 143 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 6 006 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 533 · UN documents ≈ 4 227). - We know what it **means**. Nous savons ce que ça **signifie**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#5009611](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5009611) [\#8407830](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8407830)) - “It **means**, sir, that I shall take back Cosette.” --Monsieur, cela **signifie** que je reprends Cosette. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 9209) - Taking the child by the hand, he said to her, “Talitha cumi!” which **means**, being interpreted, “Girl, I tell you, get up!” Il la saisit par la main, et lui dit: Talitha koumi, ce qui **signifie**: Jeune fille, lève-toi, je te le dis. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAR 5:41) - This **means**, however, that we are only at the beginning of the Budget process. Cependant, cela **signifie** que nous n'en sommes qu'au début de la procédure budgétaire. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 106929) - This **means** that the document is for internal use only. Cette mention **signifie** que le document est exclusivement destiné à un usage interne. ([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 1832306) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - I don't get what the author **means** there. Je ne comprends pas ce que l'auteur veut dire par là. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1072837](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1072837) [\#978213](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/978213)) - "May I use your telephone?" "By all **means**." « Puis-je vous emprunter votre téléphone ? » « Je vous en prie. » ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#73594](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/73594) [\#135902](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/135902)) - It **means** a lot to me to know you want me to stay. Savoir que vous voulez que je reste veut dire beaucoup pour moi. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#7240288](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7240288) [\#4166732](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4166732)) ## 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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