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([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#5134820](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5134820) [\#5616306](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5616306)) - All will be done in the **most** profound secrecy. Tout se passera dans le **plus** grand secret. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 11666) - If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men **most** pitiable. Si c’est dans cette vie seulement que nous espérons en Christ, nous sommes les **plus** malheureux de tous les hommes. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CO 15:19) - No, I do not think it is the **most** modern. Non, je ne pense pas que ce soit la **plus** moderne. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1575773) - Such information shall be the **most** recent available to the issuer. Ces informations sont les **plus** récentes dont l’émetteur dispose. ([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 4346790) ## plupart Used about 54 454 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 322 · biblical ≈ 13 · parliamentary ≈ 1 575 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 391 · UN documents ≈ 50 153). - **Most** towns have an airport. La **plupart** des villes ont un aéroport. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#11223697](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11223697) [\#11223715](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11223715)) - Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers at once, **most** of whom remain until now, but some have also fallen asleep. Ensuite, il est apparu à plus de cinq cents frères à la fois, dont la **plupart** sont encore vivants, et dont quelques-uns sont morts. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CO 15:6) - (EL) Mr President, unfortunately I do not share the huge optimism expressed by **most** speakers in the House. (EL) Monsieur le Président, je ne partage malheureusement pas le très grand optimisme affiché par la **plupart** des orateurs dans ce Parlement. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1484501) - Reference to Annex I, Section I.1, to Directive 2008/68/EC: **Most** requirements of the ADR. Référence à l’annexe I, section I.1, de la directive 2008/68/CE: la **plupart** des exigences de l’ADR. ([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 2224297) - **Most** of the girls involved were under 15. La **plupart** étaient âgées de moins de 15 ans. ([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 4009580) ## très Used about 20 350 times in the texts (literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 70 · parliamentary ≈ 788 · legal and administrative ≈ 683 · UN documents ≈ 18 807). - “**Most** gracious ladies and gentlemen, we have met to do honour to a happy event which has befallen one of our friends. --**Très** gracieuses dames, Messeigneurs, nous sommes réunis pour célébrer un événement heureux qui vient de frapper un de nos amis. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 767) - I said, “You are gods, all of you are sons of the **Most** High. J’avais dit: Vous êtes des dieux, Vous êtes tous des fils du **Très**-Haut. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 82:6) - I believe that it is vital to focus aid on the fleets which are **most** dependent on fuel and thus **most** affected by the current overcapacity. Je pense qu'il est crucial de se concentrer sur les flottes qui sont **très** dépendantes du gazole et donc particulièrement touchées par la surcapacité actuelle. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1101863) - However, the price for the supply of shell sand, the single **most** significant domestic raw material, could be reduced by \[愦灭※\] %. Le prix de la livraison du sable de moulage, seule matière première locale **très** importante, pouvait être réduit de \[愦灭※\] %. ([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 5632625) - Guidance and support from Member States on this would be **most** welcome. Les conseils et l ' appui que pourraient apporter les États Membres à cet égard seraient **très** appréciés. ([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 17094115) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Brazil fulfills **most** of our demand for coffee. Le Brésil répond à la majeure partie de notre demande en café. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#5397038](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5397038) [\#9010201](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9010201)) - In her **most** recently published book, the author praises the French language. Dans son livre récemment paru, l’auteure fait l’éloge de la langue française. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by etoile and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#1169906](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1169906) [\#980391](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/980391)) - During that winter, writing occupied **most** of my free time. Au cours de cet hiver, l'écriture a occupé l'essentiel de mon temps libre. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Dejo and Cocorico · checked, community translation · [\#44776](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/44776) [\#12214](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12214)) ## 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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