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# national — English to French

How English *national* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 5 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: national (1 168 265), nationals (40 470). By style: everyday 106 · literary 8 · parliamentary 38 037 · legal and administrative 90 944 · UN documents 1 079 640.

## national

Used about 599 680 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 100 · literary ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 19 019 · legal and administrative ≈ 40 735 · UN documents ≈ 539 820). Forms: national, nationale, nationales, nationaux.

- It was a **national** scandal.
  Ce fut un scandale **national**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1649988](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1649988) [\#1650835](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1650835))

- This post was occupied by the **National** Guards of the suburbs.
  Ce poste était occupé par des gardes **nationaux** de la banlieue.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 25276)

- And this is what the Palestinian **National** Council has done.
  C'est ce que le Conseil **national** palestinien a fait.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1999162)

- **NATIONAL** PROGRAMMES AND ADAPTATIONS
  PROGRAMMES **NATIONAUX** ET ADAPTATIONS
  ([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 1047763)

- or racial, **national** or religious hatred
  à la haine raciale, **nationale** ou religieuse
  ([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 4830857)

## ressortissants

Used about 301 075 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 13 868 · legal and administrative ≈ 39 788 · UN documents ≈ 247 418).

- 3 Malay **nationals** and a Filipino were killed in the Davao bombing on Mindanao.
  3 **ressortissants** malais et un Philippin ont été tués dans l'attentat de Davao à Mindanao.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by U2FS and U2FS · checked, community translation · [\#958063](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/958063) [\#958071](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/958071))

- Only 15 Foreign **Nationals** have so far been detained under this Act.
  Seuls 15 **ressortissants** étrangers ont été détenus jusqu'à présent en vertu de cet acte.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 491550)

- Estonian **nationals** residing outside the country
  **ressortissants** estoniens résidant en dehors du pays
  ([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 2351792)

- Nine **nationals** from African States;
  Neuf **ressortissants** d &apos; États d &apos; Afrique;
  ([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 23738912)

- Some speeches focused attention on the status of **nationals** of third countries.
  Les intervenants ont attiré l' attention sur le statut des **ressortissants** de pays tiers.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2021914)

## étrangers

Used about 113 806 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 396 · legal and administrative ≈ 947 · UN documents ≈ 112 463).

- There is no doubt that transporters have to take on the obligation to verify whether foreign **nationals** meet entrance requirements.
  Il est indubitable que les transporteurs doivent assumer l'obligation de vérifier que les **étrangers** qu'ils véhiculent remplissent les conditions d'entrée.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 166586)

- Third country **nationals** for whom an alert has been issued for the purposes of refusing entry (Articles 2, 25, 96).
  **Étrangers** signalés aux fins de non-admission (articles 2, 25, 96).
  ([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 844994)

- Non-refoulement of undocumented foreign **nationals**
  Non-refoulement des **étrangers** sans papiers
  ([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 27164040)

- Inter-ethnic marriages and marriages between Uzbeks and foreign **nationals**
  Mariage interethnique et entre Ouzbeks et **étrangers**
  ([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 22456074)

- 46. Foreign **nationals** can freely access the courts in Burkina Faso.
  46. Les **étrangers** ont librement accès aux juridictions burkinabè.
  ([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 26049257)

## pays

Used about 35 481 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 792 · legal and administrative ≈ 947 · UN documents ≈ 33 739).

- The **national** debt is growing.
  La dette du **pays** s'accroît.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Source\_VOA and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#680641](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/680641) [\#2022375](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2022375))

- The majority of these foreign **nationals**, i.e. 87%, are from EU countries.
  La majorité de ceux-ci - 87 % - provient des **pays** de l'UE.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 84791)

- The information shall be provided in one of the official languages of the countries listed in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 of which the applicant is a **national**.
  Ces informations sont fournies dans une des langues officielles des **pays** énumérés à l’annexe II du règlement (CE) no 539/2001 dont le demandeur est ressortissant.
  ([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 4675834)

- UNDP has fielded **National** Disaster Reduction Advisers in 13 high-risk countries with a further 12 countries planned for 2009.
  Le PNUD a déployé des conseillers en matière de prévention des catastrophes dans 13 **pays** à haut risque et il compte en déployer 12 autres en 2009.
  ([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 18099586)

- We must allow foreign **nationals** who live in our countries to live free from discrimination, and to become integrated.
  Il faut permettre aux étrangers qui sont chez nous, dans les conditions juridiques respectant le droit de nos **pays**, de vivre sans discrimination et d'être intégrés.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 70307)

## tiers

Used about 1 189 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 1 189).

- The directive imposes on Member States the obligation either of making the decision to repatriate or of offering the right to stay to a third-country **national**.
  La directive fait obligation aux États membres soit de prendre une décision de rapatrier, soit de conférer un droit de séjour à un ressortissant des pays **tiers**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1095441)

- **National** members of Eurojust will have to record all searches they undertake and will not be able to supply data to third countries or to other bodies.
  Les membres nationaux d'Eurojust devront enregistrer toutes les consultations qu'ils effectuent et ne pourront pas céder les données à des pays **tiers** ni à d'autres entités.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 398539)

- The importance of coordinating social security systems for third-country **nationals** is already amply conveyed in the first nine recitals proposed by the Commission.
  L'importance de la coordination des régimes de sécurité sociale pour les citoyens des pays **tiers** se reflète déjà abondamment dans les neuf premiers considérants proposés par la Commission.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 393167)

## More sentences

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

- "Dad, shouldn't you be at work today? Do you have a day off?" "That's right, it's a **national** holiday today."
  « Papa, tu ne devrais pas être au travail aujourd'hui ? Tu as un jour de congé ? » « Tout juste, aujourd'hui est un jour férié. »
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by tsp\_2 and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#10070461](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10070461) [\#11284943](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11284943))

- At the death of François I., the **national** debt of France amounted to an income of thirty thousand livres; at the death of Louis XIV. it was two milliards, six hundred millions, at twenty-eight livres the mark, which was equivalent in 1760, according to Desmarets, to four milliards, five hundred millions, which would to-day be equivalent to twelve milliards.
  À la mort de François Ier, la dette publique en France était de trente mille livres de rente; à la mort de Louis XIV, elle était de deux milliards six cents millions à vingt-huit livres le marc, ce qui équivalait en 1760, au dire de Desmarets, à quatre milliards cinq cents millions, et ce qui équivaudrait aujourd'hui à douze milliards.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 14570)

- We have spectacularly improved the speed at which directives are transposed into **national** law, imposing where necessary the sanctions provided for in Article 171 of the Treaty.
  Nous avons, de façon spectaculaire, amélioré le taux de transposition des directives, en recourant lorsque cela était nécessaire, aux sanctions de l'article 171 du traité.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1934791)

## 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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