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Forms: original, originale, originaux. - It isn't **original**. Ce n'est pas **original**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rul and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#12625032](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12625032) [\#5920262](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5920262)) - “Heroism has its **originals**,” resumed Combeferre. --L'héroïsme a ses **originaux**, reprit Combeferre. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 26600) - Such a set of amendments may relate to different parts of the **original** text. Les amendements ainsi regroupés peuvent se rapporter à différentes parties du texte **original**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2036162) - Languages and number of **originals** Langues et nombre d'**originaux** ([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 145889) - DO NOT SEND **ORIGINALS**. N ' ENVOYEZ PAS D ' **ORIGINAUX**. ([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 25497548) ## initial Used about 11 674 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 1 036 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 346 · UN documents ≈ 7 284). Forms: initial, initiale. - That's not part of the **original** plan. Cela ne fait pas partie du plan **initial**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#10024352](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10024352) [\#11138595](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11138595)) - Furthermore, we did away with the **original**, unwieldy committee procedure. Nous avons en outre réduit le recours **initial** compliqué aux comités. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 359248) - a reference to the **original** application; une référence à la demande **initiale**; ([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 501718) - Date of **original** contract Date du contrat **initial** ([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 9659344) - I forgot the **original** purpose of my trip. J'ai oublié l'objectif **initial** de mon voyage. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Nuel and Nuel · checked, community translation · [\#9406888](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9406888) [\#11723663](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11723663)) ## être Used about 5 002 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 145 · UN documents ≈ 4 856). - Requests related to a measure for which a time limit applies must be made in due time, within the **original** time limit. Les demandes relatives à une mesure pour lesquelles un délai est prévu doivent **être** présentées en temps utile, dans le délai initialement prévu. ([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 5655074) - Overall, the project is expected to be completed within the 34-month **original** timeline as set out in document A/62/828. Le projet dans son ensemble devrait **être** entièrement réalisé dans le délai de 34 mois fixé à l ' origine dans le document A/62/828. ([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 25226277) - The **originals** of the credentials may be brought or sent to the New York Office of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (DC1-511). Les pouvoirs peuvent **être** apportés ou envoyés au Bureau de New York du Haut-Commissariat aux droits de l ' homme (DC1-511). ([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 26602930) - There would be no point in going back to the **original** government report, and the Committee ' s preliminary concluding observations would form part of the discussion. En effet, il sera inutile de revenir sur le rapport établi par le Gouvernement et les observations préliminaires du Comité pourront **être** intégrées au débat. ([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 3943764) ## copies Used about 2 428 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 2 428). - Specimen impressions should be **originals** and not copies. Specimen impressions should be originals and not **copies**. ([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 16102211) - trade documents specifies the various recipients of **originals** and copies of trade documents specifies the various recipients of originals and **copies** of ([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 24717148) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Some video game publishers now prioritize investing in **original** property over acquiring existing franchises. Certains éditeurs de jeux vidéo provilégient désormais les investissements dans les œuvres originales plutôt que d'acquérir des franchises existantes. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Myrano\_ and Myrano\_ · checked, community translation · [\#13952683](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13952683) [\#13952684](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13952684)) - Tom makes his own **original** Christmas cards every year. Chaque année, Tom confectionne ses propres cartes de Noël originales. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#7653871](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7653871) [\#9498914](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9498914)) - My sentences are **original**: this is why those who shamelessly plagiarize me denounce themselves. Mes phrases sont originales : voilà pourquoi ceux qui me plagient sans vergogne se dénoncent d'eux-mêmes. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AmarMecheri and AmarMecheri · checked, community translation · [\#9981276](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9981276) [\#9981274](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9981274)) ## 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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