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# package — English to French

How English *package* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: package (36 692), packages (14 732). By style: everyday 82 · literary 9 · parliamentary 7 973 · legal and administrative 6 703 · UN documents 36 657.

## colis

Used about 15 979 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 26 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 83 · legal and administrative ≈ 978 · UN documents ≈ 14 892).

- Your **package** has arrived.
  Ton **colis** est arrivé.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by megamanenm and megamanenm · checked, community translation · [\#10740806](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10740806) [\#10740813](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10740813))

- At half-past six the carriage stopped at the station; my uncle's numerous **packages**, his voluminous impedimenta, were unloaded, removed, labelled, weighed, put into the luggage vans, and at seven we were seated face to face in our compartment.
  A six heures et demie la voiture s'arrêta devant la gare; les nombreux **colis** de mon oncle, ses volumineux articles de voyage furent déchargés, transportés, pesés, étiquetés, rechargés dans le wagon de bagages, et à sept heures nous étions assis l'un vis-à-vis de l'autre dans le même compartiment.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 682)

- Although most radioactive waste often takes the form of small **packages** to be used in laboratories and medicine, this is not the most dangerous material.
  Si une grande partie des déchets radioactifs concerne de petits **colis** destinés aux laboratoires et à la médecine, ce ne sont pas les plus dangereux.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 165540)

- Number of **packages** in the lot
  Nombre de **colis** compris dans le lot
  ([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 1339687)

- 2.7.7.1 Contents limits for **packages**
  2.7.7.1 Limites au contenu des **colis**
  ([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 6758441)

## emballage

Used about 7 494 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 83 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 444 · UN documents ≈ 4 964). Forms: emballage, emballages.

- The instructions are on the **package**.
  Les instructions se trouvent sur l'**emballage**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#5386973](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5386973) [\#11772824](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11772824))

- I have made efforts to rescue Swedish milk **packages**, reduce bureaucracy and prevent a debate on milk snatching.
  J'ai fait des efforts pour sauver les **emballages** de lait suédois, réduire la bureaucratie et empêcher un débat sur la "suppression du verre de lait".
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 929739)

- at least one **package** or unit
  au moins un **emballage** ou unité
  ([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 1223776)

- Type A **packages** to contain gas
  **Emballages** du type A pour gaz
  ([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 5458137)

- Look not at the **package** but what's in it.
  Ne regardez pas l'**emballage** mais ce qu'il contient.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#2949392](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2949392) [\#11578845](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11578845))

## paquet

Used about 6 075 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 49 · literary ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 5 149 · legal and administrative ≈ 489 · UN documents ≈ 382). Forms: paquet, paquets.

- I have a **package** for you.
  J'ai un **paquet** pour vous.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#2358771](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2358771) [\#8031082](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8031082))

- Then she eagerly seized the **package** and opened the envelope, saying as she did so:—
  Puis elle saisit vivement le **paquet**, et défit l'enveloppe, tout en disant:
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 16034)

- The **package** consists of three parts.
  Le **paquet** comprend trois volets.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1265812)

- The **package** Geophysics contains the following spatial object types:
  Le **paquet** “géophysique” contient les types d’objets géographiques suivants:
  ([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 3049228)

- F. The fourth Railway **Package**
  F. Le quatrième **paquet** ferroviaire
  ([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 29757164)

## More sentences

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

- The stimulus **package** was heavily criticised.
  Le plan de relance a été fortement critiqué.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#702846](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/702846) [\#8942874](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8942874))

- How much is the whole **package**?
  Combien coûte l'ensemble de l'offre ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#50007](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/50007) [\#11377402](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11377402))

- Good things come in small **packages**.
  Les bonnes choses viennent en petites quantités.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#643262](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/643262) [\#811387](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/811387))

## 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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