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S'il te plaît, mets de l'ordre dans ces **documents**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and nimfeo · checked, community translation · [\#8982035](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8982035) [\#1968144](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1968144)) - You just have to read your own **papers**! Lisez vos propres **documents**! ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1860910) - Country and regional strategy **papers** and multiannual programming **Documents** de stratégie par pays et par région et programmation pluriannuelle ([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 1247675) - Western Sahara (working **paper**) Sahara occidental (**document** de travail) ([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 10012927) - My briefcase is full of **papers**. Mon porte-**documents** est rempli de copies d'examen. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#250614](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/250614) [\#12767918](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12767918)) ## papier Used about 13 188 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 334 · literary ≈ 54 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 246 · legal and administrative ≈ 8 419 · UN documents ≈ 3 133). Forms: papier, papiers. - This **paper** is white. Ce **papier** est blanc. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#1764976](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1764976) [\#5945664](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5945664)) - The **paper** was not folded. Le **papier** était déplié. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 6625) - Having many things to write to you, I don’t want to do so with **paper** and ink, but I hope to come to you and to speak face to face, that our joy may be made full. Quoique j’eusse beaucoup de choses à vous écrire, je n’ai pas voulu le faire avec le **papier** et l’encre; mais j’espère aller chez vous, et vous parler bouche à bouche, afin que notre joie soit parfaite. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2JO 1:12) - That was a problem about people without **papers**. Il s'agissait d'un problème concernant les sans-**papiers**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1693753) - Drafting kits, sets and **papers** Kits, ensembles et **papiers** à dessin ([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 1489992) ## livre Used about 4 503 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 2 414 · UN documents ≈ 2 089). - The Green **Paper** is a policy **paper**. Le **Livre** vert est de nature politique. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1760631) - Green **Paper** on Social Policy, a publication of the European Commission. **Livre** vert sur la politique sociale, publication de la Commission européenne. ([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 1770307) - A Green **Paper** has been published by the Commission. Un **Livre** vert a été publié 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 1667008) - The new target of 95 per cent immunization uptake by 1995 adopted by the Government and set out in " The Health of the Nation " White **Paper** is within reach. Le nouvel objectif de 95 % d ' ici à 1995, adopté par le gouvernement et envisagé dans le **Livre** blanc " The Health of the Nation " , est tout à fait accessible. ([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 1016343) - White **paper** on reform of European governance **Livre** blanc sur la réforme de la gouvernance européenne ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 235528) ## travail Used about 1 044 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 044). - 11. It is certainly true that Switzerland, like other States, shelters foreign nationals who have no residence or employment **papers**. 11. Il est indéniable que la Suisse, comme d ' autres États, abrite des ressortissants étrangers qui ne sont pas titulaires d ' une autorisation de séjour ou de **travail**. ([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 10358683) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - I saw your picture in the **paper**. J'ai vu votre photo dans le journal. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#3308282](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3308282) [\#12197051](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12197051)) - He handed in his **paper**. Il remit son journal. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#301973](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/301973) [\#4711251](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4711251)) - I'll be presenting a **paper** at a conference. Je présenterai un article à une conférence. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Scorpionvenin14 · checked, community translation · [\#2538239](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2538239) [\#3458395](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3458395)) ## 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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