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# press — English to French

How English *press* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 2 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: press (62 589), presses (1 066). By style: everyday 132 · literary 8 · biblical 34 · parliamentary 4 635 · legal and administrative 2 545 · UN documents 56 301.

## presse

Used about 40 170 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 46 · literary ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 903 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 856 · UN documents ≈ 36 361). Forms: presse, presses.

- She gets bad **press**.
  Elle a mauvaise **presse**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Myrano\_ and Myrano\_ · checked, community translation · [\#14044642](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14044642) [\#14044625](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14044625))

- Take away the **press**; heresy is enervated.
  Otez la **presse**, l'hérésie est énervée.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 2716)

- Jesus said, “Who touched me?” When all denied it, Peter and those with him said, “Master, the multitudes **press** and jostle you, and you say, ‘Who touched me?’”
  Et Jésus dit: Qui m’a touché? Comme tous s’en défendaient, Pierre et ceux qui étaient avec lui dirent: Maître, la foule t’entoure et te **presse**, et tu dis: Qui m’a touché?
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 8:45)

- Europe is currently receiving bad **press** among workers.
  De nos jours, l'Europe a mauvaise **presse** parmi les travailleurs.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1991186)

- Cục Báo chí (Agency of **Press**)
  Cục Báo chí (Agence de la **presse**)
  ([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 351071)

## machines

Used about 746 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 159 · UN documents ≈ 586).

- Numerically controlled punching or notching machines for working metal (including **presses**, combined punching and shearing machines)
  **Machines** à poinçonner ou gruger à commande numérique (y compris poinçonneuses-cisailleuses)
  ([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 2683929)

- Given the technological changes in this area, rental of reprographic equipment is generally deemed to be a more appropriate option than reinvestment in new duplicating **presses**.
  Vu l &apos; évolution des techniques dans ce domaine, il paraît généralement préférable de louer le matériel de reprographie plutôt que de réinvestir dans de nouvelles **machines**.
  ([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 156174)

- Non-numerically controlled bending, folding, straightening or flattening machines for working flat metal products (including **presses**)
  **Machines** à rouler, cintrer, plier, dresser, planer, sans commande numérique, pour le travail des produits métalliques plats
  ([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 1291193)

- Numerically controlled bending, folding, straightening or flattening machines for working metal (including **presses**) (excluding those for working flat metal products)
  **Machines** à rouler, cintrer, plier, dresser, planer, à commande numérique, pour le travail des produits métalliques autres que plats
  ([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 2423896)

- Non-numerically controlled bending, folding, straightening or flattening machines for working metal (including **presses**) (excluding those for working flat metal products)
  **Machines** à rouler, cintrer, plier, dresser, planer, sans commande numérique, pour le travail des produits métalliques autres que plats
  ([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 2158312)

## More sentences

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

- **Press** any key to continue.
  Appuyez sur n'importe quelle touche pour continuer.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and Petrus · checked, community translation · [\#4468878](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4468878) [\#4470852](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4470852))

- Don't **press** the wrong button.
  N'appuie pas sur le mauvais bouton.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#2275239](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2275239) [\#5939202](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5939202))

- They decided to **press** charges.
  Ils ont décidé de porter plainte.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felidad and Ketsia · checked, community translation · [\#10666027](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10666027) [\#12062766](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12062766))

## 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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