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Il existe trois couleurs **primaires**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#6190899](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6190899) [\#11968958](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11968958)) - There is a similar situation as regards **primary** law. Il en va de même avec le droit **primaire**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 458979) - Silicones in **primary** forms Silicones sous formes **primaires** ([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 340046) - Goal 2: Achieve universal **primary** education Objectif 2. Rendre l ' enseignement **primaire** universel ([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 22568528) - This problem is too difficult for **primary** school children to solve. Ce problème est trop difficile pour être résolu par des enfants de l'école **primaire**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sysko · checked, community translation · [\#56676](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/56676) [\#337016](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/337016)) ## objectif Used about 1 809 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 444 · legal and administrative ≈ 185 · UN documents ≈ 1 179). - The **primary** aim of science is to find truth, new truth. Le principal **objectif** de la science est de trouver la vérité, une nouvelle vérité. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by RJH and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#24012](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/24012) [\#5324514](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5324514)) - A political union is our **primary** goal. L’union politique est notre **objectif** premier. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 786966) - ‘disposal facility’ means any facility or installation the **primary** purpose of which is radioactive waste disposal; «installation de stockage», toute installation ayant pour **objectif** principal le stockage de déchets radioactifs; ([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 2314547) - The **primary** objective of the projection exercise is to give an indication of emission trends, given implemented policies and measures. 25. Le principal **objectif** des projections est de donner une indication sur les tendances en matière d ' émissions, compte tenu des politiques et mesures mises en oeuvre. ([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 6410368) - Our **primary** goal must be to ensure high-quality food production in Europe. Notre **objectif** premier doit être d'assurer une production alimentaire de qualité en Europe. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1403536) ## élections Used about 1 223 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 44 · UN documents ≈ 1 179). Forms: élection, élections. - The rapporteur’s call for young people being encouraged to take part in the first European elections of the enlarged EU is of **primary** importance. L’appel du rapporteur en faveur d’un encouragement des jeunes à participer aux premières **élections** européennes de l’UE élargie est très important. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 565068) - Provision of legal and institutional arrangements to facilitate participation by the genuinely poor at meetings (including **primaries** and electoral colleges) where decisions are taken on the candidates to stand for election (Yes/No/Don ' t know) La mise en place des dispositifs juridiques et institutionnels nécessaires pour faciliter la participation des vrais pauvres aux réunions (notamment aux réunions de sélection des candidats à des **élections** et aux séances des collèges électoraux) où se prennent les décisions sur le choix des candidats à des élections (Oui/Non/Je ne sais pas) ([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 13710467) ## peuvent Used about 44 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 44). - With the combined efforts of the Community and the Member States which have **primary** responsibility for energy policy, I believe that these targets can be attained. Grâce aux efforts conjugués de la Communauté et des États membres, qui assument au premier chef la responsabilité de la politique énergétique, je crois que ces objectifs **peuvent** être atteints. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2030677) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - The **primary** cause of his failure is laziness. La principale cause de son échec est la fainéantise. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#286549](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/286549) [\#465664](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/465664)) - The **primary** strength of a nation lies in its educational system. La force première d'une nation réside dans son système éducatif. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by marioo and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#8406662](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8406662) [\#8380501](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8380501)) - I think that Tom and Mary could become **primary** school teachers if they wanted. Je pense que Tom et Marie pourraient devenir instituteurs s'ils le voulaient. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and menaud · checked, community translation · [\#12842588](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12842588) [\#12842582](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12842582)) ## 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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