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# promote — English to French

How English *promote* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 5 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: promote (240 315), promotes (14 265). By style: everyday 30 · biblical 6 · parliamentary 11 167 · legal and administrative 8 432 · UN documents 234 945.

## promouvoir

Used about 88 615 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 9 · parliamentary ≈ 3 024 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 372 · UN documents ≈ 83 210).

- He worked hard to **promote** peace.
  Il travailla dur à **promouvoir** la paix.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#303531](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/303531) [\#133310](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/133310))

- I want to protect this and further **promote** it.
  Je veux le protéger et le **promouvoir** encore plus.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1551028)

- The political dialogue is intended to **promote** in particular:
  Le dialogue politique est destiné à **promouvoir** notamment:
  ([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 2074236)

- TO **PROMOTE** INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
  À **PROMOUVOIR** LE TRANSPORT INTERMODAL
  ([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 20909192)

- His job is to **promote** sales.
  Son travail consiste à **promouvoir** les ventes.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and pierrephi · checked, community translation · [\#286437](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/286437) [\#339155](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/339155))

## favorise

Used about 24 155 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 1 163 · legal and administrative ≈ 966 · UN documents ≈ 22 026).

- Environmental protection **promotes** competitiveness.
  La protection de l’environnement **favorise** la compétitivité.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 698264)

- **promotes** the recycling of materials
  **favorise** le recyclage des matériaux,
  ([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 3538532)

- This Ministry is supported by the Ministry of Trade and Craft Industries which **promotes** handicrafts and ethno-cultural works.
  Ce ministère est appuyé par celui du commerce et artisanat qui **favorise** les œuvres artisanales et ethnoculturelles.
  ([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 20574695)

- As the report states, it is valuable insofar as it **promotes** the objectives of the CFP.
  Comme le dit le rapport, elle est valable dans la mesure où elle **favorise** la réalisation des objectifs de la PCP.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1057984)

- **promotes** the recycling of materials;
  **favorise** le recyclage des matériaux;
  ([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 1111918)

## encourage

Used about 20 952 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 582 · legal and administrative ≈ 791 · UN documents ≈ 19 579).

- She **promotes** political engagement.
  Elle **encourage** l’engagement politique.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#12776969](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12776969) [\#13365287](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13365287))

- Such upbringing **promotes** the development of narcissism and self-centredness.
  Une telle éducation **encourage** le développement du narcissisme et de l'égocentrisme.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 931528)

- The Finnish Government **promotes** the use of wood fuel consumption for energy.
  Le gouvernement finlandais **encourage** l'utilisation de combustibles ligneux pour la production d'énergie.
  ([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 4143106)

- Bolivia is a country that **promotes** the meeting of civilizations and cultures.
  La Bolivie est un pays qui **encourage** la rencontre des civilisations et des cultures.
  ([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 21896053)

- I would also like to state that the Commission rejects all forms of homophobia and **promotes** a society based on tolerance and respect.
  J'aimerais indiquer que la Commission rejette toute forme d'homophobie et **encourage** une société fondée sur la tolérance et le respect.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 957853)

## promotion

Used about 13 346 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 582 · legal and administrative ≈ 527 · UN documents ≈ 12 237).

- This organisation **promotes** literacy in rural areas.
  Cette organisation fait la **promotion** de la littératie dans les régions rurales.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#674133](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/674133) [\#686775](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/686775))

- A glaring example of this was the campaign to **promote** the so-called Constitution for Europe.
  La campagne de **promotion** de ce que l'on appelle la "Constitution pour l'Europe" en est un illustre exemple.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 883173)

- The tour operator **promotes** sustainable tourism packages in mainstream advertising material.
  Le voyagiste fait la **promotion** d'offres touristiques durables dans sa documentation publicitaire générale.
  ([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 3813929)

- A centre to **promote** women in politics had also been created.
  Un Centre de **promotion** de la femme en politique avait aussi été créé.
  ([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 29147682)

- on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group. - Mr President, one of the objectives of the EPAs is to **promote** regional integration.
  Monsieur le Président, l'un des objectifs des APE est la **promotion** de l'intégration régionale.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1467458)

## promeut

Used about 12 363 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 1 512 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 054 · UN documents ≈ 9 789).

- She **promotes** voter education.
  Elle **promeut** l’éducation des électeurs.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#12776996](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12776996) [\#13365283](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13365283))

- It **promotes** free competition in the area of air services.
  Il **promeut** la libre concurrence dans le domaine des services aériens.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1228918)

- GSE is the State-owned company which **promotes** and supports renewable energy sources in Italy.
  GSE est l’entreprise publique qui **promeut** et soutient l’utilisation des sources d’énergie renouvelables en Italie.
  ([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 2530448)

- The organization **promotes** the work of UNFPA in the United States.
  L &apos; organisation **promeut** les activités du Fonds des Nations Unies pour la population aux États-Unis.
  ([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 22688513)

- She **promotes** hygiene awareness.
  Elle **promeut** la sensibilisation à l’hygiène.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#12776945](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12776945) [\#13365289](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13365289))

## More sentences

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

- Fresh vegetables **promote** health.
  Les légumes frais favorisent la santé.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and saillier · checked, community translation · [\#269336](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/269336) [\#11383365](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11383365))

- Civilization, in the real sense of the term, consists not in the multiplication, but in the deliberate and voluntary reduction in wants. This alone can **promote** real happiness and contentment.
  La civilisation, au sens réel du terme, ne consiste pas à multiplier les besoins, mais à les réduire délibérément, volontairement. Cela seul amène le vrai bonheur, le véritable contentement.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#5199239](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5199239) [\#5199249](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5199249))

- They **promote** peaceful dialogue.
  Ils favorisent le dialogue pacifique.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#12774874](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12774874) [\#13365312](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13365312))

## 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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