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Forms: proportion, proportions. - The **proportion** of ozone increases sharply. La **proportion** d'ozone augmente fortement. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eccles17 and felix63 · checked, community translation · [\#6602063](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6602063) [\#6600977](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6600977)) - These straight shafts, of fair **proportions**, supported an architrave of horizontal slabs, the overhanging portion of which formed a semi-arch over the sea. Ces fûts droits et d'une **proportion** pure supportaient une archivolte, faite de colonnes horizontales dont le surplombement formait demi-voûte au-dessus de la mer. ([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 1196) - This is a high **proportion**. Il s'agit d'une **proportion** élevée. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 364175) - Skin and fat in natural **proportions** Peau et graisse dans des **proportions** naturelles ([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 2734335) - **Proportion** of Female Civil Servants **Proportion** de femmes fonctionnaires ([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 16942886) ## pourcentage Used about 4 963 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 26 · legal and administrative ≈ 233 · UN documents ≈ 4 703). - Mr President, increasing the **proportion** of electricity from renewable energy sources is a good move. Monsieur le Président, l'augmentation du **pourcentage** d'électricité produite à partir de sources renouvelables est, en principe, positive. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 120777) - **Proportion** of voting rights held in associate **Pourcentage** de droits de vote détenus dans une entreprise associée ([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 5313760) - **Proportion** of births attended by skilled health personnel (%) **Pourcentage** de naissances sous assistance médicale ([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 27723787) - **Proportion** of voting rights that is held, directly or indirectly, by the participating undertaking in the undertaking **Pourcentage** des droits de vote détenu, directement ou indirectement, par l'entreprise participante dans l'entreprise ([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 3768774) - **Proportion** of population below the minimum level of dietary consumption **Pourcentage** de la population dont la ration alimentaire ([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 19343644) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - The media blew the whole thing out of **proportion**. Les médias ont monté toute cette affaire en épingle. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and qdii · checked, community translation · [\#32810](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/32810) [\#395973](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/395973)) - When I heard he was talking about me to his colleagues, I have to admit that my ego swelled out of all **proportion**. Quand j'ai appris qu'il parlait de moi à ses collègues, je dois admettre que mon égo a démesurément gonflé. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felidad and genes1s · checked, community translation · [\#10691258](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10691258) [\#13329312](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13329312)) - A large **proportion** of the world's population don't have access to basic human rights which are taken for granted in affluent countries. Une grande partie de la population mondiale n'a pas accès aux droits humains fondamentaux qui sont considérés comme acquis dans les pays prospères. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by patgfisher and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#3240553](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3240553) [\#8922903](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8922903)) ## 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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