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# race — English to French

How English *race* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: race (36 007), races (2 580). By style: everyday 122 · literary 25 · biblical 10 · parliamentary 1 103 · legal and administrative 505 · UN documents 36 822.

## race

Used about 18 910 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 30 · literary ≈ 8 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 360 · legal and administrative ≈ 99 · UN documents ≈ 18 411). Forms: race, races.

- Judaism isn't exactly a **race**.
  Le judaïsme n'est pas exactement une **race**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#8149104](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8149104) [\#12104789](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12104789))

- There is necessarily required a certain modicum of antiquity in a **race**, and the wrinkle of the centuries cannot be improvised.
  Il y a nécessairement une certaine quantité d'ancienneté dans une **race**, et la ride des siècles ne s'improvise pas.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18085)

- The same took advantage of our **race** and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to abandon their babies, so that they wouldn’t stay alive.
  Ce roi, usant d’artifice contre notre **race**, maltraita nos pères, au point de leur faire exposer leurs enfants, pour qu’ils ne vécussent pas.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 7:19)

- In the field of migration policy, **race** discrimination must be banished.
  La **race** ne peut être un facteur de discrimination dans la politique migratoire.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 238100)

- Greater White-fronted Goose (European **race**)
  Oie rieuse (**race** européenne)
  ([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 1127739)

## course

Used about 9 934 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 76 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 430 · legal and administrative ≈ 220 · UN documents ≈ 9 206). Forms: course, courses.

- Tom lost the **race**.
  Tom a perdu la **course**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#1093239](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1093239) [\#5707298](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5707298))

- Ambition was at that time, in the direct acceptation of the word, a **race** to the steeple.
  L'ambition en ce temps-là était, dans l'acception directe du mot, une **course** au clocher.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 3577)

- But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my **race** with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.
  Mais je ne fais pour moi-même aucun cas de ma vie, comme si elle m’était précieuse, pourvu que j’accomplisse ma **course** avec joie, et le ministère que j’ai reçu du Seigneur Jésus, d’annoncer la bonne nouvelle de la grâce de Dieu.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 20:24)

- The fourth error is that of the **race** for profits.
  Quatrième erreur, la **course** au profit.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 172328)

- code (R): Road / **Race** (above 24″)
  Code (R): les vélos de route/de **course** (plus de 24″),
  ([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 5003520)

## ethnies

Used about 2 407 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 23 · legal and administrative ≈ 82 · UN documents ≈ 2 301).

- In order to achieve world peace, it is essential for people of different creeds and **races** to respect each other and live together in peace.
  Il est essentiel, pour garantir la paix dans le monde, que les différentes croyances et **ethnies** se respectent et cohabitent.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 263201)

- Progress of Border Areas 愦灭;amp; National **Races** 愦灭;amp; Development Affairs
  Promotion des zones frontalières, des **ethnies** nationales et des questions de développement
  ([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 670329)

- 330. At the training schools, friendship and understanding of cultures among youths from different national **races** are nurtured.
  330. Dans ces établissements, on favorise l &apos; amitié et la compréhension mutuelle entre jeunes issus de différentes **ethnies** nationales.
  ([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 24326276)

- On the contrary, its special achievement lies in bringing about the coexistence and collaboration of peoples who have had very different histories, for a long time mutually hostile, and who, on occasion, have very different ideas on fundamental subjects such as the organisation of society, changing moral values, relations between religion and politics, the status of minority communities or **races** and the application of the subsidiarity principle.
  Son originalité réside dans l'art de faire vivre et agir ensemble des peuples qui ont eu une histoire différente, et d'ailleurs une histoire longtemps antagoniste, et qui ont parfois des sensibilités très éloignées sur des sujets fondamentaux, tels que l'organisation de la société, l'évolution des murs, les rapports entre le spirituel et le politique, le statut des communautés ou des **ethnies** minoritaires, ou l'application du principe de subsidiarité.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 251216)

- Development of the border areas where many national **races** reside is one of the priority objectives of the present Government.
  Le développement des zones frontalières, où vivent de nombreuses **ethnies** nationales, est l &apos; un des objectifs prioritaires du Gouvernement actuel.
  ([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 873383)

## armements

Used about 384 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 384).

- The result is a series of regional arms **races**, mostly in volatile parts of the world.
  Il en résulte une série de courses aux **armements** régionales, la plupart dans des parties explosives du monde.
  ([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 13220931)

## More sentences

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

- Death is like a **race** in which everyone tries to finish last.
  La mort, c'est comme une compétition où chacun espère arriver le dernier.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#1505798](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1505798) [\#1505787](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1505787))

- My heart began to **race**.
  Mon cœur commença à battre la chamade.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Psy and hortusdei · checked, community translation · [\#1113735](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1113735) [\#139801](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/139801))

- Ben ran a 100-meter **race** with Carl.
  Ben a couru un 100 mètres avec Karl.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and dominiko · checked, community translation · [\#33801](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/33801) [\#13301](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13301))

## 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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