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# ratio — English to French

How English *ratio* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: ratio (31 725), ratios (6 715). By style: everyday 3 · parliamentary 538 · legal and administrative 9 879 · UN documents 28 020.

## ratio

Used about 12 780 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 112 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 910 · UN documents ≈ 8 756). Forms: ratio, ratios.

- It's important to get the carbon-to-nitrogen **ratio** right in a compost heap.
  Il est important d'obtenir le bon **ratio** carbone/azote dans un tas de compost.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by patgfisher and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3229791](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3229791) [\#3229831](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3229831))

- Our debt/ GDP **ratio** is only 39%.
  Notre **ratio** dette/PIB n'est que de 39 %.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 161615)

- Net Stable Funding **Ratio**
  **Ratio** de financement net stable
  ([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 3461536)

- Stock **ratios** and surplus
  **Ratios** des stocks et excédents
  ([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 21529390)

- The **ratio** of debt in Greece is one of the highest in the Community.
  Le **ratio** de la dette de la Grèce est un des plus élevés de la Communauté.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 420538)

## taux

Used about 6 195 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 101 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 132 · UN documents ≈ 4 962).

- But even today, this delicate **ratio** is already a fact.
  Toutefois, même aujourd'hui, ce **taux** préoccupant est déjà un fait.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1040136)

- Adjustment of the dilution **ratio**
  Réglage du **taux** de dilution
  ([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 421807)

- i is the instantaneous excess air **ratio**
  i est le **taux** d &apos; excédent d &apos; air instantané
  ([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 17353390)

- The financing **ratios** have to be renegotiated for each new Fund.
  Les **taux** de financement doivent être renégociés pour chaque nouveau Fonds.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 503185)

- Operating at pressure **ratios** of 4:1 or higher;
  fonctionnant à des **taux** de compression de 4:1 ou plus;
  ([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 958790)

## rapports

Used about 4 371 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 11 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 441 · UN documents ≈ 2 919).

- We have heard numerous proposals here concerning the **ratios** between pollutants and taxation.
  Nous avons entendu plusieurs propositions ici relatives aux **rapports** entre les polluants et la taxation.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 842320)

- Number of gear **ratios**:
  Nombre de **rapports** de la boite de vitesses:
  ([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 5442548)

- Number of gear **ratios**:
  Nombre de **rapports** de la boite de vitesses :
  ([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 13929660)

- The same goes for ICCAT, where scientists have reviewed fin to carcass **ratios** but have not recommended an increase of the **ratio**.
  Il en va de même pour la CICTA, où des scientifiques ont réexaminé les **rapports** nageoires/carcasses mais n’ont pas recommandé une hausse du rapport.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 859512)

- Number of gear **ratios**:
  Nombre de **rapports** de la boîte de vitesses:
  ([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 1185841)

## More sentences

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

- The application allows you to quickly calculate the **ratio** of body mass index - BMI.
  Cette application vous permet de calculer rapidement l'indice de masse corporelle - IMC.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by perry and Quazel · checked, community translation · [\#1131479](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1131479) [\#1132362](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1132362))

- The higher the **ratio** of children to parents, the harder it is to bring up the children.
  Le plus il y a d'enfants par rapport aux parents, le plus difficile cela devient de les élever.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by papabear and jrjd\_fr · checked, community translation · [\#325678](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/325678) [\#2290904](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2290904))

- In 1985 the **ratio** was 4: 1.
  En 1985, ce rapport était de 4 pour 1.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1946252)

## Grammar

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