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# real — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: real (77 085), reals (15). By style: everyday 620 · literary 15 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 15 926 · legal and administrative 7 591 · UN documents 52 947.

## réel

Used about 28 304 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 52 · literary ≈ 6 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 4 645 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 270 · UN documents ≈ 19 330). Forms: réel, réelle, réels.

- It's not **real**.
  Ce n'est pas **réel**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#1619635](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1619635) [\#1624999](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1624999))

- Nothing is more **real** than these great shocks which two souls convey to each other by the exchange of that spark.
  Rien n'est plus **réel** que ces grandes secousses que deux âmes se donnent en échangeant cette étincelle.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 19447)

- And he went out and followed him. He didn’t know that what was being done by the angel was **real**, but thought he saw a vision.
  Pierre sortit, et le suivit, ne sachant pas que ce qui se faisait par l’ange fût **réel**, et s’imaginant avoir une vision.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 12:9)

- This reticence in principle is very **real**.
  Cette réticence de principe est **réelle**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1029328)

- accuracy = ± 2,5 % of the **real** value;
  précision = ± 2,5 % de la valeur **réelle**;
  ([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 5467967)

## véritable

Used about 9 067 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 39 · literary ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 3 981 · UN documents ≈ 5 043).

- You're a **real** friend.
  Tu es une **véritable** amie.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#2342510](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2342510) [\#5647276](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5647276))

- “I am forced to do so, since the **real** Jean Valjean has been found.”
  --Il faut bien, puisque le **véritable** Jean Valjean est trouvé.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 4627)

- We are therefore involved in a **real** race against the clock.
  C’est donc une **véritable** course contre la montre dans laquelle nous sommes engagés.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 782162)

- The **real** problem, however, was not a lack of solutions but the absence of a will to act.
  Toutefois, le problème **véritable** ne réside pas dans l &apos; absence de solutions, mais dans l &apos; absence de volonté d &apos; agir.
  ([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 16610766)

- Is that your **real** name?
  Est-ce là votre **véritable** nom ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1723832](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1723832) [\#1724311](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1724311))

## immobiliers

Used about 3 910 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 332 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 898 · UN documents ≈ 1 681).

- . (NL) Hardly anyone knows what the subject of **real** estate timesharing is actually about.
  Personne ne sait vraiment à quoi peut bien se rattacher le sujet de l'utilisation à temps partiel de biens **immobiliers**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 351188)

- Buying and selling of own **real** estate
  Activités des marchands de biens **immobiliers**
  ([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 5623430)

- 1) the transfer of **real** estate, shares or enterprises for a charge;
  1. Au transfert de biens **immobiliers**, d &apos; actions ou de sociétés moyennant des frais;
  ([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 12566498)

- Retail – Secured by **real** estate property
  Exposition garanties par des biens **immobiliers**
  ([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 4047883)

- &quot; 12. For the discriminatory imposition of a 100% \`location tax &apos; on proceeds from some forced sales of Eritrean expellees &apos; **real** estate;
  12. Avoir prélevé de façon discriminatoire une &quot; taxe d &apos; établissement &quot; de 100 % sur le produit de certaines ventes forcées de biens **immobiliers** appartenant à des Érythréens expulsés;
  ([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 14935491)

## temps

Used about 1 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1).

- While he was dressing he appraised, weighed, and summed up the agitations of the past day, trying to bring out quite clearly and fully their **real** and occult causes, those personal to himself as well as those from outside.
  Il appréciait, pesait et résumait, en s'habillant, ses émotions de la veille, cherchant à en dégager bien nettement et bien complètement les causes réelles, secrètes, les causes personnelles en même **temps** que les causes extérieures.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 796)

## More sentences

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

- You're a **real** pain.
  Tu es vraiment pénible.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#5576343](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5576343) [\#8386455](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8386455))

- Layla is a **real** bitch.
  Layla est une vraie garce.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by OsoHombre and genes1s · checked, community translation · [\#7149154](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7149154) [\#13366672](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13366672))

- I never learned his **real** name.
  Je n'ai jamais su son vrai nom.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2060333](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2060333) [\#2060361](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2060361))

## 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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