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# recent — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: recent (165 290), recents (3). By style: everyday 69 · literary 2 · parliamentary 13 657 · legal and administrative 5 456 · UN documents 146 109.

## récente

Used about 74 303 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 50 · parliamentary ≈ 4 837 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 524 · UN documents ≈ 65 892). Forms: récent, récente, récentes, récents.

- This a **recent** photo?
  C'est une photo **récente** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by fcbond and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#328544](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/328544) [\#389659](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/389659))

- A **recent** survey shows how the Turks really see the EU.
  Une enquête **récente** montre comment les Turcs perçoivent réellement l'Union européenne.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1511203)

- **recent** practical expertise or experience;
  connaissances ou expérience pratiques **récentes**;
  ([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 1656974)

- Nicaragua is therefore concerned about the **recent** nuclear tests in the Pacific.
  Le Nicaragua est de ce fait préoccupé par les **récents** essais nucléaires dans le Pacifique.
  ([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 1667835)

- Is it a **recent** picture?
  Est-ce une photo **récente** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Swift and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1291](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1291) [\#1309675](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1309675))

## dernières

Used about 39 396 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 12 · parliamentary ≈ 3 983 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 023 · UN documents ≈ 34 379).

- Violence has increased in **recent** years.
  La violence a augmenté ces **dernières** années.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by LB and lapinhibou · checked, community translation · [\#4364496](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4364496) [\#6473533](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6473533))

- The events of **recent** weeks have confronted us with a new set of realities.
  Les événements de ces **dernières** semaines nous ont confrontés à de nouvelles réalités.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1203380)

- There are no indications that this should have changed during **recent** years.
  Rien n’indique que la situation ait changé au cours des **dernières** années.
  ([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 5657539)

- During the **recent** years, the rural-to-urban migration has considerably stabilized.
  Ces **dernières** années, l &apos; exode rural s &apos; est stabilisé dans une large mesure.
  ([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 18745751)

- That hasn't happened to me in **recent** years.
  Cela ne m'est pas arrivé ces **dernières** années.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rul and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#12873415](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12873415) [\#12873699](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12873699))

## ces

Used about 4 573 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 707 · UN documents ≈ 2 865).

- I haven't felt very well in **recent** days.
  Je ne me sens pas très bien **ces** derniers jours.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Huskion and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#6029190](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6029190) [\#503994](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/503994))

- We also have the good experience of **recent** months.
  De plus, l'expérience de **ces** derniers mois a été bonne.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1334641)

- 37. This emergency has eased in **recent** months.
  Cette situation d’urgence a perdu de son acuité **ces** derniers mois.
  ([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 5703080)

- Mr President, there have been a number of Commission proposals in **recent** times aimed at improving safety at sea.
  Monsieur le Président, **ces** derniers temps la Commission a présenté plusieurs propositions en vue d'améliorer la sécurité en mer.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1627143)

- Scientists I have contacted in **recent** days say that they have no information, that they cannot get hold of any.
  Les scientifiques que j'ai contactés **ces** derniers jours m'ont affirmé n'avoir reçu aucune information et ne pouvoir en obtenir aucune.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1259895)

## cours

Used about 2 979 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 114 · UN documents ≈ 2 865).

- This contamination by mineral oil was later confirmed in several consignments of crude sunflower oil originating from Ukraine imported in **recent** months in the Community.
  Par la suite, cette contamination a été confirmée dans plusieurs lots d’huile brute de tournesol originaire d’Ukraine, importés dans la Communauté au **cours** des derniers mois.
  ([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 1379970)

- Before proceeding to my main topic, I would like to mention two important developments that took place in the international community in **recent** months.
  Avant d &apos; aborder le sujet principal de ma déclaration, je voudrais mentionner deux événements importants survenus au **cours** des derniers mois dans la communauté internationale.
  ([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 6946585)

## années

Used about 683 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 569 · legal and administrative ≈ 114).

- Measures included in the Commission's **recent** energy and climate package will give a further boost to biogas production in the coming years.
  Les mesures prévues dans le récent paquet "énergie-climat" de la Commission apporteront encore un nouvel élan à la production de biogaz dans les **années** à venir.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1047390)

- Continuing the contracting path of **recent** years, Portugal’s budget deficit was just over 2 % of GDP in 2008.
  Le phénomène de contraction du déficit budgétaire du Portugal observé plusieurs **années** durant s’est poursuivi en 2008, où le déficit a dépassé de peu les 2 % du PIB.
  ([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 1733230)

- In absolute terms the budget is up, but as in **recent** years, its relative value is down - which is more than can be said for some national budgets.
  Le budget augmente en chiffres absolus mais continue à baisser en termes relatifs, comme les **années** précédentes. Il n'en va pas de même pour plusieurs budgets nationaux.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1901857)

## More sentences

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

- News of the **recent** blast is all over the radio.
  Partout à la radio il y a des nouvelles de l'explosion qui a eu lieu récemment.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Source\_VOA and U2FS · checked, community translation · [\#681561](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/681561) [\#793569](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/793569))

- In contrast to the dog, the cat has become domesticated only in **recent** times.
  Contrairement au chien, le chat a seulement récemment été domestiqué.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by shekitten and kynax · checked, community translation · [\#65932](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/65932) [\#1104591](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1104591))

- The **recent** frequency of earthquakes makes us nervous.
  La fréquence des tremblements de terre récemment nous rend nerveux.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and U2FS · checked, community translation · [\#18689](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/18689) [\#834113](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/834113))

## 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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