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# reduction — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: reduction (159 231), reductions (23 141). By style: everyday 5 · literary 2 · parliamentary 8 290 · legal and administrative 18 454 · UN documents 155 621.

## réduction

Used about 114 584 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 5 181 · legal and administrative ≈ 15 378 · UN documents ≈ 94 021). Forms: réduction, réductions.

- We cannot offer a further price **reduction** under the current circumstances.
  Nous ne pouvons concéder de **réduction** de prix supplémentaire dans les conditions actuelles.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#239611](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/239611) [\#2321942](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2321942))

- The **reduction** of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being even to God, that is love.
  La **réduction** de l'univers à un seul être, la dilatation d'un seul être jusqu'à Dieu, voilà l'amour.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 20175)

- A **reduction** in fuels ...
  La **réduction** des combustibles ...
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 813190)

- **Reduction** of EUR 6,57/t
  **Réduction** de 6,57 EUR/t
  ([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 35585)

- Net **reductions** in inputs
  **Réduction** nette : moyens nécessaires
  ([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 27269481)

## réduire

Used about 7 090 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 604 · UN documents ≈ 6 484).

- Civilization, in the real sense of the term, consists not in the multiplication, but in the deliberate and voluntary **reduction** in wants. This alone can promote real happiness and contentment.
  La civilisation, au sens réel du terme, ne consiste pas à multiplier les besoins, mais à les **réduire** délibérément, volontairement. Cela seul amène le vrai bonheur, le véritable contentement.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#5199239](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5199239) [\#5199249](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5199249))

- Without deficit **reduction**, there can be no access to international markets.
  Sans **réduire** les déficits, nous n'aurons pas accès aux marchés internationaux.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1419885)

- Mongolia has been implementing targeted policies and activities aimed at poverty **reduction**.
  La Mongolie met en œuvre des politiques et des initiatives ciblées afin de **réduire** la pauvreté.
  ([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 23747005)

- The Commission has chosen the easiest solution: **reduction** of the premium to discourage a further rise in production.
  La Commission a choisi la solution la plus simple: **réduire** la prime pour décourager une nouvelle augmentation de production.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1854836)

- 47. The second basic principle is the importance to demand **reduction** of careful focus on specific target groups.
  47. Le deuxième principe essentiel de toute action visant à **réduire** la demande est la nécessité de cibler très précisément des groupes précis.
  ([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 28508)

## émissions

Used about 6 657 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 173 · UN documents ≈ 6 484).

- We are not asking them for the time being to commit themselves to emission **reductions** in absolute terms.
  Nous ne leur demandons pas pour l'instant de s'engager à réduire leurs **émissions** en termes absolus.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 995844)

- (a) Development of best practice guidelines for greenhouse gas emission **reductions**;
  a) Elaborer des directives sur les méthodes les plus performantes pour réduire les **émissions** de gaz à effet de serre;
  ([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 4097938)

- The European automotive industry is not going to achieve the emissions **reductions** for cars it promises by 2008.
  L’industrie automobile européenne ne parviendra pas à réduire les **émissions** de voitures qu’elle promet d’ici 2008.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 842039)

- Final report on carbon tetrachloride emissions and opportunities for **reductions** (decision XVIII/10)
  f) Rapport final sur les **émissions** de tétrachlorure de carbone et les possibilités de les réduire (décision XVIII/10)
  ([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 19693521)

- There have been no substantial **reductions** in global emissions since the Kyoto Protocol of 1997.
  Il n &apos; y a eu aucune diminution substantielle des **émissions** de gaz à effet de serre depuis le Protocole de Kyoto de 1997.
  ([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 14794370)

## More sentences

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

- We accept making a **reduction** in price of 5% if this will help you to develop a new market for our products.
  Nous acceptons de réaliser une baisse de prix de 5% à condition que cela vous aide à développer un nouveau marché pour nos produits.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by magnificentgoddess and GeeZ · checked, community translation · [\#30988](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/30988) [\#1132232](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1132232))

- He advocated the **reduction** of taxes.
  Il prônait la baisse des impôts.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1362585](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1362585) [\#4556768](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4556768))

- He felt under his feet a formidable disaggregation, which was not, nevertheless, a **reduction** to dust, France being more France than ever.
  Il sentait sous ses pieds une désagrégation redoutable, qui n'était pourtant pas une mise en poussière, la France étant plus France que jamais.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18312)

## Grammar

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