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# referring — English to French

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

The [Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) has no article on this word yet.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: referring (25 976). By style: everyday 16 · parliamentary 2 378 · legal and administrative 2 654 · UN documents 20 928.

## référant

Used about 2 831 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 50 · legal and administrative ≈ 166 · UN documents ≈ 2 616).

- I want to illustrate the situation by **referring** to my own country, but the situation is the same across the European Union.
  J’illustrerai la situation en me **référant** à mon propre pays, mais celle-ci est identique dans l’ensemble de l’Union.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 758926)

- the training tasks for which the training centre is recognised to provide training courses, **referring** to the relevant Annexes to Directive 2007/59/EC;
  tâches de formation pour lesquelles le centre de formation est reconnu apte à dispenser des cours, en se **référant** aux annexes de la directive 2007/59/CE;
  ([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 2304328)

- Mr. BARTON (Slovakia), **referring** to article 35, said that he was flexible as to whether there should be one or several pre-trial chambers.
  M. BARTON (Slovaquie), se **référant** à l’article 35, peut accepter aussi bien une seule que plusieurs chambres préliminaires.
  ([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 4765428)

- **REFERRING** to international humanitarian law and the fundamental humanitarian principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality and independence;
  SE **RÉFÉRANT** au droit international humanitaire et aux principes humanitaires fondamentaux que sont l’humanité, l’impartialité, la neutralité et l’indépendance;
  ([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 2542858)

- Finally, he stated that Brazil interpreted article 36 as **referring** to imports and utilization of timber in consuming countries.
  Pour finir, il a déclaré que le Brésil interprétait l &apos; article 36 comme se **référant** aux importations et à l &apos; utilisation de bois dans les pays consommateurs.
  ([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 1365722)

## référence

Used about 1 886 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 347 · legal and administrative ≈ 664 · UN documents ≈ 872).

- Who are you **referring** to?
  À qui fais-tu **référence** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#276502](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/276502) [\#13257654](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13257654))

- That was probably what Lady Ashton was **referring** to.
  C'est probablement à cela que Mme Ashton faisait **référence**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1532523)

- TERMS **REFERRING** UNEQUIVOCALLY TO THE UNION
  TERMES FAISANT CLAIREMENT **RÉFÉRENCE** À L'UNION
  ([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 3829044)

- Sir Nigel RODLEY, **referring** to the delegation &apos; s replies to questions 18 and 19, asked for further clarification of procedures during police custody.
  74. Sir Nigel RODLEY, faisant **référence** aux réponses 18 et 19, demande des précisions sur les procédures appliquées lors d &apos; une garde à vue.
  ([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 16900704)

- Who are you **referring** to?
  À qui faites-vous **référence** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#276502](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/276502) [\#13257652](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13257652))

## fais

Used about 349 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 347).

- Are you **referring** to me?
  Tu **fais** allusion à moi ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1499](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1499) [\#974738](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/974738))

- I am **referring** to Recommendations 1 and 2.
  Je **fais** référence aux recommandations I et II.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1658)

- Who are you **referring** to?
  À qui **fais**-tu allusion ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#276502](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/276502) [\#9753892](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9753892))

- I am **referring** also to the slaughter of unborn children.
  Je **fais** également allusion au massacre de fœtus.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 644176)

- I am **referring** to cases of collaboration in the Pyrenees.
  Je **fais** référence aux cas de collaboration dans les Pyrénées.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1804358)

## More sentences

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

- Are you **referring** to me?
  Vous faites allusion à moi ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1499](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1499) [\#974737](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/974737))

- Even nudists often use euphemisms when **referring** to naughty parts.
  Même les nudistes emploient des euphémismes lorsqu'ils se réfèrent à des parties intimes.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#915197](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/915197) [\#2142763](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2142763))

- To whom are you **referring**?
  À qui faites-vous allusion ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by witbrock and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#472131](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/472131) [\#559222](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/559222))

## 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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