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Le terme fait **référence** aux trois sorcières qui accostent Macbeth. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by LK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#8286206](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8286206) [\#8854053](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8854053)) - Paragraph 12 **refers** to the minimum recourse to external consultants. Le paragraphe 12 fait **référence** à la nécessité de réduire au strict minimum les tâches confiées aux conseillers extérieurs. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1695580) - **Refers** to “good quality” criteria for offsets and green tariffs. Fait **référence** aux critères de «bonne qualité» pour les compensations et les tarifs verts. ([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 2843489) - Baseline 2011: 73 (**refers** to all publications) **Référence** 2011: 73 (toutes publications confondues) ([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 24534498) - She **refers** to Nostradamus with the rather cloying nickname "Nosty". Elle fait **référence** à Nostradamus sous le nom mièvre de « Nostro ». ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1213002](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1213002) [\#1213152](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1213152)) ## renvoie Used about 3 674 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 41 · legal and administrative ≈ 829 · UN documents ≈ 2 804). - This position is all the more important and necessary since the report **refers** to the crucial problems related to globalisation and European integration. Cette position est d'autant plus importante et nécessaire que ce rapport **renvoie** aux problèmes cruciaux liés à la mondialisation et à l'intégration européenne. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 238955) - \* **Refers** to paragraph 5.3.4 (two anchorages permitted if the windscreen is outside reference zone). \* **Renvoie** au paragraphe 5.3.4 (deux ancrages sont autorisés si le pare-brise se trouve en dehors de la zone de référence) ([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 5547670) - The Committee **refers** the State party to its statement on the right to sanitation (2011). Le Comité **renvoie** l ' État partie à sa déclaration sur le droit à l ' assainissement (2011). ([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 26232282) - According to Italy, the Commission wrongfully **refers** in the Opening Decision to Commission Decision No 94/374/EC. Selon l'Italie, dans la décision d'ouvrir la procédure, la Commission **renvoie** à tort à sa décision 94/374/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 4805608) - He **refers** in this context to the United Nations " Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners " . Il **renvoie** à cet égard à l ' Ensemble de règles minima des Nations Unies pour le traitement des détenus. ([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 11454914) ## désigne Used about 597 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · legal and administrative ≈ 592). - In Dutch, the term "beer" also **refers** to a male pig. En néerlandais, le terme « beer » **désigne** également un cochon mâle. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by tieguy and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#11612717](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11612717) [\#9674967](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9674967)) - **Refers** to new code numbers **Désigne** les nouveaux numéros de code ([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 3689046) - In gaming, ping **refers** to the time it takes for data to travel from a computer to a server and then back to the computer. Dans le domaine du jeu vidéo, le ping **désigne** le temps nécessaire pour que les données voyagent d'un ordinateur vers un serveur, puis reviennent à l'ordinateur. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Myrano\_ and Myrano\_ · checked, community translation · [\#13748894](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13748894) [\#13748895](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13748895)) - ★浡㭰 **Refers** to new code numbers ★浡㭰 **Désigne** les nouveaux numéros de code ([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 1901906) - In gaming, ping **refers** to the time it takes for data to travel from a computer to a server and then back to the computer. Dans le domaine du jeu vidéo, la latence **désigne** le temps nécessaire pour que les données voyagent d'un ordinateur vers un serveur, puis reviennent à l'ordinateur. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Myrano\_ and Myrano\_ · checked, community translation · [\#13748894](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13748894) [\#13748897](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13748897)) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Spam **refers** to unsolicited mass electronic communications, particularly emails, sent to recipients for advertising or dishonest purposes. Les pourriels désignent les communications électroniques de masse, notamment de courriels, sans sollicitation des destinataires, à des fins publicitaires ou malhonnêtes. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Myrano\_ and Myrano\_ · checked, community translation · [\#13538993](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13538993) [\#13538992](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13538992)) - The expression "portable" is ambiguous, as you don't know whether it **refers** to a telephone, a computer, or another portable device. L'expression « portable » est ambigu car on ne sait pas s'il s'agit d'un téléphone, d'un ordinateur ou un autre appareil portable. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eldad and Eldad · checked, community translation · [\#4065369](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4065369) [\#4065367](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4065367)) - The German word "Verschlimmbesserung" **refers** to a supposed improvement that makes things worse. Le mot allemand « Verschlimmbesserung » signifie une amélioration supposée qui rend les choses pire. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by al\_ex\_an\_der and Petrus · checked, community translation · [\#4457095](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4457095) [\#4472176](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4472176)) ## 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/). ## About these examples Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. 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