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# relation — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: relation (109 243), relations (111 046). By style: everyday 52 · literary 3 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 22 763 · legal and administrative 24 768 · UN documents 172 702.

## relations

Used about 99 928 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 33 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 10 670 · legal and administrative ≈ 11 868 · UN documents ≈ 77 356).

- It's an international **relations** module.
  C'est un module de **relations** internationales.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Miktsoanit and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#12299668](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12299668) [\#12100726](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12100726))

- There are marvellous **relations** between beings and things; in that inexhaustible whole, from the sun to the grub, nothing despises the other; all have need of each other.
  Il y a entre les êtres et les choses des **relations** de prodige; dans cet inépuisable ensemble, de soleil à puceron, on ne se méprise pas; on a besoin les uns des autres.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 19253)

- **Relations** between the EP and national parliaments
  **Relations** PE/Parlements nationaux
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 289716)

- **RELATIONS** WITH LATIN AMERICA
  **RELATIONS** AVEC L’AMÉRIQUE LATINE
  ([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 3099969)

- **RELATIONS** Ms. Nazima MUNSCHI
  **RELATIONS** Ms. Nazima MUNSCHI
  ([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 6326884)

## rapport

Used about 26 862 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 660 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 612 · UN documents ≈ 21 588).

- You should choose a job in **relation** to your talents and interests.
  Vous devriez choisir un emploi en **rapport** avec vos talents et vos intérêts.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#264710](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/264710) [\#479713](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/479713))

- It seemed to him that the mysterious words of these men, so strangely hidden behind that wall, and crouching in the snow, could not but bear some **relation** to Jondrette’s abominable projects.
  Il lui semblait que les paroles obscures de ces hommes, si étrangement cachés derrière ce mur et accroupis dans la neige, n'étaient pas peut-être sans quelque **rapport** avec les abominables projets de Jondrette.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 16803)

- I believe this has changed tremendously in **relation** to past procedures.
  Je pense que, sur ce point, la situation a énormément évolué par **rapport** au passé.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 332878)

-  level of the regulatory standards in **relation** to the environmental objectives;
   niveau des normes réglementaires par **rapport** aux objectifs environnementaux;
  ([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 1619714)

- Practical shortcoming in **relation** to consultative participation (EIA)
  Insuffisances pratiques par **rapport** au principe de la participation consultative (procédure d &apos; EIE)
  ([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 13736121)

## avec

Used about 10 607 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 7 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 2 371 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 032 · UN documents ≈ 7 196).

- What's your **relation** with him?
  Quelle relation as-tu **avec** lui ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by dawnbreaksopen and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#17593](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/17593) [\#2260732](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2260732))

- In what manner was Jean Valjean to behave in **relation** to the happiness of Cosette and Marius?
  De quelle façon Jean Valjean allait-il se comporter **avec** le bonheur de Cosette et de Marius?
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 30034)

- They bear no **relation** to the conditions which prevail in ACP areas.
  Elles n'ont aucun rapport **avec** celles qui prévalent dans la zone ACP.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1748618)

- Believed to have had close **relations** with Taliban Leader Mullah Mohammed Omar.
  Aurait entretenu des liens étroits **avec** le chef des Taliban, le mollah Mohammad Omar.
  ([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 4279824)

- La nationalité en **relation** avec la succession des États \[6\]
  La nationalité en relation **avec** la succession des États \[6\]
  ([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 6458812)

## entre

Used about 7 931 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 474 · legal and administrative ≈ 258 · UN documents ≈ 7 196).

- What is the **relation** between the Old Testament and the New Testament?
  Quel est le lien **entre** l'Ancien Testament et le Nouveau Testament ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ioan\_Cristian and Ioan\_Cristian · checked, community translation · [\#13974378](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13974378) [\#13974376](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13974376))

- Equally, there are very many differences between the Member States, particularly in **relation** to those procedures.
  De plus, il existe de très nombreuses différences **entre** les États membres, surtout s’agissant de ces procédures.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 784737)

- Employment in **relation** to the product concerned fell by 6 % from 1269 in 2000 to 1193 in 2003.
  **Entre** 2000 et 2003, l'emploi lié au produit concerné a diminué de 6 %, les effectifs passant de 1269 à 1193 personnes.
  ([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 473424)

- Here difficulties may emerge in **relations** between the Fund and the member concerned.
  Des difficultés pourraient alors surgir **entre** le Fonds et l’État membre concerné.
  ([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 5750469)

- The spectacle is not a collection of images; it is a social **relation** between people that is mediated by images.
  Le spectacle n’est pas un ensemble d’images, mais un rapport social **entre** des personnes, médiatisé par des images.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by shekitten and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#6976073](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6976073) [\#6976074](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6976074))

## More sentences

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

- Wages vary in **relation** to the age of the worker.
  Les salaires varient en fonction de l'âge de l'employé.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Duck and RoiOfTheSuisse · checked, community translation · [\#19522](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/19522) [\#1593354](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1593354))

- Health is the greatest gift; satisfaction the greatest wealth; fidelity the greatest **relation**.
  La santé est le plus grand cadeau, la satisfaction la plus grande richesse, la fidélité la meilleure relation.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Silivrin and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#4442308](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4442308) [\#1130414](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1130414))

- Effective use of disinfectant is an important subject in **relation** to infection control in hospitals.
  L'utilisation efficace de désinfectant est un sujet important en ce qui concerne le contrôle des infections dans les hôpitaux.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by blay\_paul and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#538809](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/538809) [\#539052](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/539052))

## 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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