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# representation — English to French

How English *representation* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 2 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: representation (53 203), representations (4 103). By style: everyday 3 · literary 3 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 2 136 · legal and administrative 3 095 · UN documents 52 068.

## représentation

Used about 30 713 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · literary ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 1 113 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 934 · UN documents ≈ 27 661). Forms: représentation, représentations.

- **Representation** fosters equality.
  La **représentation** favorise l’égalité.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#12766693](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12766693) [\#13365261](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13365261))

- This same **representation** which had been begun amid so unanimous an acclamation!
  Cette même **représentation** qui avait commencé dans une si unanime acclamation!
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 591)

- Subject: Regional **representation** at meetings
  Objet: **Représentation** régionale aux sessions du Conseil
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1752005)

- Diagrammatic **representation** of optical distortion
  **Représentation** schématique de la distorsion
  ([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 5516790)

- A. **Representations** by Member States
  A. **Représentations** des États Membres
  ([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 14589148)

## femmes

Used about 2 259 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 89 · UN documents ≈ 2 170).

- Women are not just women, contrary to what some of those who support quotas and equal **representation** seem to think.
  Les **femmes** ne sont pas seulement des femmes, contrairement à ce que semblent penser certains partisans des quotas et de la parité.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 883959)

- 265. At the time this report was written, the **representation** of women at international level was as follows:
  A ce jour, la représentativité des **femmes** au niveau international se présente de la manière suivante :
  ([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 27688087)

- Human rights issues such as the situation of women are regularly the subject of **representations** by the European Union to Saudi Arabia.
  Les questions relatives aux droits de l'homme, telle la situation des **femmes**, font souvent l'objet d'observations de l'Union européenne soumises à l'Arabie saoudite.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1014233)

- 54. The two most senior grades of the Secretariat (USG and ASG) have a low female staff **representation** (12 per cent).
  54. Aux échelons les plus élevés du Secrétariat (SGA et SSG), les **femmes** sont très peu représentées (12 %).
  ([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 4512784)

- The Member States must reduce the double burden of work on women, one of the reasons for women's over-**representation** in precarious employment.
  Les États membres doivent réduire la double charge de travail qui pèse sur les **femmes** et qui constitue l'une des causes de leur surreprésentation dans les emplois précaires.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1415953)

## More sentences

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

- LGBTQ+ **representation** in the media is essential for us.
  Pour nous, il est essentiel que les LGBTQ+ soient représentés dans les médias.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by DJ\_Saidez and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#9849442](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9849442) [\#10490273](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10490273))

- For Christ hasn’t entered into holy places made with hands, which are **representations** of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;
  Car Christ n’est pas entré dans un sanctuaire fait de main d’homme, en imitation du véritable, mais il est entré dans le ciel même, afin de comparaître maintenant pour nous devant la face de Dieu.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · HEB 9:24)

- The people affected are now able to pay for their food, accommodation, medical care and legal **representation** and it is no longer impossible to get names scrapped from the list.
  Les personnes concernées peuvent à nouveau payer leur nourriture, leur logement, leurs soins médicaux et l'assistance juridique, et être rayé de la liste n'est plus impossible.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 435712)

## 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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