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# respect — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: respect (393 591), respects (11 630). By style: everyday 251 · literary 24 · biblical 54 · parliamentary 27 373 · legal and administrative 54 834 · UN documents 322 685.

## respect

Used about 99 247 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 154 · literary ≈ 18 · biblical ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 8 554 · legal and administrative ≈ 16 564 · UN documents ≈ 73 949). Forms: respect, respecte.

- I still **respect** him.
  Je le **respecte** encore.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CH and zarisi · checked, community translation · [\#3910765](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3910765) [\#8764651](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8764651))

- “**Respect** for despatches,” said he.
  --**Respect** à la dépêche, dit-il.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 25175)

- But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, ‘They will **respect** my son.’
  Enfin, il envoya vers eux son fils, en disant: Ils auront du **respect** pour mon fils.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 21:37)

- With **respect**, that is wrong.
  Avec tout le **respect** que je leur dois, je dis qu’ils sont dans l’erreur.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 702348)

- The Agency should fulfil its mission in full **respect** of Article 40 TEU.
  L'Agence devrait exécuter sa mission dans le plein **respect** de l'article 40 du TUE.
  ([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 3530598)

## égard

Used about 82 873 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 7 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 5 988 · legal and administrative ≈ 6 283 · UN documents ≈ 70 587). Forms: égard, égards.

- In many **respects**, women and men are completely different.
  Les hommes et les femmes sont, à maints **égards**, fondamentalement différents.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2632064](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2632064) [\#3249923](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3249923))

- In many **respects**, he had set about deceiving himself otherwise.
  À plusieurs **égards**, il s'était mis à se tromper autrement.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 13631)

- Please don’t let me **respect** any man’s person, neither will I give flattering titles to any man.
  Je n’aurai point **égard** à l’apparence, Et je ne flatterai personne;
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 32:21)

- Are we on the right track in this **respect**?
  Sommes-nous, à cet **égard**, sur la bonne voie?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1354130)

- In this **respect**, the advice of the Management Committee should be relied upon.
  Il convient, à cet **égard**, de se référer à l’avis du comité de gestion.
  ([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 3256630)

## droits

Used about 11 800 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 570 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 142 · UN documents ≈ 10 084).

- All Arab countries do not **respect** any human rights.
  Tous les pays arabes ne respectent aucun des **droits** de l'homme.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#8126510](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8126510) [\#8126512](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8126512))

- I also appeal to the Chinese Government to guarantee that it will **respect** international law, international human rights standards and freedom of religion.
  J'appelle également le gouvernement chinois à garantir qu'il respectera le droit international, les normes internationales en matière de **droits** de l'homme et la liberté religieuse.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 874187)

- the Old Age Solidarity Fund in **respect** of acquired rights
  du fonds de solidarité vieillesse par rapport aux **droits** acquis
  ([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 1922387)

- In this **respect**, the fundamental requirements of international human rights law must be borne in mind.
  Dans cette optique, il faut tenir compte des règles fondamentales du droit international relatif aux **droits** de l &apos; homme.
  ([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 19352871)

- The Council will continue to monitor closely the developments occurring in **respect** of human rights in the fight against terrorism and will take appropriate measures to ensure their protection.
  Le Conseil va continuer à suivre de près l'évolution en matière de **droits** de l'homme et prendra les mesures qui s'imposent afin de garantir leur protection.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 970356)

## principes

Used about 3 361 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 3 361).

- However, persons who hold public office may choose to **respect** the human rights principles enshrined in the Koran.
  Cependant, les pouvoirs publics peuvent prendre le parti de respecter les **principes** des droits de l &apos; homme consacrés par le Coran.
  ([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 127215)

## More sentences

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

- Young people must **respect** the law.
  Les jeunes doivent respecter la loi.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and Julien\_PDC · checked, community translation · [\#2010013](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2010013) [\#2010011](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2010011))

- We **respect** all the languages of the world.
  Nous respectons toutes les langues du monde.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rul and Rafik · checked, community translation · [\#13467789](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13467789) [\#11969046](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11969046))

- All citizens should **respect** the law.
  Tous les citoyens devraient respecter la loi.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Source\_VOA and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2163120](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2163120) [\#2164024](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2164024))

## 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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