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# right — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: right (475 398), rights (1 496 378). By style: everyday 3 357 · literary 153 · biblical 320 · parliamentary 98 001 · legal and administrative 45 480 · UN documents 1 824 465.

## droite

Used about 1 705 931 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 888 · literary ≈ 76 · biblical ≈ 242 · parliamentary ≈ 69 417 · legal and administrative ≈ 37 900 · UN documents ≈ 1 596 407). Forms: droit, droite, droits.

- I know my **rights**.
  Je connais mes **droits**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and slahatuvelli · checked, community translation · [\#1634975](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1634975) [\#13438409](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13438409))

- “And that crocodile on the **right**?”
  --Et à **droite**, ce crocodile?
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 4840)

- even there your hand will lead me, and your **right** hand will hold me.
  Là aussi ta main me conduira, Et ta **droite** me saisira.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 139:10)

- These **rights** are guaranteed under law.
  Les lois garantissent ces **droits**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 765582)

- GOOD FAITH AND ABUSE OF **RIGHTS**
  BONNE FOI ET ABUS DE **DROIT**
  ([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 9813)

## homme

Used about 12 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 12).

- that he would maintain the **right** of a man with God, of a son of man with his neighbor!
  Puisse-t-il donner à l’**homme** raison contre Dieu, Et au fils de l’homme contre ses amis!
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 16:21)

- Every way of a man is **right** in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the hearts.
  Toutes les voies de l’**homme** sont droites à ses yeux; Mais celui qui pèse les cœurs, c’est l’Éternel.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 21:2)

## More sentences

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

- Your parents were **right**.
  Vos parents avaient raison.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#3821146](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3821146) [\#5366525](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5366525))

- You can't do anything **right**, can you?
  Tu ne peux rien faire correctement, n'est-ce pas ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#3348036](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3348036) [\#5685845](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5685845))

- That's absolutely **right**.
  C'est absolument vrai.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#433664](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/433664) [\#1053349](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1053349))

## 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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