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Forms: règle, règlement, règles. - It's a good **rule**. C'est une bonne **règle**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#3447015](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3447015) [\#5367300](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5367300)) - Each followed her own **rule**. Chacune suivait sa **règle**. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 10691) - As many as walk by this **rule**, peace and mercy be on them, and on God’s Israel. Paix et miséricorde sur tous ceux qui suivront cette **règle**, et sur l’Israël 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 · GAL 6:16) - That means that **rules** are needed. Cela signifie que des **règles** sont nécessaires. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1075185) - Compatibility with competition **rules** Compatibilité avec les **règles** de concurrence ([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 113551) ## droit Used about 48 336 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 6 106 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 031 · UN documents ≈ 40 199). - Subject: **Rule** of law in Serbia Objet: État de **droit** en Serbie ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1501449) - Engaged in activities that seriously undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the **rule** of law. Participant à des activités portant gravement atteinte à la démocratie, au respect des droits de l'homme et à l'État 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 1796318) - E. **Rule** of law E. Respect des principes du **droit** ([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 4416123) - This must be done on the basis of the guarantees provided by the **Rule** of Law. En se basant sur les garanties de l' État de **droit**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 280088) - amending Joint Action 2004/523/CFSP on the European Union **Rule** of Law Mission in Georgia, EUJUST THEMIS modifiant l'action commune 2004/523/PESC relative à la mission «État de **droit**» menée par l'Union européenne en Géorgie, EUJUST THEMIS ([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 418186) ## article Used about 38 585 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 1 221 · legal and administrative ≈ 17 264 · UN documents ≈ 20 100). - A point of order under what **Rule**, Mr Aldo? En vertu de quel **article**, Monsieur Aldo? ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1775717) - **Rule** 16 Election of Quaestors **Article** 16 Élection des questeurs ([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 2324439) - **Rule** 35 (Records of public meetings) **Article** 35 (Comptes rendus des séances publiques) ([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 6373068) - Mr President, if I have understood correctly, this request has been presented to you pursuant to **Rule** 115 on the order of voting on amendments. Monsieur le Président, cette demande vous est présentée, si j'ai bien compris, sur la base de l'**article** 115, relatif à l'ordre de vote des amendements. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1906039) - **Rule** 166 Access to the Chamber **Article** 166 Accès à la salle des séances ([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 4878201) ## conformément Used about 9 462 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 407 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 016 · UN documents ≈ 8 040). - On 20 December this year Macao returns to Chinese **rule** by virtue of the agreement made between Portugal and China. **Conformément** à l'accord conclu entre le Portugal et la Chine, Macao retournera sous administration chinoise à dater du 20 décembre de cette année. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2046612) - Where the electronic voting system cannot be used for technical reasons, voting shall take place pursuant to **Rule** 159, **Rule** 160(2) or **Rule** 162. Si l'emploi du système électronique est techniquement impossible, le vote a lieu **conformément** aux articles 159, 160, paragraphe 2, ou 162. ([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 624853) - All these on one pole, placed in accordance with the **rules** for danger warning signs. Tous ces panneaux devraient être accrochés au même poteau, placé **conformément** à la réglementation applicable aux panneaux d ' avertissement de danger. ([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 6748410) - In accordance with the designation of Mr. Gantar pursuant to **rule** 18, she would act as President during the session. **Conformément** à la désignation de M. Gantar, il a été convenu, en application de l ' article 18, que Mme Peitz assumerait les fonctions de présidente de la session. ([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 26811495) ## intérieur Used about 7 109 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 7 109). - having regard to **Rule** 94 of and Annex IV to its **Rules** of Procedure, vu l'article 94 et l'annexe IV de son règlement **intérieur**, ([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 5611406) - **Rules** of Procedure of the ‘Human Rights, Good Governance and **Rule** of Law’ subcommittee Règlement **intérieur** du sous-comité «Droits de l’homme, bonne gouvernance et État 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 97941) - The Governing Board shall adopt its **rules** of procedure which shall ensure that its proceedings run in a smooth and efficient manner. Le comité directeur adopte son règlement **intérieur**, qui doit lui permettre de mener ses travaux de manière souple et efficace. ([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 3333866) - to adopt the Foundation's **rules** of procedure on the basis of a draft submitted by the Director after the Commission has delivered its opinion; arrêter le règlement **intérieur** de la Fondation sur la base d'un projet soumis par le directeur après avis de la Commission; ([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 1647891) - The EGE shall adopt its **Rules** of Procedure on the basis of the standard **Rules** of Procedure for expert groups with the agreement of the Commission's representative. Il adopte son règlement **intérieur** sur la base du règlement intérieur type des groupes d'experts, avec l'accord du représentant de la Commission. ([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 3826682) ## état Used about 4 020 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 4 020). - Subsection 1 of **rule** 5 goes on to state " A prisoner means any person under arrest or in lawful custody. " Le paragraphe 1 de la disposition 5 précise: < < On entend par détenu toute personne en **état** d ' arrestation ou placée légalement en détention. > > . ([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 11743822) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - During the union meeting, several members mentioned the possibility of organising a work-to-**rule** strike to draw attention to working conditions. Lors de la réunion du syndicat, plusieurs membres ont évoqué la possibilité d’organiser une grève du zèle pour attirer l’attention sur les conditions de travail. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Myrano\_ and Myrano\_ · checked, community translation · [\#13608764](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13608764) [\#13608763](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13608763)) - I'm afraid we can't **rule** out the possibility that she may have the disease. Je crains que nous ne puissions exclure la possibilité qu'elle puisse avoir la maladie. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#308476](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/308476) [\#1130196](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1130196)) - To **rule** a country is not an easy task. Diriger un pays n'est pas une tâche facile. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sysko · checked, community translation · [\#1395382](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1395382) [\#1394142](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1394142)) ## 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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