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# rules — English to French

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

The [Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) has no article on this word yet.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: rules (324 167). By style: everyday 370 · literary 2 · biblical 14 · parliamentary 26 409 · legal and administrative 85 776 · UN documents 211 596.

## règles

Used about 259 980 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 331 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 22 558 · legal and administrative ≈ 60 758 · UN documents ≈ 176 330). Forms: règlement, règles.

- I obeyed the **rules**.
  J'ai obéi aux **règles**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2389506](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2389506) [\#2390466](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2390466))

- “There are people who observe the **rules** of honor as one observes the stars, from a great distance.”
  --Il y a des gens qui observent les **règles** de l'honneur comme on observe les étoiles, de très loin.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 27021)

- Also, if anyone competes in athletics, he isn’t crowned unless he has competed by the **rules**.
  et l’athlète n’est pas couronné, s’il n’a combattu suivant les **règles**.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2TI 2:5)

- 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)

## intérieur

Used about 7 148 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 7 148).

- 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)

- Confidential information shall be handled in accordance with Commission Decision 2001/844/EC, ECSC, Euratom of 29 November 2001 amending its internal **rules** of procedures \[2\].Article 6
  Les informations confidentielles sont traitées conformément à la décision 2001/844/CE, CECA, Euratom de la Commission du 29 novembre 2001 modifiant son règlement **intérieur** \[2\].Article 6
  ([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 1653845)

## conformément

Used about 4 408 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 4 408).

- 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 &apos; 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)

## application

Used about 2 337 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 550 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 787).

- Does this reservation imply that Sweden is exempt from any EU **rules** which may restrict the application of the national principle of public access to official documents?
  Cette dérogation confère-t-elle à la Suède une exception quant aux dispositions européennes susceptibles de limiter l'**application**, à l'échelon national, du principe de transparence ?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 192275)

- The **rules** shall be implemented as follows, irrespective of the document used:
  Modalités d'**application**, sans préjudice du document utilisé:
  ([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 52550)

## More sentences

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

- He **rules** the country with an iron fist.
  Il dirige le pays d'une main de fer.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#6540696](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6540696) [\#11172328](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11172328))

- At home it is Liisa who **rules** the roost.
  À la maison, c'est Liisa qui fait la loi.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by freddy1 and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#2498259](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2498259) [\#9752633](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9752633))

- At home it is Liisa who **rules** the roost.
  À la maison, c'est Liisa qui porte la culotte.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by freddy1 and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#2498259](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2498259) [\#9752631](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9752631))

## Grammar

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