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# sale — English to French

How English *sale* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 6 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: sale (52 668), sales (46 239). By style: everyday 163 · literary 2 · biblical 3 · parliamentary 2 392 · legal and administrative 39 164 · UN documents 57 183.

## vente

Used about 75 974 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 85 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 1 645 · legal and administrative ≈ 36 716 · UN documents ≈ 37 526). Forms: vente, ventes.

- Is this for **sale**?
  Est-ce en **vente** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2499672](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2499672) [\#2113828](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2113828))

- They shall have like portions to eat, in addition to that which comes from the **sale** of his family possessions.
  il recevra pour sa nourriture une portion égale à la leur, et jouira, en outre, des revenus de la **vente** de son patrimoine.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 18:8)

- There is a **sales** crisis everywhere.
  Les **ventes** sont en crise partout.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1174730)

- **Sales** volume in the Union
  Volume des **ventes** dans l’Union
  ([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 2669131)

- A. **Sale** of children
  A. **Vente** d &apos; enfants
  ([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 2943680)

## the

Used about 11 317 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 11 317).

- United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International **Sale** of Goods.
  United Nations Convention on Contracts for **the** International Sale of Goods.
  ([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 9511791)

- INDEX to proceedings of the General Assembly, 49th Session - **Sales** No. 96.I.12
  INDEX to proceedings of **the** General Assembly, 49th Session - Sales No. 96.I.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 3845856)

- The incidence of **sale** of children and sexual exploitation of children remains low.
  **The** incidence of sale of children and sexual exploitation of children remains low.
  ([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 22187906)

- Rider, C. V. Who bears the cost of misunderstanding in a foreign **sales** transaction?
  Rider, C. V. Who bears **the** cost of misunderstanding in a foreign sales transaction?
  ([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 4751909)

- B. Measures to combat and prevent the **sale** of children, child prostitution and child pornography
  B. Measures to combat and prevent **the** sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
  ([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 29242999)

## vendre

Used about 546 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 38 · parliamentary ≈ 100 · legal and administrative ≈ 408).

- Is that for **sale**?
  Est-ce à **vendre** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1425424](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1425424) [\#2113827](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2113827))

- Our cells and tissues are not for **sale**.
  Nos cellules et tissus ne sont pas à **vendre**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 448151)

- LT: The retail **sale** of medicinal products to the public may only be carried out through a pharmacy.
  LT: seules les pharmacies peuvent **vendre** au détail des produits médicaux au public.
  ([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 294552)

- Is this for **sale**?
  Est-ce que c'est à **vendre** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#2499672](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2499672) [\#11562647](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11562647))

- In this context, I should like to say that what emerges from Mr Fantuzzi's report about endeavouring to increase **sales** is constructive.
  Dans ce contexte, je voudrais dire que ce qui ressort du rapport Fantuzzi, à savoir qu'il faut chercher à **vendre** plus, est positif.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1978941)

## produits

Used about 436 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 25 · legal and administrative ≈ 408).

- One of the items on your wish list is on **sale**.
  L'un des **produits** de votre liste de souhaits est en promotion.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2944712](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2944712) [\#483290](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/483290))

- The Pole explained that four of the chief cafés in the town had agreed to have it on **sale**, and that two papers, the Northcoast Pharos and the Havre Semaphore, would advertise it, in return for certain chemical preparations to be supplied to the editors.
  Le Polonais expliqua comment quatre des principaux cafés de la ville consentaient à la lancer dans la circulation, et comment le Phare de la Côte et le Sémaphore havrais lui feraient de la réclame en échange de quelques **produits** pharmaceutiques mis à la disposition des rédacteurs.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 907)

- Proportionality, however, balances the ‘lives saved’ column against the ‘**sales** volume’ column.
  Or, la proportionnalité place en face de la colonne «vies sauvées» celle du nombre de **produits** vendus.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 710903)

- amounts receivable in the short term in respect of **sales** of produce or fixed assets or the provision of services,
  valeurs réalisables à court terme sur **produits** vendus, services rendus, cessions d’immobilisations,
  ([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 1594752)

## of

Used about 25 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 25).

- The directive proposed is a very blunt instrument indeed to try to incorporate the detailed provisions of the 1979 **Sale** of Goods Act.
  La directive proposée est un instrument très émoussé qui essaie d'incorporer les dispositions détaillées du Sale **of** Goods Act de 1979.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1815401)

## prix

Used about 5 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 1).

- Prices drop in the winter clearance **sales**.
  Les **prix** s'effondrent lors des soldes d'hiver.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Gulliver and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2320138](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2320138) [\#2321888](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2321888))

- He shall reckon with him who bought him from the year that he sold himself to him to the Year of Jubilee. The price of his **sale** shall be according to the number of years; he shall be with him according to the time of a hired servant.
  Il comptera avec celui qui l’a acheté depuis l’année où il s’est vendu jusqu’à l’année du jubilé; et le **prix** à payer dépendra du nombre d’années, lesquelles seront évaluées comme celles d’un mercenaire.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LEV 25:50)

- The **sales** tax is not included in the price in the United States.
  La taxe sur valeur ajoutée n'est pas incluse dans le **prix** aux États-Unis.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ioan\_Cristian and Ioan\_Cristian · checked, community translation · [\#13798123](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13798123) [\#13798121](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13798121))

## More sentences

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

- Scallops are on **sale** today.
  On vend des coquilles Saint-Jacques, aujourd'hui.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by orcrist and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#4466792](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4466792) [\#4467812](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4467812))

- I bought it at a garage **sale**.
  Je l'ai achetée dans un vide-grenier.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#5337096](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5337096) [\#12005662](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12005662))

- Gabriel still had the phone for **sale**.
  Gabriel vendait toujours le téléphone.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#11754820](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11754820) [\#11757024](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11757024))

## 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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