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# sales — English to French

How English *sales* 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: sales (46 239). By style: everyday 42 · literary 1 · parliamentary 1 305 · legal and administrative 23 288 · UN documents 21 603.

## ventes

Used about 38 491 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 28 · parliamentary ≈ 843 · legal and administrative ≈ 22 318 · UN documents ≈ 15 302). Forms: vente, ventes.

- **Sales** are down this month.
  Les **ventes** sont en baisse ce mois-ci.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#242956](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/242956) [\#11232723](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11232723))

- 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)

- 4. Free distribution and **sales**
  4. Distribution gratuite et **vente**
  ([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 7202212)

- **Sales** were apparently dismal.
  Les **ventes** étaient apparemment lamentables.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#5735594](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5735594) [\#8915351](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8915351))

## sales

Used about 4 079 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 27 · UN documents ≈ 4 051).

- That which pleases people of the world in Saint François de **Sales**, is that he cheated at play.
  Ce qui fait saint François de **Sales** aimable aux gens du monde, c'est qu'il trichait au jeu.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 11626)

- It will be obvious that I refer here to the Foreign **Sales** Corporation.
  Je pense évidemment au Foreign **Sales** Corporation.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 302864)

- **Sales** No. E.96.XIII.10.
  **Sales** No. E.96.XIII.10.
  ([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 10780086)

- SOCIAL POLICY AND SOCIAL PROGRESS - FIRST ISSUE - **SALES** NO. 96.IV.4
  SOCIAL POLICY AND SOCIAL PROGRESS - FIRST ISSUE - **SALES** NO. 96.IV.4
  ([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 2824942)

- 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)

## marché

Used about 54 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 54).

- This house-label business offers many sparkling wine firms a considerable **sales** market.
  Ce **marché** des marques «maison» constitue une part de marché considérable pour de nombreux élaborateurs de vins champagnisés.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1611997)

- Another amendment calls for the common market organisation to include measures for internal and external **sales** promotion.
  Un autre amendement vise à adopter des mesures de promotion interne et externe des débouchés dans le cadre de l'organisation commune du **marché**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1952792)

## prix

Used about 2 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2).

- 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))

- 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.

- Jumble **sales** are a real treasure trove for antiques.
  Les braderies sont une véritable mine d'or pour les antiquités.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#9096808](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9096808) [\#9809455](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9809455))

- The **sales** agent closed a major deal in Asia.
  L’agent commercial a conclu un contrat important en Asie.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#13406152](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13406152) [\#13406151](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13406151))

- I just love bargain **sales**.
  J'adore les soldes, un point c'est tout.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2372779](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2372779) [\#2565685](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2565685))

## 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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