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# section — English to French

How English *section* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: section (275 963), sections (42 047). By style: everyday 43 · literary 4 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 3 163 · legal and administrative 51 619 · UN documents 263 180.

## sections

Used about 188 574 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 15 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 1 054 · legal and administrative ≈ 28 498 · UN documents ≈ 159 005). Forms: section, sections.

- Where's the men's **section**?
  Où est la **section** des hommes ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lukaszpp and fleur74 · checked, community translation · [\#687684](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/687684) [\#3627428](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3627428))

- The committee must take measures to prevent recruiting in the **sections** for the different societies.
  --«...Il faut que le comité prenne des mesures pour empêcher le recrutement dans les **sections** pour les différentes sociétés...»
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18412)

- **Section** V – Court of Auditors
  **Section** V - Cour des comptes
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 785795)

- LSA Code, **sections** 1.2 and 6.1.5;
  LSA Code, **sections** 1.2 et 6.1.5;
  ([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 3463)

- The report is organized into six **sections**.
  Il comprend six **sections**.
  ([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 25357475)

## chapitre

Used about 11 065 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 99 · UN documents ≈ 10 966).

- This agreement must contain a **section** on human rights which is also a constituent part of all agreements and treaties.
  Cet accord doit comporter un **chapitre** consacré aux droits de l'homme, qui fait aussi partie intégrante de tous les accords et traités.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 928567)

- **Section** 13 - Other Countries in Western Asia
  **Chapitre** 13 - Autres pays d &apos; Asie occidentale
  ([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 843980)

- (ES) Mr President, the 2008 Report on Competition Policy includes, for the first time, a **section** on cartels and consumers.
  (ES) Monsieur le Président, le rapport de 2008 sur la politique de concurrence comprend, pour la première fois, un **chapitre** consacré aux collusions et aux consommateurs.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1352230)

- Summary of recosting of the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2012-2013 (expenditure **sections**)
  Résultat global de l &apos; actualisation du projet de budget-programme pour l &apos; exercice biennal 2012-2013 (**chapitre** 11 des dépenses)
  ([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 23679186)

- To illustrate my point, just look at page 51 of the Treaty, a **section** entitled 'Non-discrimination and citizenship', one which any citizen might want to read and assess.
  Pour illustrer mon argument, regardez à la page 51 du traité, un **chapitre** intitulé "Non-discrimination et citoyenneté", un chapitre que tout citoyen pourrait vouloir lire et évaluer.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1001387)

## budget

Used about 8 224 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 8 224).

- Relevant **sections** of the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2008-2009
  Chapitres pertinents du projet de **budget**-programme pour l &apos; exercice biennal 2008-2009
  ([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 15362327)

- These relate to the following **sections** of the proposed programme budget for the biennium 1996-1997:
  Ces demandes concernent les chapitres suivants du projet de **budget**-programme pour l &apos; exercice biennal 1996-1997 :
  ([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 1752776)

- In 2002-2003, this also included those **sections** that had formerly reported only workload statistics.
  En 2002-2003, cela a également concerné les chapitres du **budget** pour lesquels on ne disposait auparavant que de statistiques sur le volume de travail.
  ([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 11536462)

## More sentences

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

- In the final **section** of the level, there are respawning enemies.
  Dans la dernière partie du niveau, il y a des ennemis qui réapparaissent.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sabretou and tieguy · checked, community translation · [\#6167825](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6167825) [\#11784673](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11784673))

- Smoking is prohibited in every **section** of the restaurant.
  Il est interdit de fumer dans toutes les parties du restaurant.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#2601381](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2601381) [\#8439424](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8439424))

- The **section** chief altered the plan.
  Le chef de service a modifié le plan.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and hortusdei · checked, community translation · [\#238026](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/238026) [\#6273](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6273))

## 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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