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([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#5258621](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5258621) [\#6473153](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6473153)) - It is no business of the EU to tell workers that they cannot go bare-chested or wear **shorts**. Ce n’est pas à l’Union européenne de dire aux travailleurs s’ils peuvent ou non se promener torse nu ou porter des **shorts**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 774808) - Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and **shorts** Pantalons, salopettes à bretelles, culottes et **shorts** ([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 199624) - MEN ' S PANTS AND **SHORTS** MEN ' S PANTS AND **SHORTS** ([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 10455807) - It is no business of the EU to tell workers that they cannot be bare-chested or wear **shorts**. They are adults. Il n’appartient pas à l’UE de dire aux travailleurs qu’ils ne peuvent pas travailler torse nu ou en **shorts**, ce sont des adultes. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 708317) ## court Used about 18 964 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 163 · literary ≈ 17 · biblical ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 2 858 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 335 · UN documents ≈ 11 587). Forms: court, courte. - That dog has a **short** tail. Le chien a une queue **courte**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#68422](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/68422) [\#6402477](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6402477)) - All at once, he stopped **short**. Soudain il s'arrêta **court**. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 25252) - that the triumphing of the wicked is **short**, the joy of the godless but for a moment? Le triomphe des méchants a été **court**, Et la joie de l’impie momentanée? ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 20:5) - It is very **short**. Il est très **court**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 152426) - Type of **short**-range device Type de dispositif à **courte** portée ([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 1379884) ## hommes Used about 168 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 168). - Firstly that we, unlike Mrs Schröder, are very much interested in 22 men running in **shorts** after a ball. En premier lieu que, contrairement à Mme Ilka Schröder, nous portons un réel intérêt aux 22 **hommes** en short courant après une balle. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 308125) ## terme Used about 168 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 168). - It might make you unpopular in the **short**-run but I think it would make you loved and admired in the long-run. Il se peut que la mesure vous rende impopulaire dans un premier temps, mais je pense qu'à long **terme**, elle vous vaudra toute notre admiration. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 28254) ## culottes Used about 8 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8). - This kid is wearing **shorts**. Cet enfant porte des **culottes** courtes. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#1802650](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1802650) [\#1692667](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1692667)) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - The days are **short** in winter. Les jours sont courts en hiver. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aghanim and LdjuherTaqvaylit · checked, community translation · [\#11628732](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11628732) [\#11630848](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11630848)) - Shall we have a **short** break? Et si on se reposait un peu ? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and gabrielle · checked, community translation · [\#10676044](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10676044) [\#7809855](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7809855)) - He took a **short** cut. Il prit un raccourci. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#295437](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/295437) [\#131864](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/131864)) ## 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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