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# signing — English to French

How English *signing* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 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: signing (24 645), signings (19). By style: everyday 15 · literary 1 · parliamentary 1 376 · legal and administrative 2 417 · UN documents 20 855.

## signature

Used about 15 797 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 774 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 659 · UN documents ≈ 13 360). Forms: signature, signer.

- Do you mind **signing** a waiver?
  Pourriez-vous **signer** une renonciation ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Wagner1994 and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#6112553](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6112553) [\#8648164](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8648164))

- However, at the moment when Master Florian Barbedienne was reading the sentence in his turn, before **signing** it, the clerk felt himself moved with pity for the poor wretch of a prisoner, and, in the hope of obtaining some mitigation of the penalty, he approached as near the auditor’s ear as possible, and said, pointing to Quasimodo, “That man is deaf.”
  Cependant le greffier, au moment où maître Florian Barbedienne lisait à son tour le jugement pour le **signer**, se sentit ému de pitié pour le pauvre diable de condamné, et, dans l'espoir d'obtenir quelque diminution de peine, il s'approcha le plus près qu'il put de l'oreille de l'auditeur et lui dit en lui montrant Quasimodo: «Cet homme est sourd.»
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 2963)

- I will ask you to come forward for the **signing** of the procedure.
  Je vous demanderai de vous avancer pour la **signature** de la procédure.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1499552)

- Drawing up and **signing** of the declaration
  Établissement et **signature** de la déclaration
  ([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 2714798)

- **Signing** appropriate document(s) or portions thereof;
  **Signature** du ou des document(s) approprié(s) ou parties de document(s);
  ([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 24592759)

## accords

Used about 766 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 115 · UN documents ≈ 652).

- And when we were **signing** and backing the Dayton solution, we all knew as much.
  Et nous le savions tous quand nous avons signé et soutenu les **accords** de Dayton.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1745005)

- 18. The **signing** of those Accords marked a new stage in the history of El Salvador.
  18. The signing of those **Accords** marked a new stage in the history of El Salvador.
  ([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 16803640)

- The real problem lies in the **signing** of preferential agreements with third countries by the European Union.
  Le véritable problème réside dans la course à la souscription d'**accords** préférentiels avec des pays tiers qu'a entreprise l'Union européenne.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1625090)

- The **signing** of cooperation agreements for the establishment of UN-SPIDER regional support offices was a welcome development.
  On ne peut que se féliciter, par ailleurs, de la conclusion d &apos; **accords** de coopération pour l &apos; établissement de bureaux régionaux d &apos; appui au programme.
  ([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 20134571)

- Since **signing** the Oslo Agreement, the European Union and its Member States have, to a great extent, subsidised the Palestinian education system.
  Le système éducatif palestinien est, depuis les **accords** d'Oslo, largement subventionné par l'Union européenne et les États membres.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 140777)

## traité

Used about 327 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · UN documents ≈ 326).

- In **signing** the Treaty of Tripoli in 1796, our second President John Adams wrote, "The United States has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of Muslims."
  En signant le **traité** de Tripoli en 1796, notre second Président John Adams écrivit : "Les États-Unis n'ont en eux-mêmes aucun caractère d'inimitié à l'encontre des lois, de la religion ou de la tranquillité des Musulmans.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by saeb and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#376899](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/376899) [\#481725](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/481725))

- Since then, the Treaty has established a norm against nuclear testing, but still further **signings** and ratifications are required to lock in this norm for all time.
  Depuis lors, le **Traité** a établi une norme contre les essais, mais davantage de signatures et ratifications sont nécessaires pour consacrer cette norme à tout jamais.
  ([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 14878569)

## More sentences

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

- In **signing** hundred dollar bills, isn't he looking more and more like Norton I., Emperor of the United States and San Francisco resident?
  En signant les billets de cent dollars, ne ressemble-t-il de plus en plus à Norton Ier, empereur des États-Unis d'Amérique du Nord à San Francisco ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rul and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#13836890](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13836890) [\#13836880](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13836880))

- I'm not **signing** anything.
  Je ne signe rien du tout.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2545324](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2545324) [\#4855328](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4855328))

- By **signing** this contract, he waives all rights to his work.
  En signant ce contrat, il renonce à tout droit sur son œuvre.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mailohilohi and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#5276628](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5276628) [\#12698577](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12698577))

## Grammar

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