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# space — English to French

How English *space* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 2 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: space (119 109), spaces (8 194). By style: everyday 231 · literary 35 · biblical 9 · parliamentary 2 943 · legal and administrative 9 621 · UN documents 114 464.

## espace

Used about 53 156 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 132 · literary ≈ 13 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 809 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 508 · UN documents ≈ 47 693). Forms: espace, espaces.

- Yanni was in a safe **space**.
  Yanni était dans un **espace** sûr.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#10024066](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10024066) [\#11756641](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11756641))

- To gaze upon the same planet in **space**, or at the same glowworm gleaming in the grass;
  Considérer la même planète dans l'**espace** ou le même ver luisant dans l'herbe;
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 21931)

- On the plates of its supports and on its panels, he engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, each in its **space**, with wreaths all around.
  Il grava sur les plaques des appuis, et sur les panneaux, des chérubins, des lions et des palmes, selon les **espaces** libres, et des guirlandes tout autour.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1KI 7:36)

- We want a consolidated European **space** policy.
  Nous voulons une politique européenne de l'**espace** consolidée.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 451277)

- robotics and smart **spaces**;
  robotique et **espaces** intelligents;
  ([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 3061141)

## locaux

Used about 15 231 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 3 307 · UN documents ≈ 11 923).

- Service **spaces** (low risk)
  **Locaux** de service (faible risque)
  ([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 5161867)

- Treatment of holds and adjacent **spaces**
  Traitement des cales et des **locaux** contigus
  ([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 24636446)

- Accommodation **spaces** of greater fire risk:
  **Locaux** d’habitation présentant un risque plus important d’incendie:
  ([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 5161754)

- Treatment of holds and adjacent **spaces**:
  Traitement des cales et des **locaux** contigus:
  ([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 12781641)

- 6 Fire-extinguishing arrangements in machinery **spaces** (R 7)
  6 Dispositions spéciales dans les **locaux** de machines (règle 7)
  ([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 1750499)

## More sentences

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

- That sofa takes up too much **space**.
  Ce canapé prend trop de place.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and rene1596 · checked, community translation · [\#12745069](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12745069) [\#1263851](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1263851))

- The new machine takes up lots of **space**.
  La nouvelle machine prend beaucoup de place.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Luornu and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#11314374](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11314374) [\#13279193](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13279193))

- I couldn't find a parking **space**.
  Je ne trouvais pas de place où me garer.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#6438035](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6438035) [\#12198491](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12198491))

## 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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