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# standing — English to French

How English *standing* 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: standing (59 914), standings (20). By style: everyday 202 · literary 38 · biblical 86 · parliamentary 2 161 · legal and administrative 12 709 · UN documents 44 738.

## permanent

Used about 24 359 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 225 · legal and administrative ≈ 9 002 · UN documents ≈ 15 132).

- You have said already quite clearly that the **standing** committee on scientific evidence is the highest authority.
  Vous avez déjà dit très clairement qu' en matière de preuve scientifique, le Comité **permanent** était le summum.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2026338)

- THE **STANDING** COMMITTEE OF THE EFTA STATES,
  LE COMITÉ **PERMANENT** DES ÉTATS DE L'AELE,
  ([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 5675180)

- of the United Nations **Standing** Advisory Committee
  activités du Comité consultatif **permanent**
  ([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 14664877)

- How will you evaluate the new specification of specified risk materials, even in the **Standing** Veterinary Committee?
  Comment évaluerez-vous la nouvelle spécification des matériaux à risque, également au sein du Comité vétérinaire **permanent**?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1788101)

- The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the **Standing** Committee on Plant Health,
  Les mesures prévues au présent règlement sont conformes à l'avis du comité phytosanitaire **permanent**,
  ([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 492596)

## debout

Used about 1 324 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 55 · literary ≈ 19 · biblical ≈ 18 · parliamentary ≈ 45 · legal and administrative ≈ 530 · UN documents ≈ 658).

- Giraffes eat **standing** up.
  Les girafes mangent **debout**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#8549865](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8549865) [\#13425881](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13425881))

- But he remained **standing** there, motionless.
  Cependant il restait **debout** et immobile.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 15320)

- He made the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, **standing** up.
  On fit les planches pour le tabernacle; elles étaient de bois d’acacia, placées **debout**.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EXO 36:20)

- (The Members rose and gave a **standing** ovation as a token of their solidarity)
  (Les députés se lèvent et, **debout**, applaudissent en signe de solidarité)
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1184657)

- Number of passengers (seated and **standing**):
  Nombre de voyageurs (**debout** et assis):
  ([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 5568392)

## comité

Used about 703 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 45 · UN documents ≈ 658).

- We ask it to take into account the position of Parliament and the **Standing** Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health: to put health before trade.
  Nous lui demandons de tenir compte de la position du Parlement et du **Comité** de la chaîne alimentaire: privilégier la santé sur le commerce.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1098672)

- The Panel notes GENCON &apos; s argument that it has lost business goodwill and positive credit **standings** with SAMAREC and SITCO and that it will be unable to repair its business relationships with Saudi Arabian refinery suppliers unless it pays the amounts claimed, which it further contends it is financially unable to do.
  151. Le **Comité** prend note de l &apos; argument de GENCON selon lequel elle a perdu de sa notoriété commerciale et de son crédit auprès de la SAMAREC et de la SITCO et sera incapable de restaurer ses relations d &apos; affaires avec les raffineries saoudiennes si elle ne verse pas les montants qui lui sont réclamés, montants dont elle affirme de surcroît qu &apos; elle est dans l &apos; incapacité financière de les verser.
  ([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 9675340)

## conformes

Used about 658 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 658).

- It is planned to set up financial **standings** for carriers in accordance with EU directive 98/76/EC requirements.
  Il est envisagé d &apos; établir pour les transporteurs des critères financiers **conformes** aux prescriptions de la directive 98/76/CE de l &apos; Union européenne.
  ([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 8496388)

## More sentences

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

- He was **standing** just a few metres away from me.
  Il se tenait à seulement quelques mètres de moi.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#12419948](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12419948) [\#12416131](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12416131))

- You're **standing** in my way.
  Tu te tiens sur ma route.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#5214670](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5214670) [\#6637504](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6637504))

- He has the habit of **standing** up when he is angry.
  Il a l'habitude de se lever lorsqu'il est en colère.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#301858](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/301858) [\#1171996](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1171996))

## 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. Every example names its source and licence. [Submit a better translation or example](https://md.translate.elamur.ai/free/en/submit/?pair=en-fr&word=standing).


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