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L’**État**, c’est moi ! ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Clavain and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#435669](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/435669) [\#1611711](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1611711)) - The soul which loves and suffers is in a **state** of sublimity. L'âme qui aime et qui souffre est à l'**état** sublime. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18815) - Not that I speak because of lack, for I have learned in whatever **state** I am, to be content in it. Ce n’est pas en vue de mes besoins que je dis cela, car j’ai appris à être content de l’**état** où je me trouve. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PHI 4:11) - Member **States** can also impose fines. Des amendes peuvent aussi être infligées aux **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 333213) - UNITED **STATES** OF AMERICA **ÉTATS**-UNIS D'AMÉRIQUE ([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 4821173) ## membres Used about 53 357 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 4 736 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 741 · UN documents ≈ 44 881). Forms: membre, membres. - It is the most well-known in all our Member **States**. C'est la plus connue dans chacun de nos pays **membres**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 198332) - This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member **States**. Le présent règlement est obligatoire dans tous ses éléments et directement applicable dans tout Etat **membre**. ([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 3243914) - (i) ECE member **States** and/or organizations identified in the Programme are invited to designate Focal Points. i) Les Etats **membres** de la CEE et/ou les organisations citées dans le Programme sont invités à désigner des organes de liaison. ([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 3957657) - The raison d'être is not the common goals and activities of the associated members, but the need for a **state** administration at European level. La raison d'être ne découle pas des objectifs communs et des activités communes des **membres** associés, mais de la nécessité d'une administration étatique au niveau européen. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 471246) - A **State** not member of the Commission may submit proposals in accordance with rule 69, paragraph 3, of the rules of the functional commissions of the Economic and Social Council. Un Etat non **membre** de la Commission peut présenter des propositions conformément au paragraphe 3 de l ' article 69 du règlement intérieur des commissions techniques du Conseil économique et social. ([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 2865636) ## unis Used about 22 442 times in the texts (literary ≈ 2 · UN documents ≈ 22 440). - “The United **States**!” said Passepartout; “that’s just what I want!” «Les États-**Unis** d'Amérique! s'écria Passepartout, voilà justement mon affaire!...» ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 1883) - (In thousands of United **States** dollars) (En milliers de dollars des Etats-**Unis**) ([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 3880573) - Thus he learned that, after long persecutions, Smith reappeared in Illinois, and in 1839 founded a community at Nauvoo, on the Mississippi, numbering twenty-five thousand souls, of which he became mayor, chief justice, and general-in-chief; that he announced himself, in 1843, as a candidate for the Presidency of the United **States**; and that finally, being drawn into ambuscade at Carthage, he was thrown into prison, and assassinated by a band of men disguised in masks. Ce fut ainsi qu'il apprit «comment, après de longues persécutions, Smyth reparut dans l'Illinois et fonda en 1839, sur les bords du Mississippi, Nauvoo-la-Belle, dont la population s'éleva jusqu'à vingt-cinq mille âmes; comment Smyth en devint le maire, le juge suprême et le général en chef; comment, en 1843, il posa sa candidature à la présidence des États-**Unis**, et comment enfin, attiré dans un guet-apens, à Carthage, il fut jeté en prison et assassiné par une bande d'hommes masqués.» ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 2226) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - One who steals a hook is put to death for it: another who steals a **state** becomes its prince. Qui vole une agrafe est mis à mort, qui vole une principauté en devient le prince. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#1937273](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1937273) [\#1937270](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1937270)) - Rima attends **state** school. Rima va à l'école publique. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#10861807](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10861807) [\#11838160](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11838160)) - He is in a poor **state** of health. Il est en mauvaise santé. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#285988](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/285988) [\#817384](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/817384)) ## 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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