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# statute — English to French

How English *statute* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: statute (48 995), statutes (8 500). By style: everyday 1 · literary 3 · biblical 173 · parliamentary 2 783 · legal and administrative 4 170 · UN documents 50 365.

## statuts

Used about 41 619 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 18 · parliamentary ≈ 2 493 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 953 · UN documents ≈ 35 151). Forms: statut, statuts.

- The Virginia **Statute** for Religious Freedom, written by Thomas Jefferson, explicitly granted religious freedom to Muslims.
  Le **Statut** de la Virginie sur la liberté religieuse, rédigé par Thomas Jefferson, accorda explicitement la liberté religieuse aux musulmans.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rul and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#13795279](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13795279) [\#13810085](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13810085))

- However, if these good Haudriettes were, for the moment, complying with the **statutes** of Pierre d’Ailly, they certainly violated with joy those of Michel de Brache, and the Cardinal of Pisa, which so inhumanly enjoined silence upon them.
  Du reste, si ces braves haudriettes observaient pour le moment les **statuts** de Pierre d'Ailly, elles violaient, certes, à coeur joie, ceux de Michel de Brache et du cardinal de Pise qui leur prescrivaient si inhumainement le silence.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 2042)

- Blessed are you, LORD. Teach me your **statutes**.
  Béni sois-tu, ô Éternel! Enseigne-moi tes **statuts**!
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 119:12)

- First of all, this House must adopt a parliamentarian's **statute**.
  Premièrement, notre Assemblée doit adopter un **statut** de parlementaire.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1660976)

- the amendment of the **statutes**,
  la modification des **statuts**;
  ([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 2494825)

## lois

Used about 4 913 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 61 · parliamentary ≈ 87 · legal and administrative ≈ 43 · UN documents ≈ 4 722).

- He shows his word to Jacob, his **statutes** and his ordinances to Israel.
  Il révèle sa parole à Jacob, Ses **lois** et ses ordonnances à Israël;
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 147:19)

- The only reference I can find to any legal instruments in it are to US **Statutes**.
  La seule référence que je trouve dans l'accord à un autre instrument juridique concerne les **lois** et les règlements américains.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 948028)

- **Statutes** and Regulations of Ontario:
  **Lois** de l'Ontario:
  ([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 254743)

- ∙ describe the various **statutes** which affect the professional accountant’s work
  ∙ décrire les diverses **lois** qui influent sur le métier de comptable
  ([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 5488462)

- “‘If you walk in my **statutes** and keep my commandments, and do them,
  Si vous suivez mes **lois**, si vous gardez mes commandements et les mettez en pratique,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LEV 26:3)

## cour

Used about 1 049 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 049).

- International Criminal Court: Assembly of States Parties (for all African States Parties to the Rome **Statute**)
  **Cour** pénale internationale : Assemblée des États parties (à l &apos; intention des États
  ([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 30083015)

- 32. The Constitution provides for the creation of the Constitutional Court, with jurisdiction to review the constitutionality of laws and **statutes**.
  La Constitution prévoit la création d &apos; une **cour** constitutionnelle chargée de contrôler la constitutionnalité des lois et des règlements et qui constitue une institution judiciaire autonome.
  ([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 24216759)

## More sentences

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

- It was so from that day forward that he made it a **statute** and an ordinance for Israel to this day.
  Il en fut ainsi dès ce jour et dans la suite, et l’on a fait de cela jusqu’à ce jour une loi et une coutume en Israël.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1SA 30:25)

- You shall do no kind of work: it is a **statute** forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
  Vous ne ferez aucun ouvrage. C’est une loi perpétuelle pour vos descendants dans tous les lieux où vous habiterez.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LEV 23:31)

- He confirmed it to Jacob for a **statute**, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
  Il l’a érigée pour Jacob en loi, Pour Israël en alliance éternelle,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CH 16:17)

## 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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