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# support — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: support (903 367), supports (40 727). By style: everyday 239 · literary 12 · biblical 11 · parliamentary 66 153 · legal and administrative 50 302 · UN documents 827 377.

## soutien

Used about 210 044 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 107 · parliamentary ≈ 40 657 · legal and administrative ≈ 14 147 · UN documents ≈ 155 133). Forms: soutien, soutient.

- You have my **support**.
  Vous avez mon **soutien**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and nimfeo · checked, community translation · [\#3820450](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3820450) [\#5417818](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5417818))

- My group **supports** this goal.
  Mon groupe **soutient** cet objectif.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 247603)

- This **support** of the Union should be continued.
  Il y a lieu de poursuivre ce **soutien** de l’Union.
  ([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 2010603)

- UNDP **support** to the United Nations .
  **Soutien** du PNUD aux institutions des Nations Unies
  ([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 7980901)

- He still **supports** me.
  Il me **soutient** encore.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rul and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#13520290](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13520290) [\#13517777](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13517777))

## appui

Used about 179 850 times in the texts (literary ≈ 5 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 2 756 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 716 · UN documents ≈ 172 370).

- Not a point of **support**.
  Pas de point d'**appui**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 2124)

- They came on me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my **support**.
  Ils m’avaient surpris au jour de ma détresse, Mais l’Éternel fut mon **appui**.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2SA 22:19)

- What is more, who would **support** it given that EU **support** alone would not suffice?
  Il est évident que l'**appui** de l'Union européenne ne suffit pas.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1886817)

- This **support** will aim in particular to:
  Cet **appui** visera en particulier à:
  ([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 4471950)

- Total Somalia **Support** Operations
  Total, Opérations d &apos; **appui**
  ([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 28714451)

## soutenir

Used about 32 991 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 22 · parliamentary ≈ 3 445 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 668 · UN documents ≈ 25 856).

- He's going to **support** him.
  Il va le **soutenir**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rul and Aghanim · checked, community translation · [\#13520298](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13520298) [\#13517748](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13517748))

- Since 1996 we have been able to **support** 30 projects.
  Depuis 1996, nous avons été en mesure de **soutenir** 30 projets.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1927213)

- The margin posted by a client is posted as collateral to **support** the client's position.
  La marge fournie par un client l'est à titre de garantie afin de **soutenir** sa position.
  ([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 4763084)

- To provide **supports** to assist with this integration process;
  L &apos; apport d &apos; une aide pour **soutenir** ce processus d &apos; intégration;
  ([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 27945344)

- I dared to **support** his opinion.
  J'ai osé **soutenir** son avis.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Dejo and Petro1 · checked, community translation · [\#71901](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/71901) [\#10169](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10169))

## More sentences

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

- His income is too small to **support** his family.
  Son revenu est trop faible pour subvenir aux besoins de sa famille.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and guyniv · checked, community translation · [\#286659](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/286659) [\#5557419](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5557419))

- I've already sent an email to the **support** department.
  J'ai déjà envoyé un courriel au service d'assistance.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eldad and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1185498](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1185498) [\#1186901](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1186901))

- I **support** that decision.
  Je supporte cette décision.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#4499769](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4499769) [\#8392306](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8392306))

## 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

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