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Medicos Del Mundo consacre 100 000 euros à des couvertures, des médicaments, des **citernes** à eau et des feuillets de plastique servant à la construction d'abris. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 219264) - **Tank** barge, liquid cargo, typec Chaland-**citerne**, marchandises liquides, type C ([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 2089342) - Marking of portable **tanks** Marquage des **citernes** mobiles ([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 30272983) - How much more pollution do we have to endure before the industry delivers us tankers with segregated **tanks** and double holds? Combien de pollution devons nous encore subir avant que l'industrie ne construise des pétroliers munis de **citernes** séparées et de doubles coques ? ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1993) - Requirements for the **tank**-containers Prescriptions applicables aux conteneurs-**citernes** ([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 5096178) ## réservoir Used about 7 548 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 13 · parliamentary ≈ 72 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 568 · UN documents ≈ 4 895). Forms: réservoir, réservoirs. - The **tank** is full. Le **réservoir** est plein. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1430140](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1430140) [\#4548639](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4548639)) - A full petrol **tank** or a full stomach? D'un **réservoir** plein d'essence ou d'un estomac plein? ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1064004) - a. fixed roof **tanks**; a. **réservoirs** à toit fixe; ([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 2603653) - 2.4.2. Heated reagent **tank** and dosing system 2.4.2 **Réservoir** de réactif et système de dosage chauffés ([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 28236477) - Is there gas in the **tank**? Il y a de l'essence dans le **réservoir** ? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#4013123](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4013123) [\#11750366](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11750366)) ## chars Used about 902 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 100 · legal and administrative ≈ 103 · UN documents ≈ 699). - The Syrian people will not bow to **tanks**. Le peuple syrien ne pliera pas devant des **chars**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1553292) - ex 87.08: **tanks** and other armoured vehicles ex 87.08: **chars** et automobiles blindés ([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 256129) - a 48 Leopard C2 **Tanks** were declared surplus in 2003, reducing the fleet to 66. a Quarante-huit (48) **chars** Leopard C2 ont été déclarés en 2003, ce qui réduit la flotte à 66. ([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 11387573) - In August, Europe kept the **tanks** out of Tbilisi. En août, l'Europe a empêché les **chars** d'entrer dans Tbilissi. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1149602) - **Tanks** and other armoured fighting vehicles, motorized, whether or not fitted with weapons, and parts of such vehicles **Chars** et automobiles blindées de combat, armés ou non; leurs parties ([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 3847339) ## carburant Used about 350 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 350). - Fuel **Tank** Shutoff valve Off On Commande de coupure de l ' alimentation en **carburant** ([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 26324164) ## transport Used about 350 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 350). - 26. Packages, containers and **tank**-containers marked " marine pollutants " in accordance with the IMDG Code prior to or following a maritime transport operation were accepted for carriage by road. 26. Les colis, conteneurs et conteneursciternes marqués " polluants marins " conformément au Code IMDG avant ou après un **transport** maritime sont acceptés en transport routier. ([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 14415095) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Tom is built like a **tank**. Tom est bâti comme une armoire à glace. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Miktsoanit and Myrano\_ · checked, community translation · [\#12335015](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12335015) [\#14088799](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14088799)) - The **tank** has a capacity of fifty-gallons. La cuve a une contenance de cinquante gallons. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CN and sak\_sm · checked, community translation · [\#40324](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/40324) [\#4271196](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4271196)) - I have a fish **tank**. J'ai un aquarium. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by JNQ and Blabla · checked, community translation · [\#4179595](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4179595) [\#2966747](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2966747)) ## 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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