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Est-ce un **terme** technique ? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#4013095](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4013095) [\#6926792](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6926792)) - In other **terms**, he must descend. En d'autres **termes**, descendre. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 27826) - The essence of our approach is that it is a long-**term** one. Notre approche vise le long **terme**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1946926) - Equivalent **term**: Laona Akama **Terme** équivalent: Laona Akama ([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 310249) - Short-**term** aircraft contracts and letters of assist Contrats à court **terme** de location d ' aéronefs Demandes ([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 14518738) ## mandat Used about 66 446 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 404 · legal and administrative ≈ 6 311 · UN documents ≈ 59 725). - The president's **term** lasts five years. Le **mandat** du président dure cinq ans. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rafiurster69 and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#2321522](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2321522) [\#2320537](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2320537)) - In our last **term** of office, we worked hard on the reform of the general food law. Lors de notre dernier **mandat**, nous avons beaucoup travaillé sur la réforme de la législation générale en matière alimentaire. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1092250) - the **terms** of reference of any rating committees; le **mandat** de tout comité de notation; ([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 2625357) - (22 members; three-year **term**) (22 membres élus pour un **mandat** de trois ans) ([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 16224526) - The president's **term** lasts four years. Le **mandat** du président dure quatre ans. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#5199994](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5199994) [\#8640700](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8640700)) ## ans Used about 16 792 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 808 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 052 · UN documents ≈ 14 931). - You've known him for ten years and you're still on polite **terms**? Tu le connais depuis dix **ans** et tu le vouvoies encore ? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#12174688](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12174688) [\#12174685](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12174685)) - The Greek Government has proposed to the Council six local government and six regional government representatives for the new four year **term**. Le gouvernement grec a proposé au Conseil, pour le nouveau mandat de quatre **ans**, six représentants de collectivités locales et six de collectivités régionales. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1800667) - On 23.4.2003 the Milan Appeal Court reduced his detention **term** to 3 years and 6 months. Peine réduite à 3 **ans** et 6 mois par la Cour d'appel de Milan le 23 avril 2003. ([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 1258672) - Endangering transport (imprisonment for a **term** not exceeding 14 years); and :: Menace contre les services de transport (14 **ans** de prison maximum); et ([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 9581137) - Under the Communist regime, when I was five years old, my father was arrested and sentenced to a long **term** in prison for fabricated political reasons. Sous le régime communiste, lorsque j'avais cinq **ans**, mon père a été arrêté et condamné à une longue peine d'emprisonnement pour des motifs politiques montés de toute pièce. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1052031) ## long Used about 4 137 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 404 · UN documents ≈ 3 733). - In addition to this, three years is a very long time in economic **terms**. Et puis trois ans, en économie, c'est extrêmement **long**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 355905) - A few Parties used different models for their short-, medium- and long-**term** projections. 12. Quelques Parties ont utilisé des modèles différents pour leurs projections, à court, à moyen et à **long** termes. ([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 10826339) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - The short **term** contract employees were dismissed without notice. Les intérimaires ont été renvoyés sans préavis. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and rene1596 · checked, community translation · [\#276724](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/276724) [\#1189823](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1189823)) - We have two examinations during this **term**. Il y a deux examens ce semestre. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and jcgillet · checked, community translation · [\#241988](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/241988) [\#2045059](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2045059)) - Your marks were well below average this **term**. Tes notes étaient bien en bas de la moyenne ce semestre. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Zifre and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#17019](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/17019) [\#549378](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/549378)) ## 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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