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([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by cntrational and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1120842](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1120842) [\#1121038](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1121038)) - “Those are the utensils of an edge-**tool** maker,” thought Marius. --Ce sont des **outils** de taillandier, pensa Marius. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 17139) - You have the **tools**. Vous avez les **outils** nécessaires. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1312699) - Parts for pneumatic hand **tools** Parties d'**outils** pneumatiques portatifs ([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 2996935) - We all need an effective **tool**. Nous avons tous besoin d ' un **outil** efficace. ([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 20039782) ## instruments Used about 17 386 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 799 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 082 · UN documents ≈ 15 500). Forms: instrument, instruments. - They use modern **tools**. Ils utilisent des **instruments** modernes. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rul and LdjuherTaqvaylit · checked, community translation · [\#12747880](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12747880) [\#12747519](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12747519)) - The house, when it was under construction, was built of stone prepared at the quarry; and no hammer or ax or any **tool** of iron was heard in the house while it was under construction. Lorsqu’on bâtit la maison, on se servit de pierres toutes taillées, et ni marteau, ni hache, ni aucun **instrument** de fer, ne furent entendus dans la maison pendant qu’on la construisait. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1KI 6:7) - The **tools** are surely known to all. Les **instruments**, tout le monde les connaît. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 20514) - The **tools** and measures selected shall be used in the most cost-effective manner. L'utilisation des **instruments** et mesures choisis se caractérise par un rapport coût-efficacité optimal. ([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 1371702) - Rape was used as a **tool** of war in East Timor. Le viol est en effet utilisé comme **instrument** de guerre au Timor oriental. ([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 2580614) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - On a piece of paper, the engineer drew the **tool** he had in mind. Sur une feuille de papier, l'ingénieur réalise un dessin de l'appareil qu'il avait imaginé. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by LeeSooHa and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#11035822](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11035822) [\#1786460](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1786460)) - The dictionary is an invaluable **tool** for learning languages. Quand on étudie les langues, le dictionnaire est d'une aide précieuse. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by jeanne and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#460261](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/460261) [\#14692](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14692)) - I can't use this **tool** without reading the instructions first. Je ne peux pas utiliser cette machine sans lire la notice avant. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by cruzedu73 and Khirthash · checked, community translation · [\#2315085](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2315085) [\#4293884](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4293884)) ## 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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