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# topic — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: topic (37 393), topics (31 327). By style: everyday 83 · parliamentary 3 158 · legal and administrative 1 830 · UN documents 63 649.

## thème

Used about 24 757 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 987 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 220 · UN documents ≈ 22 542). Forms: thème, thèmes.

- Have you chosen a **topic**?
  As-tu choisi un **thème** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#934939](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/934939) [\#940840](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/940840))

- This is the **topic**.
  Voilà le **thème** dont il est question.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 12479)

- Metadata on the **topics**
  Métadonnées sur les **thèmes**
  ([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 2122964)

- 5. Consideration of **topics** by working groups:
  5. Examen de **thèmes** spécifiques en groupe de travail :
  ([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 4082238)

- Have you chosen a **topic**?
  As-tu opté pour un **thème** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#934939](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/934939) [\#940904](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/940904))

## sujet

Used about 20 422 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 71 · parliamentary ≈ 1 349 · legal and administrative ≈ 438 · UN documents ≈ 18 564). Forms: sujet, sujets.

- I started this **topic**.
  J'ai ouvert ce **sujet**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by kebukebu and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#556794](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/556794) [\#556988](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/556988))

- But now to the **topic** itself.
  J'en viens à présent au **sujet** même.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 160706)

- The symposia will have formats tailored to the **topics**.
  Le format des séminaires sera adapté aux **sujets** traités.
  ([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 4163264)

- 1. General remarks on the **topic**
  1. Observations générales sur le **sujet**
  ([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 14581089)

- You're getting off **topic**.
  Tu t'éloignes du **sujet**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Myrano\_ and Myrano\_ · checked, community translation · [\#14091254](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14091254) [\#14091253](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14091253))

## questions

Used about 6 767 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 99 · legal and administrative ≈ 38 · UN documents ≈ 6 630).

- One of the **topics** being discussed, and which will continue to be discussed, is how to apportion the burden.
  Une des **questions** qui est l'objet de discussions et qui continuera de l'être est la manière de répartir le fardeau.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 424113)

- the pursuit by Iran of activities related to other **topics** about which the IAEA has expressed concerns or has identified as outstanding.
  exercice par l'Iran d'activités liées à d'autres **questions** que l'AIEA considère comme préoccupantes ou en suspens.
  ([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 2183279)

- Promote the establishment of documentation centres covering **topics** within its fields of competence;
  Encourager l &apos; établissement de centres de documentation sur les **questions** relevant de sa compétence;
  ([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 22525726)

- The **topics** with which the European Council intends to deal next week are very closely connected to these issues.
  Les points que le Conseil européen se propose d’aborder la semaine prochaine sont étroitement liés à ces **questions**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 616392)

- the pursuit by Iran of activities related to other **topics** about which the IAEA has expressed concerns or identified as outstanding.
  l’exercice, par l’Iran, d’activités liées à d’autres **questions** que l’AIEA considère comme préoccupantes ou en suspens.
  ([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 1231453)

## More sentences

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

- The decriminalisation of the soft drug trade continues to be a **topic** of debate.
  La dépénalisation du commerce des drogues douces ne cesse de faire débat.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#12880186](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12880186) [\#2846259](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2846259))

- Let's get back on **topic**.
  Revenons à nos moutons.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Dejo and Blabla · checked, community translation · [\#2949891](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2949891) [\#2949883](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2949883))

- They considered that **topic** important.
  Elles ont jugé ce point comme important.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#3368714](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3368714) [\#8976714](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8976714))

## 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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