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([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and Bruno · checked, community translation · [\#8293727](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8293727) [\#507998](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/507998)) - Suddenly she turned **towards** him,— Tout à coup elle se tourna **vers** lui: ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 4741) - Globalisation itself is the result of our march **towards** the future. La mondialisation est le résultat de notre marche **vers** le futur. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 994970) - Extension **towards** north-west Spain Extension **vers** le nord-ouest de l'Espagne ([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 870015) - limit **towards** yellow x < 0.500 limite **vers** le jaune x < 0,500 ([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 19253396) ## égard Used about 9 331 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 404 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 216 · UN documents ≈ 7 707). - His affection **towards** me has decreased. Son affection à mon **égard** a diminué. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1329281](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1329281) [\#1331490](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1331490)) - In this context, we should insist on a tough and principled position **towards** the regime of President Lukashenko in Belarus. Dans ce contexte, nous devrions insister sur une position dure et de principe à l'**égard** du régime du président Loukachenko en Biélorussie. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1557186) - to assist the Union in further developing a comprehensive policy **towards** the South Caucasus; d'aider l'Union à poursuivre l'élaboration d'une politique globale à l'**égard** du Caucase du Sud; ([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 2803207) - National surveys on attitudes **towards** violence in the community will be conducted from 2012. Des enquêtes nationales concernant l ' attitude à l ' **égard** de la violence dans la société seront lancées en 2012. ([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 25453242) - As a rule, not only in humans, but also in animals, "sexual display" occurs, consciously or unconsciously, **towards** individuals of the opposite sex. En principe, pas seulement chez les humains mais aussi chez les animaux, une « parade sexuelle » survient, consciemment ou inconsciemment, à l'**égard** des individus de sexe opposé. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1245054](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1245054) [\#1245721](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1245721)) ## envers Used about 5 654 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · literary ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 1 615 · legal and administrative ≈ 174 · UN documents ≈ 3 853). - I am not insolent **towards** them. Je ne suis pas insolent **envers** eux. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CarpeLanam and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#6681318](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6681318) [\#1944440](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1944440)) - Jean Valjean’s generosity **towards** him, Javert, crushed him. La générosité de Jean Valjean **envers** lui Javert l'accablait. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 28583) - I believe we should react very forcefully indeed to any instance of aggression **towards** Taiwan. Je pense aussi que nous devons bien entendu réagir énergiquement à toute agression **envers** Taïwan. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1085242) - The personal financial and disciplinary liability of its servants **towards** the Agency shall be governed by the relevant rules applying to the staff of the Agency. La responsabilité financière et disciplinaire personnelle des agents de l'Agence **envers** celle-ci est régie par les dispositions pertinentes applicables au personnel de l'Agence. ([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 1081297) - (j) Attitude displayed **towards** colleagues while performing the duties of judge; j) Son attitude **envers** des confrères dans l ' accomplissement de ses fonctions, ([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 22306306) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Our dog is not fearful, but suspicious **towards** strangers. Notre chien n'est pas peureux, mais méfiant avec les étrangers. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mutskt and genes1s · checked, community translation · [\#11213418](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11213418) [\#13329454](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13329454)) - He tossed the ball **towards** the wall. Il a lancé la balle en direction du mur. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by baisong and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#599705](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/599705) [\#11910865](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11910865)) - Dan had an insatiable appetite **towards** violence. Dan avait un appétit insatiable pour la violence. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Scorpionvenin14 · checked, community translation · [\#4009524](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4009524) [\#4009560](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4009560)) ## 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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