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# track — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: track (26 477), tracks (3 820). By style: everyday 106 · literary 8 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 1 775 · legal and administrative 4 950 · UN documents 23 457.

## voie

Used about 6 688 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 21 · parliamentary ≈ 592 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 166 · UN documents ≈ 3 910). Forms: voie, voies.

- It's on the same **track**.
  C'est sur la même **voie**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Tom9358 and Myrano\_ · checked, community translation · [\#12830778](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12830778) [\#14092749](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14092749))

- We are on the right **track**.
  Nous suivons cette **voie**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1969839)

- Y Centre of the **track**
  Y axe de la **voie**
  ([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 2247174)

- Total length of rail-**tracks**
  Longueur totale des **voies**
  ([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 9899637)

- Tom is right on **track**.
  Tom est sur la bonne **voie**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and felix63 · checked, community translation · [\#6532132](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6532132) [\#8607015](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8607015))

## pistes

Used about 2 151 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 129 · legal and administrative ≈ 309 · UN documents ≈ 1 710).

- You should've covered your **tracks**.
  Tu aurais dû brouiller les **pistes**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Myrano\_ · checked, community translation · [\#12282842](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12282842) [\#14049787](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14049787))

- Let us try both **tracks**.
  Essayons ces deux **pistes**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1246386)

- 6 ball **tracks** or more but not more than 8, with
  6 **pistes** ou plus mais pas plus de 8 pistes,
  ([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 5331485)

- Permanent racing and test **tracks** for motorized vehicles.
  72. **Pistes** de course et pistes d &apos; essai permanentes pour véhicules motorisés.
  ([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 9557384)

- These two **tracks** are indivisible and mutually reinforcing.
  Ces deux **pistes** sont indissociables et se renforcent mutuellement.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 725753)

## rails

Used about 995 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 92 · legal and administrative ≈ 413 · UN documents ≈ 489).

- The **tracks** run parallel to the road.
  Les **rails** courent parallèlement à la rue.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by FeuDRenais and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#457120](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/457120) [\#456977](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/456977))

- Secondly, economic and monetary union is now firmly on **track**.
  Deuxième exemple, l'Union économique et monétaire est désormais sur les **rails**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1639461)

- Electric trains (including **tracks**, signals and other accessories)
  Trains électriques, y compris **rails**, signaux et autres accessoires
  ([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 1220839)

- (b) Maintenance of the peace processes on **track**
  b) Maintien sur les **rails** des processus de paix en cours
  ([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 27267573)

- What we have to see is how we can move on from this crossroads and how we can put the process back on **track**.
  Nous devons maintenant trouver une solution et remettre le processus sur les **rails**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 843282)

## More sentences

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

- You are way off **track**.
  Tu es hors-piste.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Erwan29200 · checked, community translation · [\#15987](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/15987) [\#749867](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/749867))

- I lost **track** of time.
  J'ai perdu la notion du temps.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1887546](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1887546) [\#2053664](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2053664))

- You’re getting off **track**.
  Vous vous écartez du sujet.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Myrano\_ and Myrano\_ · checked, community translation · [\#14091251](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14091251) [\#14091256](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14091256))

## 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

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