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# traffic — English to French

How English *traffic* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 8 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: traffic (63 643), traffics (80). By style: everyday 290 · biblical 2 · parliamentary 3 748 · legal and administrative 10 277 · UN documents 49 406.

## circulation

Used about 17 413 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 121 · parliamentary ≈ 156 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 755 · UN documents ≈ 13 381).

- The **traffic** is heavy here.
  Ici, la **circulation** est dense.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#61634](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/61634) [\#1284995](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1284995))

- If we want to provide cleaner air for our citizens, we should change our **traffic** policy in cities.
  Si nous voulons améliorer la qualité de l’air pour nos concitoyens, nous devons modifier notre politique concernant la **circulation** routière en ville.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 851599)

- For left-hand **traffic** only.
  pour là seule **circulation** à gauche.
  ([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 5518166)

- Working Party on Road **Traffic** Safety
  Groupe de travail de la sécurité de la **circulation**
  ([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 6748912)

- Was there a lot of **traffic**?
  Y eut-il beaucoup de **circulation** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#50900](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/50900) [\#1339838](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1339838))

## trafic

Used about 17 157 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 12 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 2 108 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 743 · UN documents ≈ 10 293).

- The avenue has a lot of **traffic** in the morning.
  L'avenue a beaucoup de **trafic** le matin.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#11313102](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11313102) [\#11313114](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11313114))

- in addition to that which the traders brought, and the **traffic** of the merchants, and of all the kings of the mixed people, and of the governors of the country.
  outre ce qu’il retirait des négociants et du **trafic** des marchands, de tous les rois d’Arabie, et des gouverneurs du pays.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1KI 10:15)

- We see growth not only in air **traffic**, but also in car **traffic**.
  Les voyages en avion, ainsi que le **trafic** automobile, sont en hausse.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 454350)

- open to commercial **traffic**;
  ouverts au **trafic** commercial;
  ([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 2024341)

- 5. Illicit drug **traffic** and supply:
  5. **Trafic** et offre illicites de drogues:
  ([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 17138226)

## quiconque

Used about 10 293 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 10 293).

- A similar penalty shall be imposed on anyone who **traffics** in human organs or tissues.
  La même peine est imposée à **quiconque** fait le commerce d &apos; organes ou de tissus humains.
  ([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 8946244)

- 5. Anyone who, operating from national territory, **traffics** with or provides assistance to pirates.
  5. **Quiconque**, depuis le territoire national, se livre à un trafic avec des pirates ou leur prête appui.
  ([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 11009463)

- No person entering its territory shall be a slave, and no person who **traffics** in slaves shall be a citizen.
  Sur son territoire, nul ne sera réduit en esclavage, ni ne sera citoyen **quiconque** se livre au trafic d &apos; esclaves.
  ([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 18752335)

- Article 185 prescribes a penalty of imprisonment and a fine for anyone who **traffics** in slaves.
  L &apos; article 185 prévoit que **quiconque** se livre au trafic d &apos; esclaves encourt une peine d &apos; emprisonnement et une amende.
  ([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 1099372)

- Anyone who **traffics**, buys, sells or markets human body parts shall be punished with imprisonment of three (3) to six (6) years.
  **Quiconque** trafique, achète, vend ou commercialise des organes humains encourra une peine d &apos; emprisonnement allant de 3 à 6 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 20634866)

## emprisonnement

Used about 3 603 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 3 603).

- It states that anyone who, to satisfy the desires of others, **traffics** in persons shall be punished by rigorous or ordinary imprisonment of at least six months.
  Elle prévoit que sera puni de la réclusion ou de l &apos; **emprisonnement** pour six mois au moins celui qui, pour satisfaire les passions d &apos; autrui, se sera livré à la traite d &apos; êtres humains.
  ([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 7962081)

- Section 255 further provides that any person who habitually imports, exports, removes, buys, sells, **traffics** or deals in slaves is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for 10 years.
  L &apos; article 255 dispose que toute personne qui, régulièrement, importe, exporte, déplace, achète ou vend des esclaves, pratique la traite ou le commerce des esclaves, se rend coupable d &apos; une infraction majeure et encourt une peine de dix ans d &apos; **emprisonnement**.
  ([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 3697460)

- (e) **Traffics** any person for the purpose of forced or compulsory recruitment and use in armed conflict, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for fourteen years without an option of fine.
  e) Soumet à la traite toute personne en vue de son recrutement et de son utilisation forcés ou obligatoires dans des conflits armés commet une infraction et encourt, en cas de condamnation, une peine d &apos; **emprisonnement** de 14 ans sans possibilité d &apos; opter pour le paiement d &apos; une amende.
  ([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 27855922)

- &quot; 1. A person who, without any administrative or judicial authorization, proposes, accepts or **traffics** in human organs, tissues, cells or gametes shall be punished by a prison term of between three months and three years and a ban on exercising any profession in the health field or in connection with scientific research for a period of up to five years.
  1. Celui qui, sans autorisation administrative ou judiciaire, propose, accepte ou trafique avec des organes, tissus, cellules ou gamètes humains sera puni d &apos; une peine d &apos; **emprisonnement** entre trois mois et trois ans et l &apos; interdiction, d &apos; une durée maximale de cinq ans, d &apos; exercer toute profession sanitaire ou rattachée à la recherche scientifique.
  ([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 13581444)

- Section 248 B of the Criminal Code stated: &quot; Whosoever, by any means mentioned in article 248 A (2), **traffics** in a person for the purpose of exploiting that person in prostitution or in pornographic performances or in the production of pornographic material shall, on conviction, be liable to the punishment of imprisonment for a term from two to nine years. &quot;
  La section 248 B du Code pénal déclare que toute personne, par quelque moyen que ce soit mentionné à l &apos; article 248 A 2), traite une personne aux fins d &apos; exploiter ladite personne dans des activités de prostitution ou de pornographie ou dans la production de matériel pornographique sera, sur condamnation, passible d &apos; **emprisonnement** pour une période de deux à neuf 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 11857554)

## traite

Used about 3 244 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 156 · UN documents ≈ 3 088).

- Some 500 000 victims of the **traffic** in human beings arrive each year in Western Europe.
  500 000 personnes victimes de la **traite** des êtres humains entrent chaque année en Europe occidentale.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 55331)

- a) **traffics** two or more persons at the same time;
  a) **Traite** de deux personnes ou plus en même temps;
  ([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 10413340)

- I am grateful to our colleague, Mr Coveney who, as a Member of this Chamber, oversees the work of ‘businessmen against trafficking in women’ and the ‘Stop the **Traffic**’ campaign.
  Je remercie notre collègue Simon Coveney, qui préside ici l’action «des hommes d’affaires contre la **traite** des êtres humains» et la campagne «Stop the Trafficking».
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 781469)

- The term &quot; **traffics** &quot; is broadly defined in the Act.
  Elle donne une définition assez vague du terme de &lt; &lt; **traite** &gt; &gt; .
  ([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 25930694)

- 45. Under this Act, any person who **traffics** another person or allows another person to be trafficked commits an offence.
  45. En vertu de cette loi, toute personne pratiquant ou autorisant la **traite** d &apos; autrui commet une infraction.
  ([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 24251256)

## route

Used about 1 670 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 48 · parliamentary ≈ 78 · UN documents ≈ 1 544).

- A **traffic** accident happened there.
  Il y a eu un accident de la **route** ici.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Sbgodin · checked, community translation · [\#240345](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/240345) [\#8676](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8676))

- What further increase in road freight **traffic** is the Commission expecting in the next few years, in particular after accession?
  Dans quelle proportion le transport de marchandises par **route** est-il, selon la Commission, appelé à s'accroître au cours des prochaines années, notamment après l'élargissement ?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 336016)

- The Road **Traffic** Act and on changes of some acts, No. 361/2000
  Code de la **route** et décret No 361/2000 amendant certaines lois
  ([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 8463961)

- You should obey the **traffic** rules.
  Tu devrais respecter le code de la **route**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#240315](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/240315) [\#11480965](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11480965))

- In the last five years, the **traffic** offences accounted for 20-30 per cent of all offences committed.
  Au cours des cinq dernières années, les infractions au code de la **route** comptaient pour 20 à 30 % de toutes les infractions commises.
  ([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 18768597)

## peine

Used about 1 029 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 029).

- 205. Furthermore, section 261 provides that: &quot; Any person who buys, sells, or disposes of any person as a slave, or who **traffics** or deals in slaves, is guilty of an offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years. &quot;
  205. De plus l &apos; article 261 stipule que &quot; toute personne qui en achète ou en vend une autre, ou en dispose comme esclave, ou qui pratique la traite ou le commerce d &apos; esclaves, se rend coupable d &apos; une infraction passible d &apos; une **peine** de prison pouvant aller jusqu &apos; à sept ans &quot; .
  ([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 16865379)

- Under article 99 bis of the Penal Code, any person who illicitly imports or exports or who **traffics** in the sensitive goods defined in article 1 of the Sensitive Materials Control Act of 4 March 1999 in an amount equal to or greater than 1 million pesetas (6,000 euros) shall incur a prison sentence of up to two years and a fine of 5 million pesetas (Euro30,000), the latter being no less than the value of the goods.
  L &apos; article 99 bis du Code pénal dispose que &lt; &lt; celui qui importe ou exporte illicitement ou qui trafique avec des marchandises sensibles définies à l &apos; article premier de la loi de contrôle de marchandises sensibles, du 4 mars 1999, pour un montant égal ou supérieur à 1 million de pesetas (6 000 euros), sera sanctionné par une **peine** de prison allant jusqu &apos; à deux ans de prison et une amende de 5 millions de pesetas (30 000 euros), sans que celle-ci puisse être inférieure à la valeur de la marchandise &gt; &gt; .
  ([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 12573508)

## aérien

Used about 432 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 234 · legal and administrative ≈ 198). Forms: aérien, aérienne.

- The report proposes to introduce competition among air **traffic** control centres, taking away the link between regulatory authorities and operators.
  Il s' agit, en effet, de mettre en concurrence les centres de contrôle **aérien** en dissociant les autorités de régulation et les opérateurs.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 78457)

- DMAN systems shall provide the air **traffic** controller with the list of TSAT and TTOT for the aircraft metering
  les systèmes DMAN doivent fournir au contrôleur **aérien** la liste des TSAT et des TTOT en vue du cadencement des aéronefs.
  ([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 3355759)

- From Finland's point of view, greater involvement of the Baltic States, in particular, in European air **traffic** control cooperation is especially desirable.
  En ce qui concerne la Finlande, il faut oeuvrer tout particulièrement en faveur d'une meilleure intégration des pays Baltes dans le contrôle **aérien** européen.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1673923)

- It would have been a serious mistake to keep air **traffic** out of it and invest the funds into competing modes of transport, as was proposed to begin with.
  Cela aurait été une grave erreur que d'exclure le transport **aérien** pour n'investir que dans des modes de transport concurrents, comme c'était envisagé au départ.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1108172)

## More sentences

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

- It's horrible to get caught in rush hour **traffic**.
  Se faire coincer dans les bouchons aux heures de pointe, c’est affreux.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#29744](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/29744) [\#7754823](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7754823))

- I was delayed by a **traffic** jam.
  J'ai été retardé par un embouteillage.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#266568](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/266568) [\#1350627](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1350627))

- I was stuck in **traffic**.
  J'étais coincé dans un embouteillage.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Barra and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#5126500](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5126500) [\#4594371](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4594371))

## Grammar

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