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# transit — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: transit (43 749), transits (206). By style: everyday 4 · literary 3 · parliamentary 1 482 · legal and administrative 7 767 · UN documents 34 699.

## transit

Used about 33 131 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 403 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 340 · UN documents ≈ 26 386). Forms: transit, transits, transport.

- The electrical appliance must have been damaged in **transit**.
  L'appareil électrique a dû être endommagé durant le **transport**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#44836](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/44836) [\#451421](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/451421))

- “Qui verbum meum audit, et credit ei qui misit me, habet vitam æternam et in judicium non venit; sed **transit** a morte in vitam.”\[46\]
  «Qui verbum meum audit, et credit ei qui misit me, habet vitam æternam et in judicium non venit; sed **transit** a morte in vitam\[111\].»
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 5724)

- In other words, the **Transit** Agreement is primary law.
  Le traité sur le **transit** relève donc du droit primaire.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 224433)

- **Transit** through third country
  **Transit** par un pays tiers
  ([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 1349208)

- 3. Gulf of Aden Group **Transits** (Seychelles)
  Gulf of Aden Group **Transits** (Seychelles)
  ([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 25063025)

## gaines

Used about 1 618 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 1 618).

- electric cable **transits**
  **gaines** de câbles électriques
  ([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 4631306)

- electric cable **transits**,
  **gaines** de câbles électriques,
  ([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 1447867)

- electric cable **transits**,
  **gaines** de câbles électriques.
  ([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 5241202)

- electric cable **transits**;
  **gaines** de câbles électriques;
  ([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 4605845)

- electric cable **transits**.
  **gaines** de câbles électriques.
  ([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 5241196)

## marchandises

Used about 885 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 162 · UN documents ≈ 723).

- Any inspection of the goods shall be carried out using in particular the “anticipated **transit** record” message as a basis for such inspection.
  Le contrôle éventuel des **marchandises** est effectué en particulier sur la base du message “Avis anticipé de passage”.
  ([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 1623894)

- ACIS is designed to change transportation culture by promoting &quot; business partnerships &quot; between those involved with cargo **transits**, whether these be operators or clients both on a national and an international level.
  Ce système est destiné à modifier la culture des transports en facilitant la création de &quot; partenariats commerciaux &quot; entre ceux qui sont chargés des expéditions de **marchandises** - exploitants ou clients - sur une base nationale ou internationale.
  ([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 1359331)

- goods in **transit**, other than passengers' baggage, where the **transit** consists of or includes carriage by such ships or aircraft;
  aux **marchandises** autres que les bagages des passagers, durant un transport réalisé par ces navires ou aéronefs soit en totalité, soit en combinaison avec d'autres modes de transport;
  ([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 60181)

- &quot; Goods transport by road &quot; means transport involving the use of vehicles for the carriage of goods by road, and &quot; international goods transport by road &quot; means such transport where the place of loading is in one country and the place of unloading is in the same country when the vehicle **transits** through another country or the place of unloading is in another country whether or not the vehicle **transits** through third countries.
  3.1.2 Par &quot; transport de **marchandises** par route &quot; , on entend un transport impliquant l &apos; utilisation de véhicules pour le transport de marchandises par route, et par &quot; transport international de marchandises par route &quot; , un transport d &apos; un lieu de chargement situé dans un pays à un lieu de déchargement situé dans le même pays lorsque le véhicule transite par un autre pays ou à un lieu de déchargement situé dans un autre pays que le véhicule transite ou non par des pays tiers.
  ([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 8452219)

## More sentences

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

- Public **transit** is very good in this city.
  Les transports publics sont très bons dans cette ville.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ioan\_Cristian and Ioan\_Cristian · checked, community translation · [\#13803190](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13803190) [\#13803197](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13803197))

- The supercilious billionaire couldn't stand the idea of sharing public **transit** with the common folk.
  Le milliardaire hautain ne pouvait pas supporter l'idée de partager les transports en commun avec le peuple commun.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Auride and Anxxos · checked, community translation · [\#11034627](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11034627) [\#11741941](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11741941))

- A portion of her words was lost in the **transit** from her larynx to her lips, as though on a piano where some notes are missing.
  Une partie des mots se perdait dans le trajet du larynx aux lèvres comme sur un clavier où il manque des notes.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 16027)

## 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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