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# transition — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: transition (90 571), transitions (1 647). By style: everyday 5 · literary 8 · parliamentary 2 430 · legal and administrative 4 632 · UN documents 85 143.

## transition

Used about 77 800 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · literary ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 2 137 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 812 · UN documents ≈ 71 839). Forms: transition, transitions.

- The **transition** won't be easy.
  La **transition** ne sera pas facile.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1522468](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1522468) [\#1523323](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1523323))

- Ah! presently we shall come to the **transition** period, and then--"
  Bon! à bientôt les terrains de l'époque de **transition**, et alors...»
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 3837)

- **Transitions** are always an opportunity.
  Les **transitions** représentent toujours une opportunité.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1328099)

- Chef de l'Etat de la **transition**
  Chef de l'État de la **transition**
  ([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 145403)

- **Transitions** to New Technologies
  **Transitions** to New Technologies
  ([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 12330295)

## vers

Used about 994 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 59 · legal and administrative ≈ 48 · UN documents ≈ 887).

- It means working to overcome the impact of the crisis on young people by easing **transitions** from education and training to work.
  Nous devons nous efforcer d'atténuer les effets de la crise sur les jeunes en facilitant le passage de l'école et de la formation **vers** l'emploi.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1371467)

- Provision should be made for a transitional period to allow for a smooth **transition** of existing testing personnel into the periodic training or examination regime.
  Une période transitoire devrait être définie pour permettre une adaptation harmonieuse du personnel actuel **vers** le nouveau dispositif de formation périodique ou d’examen.
  ([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 3208802)

- Besides acting on conflict situations, the Council took action on areas in **transition** to post-conflict peace-building.
  En plus des situations de conflit, le Conseil s &apos; est occupé de régions où l &apos; on se dirigeait **vers** une consolidation de la paix après un conflit.
  ([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 7445110)

- Meeting up constitutes Item A, we do a bit of foreign policy, then all 27 of us meet the President of Kazakhstan, then move on to Item B, which is legislation, and all this with seamless **transitions** from one item to the next, so that half the participants are always in a press conference.
  L' on se réunit autour d' un point A, on passe ensuite à la politique extérieure, puis on rencontre à 27 le Président du Kazakhstan, pour finalement se tourner **vers** un point B de la législation, le tout à un rythme effréné, la moitié des participants étant toujours retenus en conférence de presse.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 250209)

## pays

Used about 945 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 59 · UN documents ≈ 887).

- Meanwhile, Cambodia is undergoing a **transition** - from being a country primarily dependent on humanitarian aid to being a regular developing country.
  Dans le même temps, le Cambodge est passé du statut de **pays** dépendant essentiellement de l'aide humanitaire à celui de pays en développement normal.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 482143)

- As a country **transitions** towards higher income levels, the burden of overweight and obesity shifts.
  Lorsqu &apos; un **pays** atteint un niveau de revenu plus élevé, le surpoids et l &apos; obésité ne concernent plus les mêmes personnes.
  ([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 24034487)

- Mr Hatzidakis pointed out in his speech that along with the **transition** countries of Central and Eastern Europe we also have an island in the Mediterranean.
  Dans son intervention, M. Hatzidakis a souligné qu'outre les **pays** en transformation d'Europe centrale et orientale, une île méditerranéenne, Chypre, envisageait l'adhésion.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1997169)

## More sentences

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

- There was now something so kind, so gentle, so openhearted, and so paternal in this brusqueness, that Marius, in the sudden **transition** from discouragement to hope, was stunned and intoxicated by it, as it were.
  Il y avait maintenant quelque chose de si bon, de si doux, de si ouvert, de si paternel en cette brusquerie, que Marius, dans ce passage subit du découragement à l'espérance, en fut comme étourdi et enivré.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 22554)

- The European economy, and European industry in particular, will be successful if it forges ahead resolutely with the **transition** to a knowledge-based economy.
  L'économie européenne, et l'industrie européenne en particulier, ne peut réussir qu'en continuant résolument sa transformation en économie de la connaissance.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1086231)

- What is more, we know that in this case the **transition** from soft to hard drugs is inescapable.
  Par ailleurs, on sait qu'il y a dans ce cas inévitablement passage des drogues douces aux drogues dures.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1662116)

## Grammar

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