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# transparent — English to French

How English *transparent* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 1 translation with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: transparent (40 671), transparents (7). By style: everyday 10 · literary 5 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 4 379 · legal and administrative 5 092 · UN documents 31 191.

## transparent

Used about 38 044 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · literary ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 4 014 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 092 · UN documents ≈ 28 923). Forms: transparence, transparent, transparente, transparentes, transparents.

- Am I that **transparent**?
  Suis-je aussi **transparent** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#4537422](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4537422) [\#4545401](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4545401))

- It is useless to explain the sense of this frightfully **transparent** remark, which signifies both to kill, to assassinate, and to plunder.
  Il est inutile d'expliquer le sens de ce mot affreusement **transparent** qui signifie tout à la fois tuer, assassiner et dévaliser.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 21258)

- The twelve gates were twelve pearls. Each one of the gates was made of one pearl. The street of the city was pure gold, like **transparent** glass.
  Les douze portes étaient douze perles; chaque porte était d’une seule perle. La place de la ville était d’or pur, comme du verre **transparent**.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · REV 21:21)

- It must be open and **transparent**.
  Elle doit être ouverte et **transparente**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 280735)

- **Transparent** poly(vinyl chloride) film:
  Film de poly(chlorure de vinyle) **transparent**:
  ([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 3642805)

## More sentences

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

- I am glad to think that our host, in the innocence of his Icelandic soul, was blind to the **transparent** artifices of my uncle.
  J'aime à penser que notre hôte, dans l'innocence de son âme islandaise, ne comprit pas les grosses malices de mon oncle.
  ([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 938)

- I insisted that these procedures must be **transparent** and that after the initial selection, appointments are made on merit.
  Les personnes qui occuperont ces positions seront nommées sur la base des nouvelles procédures.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2013783)

- There is room for discussion on this issue, and the debate should be **transparent** to the people.
  On peut en effet débattre de cette question. Encore faut-il le faire dans la clarté et devant les citoyens.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1779505)

## 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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