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Forms: vingt, vingtaine. - Jean is **twenty** years old. Jean a **vingt** ans. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by bekindtoall and felix63 · checked, community translation · [\#10259843](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10259843) [\#10255474](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10255474)) - Give me **twenty** francs.” Donnez-moi **vingt** francs. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 31591) - The children of Harim, three hundred **twenty**. les fils de Harim, trois cent **vingt**; ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZR 2:32) - **Twenty**-two amendments have been proposed. **Vingt**-deux amendements ont été proposés. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2040722) - **twenty**-first row (Finland): **vingt** et unième ligne (Finlande): ([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 1794371) ## ans Used about 19 833 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 16 · parliamentary ≈ 106 · UN documents ≈ 19 712). - He looks old, but he is still in his **twenties**. Il paraît vieux, mais il n'a pas encore trente **ans**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Thierry · checked, community translation · [\#292585](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/292585) [\#542327](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/542327)) - **Twenty**-five per cent of deaths in young people aged 15 to 30 are alcohol-related. 25 % des décès parmi les jeunes âgés de 15 à 30 **ans** sont liés à l'alcool. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 958248) - Most of those who become infected with HIV/AIDS are in their teens or early **twenties**. La plupart des sidéens sont des adolescents ou des jeunes de 20 **ans** environ. ([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 13155027) - He was a tall, heavy-looking young man of five-and-**twenty**. His air was grave and stately, and his manners were very formal. C’était un grand garçon un peu lourd de 25 **ans**, à l’air grave et compassé et aux manières cérémonieuses. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#838475](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/838475) [\#838478](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/838478)) - It is intolerable and unbearable that in **twenty** years this has not happened. Il est intolérable et insupportable que cette condamnation n'ait toujours pas eu lieu 20 **ans** plus tard. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1240696) ## session Used about 4 285 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 4 285). - 15. Requests the Special Rapporteur to present her next report to the Human Rights Council at its **twenty**-fifth session; 15. Prie la Rapporteuse spéciale de lui présenter son prochain rapport à sa vingtcinquième **session**; ([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 27493189) - Item 3: Matters arising from the **twenties** session of the Committee on Sustainable Energy related to the Working Party on Gas Point 3 Questions découlant de la vingtième **session** du Comité de l ' énergie durable qui se rapportent au Groupe de travail du gaz ([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 24561340) - Recalling also Resolution No. 30/29-E adopted by the **Twenty**-ninth Session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers, Rappelant également la résolution No 30/29-E adoptée par la 29ème **session** de la Conférence islamique des ministres des affaires étrangères; ([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 9957302) - The **twenty**-first session of United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names will be held in the same Conference Centre on Monday, 26 August and on Friday, 6 September 2002. The twenty-first **session** of United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names will be held in the same Conference Centre on Monday, 26 August and on Friday, 6 September 2002. ([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 9470078) - The **twenty**-fourth session of the Executive Body for the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution was convened in Geneva from 11 to 14 December 2006. 1. La vingtcinquième **session** de l ' organe exécutif de la Convention sur la pollution atmosphérique transfrontière à longue distance s ' est tenue à Genève du 10 au 13 décembre 2007. ([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 19035832) ## années Used about 2 795 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 211 · legal and administrative ≈ 13 · UN documents ≈ 2 571). - The Europe of the nineteenth century, the Europe which reflects the Chicago of the **Twenties**, is not my Europe. L’Europe du XIXe siècle, l’Europe à l’image du Chicago des **années** 20, n’est pas mon Europe. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 522836) - For these employees, the entity attributes benefit of CU100 (CU2,000 divided by **twenty**) to each year from the age of 35 to the age of 55. Pour ces membres du personnel, l’entité rattache un droit à prestations de 100 UM (2000 UM ÷ par 20) à chacune des **années** de 35 à 55 ans. ([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 2628215) - This might only occur when this male cohort is in their late **twenties**. Cette déclaration peut n ' être faite que pour des cohortes masculines approchant la trentaine d ' **années**. ([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 15281610) - There was a massive Montenegrin liberation movement, whose activities continued through the **twenties** and into the thirties. Il y a eu un mouvement massif de libération du Monténégro, dont les activités se sont poursuivies dans les **années** 1920 et 1930. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1011919) - Middle school enrolment form a segmented trajectory, a rising early nineties, flat later nineties and an ascending incipient **twenties**. - augmentation au début des **années** 90, stagnation à la fin des années 90 et reprise au début des années 2000. ([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 16971321) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Hindsight is always **twenty**-**twenty**. Rétrospectivement, on a toujours dix dixièmes. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Olya and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3453466](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3453466) [\#3459563](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3459563)) - It was about **twenty** dollars. C'était à peu près 20 dollars. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and queenie · checked, community translation · [\#42830](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/42830) [\#181029](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/181029)) - There are **twenty**-nine letters in the Turkish alphabet. Dans l'alphabet turc, il y a 29 lettres. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by frpzzd and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#13405280](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13405280) [\#13405589](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13405589)) ## 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 Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. 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