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# union — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: union (583 477), unions (24 919). By style: everyday 92 · literary 1 · biblical 3 · parliamentary 128 301 · legal and administrative 257 414 · UN documents 222 585.

## union

Used about 338 089 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 67 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 68 160 · legal and administrative ≈ 160 884 · UN documents ≈ 108 974). Forms: union, unions.

- Long live the Soviet **Union**!
  Vive l'**Union** Soviétique !
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Clavain and Clavain · checked, community translation · [\#435498](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/435498) [\#435499](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/435499))

- It was here that the **Union** Pacific Railroad was inaugurated on the 23rd of October, 1867, by the chief engineer, General Dodge.
  C'est à ce point que se fit l'inauguration de l'**Union** Pacific Road, le 23 octobre 1867, et dont l'ingénieur en chef fut le général J. M. Dodge.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 2422)

- Then I cut apart my other staff, **Union**, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
  Puis je brisai ma seconde houlette **Union**, pour rompre la fraternité entre Juda et Israël.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ZEC 11:14)

- It is very clear that the **Union** can intervene here.
  Il est très clair que l'**Union** peut intervenir dans le cas présent.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1473440)

- The financial contribution by the **Union**:
  La participation financière de l’**Union**:
  ([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 2825874)

## syndicats

Used about 194 357 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 45 440 · legal and administrative ≈ 72 398 · UN documents ≈ 76 514).

- They saw little need for labor **unions**.
  Ils ne virent que peu d'intérêt à des **syndicats**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Source\_VOA and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#802402](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/802402) [\#2106493](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2106493))

- On the first question, concerning trade **unions**.
  Première question, concernant les **syndicats**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 730018)

- Activities of trade **unions**
  Activités des **syndicats** de salariés
  ([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 5623509)

- (c) The Federation of Lao Trade **Unions** (FLTU).
  c) La Fédération des **syndicats** lao.
  ([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 24280421)

- An independent advisor has been brought in to conciliate between the **unions** and the employer.
  Un conseiller indépendant a été engagé pour concilier les **syndicats** et l'employeur.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Dani6187 and Anxxos · checked, community translation · [\#4032541](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4032541) [\#11738986](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11738986))

## entre

Used about 7 322 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 681 · UN documents ≈ 4 637).

- Berlin is a symbol of **union** between East and West.
  Berlin est un symbole de l'unification **entre** l'Est et l'Ouest.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AsaeP and christian63 · checked, community translation · [\#6089322](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6089322) [\#6087774](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6087774))

- However, on 16 May 2005, after LNM's talks with the trade **unions** broke down, negotiations were started with Donbass.
  Cependant, le 16 mai 2005, après le fiasco des négociations **entre** LNM et les organisations syndicales, on a entamé des négociations avec Donbass.
  ([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 859673)

- 255. Teachers’ salaries lie at the heart of the debate and negotiations between the government authorities and teachers’ **unions**.
  255. La question salariale est au coeur du débat et de la négociation qui se déroulent **entre** les autorités publiques et les organisations syndicales qui représentent le secteur.
  ([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 2844392)

- The disagreement between the **union** and management could lead to a strike.
  Le désaccord **entre** le syndicat et la direction pourrait mener à la grève.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and gall · checked, community translation · [\#326372](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/326372) [\#1685313](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1685313))

- 63. A new General Collective Labour Agreement has been signed by the trade **union** federations and the National Council of Employers to replace the 1974 agreement.
  63. Une nouvelle Convention collective générale du travail est signée **entre** les centrales syndicales et le Conseil national du patronat (CNP) en remplacement de celle de 1974.
  ([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 27639195)

## More sentences

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

- The **union** is pressing for a ten-percent pay hike.
  Le syndicat fait pression pour obtenir une augmentation de salaire de dix pour cent.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#273958](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/273958) [\#10579467](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10579467))

- The **union** won a 5-percent wage increase.
  Le syndicat a gagné une augmentation de salaire de 5%.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rul and hortusdei · checked, community translation · [\#12772038](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12772038) [\#987062](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/987062))

- Most of the workers are **union** members.
  La majorité des travailleurs sont membres d'un syndicat.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rul and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#12914284](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12914284) [\#12437827](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12437827))

## 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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