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([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)) ## unions Used about 3 528 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 93 · legal and administrative ≈ 83 · UN documents ≈ 3 352). - History shows that **unions** based upon the dominance of larger members are doomed to fail. L'histoire montre que les **unions** basées sur la domination de ses membres les plus grands sont vouées à l'échec. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1520581) - Estonian Employees’ **Unions**’ Confederation Estonian Employees' **Unions**' Confederation ([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 817022) - Danish Confederation of Trade **Unions** Danish Confederation of Trade **Unions** ([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 17490704) - All the evidence from around the world shows that free trade areas work, while customs **unions** work far less well. Tous les exemples dans le monde montrent que les zones de libre-échange fonctionnent, alors que les **unions** douanières fonctionnent beaucoup moins bien. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 948782) - BEUC — Bureau Européen des **Unions** des Consommateurs; BEUC (Bureau européen des **unions** de consommateurs) ([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 1701310) ## associations Used about 31 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 31). - We are proposing, as the authors' **unions** are requesting, that the threshold be reduced to at least ECU 500. Nous proposons, pour notre part, comme le demandent les **associations** d'artistes, de baisser le seuil jusqu'au moins 500 ECU. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1703955) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Common-law relationships are not legal **unions** in France. Le concubinage n'est pas une union légale en France. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CN and alexmarcelo · checked, community translation · [\#873751](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/873751) [\#873748](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/873748)) - Europe's trade **unions** representing the rail transport sector were right to express their opposition to this plan. Les organisations syndicales européennes du secteur des transports ferroviaires ont, à juste titre, manifesté leur désaccord sur ce projet. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1968523) - 37% of loans issued by the credit **unions** are for EUR 750 or less. 37% des prêts accordés par les coopératives de crédit portent sur un montant de 750 euros au plus. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 585317) ## 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. Every example names its source and licence. 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