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# university — English to French

How English *university* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: universities (19 091), university (74 436). By style: everyday 207 · literary 9 · parliamentary 2 442 · legal and administrative 1 939 · UN documents 88 930.

## université

Used about 83 905 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 203 · literary ≈ 9 · parliamentary ≈ 2 289 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 737 · UN documents ≈ 79 666). Forms: universitaire, universitaires, university, université, universités.

- He is at **university**.
  Il est à l'**université**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by MTC and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#291119](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/291119) [\#131067](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/131067))

- “On my faith, the rector of the **university** ought to have done the same.
  «Sur ma foi, monsieur le recteur de l'**Université** aurait bien dû en faire autant.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 557)

- I suggest we call it the Fatuzzo **University**.
  Je propose que nous le baptisions **université** Fatuzzo.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 322024)

- **University** Accreditation Act, BGBL.
  Loi sur l'agrément des **universités**, BGBL.
  ([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 260059)

- **University** of the West Indies
  **University** of the West Indies
  ([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 18840504)

## étudiants

Used about 1 878 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 25 · UN documents ≈ 1 853).

- Furthermore, access to this same programme for European students has not been forgotten. Neither have their scholarships and inter-**university** Master’s courses.
  En outre, nous n’avons pas oublié l’accès des **étudiants** européens à ce même programme, ni leurs bourses ni leur mastères interuniversitaires.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 507222)

- Steps are being taken to conclude direct group arrangements so that more students may soon be placed at each of the **universities**;
  Des accords collectifs vont être directement conclus pour que davantage d &apos; **étudiants** puissent y être placés;
  ([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 675463)

- Each of these two **universities** admits Bahraini and non-Bahraini students wishing to complete their **university** education.
  Chacun de ces deux établissements accueille des **étudiants** bahreïnites et non bahreïnites qui souhaitent faire des études universitaires.
  ([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 11740703)

## établissements

Used about 1 853 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 853).

- :: The right to education and enrolment in public and private Lebanese schools, institutes and **universities**, just as Lebanese citizens;
  :: Le droit à l &apos; éducation dans tous les **établissements** publics et privés.
  ([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 29435653)

- 815. Currently, the pre-**university** republican institutions have the capacity of 730,198 places.
  815. Actuellement, les **établissements** d &apos; enseignement préuniversitaire ont une capacité d &apos; accueil de 730 198 places.
  ([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 22663817)

## enseignement

Used about 192 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 51 · legal and administrative ≈ 141).

- This also means the involvement of **universities**, teachers and students.
  Ainsi, par exemple, quelque 300 établissements privés d’**enseignement** supérieur y ont vu le jour au cours des 15 dernières années, ce qui est tout à fait extraordinaire.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 726843)

- Direct grants to HIS IT, not including cost sharing (fees) by **universities** (in million EUR/year)
  Subventions directes à HIS IT, sans la participation aux coûts (frais) des établissements d’**enseignement** supérieur (en Mio EUR/an)
  ([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 5070529)

- This percentage is very far from the European Union's 85% objective of young people who have access to secondary **university** education.
  Ce pourcentage est très éloigné de l'objectif européen de 85 % de jeunes gens ayant accès à l'**enseignement** secondaire de deuxième cycle.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1121219)

- The work programme clearly states that HIS’ objective is to provide **universities** with software products.
  Le programme de travail précise que le mandat de HIS GmbH consiste à fournir des logiciels aux établissements d’**enseignement** supérieur.
  ([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 5070626)

- the HIS software may not have been used by the **universities** purely for a non-economic purpose;
  Le logiciel de HIS GmbH pourrait ne pas avoir été utilisé par les établissements d’**enseignement** supérieur exclusivement à des fins non économiques.
  ([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 5070366)

## More sentences

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

- I graduated from **university** last year.
  J'ai eu ma licence l'année dernière.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Cocorico · checked, community translation · [\#256885](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/256885) [\#6660](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6660))

- It should be replaced by the European Inter-**University** Centre.
  Elle devrait être remplacée par le Centre européen interuniversités.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 381967)

- Many of the interpreters, I am sure, would have liked to have studied on a Erasmus course when they were learning their languages and studying at **university**.
  Je suis sûr qu'un grand nombre d'interprètes auraient aimé prendre part au programme Erasmus au cours de leurs études.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 83168)

## 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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