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([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#8110409](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8110409) [\#13389090](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13389090)) - Action plan on **urban** mobility (vote) Plan d'action sur la mobilité **urbaine** (vote) ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1216130) - REGIONAL AND **URBAN** POLICY POLITIQUE RÉGIONALE ET **URBAINE** ([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 3451561) - **Urban** and rural population Population **urbaine** et rurale ([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 11877325) - That's just an **urban** legend. Ce n'est qu'une légende **urbaine**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#6884336](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6884336) [\#13392478](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13392478)) ## transport Used about 1 604 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 55 · UN documents ≈ 1 549). - mobility and **urban** planning that reduces demand for transport. des plans de mobilité et d’urbanisme qui réduisent la demande de **transport**. ([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 4855577) - The Committee noted with appreciation that the delegation of Bulgaria proposed hosting a workshop on healthy and sustainable **urban** transport in spring 2009. 35. Le Comité a noté avec satisfaction que la délégation bulgare avait proposé d ' organiser au printemps 2009 un atelier sur des systèmes de **transport** urbains plus sains et durables. ([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 19009069) ## rurales Used about 1 549 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 549). - However, in rural areas, 13.9 per cent of employed women worked in agriculture, forestry and fishing compared to only 0.3 per cent of employed women in major **urban** areas.117 Cependant dans les zones **rurales** 13,9 % des femmes travaillaient dans l ' agriculture, la sylviculture et la pêche contre seulement 0,3 % des femmes dans les grands centres urbains. ([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 20503537) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Gas emissions cause serious pollution in **urban** areas. Les gaz d'échappement causent une sérieuse pollution des villes. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by karloelkebekio and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3694548](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3694548) [\#997470](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/997470)) - Recreational drug use inspires many **urban** legends. L'utilisation occasionnelle de drogues alimente la rumeur populaire. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by papabear and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#701193](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/701193) [\#1069850](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1069850)) - Job applicants who come from socially disadvantaged families or **urban** backgrounds or who are disabled are often not accepted. Lors des entrevues, les personnes provenant de familles éprouvant des difficultés sociales, de structures de quartier ou étant handicapées sont souvent refusées. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 98513) ## 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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