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# using — English to French

How English *using* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 1 translation with example sentences.

The [Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) has no article on this word yet.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: using (139 475). By style: everyday 243 · literary 1 · biblical 5 · parliamentary 7 736 · legal and administrative 36 137 · UN documents 95 353.

## utilisant

Used about 60 396 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 122 · parliamentary ≈ 4 190 · legal and administrative ≈ 20 327 · UN documents ≈ 35 757). Forms: utilisant, utilisation, utilise, utiliser.

- I'm **using** my father's tools.
  J'**utilise** les outils de mon père.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Miktsoanit and felix63 · checked, community translation · [\#12231213](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12231213) [\#12230812](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12230812))

- Nobody anywhere in Europe would tell this joke **using** kilojoules.
  Personne en Europe ne raconterait cette blague en **utilisant** les kilojoules.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1397710)

- Criteria **using** test O.3
  Critères **utilisant** l'épreuve O.3
  ([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 3991094)

- Advanced research **using** subscription databases (from 10:00 to 12:00)
  Recherches avancées **utilisant** des bases de données par abonnement (de 10 heures à midi)
  ([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 26654221)

- He's **using** his brain, isn't he?
  Il **utilise** son cerveau, n'est-ce pas ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Miktsoanit and LdjuherTaqvaylit · checked, community translation · [\#12208270](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12208270) [\#12207981](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12207981))

## More sentences

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

- **Using** a trap, they caught the fox.
  Ils ont attrapé le renard avec un piège.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#544110](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/544110) [\#549012](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/549012))

- "Want me to turn off the computer?" "Leave it on. I'm still **using** it."
  « Tu veux que j'éteigne le PC ? » « Laisse-le allumé, je m'en sers encore. »
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by DJ\_Saidez and Adrien\_FR · checked, community translation · [\#11060350](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11060350) [\#11593965](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11593965))

- They can communicate **using** hand signs.
  Ils peuvent communiquer en faisant des signes avec les mains.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Source\_VOA and Sisyphe · checked, community translation · [\#802397](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/802397) [\#2279289](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2279289))

## 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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