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# workers — English to French

How English *workers* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 5 translations 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: workers (142 007). By style: everyday 137 · literary 1 · biblical 21 · parliamentary 13 560 · legal and administrative 5 941 · UN documents 122 347.

## travailleurs

Used about 95 140 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 66 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 10 735 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 322 · UN documents ≈ 79 016).

- The **workers** are on strike.
  Les **travailleurs** sont en grève.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#326360](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/326360) [\#465119](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/465119))

- This elicited an exclamation from the **workers**.
  Ceci fit exclamer les **travailleurs**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 23998)

- The **workers** and trade unions are being unusually cooperative.
  Les **travailleurs** et les syndicats sont inhabituellement coopératifs.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1153004)

- the number of **workers** exposed;
  le nombre de **travailleurs** exposés;
  ([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 423555)

- All Migrant **Workers** and
  de tous les **travailleurs**
  ([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 27773029)

## travail

Used about 5 913 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 565 · legal and administrative ≈ 248 · UN documents ≈ 5 098).

- The company provides **workers** uniforms, but it's expected they will wash them regularly.
  L'entreprise fournit des tenues de **travail** aux employées mais on attend d'elles qu'elles les lavent régulièrement.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by halfb1t and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2047853](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2047853) [\#2048366](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2048366))

- in writing. - I support this report, which highlights that precarious work disproportionately affects women **workers**.
  Je soutiens ce rapport, qui souligne le fait que le **travail** précaire affecte de manière disproportionnée les travailleuses.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1415976)

- Temporary employment agency services for the supply of transport, warehousing, logistics or industrial **workers**
  Services des agences de **travail** temporaire pour la mise à disposition de personnel dans le domaine du transport, de l'entreposage, de la logistique et des industries
  ([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 1820372)

- According to the policemen &apos; s operating rules, the exit permits allowed Palestinian **workers** to stay only at their work place.
  En vertu des règlements de la police, les laissez-passer n &apos; étaient valables que sur le lieu de **travail**.
  ([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 1468885)

- Well they have brought in the Agency **Workers**' Directive in 2008 and this has been like pouring glue into the most flexible part of the labour market.
  Elle a pondu la directive sur le **travail** intérimaire en 2008, ce qui revient à avoir appliqué de la colle sur les parties les plus flexibles du marché du travail.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1343211)

## protection

Used about 5 222 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 124 · UN documents ≈ 5 098).

- 3 — 3 and 15 **Workers**' compensation insurance
  3 — 3 et 15 Assurance de **protection** du revenu
  ([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 4079416)

- This protocol concerns all institutional participants, such as law officers and child protection **workers**.
  Ce protocole associe tous les acteurs institutionnels, notamment les représentants de la justice et les agents de la **protection** de l &apos; enfance.
  ([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 20608879)

- The Special Rapporteur strongly urges the Government to act swiftly to ensure the protection of migrant **workers** &apos; human rights.
  The Special Rapporteur strongly urges the Government to act swiftly to ensure the **protection** of migrant workers &apos; human rights.
  ([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 23986393)

## ouvriers

Used about 5 146 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 43 · biblical ≈ 5 · UN documents ≈ 5 098).

- The **workers** are exhausted.
  Les **ouvriers** sont épuisés.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#7261028](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7261028) [\#11290761](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11290761))

- For we are God’s fellow **workers**. You are God’s farming, God’s building.
  Car nous sommes **ouvriers** avec Dieu. Vous êtes le champ de Dieu, l’édifice de Dieu.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CO 3:9)

- 7 **workers** x 10 days x 9 hours x 14 USD
  7 **ouvriers** x 10 jours x 9 heures x USD 14
  ([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 8369031)

- He hired some new **workers**.
  Il embaucha de nouveaux **ouvriers**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and mayliu · checked, community translation · [\#1044068](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1044068) [\#822447](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/822447))

- Beware of the dogs; beware of the evil **workers**; beware of the false circumcision.
  Prenez garde aux chiens, prenez garde aux mauvais **ouvriers**, prenez garde aux faux circoncis.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PHI 3:2)

## tous

Used about 6 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 3).

- **Workers** of the world, unite!
  Prolétaires de **tous** les pays, unissez-vous !
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Snout and pkill · checked, community translation · [\#322602](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/322602) [\#10505613](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10505613))

- Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all miracle **workers**?
  **Tous** sont-ils apôtres? Tous sont-ils prophètes? Tous sont-ils docteurs?
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CO 12:29)

- Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land, to cut off all the **workers** of iniquity from the LORD’s city.
  Chaque matin j’anéantirai **tous** les méchants du pays, Afin d’exterminer de la ville de l’Éternel Tous ceux qui commettent l’iniquité.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 101:8)

- Have all the **workers** of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and don’t call on the LORD?
  **Tous** ceux qui commettent l’iniquité ont-ils perdu le sens? Ils dévorent mon peuple, ils le prennent pour nourriture; Ils n’invoquent point l’Éternel.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 14:4)

## More sentences

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

- Sami was pimping out his **workers** because they were illegal immigrants.
  Sami exploitait ses employés puisqu'ils étaient des immigrés clandestins.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by OsoHombre and Myrano\_ · checked, community translation · [\#7205102](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7205102) [\#14033178](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14033178))

- **Workers** at the company went on a strike.
  Les travailleuses de l'entreprise ont fait la grève.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#49118](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/49118) [\#9481365](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9481365))

- The rescue **workers** arrived two hours too late.
  Les secouristes sont arrivés deux heures trop tard.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1841573](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1841573) [\#1843173](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1843173))

## 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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