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By style: everyday 555 · literary 10 · biblical 203 · parliamentary 3 213 · legal and administrative 9 081 · UN documents 33 364. ## secours Used about 14 597 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 14 597). - United Nations Relief and **Works** de **secours** et de travaux des ([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 3326498) - TO THE UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND **WORKS** AGENCY L ' OFFICE DE **SECOURS** ET DE TRAVAUX DES NATIONS ([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 2081564) - United Nations Relief and **Works** Agency for Palestine Office de **secours** et de travaux des Nations Unies ([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 9973717) - Contributions to the United Nations Relief and **Works** Agency for Palestine de **secours** et de travaux des Nations Unies pour ([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 15889279) - United Nations Relief and **Works** Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East Office de **secours** et de travaux pour les réfugiés de Palestine dans le Proche-Orient ([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 511488) ## travaux Used about 12 228 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 324 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 402 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 459 · UN documents ≈ 9 036). Forms: travaille, travaux. - She **works** very hard. Elle **travaille** très dur. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and fucongcong · checked, community translation · [\#311756](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/311756) [\#134055](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/134055)) - Cherubino **works** better than Rothschild.” Chérubin **travaille** mieux que Rothschild. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 29157) - He had many **works** in the cities of Judah; and men of war, mighty men of valor, in Jerusalem. Il fit exécuter beaucoup de **travaux** dans les villes de Juda, et il avait à Jérusalem de vaillants hommes pour soldats. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CH 17:13) - So we shall jointly adopt a number of priority **works**. Nous allons donc adopter d'un commun accord certains **travaux** prioritaires. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 500661) - Minister of Public **Works**. Ministre des **travaux** publics. ([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 2705962) ## usine Used about 4 162 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 4 162). - The Commission compared the normal value and the export price on an ex-**works** basis. La Commission a comparé la valeur normale et le prix à l'exportation au niveau départ **usine**. ([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 138693) - in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-**works** price of the product dans laquelle la valeur de toutes les matières utilisées ne doit pas excéder 40 % du prix départ **usine** du produit ([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 16396) - the value of any materials of Chapter 39 used does not exceed 20 % of the ex–**works** price of the product \[3\] la valeur de toutes les matières du chapitre 39 utilisées ne doit pas excéder 20 % du prix départ **usine** du produit \[3\] ([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 208787) - Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-**works** price of the products Fabrication dans laquelle la valeur de toutes les matières utilisées ne doit pas excéder 30 % du prix départ **usine** du produit ([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 362188) - Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex–**works** price of the product Fabrication dans laquelle la valeur de toutes les matières utilisées ne doit pas excéder 40 % du prix départ **usine** du produit ([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 208719) ## œuvres Used about 2 067 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 12 · biblical ≈ 135 · parliamentary ≈ 469 · legal and administrative ≈ 757 · UN documents ≈ 695). - I have heard that nothing gives an author so great pleasure, as to find his **works** respectfully quoted by others. J'ai entendu dire que rien ne procure à un auteur un plus grand plaisir que de voir ses **œuvres** respectueusement citées par d'autres. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#12341552](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12341552) [\#12341566](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12341566)) - I will not die, but live, and declare the LORD’s **works**. Je ne mourrai pas, je vivrai, Et je raconterai les **œuvres** de 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 118:17) - This also applies, of course, when their **works** are made available on the internet. Il en va bien sûr de même lorsque leurs **œuvres** sont publiées sur l'internet. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1312914) - Grant aid for the release of a non-national European **works** slate over a given period. Octroyer une aide à la sortie d'un catalogue d'**œuvres** européennes non nationales sur une période donnée. ([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 871501) - According to the available report date of 2007, AGATA represents the rights of 1,136 performers, 69 producers of phonograms, 23 producers of audio-visual **works** and has signed agreements with 28 allied organisations. En 2007, AGATA représentait les droits de 1 136 interprètes, 69 producteurs de phonogrammes, 23 producteurs d ' **œuvres** audiovisuelles, et avait conclu des accords avec 28 organismes partenaires. ([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 24499591) ## fonctionne Used about 1 704 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 150 · parliamentary ≈ 669 · legal and administrative ≈ 189 · UN documents ≈ 695). - Let's see if that **works**. Voyons si ça **fonctionne** ! ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2007574](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2007574) [\#4833520](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4833520)) - In any case, the system **works**. En tout cas, le système **fonctionne**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1952260) - Then, the paging mechanism **works** in the following way: Le mécanisme de pagination **fonctionne** alors comme suit: ([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 4753483) - It has played an important role in leading seminars to assist various actors in understanding the Convention and how it **works**. Elle a joué un rôle important en conduisant des séminaires visant à aider les divers acteurs à bien comprendre la Convention et la façon dont elle **fonctionne**. ([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 22245354) - I know how this **works**. Je sais comment cela **fonctionne**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1887484](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1887484) [\#2069666](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2069666)) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - A pizza? Yea, that **works**. Une pizza ? Oui, ça marche. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by FeuDRenais2 and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#919187](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/919187) [\#9075033](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9075033)) - She owns many valuable **works**. Elle possède de nombreux ouvrages de valeur. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by belgavox and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1723900](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1723900) [\#486704](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/486704)) - I bet it **works**. Je parie que ça marche. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#3818442](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3818442) [\#7414668](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7414668)) ## 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. 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