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# writing — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: writing (46 415), writings (969). By style: everyday 435 · literary 17 · biblical 30 · parliamentary 11 295 · legal and administrative 6 293 · UN documents 29 314.

## écrit

Used about 32 292 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 282 · literary ≈ 10 · biblical ≈ 20 · parliamentary ≈ 9 584 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 991 · UN documents ≈ 17 405). Forms: écrire, écrit, écrits, écriture.

- Tom isn't **writing**.
  Tom n'**écrit** pas.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by shekitten and Julien\_PDC · checked, community translation · [\#7969639](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7969639) [\#9159649](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9159649))

- Ah! yes, the **writing**.
  Ah! oui, à l'**écriture**!
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 16044)

- But if you don’t believe his **writings**, how will you believe my words?”
  Mais si vous ne croyez pas à ses **écrits**, comment croirez-vous à mes paroles?
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 5:47)

- in **writing**. - I welcome this report.
  par **écrit**. - (EN) Je me félicite de ce rapport.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1573372)

- Such declarations shall be made in **writing**.
  Ces déclarations sont faites par **écrit**.
  ([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 1950284)

## More sentences

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

- Why is a raven like a **writing**-desk?
  Pourquoi est-ce qu'un corbeau ressemble à un pupitre ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Manfredo and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#541180](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/541180) [\#549094](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/549094))

- I'm **writing** an article.
  Je rédige un article.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mailohilohi and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#5647188](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5647188) [\#4595689](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4595689))

- What are you **writing** in your notebook?
  Qu'est-ce que tu écris dans ton carnet ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ioan\_Cristian and Ioan\_Cristian · checked, community translation · [\#14006594](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14006594) [\#14006595](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14006595))

## 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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