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# accent — French to English

How French *accent* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

The Elamur Dictionary has no French section yet; the English translations below link to their meanings where it has them.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: accent (79 341), accente (3), accents (182). By style: everyday 102 · literary 48 · parliamentary 4 424 · legal and administrative 1 547 · UN documents 73 405.

## accents

Used about 27 763 times in the texts (literary ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 184 · legal and administrative ≈ 138 · UN documents ≈ 27 434).

- Elle murmura à demi-voix, avec un **accent** lugubre:
  She murmured in a low voice and in gloomy **accents**:—
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 21974)

- Le rapport est équilibré et les **accents** sont bien placés. Voilà pourquoi je soutiendrai pleinement son adoption.
  The report is balanced and all the **accents** are in the right places, which is why I fully support its adoption.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 935028)

- la règle des minuscules est respectée afin de tenir compte des **accents**, et
  the lower case convention is followed to allow for **accents**, and
  ([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 1467526)

- Please underline surname and indicate **accents** if any
  Please underline surname and indicate **accents** if any
  ([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 13331339)

- Ce mot fut répété d'un tel **accent** que l'avocat se retourna.
  This word was repeated in such **accents** that the lawyer turned round.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 5808)

## emphasis

Used about 14 001 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 1 060 · legal and administrative ≈ 332 · UN documents ≈ 12 605). Meaning: [emphasis in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/emphasis/).

- Il a mis l'**accent** sur l'importance de l'éducation.
  He placed **emphasis** on the importance of education.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by qdii and CK · checked, community translation · [\#295335](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/295335) [\#672988](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/672988))

- Il y a bien sûr des **accents** différents, mais c'est logique et normal.
  There may be some differences of **emphasis**, but that is quite logical and normal.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1691064)

- L'**accent** sera mis sur les actions suivantes:
  The **emphasis** will be on:
  ([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 867507)

- **Accent** mis sur la prévention des handicapés (approche préventive);
  **Emphasis** on prevention of disabilities (prevention approach);
  ([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 13558845)

- Nous mettons l'**accent** sur l'importance d'être sincère.
  We lay **emphasis** on the importance of being sincere.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by GB3 and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#28864](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/28864) [\#6849790](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6849790))

## focus

Used about 8 338 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 369 · legal and administrative ≈ 553 · UN documents ≈ 7 415). Meaning: [focus in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/focus/).

- L'entreprise met l'**accent** sur l'innovation.
  The company places its main **focus** on innovation.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and bigfellow68 · checked, community translation · [\#6866430](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6866430) [\#11928487](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11928487))

- Il faut mettre d'avantage l'**accent** sur la prévention des risques des catastrophes.
  We must increase the **focus** on disaster risk prevention.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1470319)

- **Accent** mis sur la défaillance du marché du capital-investissement
  **Focus** on risk capital market failure
  ([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 790994)

- Mars-mai 2002 : **accent** mis par l &apos; Organisation des Nations Unies sur l &apos; aide d &apos; urgence
  March to May 2002: United Nations **focus** on emergency assistance
  ([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 8559360)

- Mais le Parlement demande, à juste titre, des **accents** plus marqués, des effets plus visibles sur l'emploi.
  But Parliament rightly asks for more **focus**, clearer employment results.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1784593)

## each

Used about 815 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 46 · legal and administrative ≈ 28 · UN documents ≈ 741). Meaning: [each in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/each/).

- rapporteur. - (ES) Monsieur le Président, je me réjouis des commentaires de tous ceux qui sont intervenus sur cette question, car je pense que nous pouvons en conclure que malgré certaines différences et des **accents** différents, nous partageons tous le même objectif.
  rapporteur. - (ES) Mr President, I welcome the words of all my colleagues who have spoken on this item because I believe that it allows us to establish that despite varying emphases and some differences, the common objective is shared by **each** and every one of us.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1123614)

- La présente section met l'**accent** sur les menaces liées à l'utilisation du mécanisme d'authentification et répertorie les exigences applicables à chaque niveau de garantie.
  This section focuses on the threats associated with the use of the authentication mechanism and lists the requirements for **each** assurance level.
  ([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 3674016)

- Des approches communes peuvent être sur ce point identifiées encore que des **accents** divers marquent la spécificité de chacune d &apos; entre elle.
  Common strategies can be discerned in this area, though different traits underline the specificity of **each** of them.
  ([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 331721)

## More sentences

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

- À en juger par son **accent**, il doit être de Kyushu.
  Judging from his accent, he must be from Kyushu.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#285388](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/285388) [\#130179](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/130179))

- Judaïsme et bouddhisme mettent tous deux l’**accent** sur la modération.
  Judaism and Buddhism both emphasize moderation.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and rul · checked, community translation · [\#13048484](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13048484) [\#13067443](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13067443))

- Il parle espéranto avec un fort **accent** russe.
  He speaks Esperanto with a strong Russian accent.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by unetoilebrille and araneo · checked, community translation · [\#13634756](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13634756) [\#13634726](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13634726))

## Grammar

Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [French grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/fr/) · [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [translating between English and French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-fr/) · [translating from French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-fr/) · [translating into English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-en/).

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