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# affaire — French to English

How French *affaire* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 6 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: affaire (93 392), affaires (373 188). By style: everyday 888 · literary 59 · biblical 50 · parliamentary 24 656 · legal and administrative 29 375 · UN documents 411 552.

## case

Used about 197 152 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 28 · literary ≈ 6 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 3 596 · legal and administrative ≈ 9 180 · UN documents ≈ 184 341). Forms: case, cases. Meaning: [case in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/case/).

- J'ai abandonné cette **affaire**.
  I've given up on that **case**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and CK · checked, community translation · [\#10276683](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10276683) [\#7148](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7148))

- --Et combien de temps durera l'**affaire**?
  “And how long will the **case** last?”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 4734)

- Comme ils passèrent là plusieurs jours, Festus exposa au roi l’**affaire** de Paul, et dit: Félix a laissé prisonnier un homme
  As he stayed there many days, Festus laid Paul’s **case** before the king, saying, “There is a certain man left a prisoner by Felix;
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 25:14)

- Néanmoins, le nombre d'**affaires** reste supérieur à 2 500.
  Nonetheless, the number of **cases** continues to exceed 2,500.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1148626)

- L’**affaire** est en cours.
  The **case** is pending.
  ([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 5065010)

## affairs

Used about 120 925 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 28 · literary ≈ 6 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 6 678 · legal and administrative ≈ 7 038 · UN documents ≈ 107 175). Meaning: [affairs in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/affairs/).

- Ne vous mêlez pas des **affaires** des autres.
  Don't interfere in others' **affairs**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Goofy and CM · checked, community translation · [\#274703](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/274703) [\#128668](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/128668))

- --Décampe, la fée, et laisse les hommes faire leurs **affaires**.
  “Decamp, my girl, and leave men to their own **affairs**!”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 22074)

- Il n’est pas de soldat qui s’embarrasse des **affaires** de la vie, s’il veut plaire à celui qui l’a enrôlé;
  No soldier on duty entangles himself in the **affairs** of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2TI 2:4)

- La date butoir, c'est le Conseil "**Affaires** générales" du 27 juin.
  Their deadline was the meeting of the General **Affairs** Council on 27 June 2001.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 214131)

- **Affaires** étrangères (depuis le 25.8.2003), d.d.n.
  Foreign **Affairs** (since 25.8.2003), d.o.b.
  ([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 1172132)

## court

Used about 17 455 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1 · legal and administrative ≈ 306 · UN documents ≈ 17 148). Meaning: [court in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/court/).

- Et si Passepartout eût été moins préoccupé de son **affaire**, il aurait aperçu, dans un coin du prétoire, le détective, qui suivait le débat avec un intérêt facile à comprendre,--car à Calcutta, comme à Bombay, comme à Suez, le mandat d'arrestation lui manquait encore!
  Had Passepartout been a little less preoccupied, he would have espied the detective ensconced in a corner of the **court**-room, watching the proceedings with an interest easily understood; for the warrant had failed to reach him at Calcutta, as it had done at Bombay and Suez.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 1105)

- Lorsque la saisine concerne une activité professionnelle envisagée relevant de l’article 17, la Cour traite l’**affaire** immédiatement.
  Where the referral concerns an envisaged occupation under Article 17, the **Court** shall deal with the matter without delay.
  ([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 5351943)

- Dans l &apos; **affaire** Rasul v. Bush, la Cour suprême n &apos; a tranché que la question de la compétence.
  In Rasul v. Bush, the Supreme **Court** decided only the question of jurisdiction.
  ([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 13358404)

- L &apos; appareil judiciaire accumule les arriérés, qu &apos; il s &apos; agisse des **affaires** en instance ou de l &apos; exécution des jugements.
  28. Backlogs in the adjudication and execution of **court** cases are increasing.
  ([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 14233742)

- Cour d &apos; appel, 11 novembre 2005, **affaire** Farrell c. Karlsson − invocation de l &apos; article 14, paragraphe 2, du pacte;
  **Court** of Appeal, 11 November 2005, Farrell v Karlsson − citation of article 14, paragraph 2, of the Covenant;
  ([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 16880773)

## matter

Used about 17 001 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 167 · literary ≈ 5 · biblical ≈ 18 · parliamentary ≈ 3 339 · legal and administrative ≈ 612 · UN documents ≈ 12 861). Meaning: [matter in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/matter/).

- L'**affaire** a été réglée.
  The **matter** was settled.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by qdii and CK · checked, community translation · [\#31371](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/31371) [\#414508](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/414508))

- L'**affaire** était simple.
  The **matter** was very simple.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 5820)

- Les apôtres et les anciens se réunirent pour examiner cette **affaire**.
  The apostles and the elders were gathered together to see about this **matter**.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 15:6)

- La Commission continue d'enquêter sur cette **affaire**.
  The Commission is continuing to look into this **matter**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1473426)

- Toute information concernant l'**affaire** et/ou toute demande d'audition doivent être envoyées à l'adresse suivante:
  Any information relating to the **matter** and/or any request for a hearing should be sent to the following address:
  ([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 632297)

## v

Used about 15 918 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 7 344 · UN documents ≈ 8 574). Meaning: [v in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/v/).

- Voir également l'**affaire** C-276/03, Scott/Commission, EU:C:2005:590.
  See also Case C-276/03 Scott **v** Commission ECLI:EU:C:2005:590.
  ([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 5671272)

- Dans l &apos; **affaire** Burny Port Authority c. General Jones Pty.
  In Burnie Port Authority **v**. General Jones Pty.
  ([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 11689347)

- Arrêt du 15 janvier 1986 dans l’**affaire** C-52/84, Commission/Belgique, citée à la note 28.
  Case C-52/84 Commission **v** Belgium, cited above footnote 28.
  ([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 5635623)

- Le requérant mentionne, par ailleurs, la décision du Comité contre la torture dans l &apos; **affaire** Faisal Baraket c. Tunisie (requête no 60/1996).
  In addition, the complainant mentions the decision by the Committee against Torture relating to communication No. 60/1996, Faisal Baraket **v**. Tunisia.
  ([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 11476537)

- Arrêt rendu dans l’**affaire** C-70/72, Commission contre l’Allemagne (EBHT 1973, p. 00813, point 13).
  Judgment in Commission **v** Germany, 70/72, EU:C:1973:87, paragraph 13.
  ([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 3817940)

## business

Used about 6 699 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 287 · literary ≈ 15 · biblical ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 1 798 · legal and administrative ≈ 306 · UN documents ≈ 4 287). Meaning: [business in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/business/).

- Il est parti pour **affaires**.
  He's away on **business**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1174775](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1174775) [\#1175573](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1175573))

- --Nous parlons **affaires**.
  “We are talking **business**.”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 30477)

- Schabbethaï et Jozabad, chargés des **affaires** extérieures de la maison de Dieu, et faisant partie des chefs des Lévites;
  and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who had the oversight of the outward **business** of God’s house;
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NEH 11:16)

- Certaines **affaires** en suspens plaident contre l' octroi de la décharge.
  There is some unfinished **business** which speaks against granting a discharge.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 168298)

- BCP et VT ont établi un plan d’**affaires** pour la SNCM qui a été communiqué le 7 avril 2006 à la Commission européenne.
  BCP and VT drew up a **business** plan for SNCM which was notified to the European Commission on 7 April 2006.
  ([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 1696794)

## More sentences

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

- Oublions toute l'**affaire**, d'accord ?
  Let's forget the whole thing, OK?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#2125145](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2125145) [\#3586948](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3586948))

- Le génie est **affaire** de patience éternelle.
  Genius is eternal patience.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#13121269](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13121269) [\#13121282](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13121282))

- Elle n'a vraiment rien à voir avec cette **affaire**.
  She has nothing to do with that affair.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by nimfeo and CM · checked, community translation · [\#311261](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/311261) [\#15575](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/15575))

## 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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