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# affaires — French to English

How French *affaires* 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: affaires (373 188). By style: everyday 412 · literary 21 · biblical 19 · parliamentary 17 250 · legal and administrative 18 241 · UN documents 337 245.

## affairs

Used about 193 765 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 26 · literary ≈ 5 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 9 344 · legal and administrative ≈ 8 740 · UN documents ≈ 175 648). 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)

## cases

Used about 75 119 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 438 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 420 · UN documents ≈ 70 259).

- Le vieux sourd! il a dû brouiller les deux **affaires**!
  The deaf old fool! he must have mixed up the two **cases**!
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 2883)

- Ils jugeaient le peuple en tout temps; ils portaient devant Moïse les **affaires** difficiles, et ils prononçaient eux-mêmes sur toutes les petites causes.
  They judged the people at all times. They brought the hard **cases** to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EXO 18:26)

- 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)

- Voir les **affaires** N 586/03, N 587/03 et N 589/03.
  See **cases** N 586/03, N 587/03 and N 589/03.
  ([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 2788354)

- Les appels urgents adressés à l &apos; Iran concernent les **affaires** Yusefi et Talibi.
  The urgent appeals sent to Iran had concerned the Yusefi and Talib **cases**.
  ([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 4021430)

## turnover

Used about 4 519 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 719 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 800). Meaning: [turnover in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/turnover/).

- Pour le Luxembourg, le trafic international représente 70 % du chiffre d'**affaires**.
  For Luxembourg, international traffic represents 70% of its **turnover**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 901960)

- Augmentation estimée du chiffre d’**affaires** annuel
  Estimated increase in annual **turnover**
  ([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 1059809)

- Un commentateur déclare que, en réalité, le chiffre d'**affaires** de la contrefaçon est d'environ 500 milliards d'euros.
  One commentator says that in reality, the **turnover** relating to counterfeiting is approximately EUR 500 billion.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1187908)

- Application de la limite de 10 % du chiffre d’**affaires**
  Application of the 10 % **turnover** limit
  ([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 553199)

- Flux de liquidités exprimés en pourcentage du chiffre d'**affaires**
  Cash flow expressed as percentage of **turnover**
  ([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 546477)

## foreign

Used about 719 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 719). Meaning: [foreign in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/foreign/).

- L’expérience montre que la décision finale n’émanera pas des ministres des **affaires** étrangères, et encore moins des fonctionnaires.
  Experience would suggest that it is not at the level of **foreign** ministers, still less officials, that the final deal will be cut.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 524723)

- La proposition de créer un poste de ministre européen de la défense et des **affaires** étrangères constitue une menace pour les intérêts de nombreux États membres.
  The proposal to create the post of a European **Foreign** and Defence Minister is a threat to the interests of many Member States.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 882284)

## More sentences

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

- Je déménage, alors j'ai besoin de cartons pour mes **affaires**.
  I'm moving, so I need boxes for my belongings.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rene1596 and Eldad · checked, community translation · [\#1290268](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1290268) [\#1290261](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1290261))

- Après une saison estivale morose, les **affaires** commencèrent à reprendre.
  After a slow summer season, business began to pick up.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · [\#318600](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/318600) [\#992137](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/992137))

- Mon père va souvent à Paris pour **affaires**.
  My father often goes to Paris on business.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Clavain and CN · checked, community translation · [\#319066](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/319066) [\#439755](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/439755))

## 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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