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# affirme — French to English

How French *affirme* 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: affirme (33 718), affirmes (2). By style: everyday 30 · literary 2 · biblical 2 · parliamentary 2 176 · legal and administrative 1 747 · UN documents 29 763.

## claims

Used about 8 681 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 14 · parliamentary ≈ 133 · legal and administrative ≈ 473 · UN documents ≈ 8 061).

- Ziri **affirme** que le Sasquatch existe.
  Ziri **claims** that Bigfoot exists.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#11221205](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11221205) [\#13194005](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13194005))

- La République populaire de Chine **affirme** qu'elle ne cherche pas à s'étendre territorialement.
  The People's Republic **claims** that it does not seek territorial expansion.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1274172)

- le demandeur **affirme** être dépendant de la personne;
  the applicant **claims** to be dependent on the person;
  ([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 3250983)

- À cet égard, elle **affirme** que :
  In that context she **claims** that:
  ([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 7102505)

- Ziri **affirme** que le Sasquatch existe.
  Ziri **claims** the Sasquatch exists.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and menaud · checked, community translation · [\#13194009](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13194009) [\#13194005](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13194005))

## affirms

Used about 5 627 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 44 · UN documents ≈ 5 581).

- Le matérialisme **affirme** la réalité.
  Materialism **affirms** reality.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Josephlingo · checked, community translation · [\#12886076](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12886076) [\#12699966](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12699966))

- On **affirme**, mais on doute.
  One **affirms**, but one doubts.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 3119)

- Alors que la conjoncture se retourne, grâce à l'application obstinée de l'austérité salariale, le rapport **affirme** le droit à infliger une nouvelle récession à l'Europe.
  Now that the economic climate is changing due to a persistent wage moderation policy, the report **affirms** the right to inflict a fresh recession on Europe.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 243626)

- 4.2 L &apos; État partie **affirme** que les décisions des autorités d &apos; asile sont correctes et fondées en droit.
  4.2 The State party **affirms** that its asylum authorities &apos; decisions are correct and legally grounded.
  ([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 21763382)

- 2. **Affirme** également qu &apos; un ordre international démocratique et équitable favorise la pleine réalisation de tous les droits de l &apos; homme pour tous;
  2. Also **affirms** that a democratic and equitable international order fosters the full realization of all human rights for all;
  ([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 27174466)

## author

Used about 4 340 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 4 340). Meaning: [author in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/author/).

- L &apos; auteur **affirme** qu &apos; il a épuisé les recours disponibles.
  The **author** maintains that he has exhausted the available remedies.
  ([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 28884983)

- L &apos; auteur **affirme** avoir agi de manière conforme à l &apos; article 34 de la Constitution bélarussienne.
  The **author** contends that he acted in conformity with article 34 of the Belarusian Constitution.
  ([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 14680479)

- L &apos; auteur **affirme** par conséquent qu &apos; il a épuisé tous les recours internes utiles à sa disposition.
  The **author** therefore contends that he has exhausted all available and effective domestic remedies.
  ([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 29375992)

- Il **affirme** également que le médecin insistait pour recevoir 35 dollars d &apos; honoraires pour tout type de certificat médical.
  The **author** alleges that the doctor insisted on receiving a fee of 35 dollars for any type of medical certificate.
  ([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 25919386)

- L &apos; auteur **affirme** également qu &apos; il y a eu plusieurs irrégularités dans la procédure judiciaire suivie contre les trois inculpés.
  The **author** further alleges that several irregularities occurred during the trial of the three accused.
  ([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 23617094)

## says

Used about 674 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 7 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 666).

- Elle **affirme** être capable de voir à travers les murs.
  She **says** that she can see through walls.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Spamster · checked, community translation · [\#2020403](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2020403) [\#2022308](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2022308))

- Il y était écrit: Le bruit se répand parmi les nations et Gaschmu **affirme** que toi et les Juifs vous pensez à vous révolter, et que c’est dans ce but que tu rebâtis la muraille. Tu vas, dit-on, devenir leur roi,
  in which was written, “It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu **says** it, that you and the Jews intend to rebel. Because of that, you are building the wall. You would be their king, according to these words.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NEH 6:6)

- Il **affirme** que presque toutes les régions du monde subiront un effet négatif.
  It **says** that almost every region of the world will be adversely affected.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1082849)

- Elle **affirme** être à même de voir à travers les murs.
  She **says** that she can see through walls.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Spamster · checked, community translation · [\#2020403](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2020403) [\#2022304](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2022304))

- Le rapport **affirme** que le produit intérieur brut ne constitue pas un bon étalon de mesure de la prospérité.
  The report **says** that gross domestic product is not a good measure of prosperity.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1701685)

## More sentences

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

- Il **affirme** qu'elle est innocente.
  He asserts that she is innocent.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by gasche and CM · checked, community translation · [\#288270](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/288270) [\#428708](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/428708))

- Tom se méfie de Marie, même s'il **affirme** le contraire.
  Tom is suspicious of Mary even though he declares otherwise.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scorpionvenin14 and LB · checked, community translation · [\#4445309](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4445309) [\#4445312](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4445312))

- J'**affirme** ici que sa chronologie est correcte.
  I here aver that his chronology is correct.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Anxxos and remline · checked, community translation · [\#10649868](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10649868) [\#11730889](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11730889))

## 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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