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Forms: lawyer, lawyers. Meaning: [lawyer in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lawyer/). - Je suis **avocate**. I'm a **lawyer**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3573699](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3573699) [\#6307844](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6307844)) - --C'est fini, dit l'**avocat**. “It is finished,” said the **lawyer**. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 5806) - Exercice de la profession d'**avocat** Practice of the profession of **lawyer** ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1605565) - Assistance d'un **avocat** Assistance by a **lawyer** ([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 3899765) - fédération des **avocates**; Parlement Federation of Women **Lawyers**; Parliament ([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 24402488) ## advocate Used about 3 960 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · literary ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 140 · legal and administrative ≈ 517 · UN documents ≈ 3 294). Meaning: [advocate in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/advocate/). - Je me fais juste l'**avocat** du diable. I'm just playing the devil's **advocate**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2050654](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2050654) [\#9772193](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9772193)) - --Nego\[107\], répliqua l'**avocat**. “Nego, I deny it,” replied the **advocate**. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 5124) - Je n'entends pas ici me faire l'**avocat** de la Grèce. I do not intend here to **advocate** in favour of Greece. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1159220) - Juges présidents et premier **avocat** général Presiding judges and First **Advocate**-General ([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 3944688) - 1953 **Avocate** à la Cour suprême d ' Afrique du Sud 1953 **Advocate**, Supreme Court of South Africa ([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 382328) ## attorney Used about 3 664 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · literary ≈ 11 · parliamentary ≈ 26 · legal and administrative ≈ 49 · UN documents ≈ 3 568). Meaning: [attorney in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/attorney/). - Je suis **avocate**. I'm an **attorney**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2247924](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2247924) [\#6307844](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6307844)) - L'**avocat** général prit la parole: The district-**attorney** took the word:— ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 6173) - Monsieur le Président, concernant l'urgence, je voudrais faire remarquer que le cas de M. Ganzert, **avocat** à Wels, a été rejeté. Mr President, I would like it noted as a matter of urgency that the case of Dr. Ganzert, an **attorney** from Wels, has been dismissed. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 272031) - Državno pravobranilstvo Republike Slovenije (Bureau de l'**avocat** général de la République de Slovénie) Državno pravobranilstvo Republike Slovenije (National **Attorney** of the Republic of Slovenia) ([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 349901) - 1986-1990 **Avocate** (profession libérale), Trinité-et-Tobago Barrister/**Attorney** at Law (self-employed), Trinidad and Tobago ([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 28860800) ## legal Used about 1 722 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 26 · legal and administrative ≈ 49 · UN documents ≈ 1 647). Meaning: [legal in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/legal/). - Pendant huit mois, ils se sont vu refuser le droit de consulter un **avocat**. For eight months, they were denied the opportunity of **legal** counsel. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1212535) - LV: obligation de nationalité pour les **avocats** assermentés, auxquels est réservée la représentation juridique dans les procédures pénales. LV: Nationality requirement for sworn solicitors, to whom **legal** representation in criminal proceedings is reserved. ([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 294488) - 1977 **Avocate** de l ' assistance judiciaire (Senior Counsel). 1977 Senior **Legal** Aid Counsel. ([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 7609030) - Cette situation est impossible, car nul, qu'il soit notaire, juge ou **avocat**, ne peut connaître les 28 systèmes juridiques européens. This is not right in practice because nobody - no solicitor, judge or barrister - is in a position to know 28 European **legal** systems. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1005177) - Chef de la colonie pénitentiaire IK-9 de Horki, responsable du traitement inhumain de D. Dashkevich, y compris d'actes de torture et d'un refus d'accès à un **avocat**. Head of penal colony IK-9 in Horki, responsible for inhumane treatment of D. Dashkevich, including tortures and denial of access to **legal** representatives. ([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 3534812) ## court Used about 1 221 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 123 · UN documents ≈ 1 098). Meaning: [court in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/court/). - Le nombre d'**avocats** généraux à la Cour de Justice de l'Union européenne est porté à: The number of Advocates-General of the **Court** of Justice of the European Union shall be increased to: ([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 2802793) - **Avocate** générale à la Cour d ' appel (Bamenda) 1980-1983. Avocat General, **Court** of Appeal, Bamenda 1980-1983 ([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 9952008) - Le 16 janvier 2013, la Cour de justice a demandé d'augmenter de trois personnes le nombre des **avocats** généraux à la Cour de justice. On 16 January 2013, the **Court** of Justice requested that the number of Advocates-General of the Court of Justice be increased by three. ([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 2802787) - 206. Les **avocates** sont habilitées, comme leurs confrères, à représenter leurs clients devant la justice. 206. Female attorneys represent clients in **court**. ([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 2735670) - En outre, le nombre d'**avocats** généraux à la Cour de justice a été porté à onze, avec effet au 7 octobre 2015, par la décision 2013/336/UE du Conseil \[1\]. In addition, Council Decision 2013/336/EU \[1\] increased the number of Advocates-General of the **Court** of Justice to 11, with effect from 7 October 2015. ([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 5536334) ## judges Used about 1 045 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 222 · UN documents ≈ 823). - Début de la période de mandat des juges et des **avocats** généraux Commencement of the term of office of **Judges** and Advocates General ([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 2570979) - 1 875 **avocats** et **avocates**, juges, hommes et femmes, procureurs/procureures 1,875 trial attorneys, **judges**, prosecutors and public defenders ([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 22370792) - portant nomination de juges et d'**avocats** généraux de la Cour de justice appointing **Judges** and Advocates-General to the Court of Justice ([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 5497353) - Les pourcentages de magistrates, de procureurs de sexe féminin et d ' **avocates** sont, respectivement, de 15,4%, 12,2% et 14,4%. The share of female **judges** is 15.4%, 12.2% for public prosecutors and 14.4% for attorneys. ([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 20517378) - Le mandat des juges et **avocats** généraux est pour une période de six ans. The term of office of these **Judges** and Advocates-General will be six years. ([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 5566634) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - L'**avocat** est le fruit de l'avocatier. Avocados are the fruit of the avocado tree. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Gulliver · checked, community translation · [\#1586518](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1586518) [\#1586414](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1586414)) - Je veux manger mon **avocat**. I want to eat my avocado. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Fenrir and Fenrir · checked, community translation · [\#10796789](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10796789) [\#10796785](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10796785)) - Où exerce-t-il la profession d'**avocat** ? Where does he practice law? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by jcgillet and bart · checked, community translation · [\#1831946](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1831946) [\#2046315](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2046315)) ## 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/). ## About these examples Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. 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