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# avocats — French to English

How French *avocats* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 5 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: avocats (26 114). By style: everyday 30 · literary 2 · parliamentary 674 · legal and administrative 1 123 · UN documents 24 285.

## lawyers

Used about 18 730 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 23 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 576 · legal and administrative ≈ 421 · UN documents ≈ 17 708).

- Tous les **avocats** sont des menteurs.
  **Lawyers** are all liars.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Source\_Benedict\_1921 · checked, community translation · [\#847127](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/847127) [\#1594104](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1594104))

- Il se conforma aux indications du bourgeois, et, quelques minutes après, il était dans une salle où il y avait beaucoup de monde et où des groupes mêlés d'**avocats** en robe chuchotaient çà et là.
  He conformed to the bourgeois’s directions, and a few minutes later he was in a hall containing many people, and where groups, intermingled with **lawyers** in their gowns, were whispering together here and there.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 5797)

- Mais les **avocats** nous font part d'un problème.
  But the **lawyers** have come to us with a problem.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 903936)

- les frais de consultation résultant du recours à l’assistance d’**avocats** externes,
  costs of consulting outside **lawyers**,
  ([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 3784449)

- Tous les **avocats** s &apos; acquittent de ce devoir.
  All **lawyers** fulfil this duty.
  ([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 1197955)

## advocates

Used about 1 414 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 28 · legal and administrative ≈ 374 · UN documents ≈ 1 012).

- Nous devons tous être les **avocats** de l'Europe.
  We all have to be **advocates**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1167712)

- 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)

- Pourcentage d &apos; **avocats** qualifiés qui ont plaidé pour des poursuites dans des affaires de violence sexiste
  Percentage of trained **advocates** who have advocated the prosecution of gender-based violence 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 24407619)

- Vouloir sauver 60 000 emplois, c'est apparemment un péché contre le marché, mais le sauvetage de capitaux ne semble pas poser de problèmes aux **avocats** du marché libre.
  Wishing to save 60 000 jobs is, apparently, a sin against the market, but saving capital does not seem to present any problem for the **advocates** of the free market.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 969)

- 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)

## bar

Used about 1 026 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 14 · UN documents ≈ 1 012). Meaning: [bar in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bar/).

- Même le conseil de législation, le chancelier de la justice et l'Ordre national des **avocats** de Suède estiment qu'une telle disposition n'est pas admissible.
  Even the Law Council, the Attorney-General and the **bar** association in Sweden do not think this is allowed.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1856612)

- :: Membre du Comité de déontologie de l &apos; ordre des **avocats** de Beyrouth (1999-2002)
  :: Member of the Committee on Professional Ethics of the Beirut **Bar** Association (1999-2002)
  ([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 9012462)

- Cet avocat aurait été par la suite radié de l &apos; ordre des **avocats** par l &apos; Association du barreau de la ville de Minsk.
  It is reported that the lawyer was subsequently disbarred by the Minsk City **Bar** Association.
  ([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 25826326)

## avocados

Used about 673 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · legal and administrative ≈ 164 · UN documents ≈ 506).

- Les **avocats** sont riches en vitamine E.
  **Avocados** are rich in vitamin E.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Elliv and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#2926863](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2926863) [\#2927950](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2927950))

- **Avocats**, frais ou secs
  **Avocados**, fresh or dried
  ([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 1575630)

- Les **avocats** classés dans cette catégorie doivent être de bonne qualité.
  **Avocados** in this class must be of good quality.
  ([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 19094374)

- La guacamole est une purée à base d'**avocats**.
  Guacamole is a dip made from **avocados**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#3329778](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3329778) [\#3337178](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3337178))

- Dattes, figues, ananas, **avocats**, goyaves, mangues et mangoustans, frais ou secs
  Dates, figs, pineapples, **avocados**, guavas, mangoes and mangosteens, fresh or dried
  ([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 5275389)

## judges

Used about 506 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 506).

- 2 Le rapport 1993-1994 ne faisait pas de distinction entre l &apos; avocat de l &apos; enfant et les autres **avocats** et ne référait pas aux juges.
  1 The 1993-1994 report did not distinguish between the child &apos; s advocate and other advocates, and did not refer to **judges**.
  ([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 10516817)

## More sentences

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

- Dan a accepté un poste à un cabinet d'**avocats** respectable.
  Dan took a position at a respectable law firm.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scorpionvenin14 and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#4025129](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4025129) [\#4025505](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4025505))

- Les **avocats** de la société travaillent d'arrache-pied pour finaliser la fusion.
  Company attorneys are working around the clock to complete the merger.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#20738](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/20738) [\#579746](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/579746))

- Pour de nombreuses personnes, les trafiquants de drogue et les **avocats** d'affaire sont la lie de la société.
  For many people, drug dealers and corporate attorneys are the dregs of society.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · [\#596994](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/596994) [\#819578](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/819578))

## 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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