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# centrale — French to English

How French *centrale* 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: centrale (113 470), centrales (24 236). By style: everyday 26 · literary 3 · parliamentary 11 240 · legal and administrative 25 097 · UN documents 101 340.

## central

Used about 87 085 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 15 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 6 205 · legal and administrative ≈ 16 470 · UN documents ≈ 64 393). Meaning: [central in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/central/).

- L'Allemagne est située en Europe **centrale**.
  Germany is in **Central** Europe.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Cupie and shekitten · checked, community translation · [\#4703070](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4703070) [\#4705589](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4705589))

- Avant l'existence des volcans; elle était faite d'un massif trappéen, lentement soulevé au-dessus des flots par la poussée des forces **centrales**.
  Before the volcanoes broke out it consisted of trap rocks slowly upraised to the level of the sea by the action of **central** forces.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 1289)

- Il avait été averti par les banques **centrales**.
  He was told it by the **central** banks.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 161769)

- la région de la Grèce **centrale**,
  Region of **Central** Greece
  ([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 4789633)

- B. Réseau virtuel des autorités **centrales**
  B. Virtual network of **central** authorities
  ([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 18886016)

## plants

Used about 14 656 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 937 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 046 · UN documents ≈ 12 668). Forms: plant, plants.

- Voici une **centrale** nucléaire.
  Here is an atomic power **plant**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Clavain and CK · checked, community translation · [\#61764](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/61764) [\#452693](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/452693))

- C'est d'ailleurs la raison pour laquelle 55 **centrales** nucléaires sont actuellement en construction.
  And that is why 55 nuclear **plants** are currently under construction.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1610325)

- Dont: **centrales** électriques, **centrales** de cogénération et **centrales** calogènes
  Of which: Electricity, CHP and Heat **Plants**
  ([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 3303317)

- Les **centrales** nucléaires en service fonctionnent bien.
  The nuclear power **plants** in operation have been running well.
  ([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 14145842)

- La **centrale** électrique alimente le quartier éloigné en électricité.
  The power **plant** supplies the remote district with electricity.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Dejo · checked, community translation · [\#44438](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/44438) [\#1066009](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1066009))

## power

Used about 11 024 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 1 288 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 399 · UN documents ≈ 6 334). Meaning: [power in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/power/).

- Les **centrales** nucléaires n'enchantent pas tout le monde.
  Nuclear **power** plants don't appeal to everybody.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by hortusdei and hecko · checked, community translation · [\#239472](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/239472) [\#136097](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/136097))

- D'où, évidemment, la multiplication de ce type de **centrale**.
  Hence the proliferation of this type of **power** station.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1663792)

- ÉQUIPEMENTS POUR **CENTRALES** ÉLECTRIQUES À COMBUSTIBLES FOSSILES
  FOSSIL **POWER** PLANT EQUIPMENT
  ([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 855856)

- **Centrales** thermiques et autres installations de combustion
  Thermal **power** stations and other combustion installations
  ([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 13742589)

- Les **centrales** nucléaires sont dangereuses, sans parler des armes nucléaires.
  Nuclear **power** plants are dangerous, not to mention nuclear weapons.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Petro1 and auxitt · checked, community translation · [\#21724](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/21724) [\#9446](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9446))

## bank

Used about 2 111 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 2 111). Forms: bank, banks. Meaning: [bank in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bank/).

- La banque a actuellement 13 employés et elle est supervisée par la Banque **centrale** du Vanuatu.
  Currently the **bank** has 13 staff working and is being supervised by the Reserve Bank of Vanuatu.
  ([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 29459895)

- Presque toutes les grandes et moyennes entreprises de Belgique sont tenues de déposer leurs comptes annuels auprès de la **Centrale** des bilans de la Banque nationale de Belgique.
  Nearly every large and medium-sized company in Belgium is required to file its annual accounts with the Centre of Balance Sheets of the National **Bank** of Belgium.
  ([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 7116025)

## stations

Used about 1 873 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 1 873).

- Ce qui a toutefois été dit c'est que les **centrales** électriques doivent être compatibles avec le captage.
  What was said, though, is that the power **stations** must be capture-ready.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1182328)

- Leur culture de la sûreté et leurs **centrales** diffèrent de celles de l’Europe occidentale.
  The safety culture and the power **stations** in those countries differ from those in Western Europe.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 543148)

- Premièrement, la sûreté de huit **centrales** nucléaires dans trois pays candidats suscite l’inquiétude.
  Firstly, the safety of eight nuclear power **stations** in three candidate countries is giving cause for concern.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 543550)

- Les activités des **centrales** nucléaires et des usines de retraitement ont des incidences au-delà des frontières.
  The activities of nuclear power **stations** and reprocessing plants have implications that go beyond borders.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 544741)

- Nous avons également besoin de ce marché protégé pour les énergies renouvelables et pour les **centrales** thermiques.
  We also need a protected market for renewable energy sources and for block-type thermal power **stations**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2013092)

## asia

Used about 1 056 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 056). Meaning: [asia in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/asia/).

- Europe/Afrique du Nord/Asie **centrale**
  Eur/N.Africa/C.**Asia** (CANANE)
  ([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 13606749)

## More sentences

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

- C'est alors que nous avons appris que la poste **centrale** était en feu et qu'ils avaient kidnappé notre président.
  That's when we learned that the main post office was on fire and that they had kidnapped our president.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by hortusdei and papabear · checked, community translation · [\#42968](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/42968) [\#1420858](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1420858))

- A midi, dans sa période la plus courte, elle vint lécher doucement le bord de la cheminée **centrale**.
  At noon, being at its least extent, it came and softly fell upon the edge of the middle chimney.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 1438)

- Je pense qu'il s'agit d'une partie **centrale** et fondamentale du travail que nous devons accomplir.
  I think this is a core and fundamental part of the work that we should do.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1462678)

## Grammar

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