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# circulation — French to English

How French *circulation* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 8 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: circulation (66 613), circulations (60). By style: everyday 129 · literary 6 · parliamentary 6 580 · legal and administrative 12 920 · UN documents 47 038.

## traffic

Used about 26 541 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 124 · parliamentary ≈ 731 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 190 · UN documents ≈ 22 496). Meaning: [traffic in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/traffic/).

- La **circulation** était mauvaise.
  The **traffic** was bad.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#4494868](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4494868) [\#5371998](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5371998))

- D'année en année, la **circulation** sur les routes européennes s'accroît.
  Road **traffic** in Europe is increasing each year.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 51581)

- Projecteur pour sens de **circulation** à gauche
  Headlamp for left-hand **traffic**
  ([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 5463671)

- ( par exemple dans la **circulation**)
  (i.e., in **traffic**)
  ([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 14405184)

- C'est une voie de **circulation**.
  It’s a **traffic** lane.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#13363036](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13363036) [\#11263546](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11263546))

## movement

Used about 15 322 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 4 387 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 074 · UN documents ≈ 8 862). Meaning: [movement in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/movement/).

- La libre **circulation** des travailleurs doit être garantie.
  Free **movement** of the labour force must be guaranteed.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 580579)

- d'un certificat de **circulation** des marchandises EUR.1, dont le modèle figure à l'appendice 3, ou
  a **movement** certificate EUR.1, a specimen of which is given in Appendix 3; or
  ([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 1333668)

- Accès, **circulation** et poursuite de la construction du mur
  Access, **movement** and continued construction of the wall
  ([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 27182411)

- En revanche, c'est la libre **circulation** qui l'emporte sur le droit de grève.
  Instead it is free **movement** which takes precedence over it.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1065601)

- SOLIDARITÉ — FRONTIÈRES EXTÉRIEURES, RETOUR, POLITIQUE DES VISAS ET LIBRE **CIRCULATION** DES PERSONNES
  SOLIDARITY — EXTERNAL BORDERS, RETURN, VISA POLICY AND FREE **MOVEMENT** OF PEOPLE
  ([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 2751250)

## circulation

Used about 4 449 times in the texts (literary ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 122 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 595 · UN documents ≈ 2 727). Meaning: [circulation in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/circulation/).

- --Et puis il te brûle l'estomac, désorganise le système nerveux, alourdit la **circulation** et prépare l'apoplexie dont sont menacés tous les hommes de ton tempérament.
  “Then it scorches your inside, upsets your nervous system, makes the **circulation** sluggish, and leads the way to the apoplectic fit which always threatens a man of your build.”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 727)

- Dans l’immédiat, nous devons maintenir et même améliorer la **circulation** des informations entre nous.
  In the immediate future, we need to maintain and even improve the **circulation** of information between us.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 510504)

- Nombre de parts en **circulation**
  Number of units in **circulation**
  ([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 1757375)

- Dans les pays d &apos; origine, la **circulation** des cerveaux pourrait être facilitée au moyen de politiques régissant le travail et la migration.
  64. In the home country, brain **circulation** could be facilitated through labour and migration policies.
  ([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 13027798)

- Là cessait la **circulation**.
  There **circulation** ceased.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 24296)

## running

Used about 2 915 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 2 233 · UN documents ≈ 682). Meaning: [running in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/running/).

- Vérification de l'état du train avant sa mise en **circulation**
  Ensuring that the train is in **running** order
  ([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 3643683)

- &lt; &lt; 3.2.2 D &apos; une description technique succincte indiquant notamment, à l &apos; exception des feux de **circulation** diurne équipés de sources lumineuses non remplaçables:
  &quot; 3.2.2. A brief technical description stating, in particular, with the exception of daytime **running** lamps with non-replaceable light sources:
  ([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 26379084)

- Informations relatives à la **circulation** du train applicables pour tous les trains
  Train **running** information for all trains
  ([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 2377999)

- Proposition de complément 19 au règlement no 87 (feux de **circulation** diurne)
  Proposal for Supplement 19 to Regulation No 87 (Daytime **running** lamps)
  ([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 4156577)

- Une prévision de **circulation** d’un train peut également être envoyée avant le départ du train.
  A train **running** forecast can also be sent before the train starts running.
  ([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 2378016)

## trains

Used about 2 045 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 2 045).

- 1.1 **Circulation** des tramways, trains sur route et trolleybus
  1.1 Movements by tramcars, **trains** on roads and trolleybuses
  ([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 17324896)

- C &apos; est la zone desservie, et non le GI, qui déterminera le schéma de base des **circulations**.
  It is the area served, and not the infrastructure manager, which will set the core pattern of **trains**.
  ([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 8453782)

- Les prescriptions contenues dans ces fiches sont considérées comme des prescriptions générales visant à assurer la sécurité des **circulations** des trains.
  The requirements given in the leaflets are considered as general requirements intended to ensure that **trains** run safely.
  ([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 28097311)

## road

Used about 925 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 244 · UN documents ≈ 682). Meaning: [road in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/road/).

- Pour les voitures actuellement en **circulation**, il est raisonnable de partager les frais, par exemple en constituant un fonds comme aux Pays-Bas.
  For the cars currently on the **road**, it would be reasonable to share the cost, for example by setting up a fund such as that in the Netherlands.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 7264)

- **Circulation** routière des marchandises
  Cars Buses **Road** freight
  ([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 1936787)

- Ils ne contribuent donc absolument pas aux coûts des infrastructures britanniques tout en payant des taxes de **circulations** moins élevées dans leur pays.
  They therefore do not contribute at all towards **road** infrastructure costs in Britain and at the same time pay lower vehicles taxes at home.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 134981)

## free

Used about 246 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 244). Forms: free, freedom. Meaning: [free in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/free/).

- La libre **circulation** de l'information est le seul garde-fou contre la tyrannie.
  **Free** flow of information is the only safeguard against tyranny.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Spamster · checked, community translation · [\#1463043](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1463043) [\#1464874](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1464874))

- La taxe sur les véhicules de déménagement constitue également une entrave à la libre **circulation** des personnes dans la Communauté.
  The tax on removal vehicles also hinders people' s **freedom** to move within the Community.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 237600)

- C'est vrai, et de manière caricaturale, pour la libre **circulation** des personnes, véritable serpent de mer.
  This is true - and I am simplifying to the point of caricature - for the **free** circulation of persons, which is a subject of endless, serpentine complications.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1786860)

## goods

Used about 244 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 244). Meaning: [goods in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/goods/).

- Sur cette base, la Cour de justice européenne a déjà approuvé des mesures de sauvegarde nationales additionnelles pour la **circulation** des marchandises.
  On these grounds, the ECJ has already approved additional national safeguards for the circulation of **goods**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1323110)

- La construction d’une ligne ferroviaire à grande vitesse à travers les Alpes est une entreprise extrêmement périlleuse à plusieurs titres: mixité des **circulations** sur l'ancienne ligne et la nouvelle ligne prévue, trains de passagers à grande vitesse à travers des tunnels très nombreux et très longs, trafic de marchandises sur la voie ferrée alpine, qui entraînerait des nuisances excessives pour les riverains, et construction prématurée du complexe de tunnels lui-même sans la construction simultanée des lignes d’accès.
  Building a high-speed railway through the Alps is very hazardous for many reasons: mixed traffic on the old line and on the projected new line, high-speed passenger trains travelling through so many and such long tunnels, **goods** traffic on the Alpine railway, which would cause unreasonable nuisance to those who live nearby, and the premature construction of the tunnel complex itself without the simultaneous construction of the feeder lines.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 764509)

## More sentences

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

- Le gouverneur coupa le ruban et ouvrit le nouveau pont à la **circulation**.
  The governor cut the tape and opened the new bridge.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#277031](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/277031) [\#1294580](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1294580))

- Le Polonais expliqua comment quatre des principaux cafés de la ville consentaient à la lancer dans la **circulation**, et comment le Phare de la Côte et le Sémaphore havrais lui feraient de la réclame en échange de quelques produits pharmaceutiques mis à la disposition des rédacteurs.
  The Pole explained that four of the chief cafés in the town had agreed to have it on sale, and that two papers, the Northcoast Pharos and the Havre Semaphore, would advertise it, in return for certain chemical preparations to be supplied to the editors.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 907)

- On ne peut qu' approuver la plupart d' entre eux, notamment pour ce qui concerne la bonne **circulation** de l' information.
  We can do no other than to approve most of them, especially concerning the proper distribution of information.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2007944)

## Grammar

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