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# classiques — French to English

How French *classiques* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 3 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: classiques (27 650). By style: everyday 5 · literary 3 · parliamentary 279 · legal and administrative 848 · UN documents 26 515.

## conventional

Used about 21 497 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 47 · legal and administrative ≈ 459 · UN documents ≈ 20 991). Meaning: [conventional in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/conventional/).

- Que pense la Commission de l'éventualité de suspendre l'interdiction des ampoules à incandescence **classiques** au moins pour les ménages privés?
  Is the Commission prepared to suspend the ban on **conventional** light bulbs, at least for private households?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1512354)

- Eau courante dans les logements **classiques**
  Piped water in **conventional** dwelling
  ([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 4288771)

- 1. Registre des armes **classiques**
  1. Register of **Conventional** Arms
  ([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 3351689)

- La troisième conférence d'examen des États parties à la convention sur certaines armes **classiques** se tient actuellement à Genève.
  The Third Review Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on Certain **Conventional** Weapons is currently taking place in Geneva.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 881283)

- SOURCES D’ÉNERGIE **CLASSIQUES** ET RENOUVELABLES
  **CONVENTIONAL** AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
  ([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 4475273)

## traditional

Used about 1 774 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 81 · legal and administrative ≈ 35 · UN documents ≈ 1 657). Meaning: [traditional in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/traditional/).

- Une fois encore, le Parlement commet une de ses erreurs **classiques**.
  Yet again Parliament is making one of its **traditional** errors.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1827992)

- En ce qui concerne les titrisations **classiques**, aucun autre actif du panier de titrisation ne sera inclus.
  In the case of **traditional** securitisations no other assets of the securitisation pool shall be included.
  ([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 3662351)

- Ainsi, aux trois principes d &apos; action **classiques** que sont la prévention, les poursuites judiciaires et la protection, vient s &apos; ajouter un quatrième, le partenariat.
  Thus, there emerges a need for the fourth P, namely, partnership, which should join the three **traditional** Ps: prevention, prosecution and protection.
  ([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 21556944)

- Non, je vous demanderai simplement de réfléchir un peu à vos positions dites **classiques**.
  No, I would simply ask you to think a little about your **traditional** positions.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1664319)

- Dans le cas de titrisations **classiques** dans lesquelles il ne détient aucune position, l’initiateur ne tient pas compte de la titrisation dans la déclaration de ce modèle.
  In case of **traditional** securitisations where the originator does not hold any position, the originator shall not consider that securitisation in the reporting of this template.
  ([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 5167506)

## classic

Used about 602 times in the texts (literary ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 47 · UN documents ≈ 552). Meaning: [classic in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/classic/).

- Un jour de cet hiver-là, le soleil s'était un peu montré dans l'après-midi, mais c'était le 2 février, cet antique jour de la Chandeleur dont le Soleil traître, précurseur d'un froid de six semaines, a inspiré à Mathieu Laensberg ces deux vers restés justement **classiques**:
  One day during that winter, the sun had shown itself a little in the afternoon, but it was the 2d of February, that ancient Candlemas day whose treacherous sun, the precursor of a six weeks’ cold spell, inspired Mathieu Laensberg with these two lines, which have with justice remained **classic**:—
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 15815)

- Il s'agit d'affaires **classiques** d'asile.
  These are **classic** asylum cases.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1207167)

- Les créanciers ont décidé d &apos; appliquer les conditions **classiques** à environ 85 % du service de la dette arrivant à échéance pendant la période triennale de consolidation (2010-2013).
  Creditors agreed to treat about 85 per cent of the debt service falling due during the three-year consolidation period, 2010-2013, under the Club &apos; s &quot; **classic** terms &quot; .
  ([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 23525961)

- Il voulait que la société travaillât sans relâche à l'élévation du niveau intellectuel et moral, au monnayage de la science, à la mise en circulation des idées, à la croissance de l'esprit dans la jeunesse, et il craignait que la pauvreté actuelle des méthodes, la misère du point de vue littéraire borné à deux ou trois siècles **classiques**, le dogmatisme tyrannique des pédants officiels, les préjugés scolastiques et les routines ne finissent par faire de nos collèges des huîtrières artificielles.
  He desired that society should labor without relaxation at the elevation of the moral and intellectual level, at coining science, at putting ideas into circulation, at increasing the mind in youthful persons, and he feared lest the present poverty of method, the paltriness from a literary point of view confined to two or three centuries called **classic**, the tyrannical dogmatism of official pedants, scholastic prejudices and routines should end by converting our colleges into artificial oyster beds.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 14010)

- Selon moi, il faudrait parler des droits de l'homme **classiques**.
  It is my view that we should be talking about **classic** human rights.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1822339)

## More sentences

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

- Ceci pose un problème intéressant aux théories **classiques** de la physique.
  This poses an interesting problem for classical theories of physics.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · [\#519435](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/519435) [\#545415](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/545415))

- J’ai lu un livre sur les défis de la traduction des **classiques**, il était captivant.
  I read a book on the challenges of translating the classics, it was captivating.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and fdhsdfjfgf · checked, community translation · [\#13284995](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13284995) [\#12757082](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12757082))

- Elle aime les compositeurs **classiques** comme Beethoven et Bach.
  She likes classical composers such as Beethoven and Bach.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by jerom and Plodder · checked, community translation · [\#312143](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/312143) [\#441785](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/441785))

## Grammar

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