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# concours — French to English

How French *concours* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 4 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: concours (48 757). By style: everyday 64 · literary 1 · parliamentary 786 · legal and administrative 2 312 · UN documents 45 594.

## assistance

Used about 7 970 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 82 · legal and administrative ≈ 289 · UN documents ≈ 7 599). Meaning: [assistance in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/assistance/).

- Le Parlement prêtera certainement son **concours**.
  Parliament will certainly provide **assistance**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1023364)

- Conditions d'octroi d'un **concours** financier au moyen d'instruments financiers
  Conditions for granting financial **assistance** through financial instruments
  ([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 3080617)

- 8. Invite les États Membres à prêter le **concours** voulu à ces négociations ;
  8. Invites Member States to lend appropriate **assistance** to these talks;
  ([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 28576783)

- Heureusement, les Britanniques, Allemands, Néerlandais et Norvégiens nous ont spontanément apporté leur **concours**.
  Fortunately, the British, Germans, Dutch and Norwegians spontaneously came to our **assistance**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 59141)

- Il ne peut donc pas bénéficier des **concours** sous forme de prêts associés à leurs programmes.
  It may therefore not benefit from lending **assistance** associated with their programmes.
  ([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 854589)

## competition

Used about 7 244 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 13 · parliamentary ≈ 197 · legal and administrative ≈ 385 · UN documents ≈ 6 649). Forms: competition, competitions. Meaning: [competition in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/competition/).

- Ceci n'est pas un **concours**.
  It isn't a **competition**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and CK · checked, community translation · [\#7198898](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7198898) [\#2302142](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2302142))

- Quand seront connus les résultats du **concours** d'architectes de la rue de la Loi?
  When will the results of the architects' **competition** for the Rue de la Loi be announced?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1207742)

- **Concours** ou manifestation équestre/Langue officielle
  Equestrian **competition** or event/Official language
  ([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 5070284)

- Les résultats de ces **concours** sont affichés sur le site.
  The results of **competitions** are presented on the site.
  ([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 29492887)

- Ceci n'est pas un **concours**.
  It's not a **competition**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#2571382](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2571382) [\#2302142](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2302142))

## help

Used about 2 948 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 98 · UN documents ≈ 2 850). Meaning: [help in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/help/).

- Je suis confiant qu'avec votre **concours**, nous y aboutirons.
  I am confident that, with your **help**, we shall reach a successful conclusion.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 83560)

- Travaux de recherche par deux groupes de spécialistes avec le **concours** de consultants.
  Research carried out by two Groups of Specialists with the **help** of consultants.
  ([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 7109686)

- L'IFOR doit par conséquent prêter son **concours** à l'arrestation de MM. Karadzic et Mladic, par exemple, ainsi qu'au retour des réfugiés.
  IFOR must **help** to secure the arrest of Mr Karadzic and Mr Mladic and the return of the refugees.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1608445)

- En coordination avec la CEDEAO, l &apos; Organisation des Nations Unies est disposée à prêter son **concours** aux parties en présence.
  The United Nations, in coordination with ECOWAS, stands ready to **help** the parties in that process.
  ([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 8344270)

- Je tiens à adresser mes remerciements pour les efforts réalisés, pour votre soutien indéfectible et pour votre **concours** tout au long de ce processus.
  I should like to express my thanks for all the efforts made and for the unfailing support and the **help** along the way.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 402257)

## contest

Used about 2 073 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 44 · parliamentary ≈ 33 · legal and administrative ≈ 96 · UN documents ≈ 1 900). Meaning: [contest in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/contest/).

- Tom a gagné le **concours**.
  Tom won the **contest**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2548052](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2548052) [\#5301119](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5301119))

- La méthode ouverte de coordination des pensions n'est pas un **concours** de beauté.
  The open method of coordination on pensions is not a beauty **contest**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 400861)

- Les règles relatives à l'organisation d'un **concours** sont mises à la disposition de ceux qui sont intéressés à y participer.
  The rules for the organisation of a **contest** shall be communicated to those interested in taking part.
  ([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 1155325)

- Environ 500 jeunes filles des niveaux collège et lycée ont assisté à cette manifestation, au cours de laquelle ont été organisés un **concours** technique et une table ronde.
  The event was attended by about 500 girls from gymnasia and lycea and included a panel discussion and an engineering project **contest**.
  ([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 15115320)

- Qui a gagné le **concours** ?
  Who won the **contest**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3738759](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3738759) [\#6668626](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6668626))

## More sentences

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

- La fille talentueuse dans le **concours** de talents joue à quatre instruments.
  The talented girl in the talent show plays four instruments.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ioan\_Cristian and Ioan\_Cristian · checked, community translation · [\#14069843](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14069843) [\#14069845](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14069845))

- Elle a remporté le **concours** de Miss États-Unis d'Amérique.
  She won the Miss America pageant.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#2327286](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2327286) [\#2329555](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2329555))

- Le fils des voisins a remporté le **concours** d'orthographe de l'école.
  The neighbors' son won the spelling bee at school.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#2890570](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2890570) [\#8463564](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8463564))

## 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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