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# concurrence — French to English

How French *concurrence* 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: concurrence (82 655), concurrences (32). By style: everyday 26 · literary 1 · parliamentary 15 103 · legal and administrative 24 169 · UN documents 43 388.

## competition

Used about 60 573 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 17 · parliamentary ≈ 12 667 · legal and administrative ≈ 18 241 · UN documents ≈ 29 648). Meaning: [competition in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/competition/).

- La **concurrence** est féroce.
  The **competition** is fierce.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by BigMouse and saeb · checked, community translation · [\#370555](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/370555) [\#1593153](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1593153))

- Il n'est donc question ni de libéralisation, ni de **concurrence**.
  There will therefore be neither liberalisation nor **competition**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 480113)

- Affectation des échanges et de la **concurrence**
  Effect on trade and **competition**
  ([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 3510548)

- C. **Concurrence** et protection des consommateurs
  C. **Competition** and consumer 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 25162407)

- La **concurrence** nous rend meilleurs.
  **Competition** makes us better.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#11568243](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11568243) [\#11568246](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11568246))

## market

Used about 968 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 244 · UN documents ≈ 723). Meaning: [market in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/market/).

- De nombreuses entreprises se font **concurrence** pour la partie plus lucrative du marché.
  Many firms are competing for the wealthier segment of the **market**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · [\#274802](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/274802) [\#1270503](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1270503))

- Je salue ce rapport parce qu'il appelle à la conclusion d'un accord de libre-échange (ALE) de portée générale, ambitieux et équilibré entre l'UE et l'Inde. Cet accord, qui facilitera l'accès au marché des marchandises et des services, porte sur la quasi totalité des échanges et comportera des dispositions en matière de transparence réglementaire dans les domaines des échanges commerciaux mutuels et des investissements, mais aussi sur les normes et l'évaluation de la conformité, les mesures sanitaires et phytosanitaires, les DPI, l'exécution, la facilitation du commerce et les douanes, les marchés publics, le commerce et les **concurrences**, ainsi que le commerce et le développement, et les clauses relatives aux droits de l'homme, qui constituent un élément essentiel de l'ALE.
  I welcome this report because it calls for the conclusion of a comprehensive, ambitious and balanced Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the EU and India which will improve **market** access for goods and services, covering substantially all trade, including provisions on regulatory transparency in areas relevant to mutual trade and investment, as well as conformity standards and assessment, SPS, IPR including enforcement, trade facilitation and customs, public procurement, and trade and competitions, as well as trade and development and the human rights clause as an essential element of the FTA.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1232423)

- Depuis 1997, suite à la réforme du secteur de l &apos; énergie électrique, le marché de gros de l &apos; électricité et de la puissance installée est ouvert à la **concurrence**.
  As a result of the reform of this sector, a competitive wholesale **market** for electric power and capacity has been functioning in Kazakhstan since 1997.
  ([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 8183353)

## trade

Used about 724 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · UN documents ≈ 723). Meaning: [trade in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/trade/).

- L'industrie textile s'adaptera, dans les prochaines années, à l'ouverture du marché à la libre **concurrence**.
  In the coming years the textile industry will adapt to the advent of free **trade**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and halfb1t · checked, community translation · [\#2040199](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2040199) [\#908642](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/908642))

- &lt; &lt; LA **CONCURRENCE** DANS UNE EUROPE EN MUTATION: OPPORTUNITÉS ET DÉFIS POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT DU COMMERCE ET DES ENTREPRISES &gt; &gt;
  EXECUTIVE FORUM &quot; COMPETING IN A CHANGING EUROPE: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR **TRADE** ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT &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 12113933)

## distortions

Used about 244 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 244).

- Cette élimination des distorsions fiscales ne peut pas et ne doit pas servir à limiter le principe de subsidiarité ou les **concurrences** fiscales que peuvent aujourd'hui développer, dans le cas de l'Espagne, le Pays basque ou la Communauté des «fueros» de Navarre, dont la parenté constitutionnelle stipule que les lois fiscales approuvées par le Parlement de Navarre relèvent du ressort du tribunal constitutionnel espagnol.
  This process of eliminating **distortions** cannot and should not be used to limit the subsidiarity principle. Nor should it limit the fiscal authority that can now be exercised, in the case of Spain, by the Basque Country or the Autonomous Community of Navarre, whose constitutional relationship states that the fiscal laws passed by the Cortes of Navarre can only be challenged in the Spanish Constitutional Court.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1860505)

## More sentences

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

- Ils disent qu'ils ne peuvent faire **concurrence** à des produits étrangers à bas prix.
  They say they cannot compete with low-priced foreign products.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Source\_VOA · checked, community translation · [\#802823](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/802823) [\#1591833](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1591833))

- Avec qui sommes-nous en **concurrence** ?
  Who are we competing against?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#4665381](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4665381) [\#5576636](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5576636))

- Les deux compagnies sont en **concurrence** l'une avec l'autre.
  The two companies are competing with each other.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Cirilo and CK · checked, community translation · [\#72861](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/72861) [\#713330](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/713330))

## 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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