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# connaissances — French to English

How French *connaissances* 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: connaissances (81 338). By style: everyday 51 · biblical 3 · parliamentary 2 250 · legal and administrative 6 128 · UN documents 72 906.

## knowledge

Used about 62 003 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 27 · parliamentary ≈ 2 063 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 234 · UN documents ≈ 54 680). Meaning: [knowledge in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/knowledge/).

- J'ai soif de **connaissances**.
  I have a thirst for **knowledge**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and felidad · checked, community translation · [\#10570660](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10570660) [\#3247192](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3247192))

- Les **connaissances** et les budgets ne font pas tout.
  **Knowledge** and funds are not everything.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1038420)

- APTITUDE À METTRE LES **CONNAISSANCES** EN PRATIQUE
  ABILITY TO PUT THE **KNOWLEDGE** INTO PRACTICE
  ([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 3644677)

- La gestion des savoirs et **connaissances**
  **Knowledge** management in the United Nations system
  ([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 18026670)

- Ils partagent librement leurs **connaissances**.
  They share **knowledge** openly.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#12776153](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12776153) [\#13365294](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13365294))

## expertise

Used about 1 613 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 94 · UN documents ≈ 1 519). Meaning: [expertise in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/expertise/).

- Sur ce plan, des **connaissances** sont indispensables, surtout au niveau des délégations.
  Especially in the delegations, **expertise** is required in this area.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 540099)

- Il continuera également de participer à l &apos; action menée pour renforcer les **connaissances** techniques des États Membres, en particulier des pays en développement, en matière de désarmement.
  It will also continue to contribute to efforts to enhance disarmament **expertise** in Member States, in particular in developing countries.
  ([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 23413312)

- Le but est de promouvoir une approche fondée sur les **connaissances** techniques et l'impartialité.
  The objective was to develop an approach based on **expertise** and impartiality.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1618199)

## skills

Used about 132 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · legal and administrative ≈ 128).

- J'aimerais améliorer mes **connaissances** en hongrois.
  I'd like to improve my Hungarian **skills**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#5315356](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5315356) [\#5315357](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5315357))

- l’acquisition de **connaissances** et d’expertises dans le domaine informatique de l’ensemble des services:
  the acquisition of **skills** and expertise in the area of information technology for all departments:
  ([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 3773163)

- Je voudrais approfondir mes **connaissances** en hongrois.
  I'd like to improve my Hungarian **skills**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#5315356](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5315356) [\#5315360](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5315360))

- Dans ce cours, on apprend les **connaissances** de base en premier secours.
  This course teaches basic **skills** in first aid.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · [\#59297](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/59297) [\#571872](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/571872))

- Et si tu partageais tes **connaissances** linguistiques et que tu recevais de l'aide pour les langues que tu apprends ? Voilà ce que nous faisons ici.
  Why not share your language **skills** and get some help with the languages that you're learning? That is what we do here.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#2610203](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2610203) [\#10689111](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10689111))

## More sentences

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

- Nous ne sommes pas amies, nous sommes des **connaissances**.
  We're not friends. We're acquaintances.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#4954857](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4954857) [\#4958132](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4958132))

- Il est allé à Lima pour pouvoir y approfondir ses **connaissances**.
  He went to Lima so that he could learn much there.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and marloncori · checked, community translation · [\#774945](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/774945) [\#7052008](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7052008))

- J'ai des **connaissances**, mais pas de compétences.
  I am knowledgeable, but not skilled.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and mailohilohi · checked, community translation · [\#6029575](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6029575) [\#9987654](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9987654))

## 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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