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# considérable — French to English

How French *considérable* 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: considérable (29 571), considérables (28 620). By style: everyday 21 · literary 5 · biblical 17 · parliamentary 7 672 · legal and administrative 2 817 · UN documents 47 659.

## considerable

Used about 28 942 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 13 · literary ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 3 836 · legal and administrative ≈ 763 · UN documents ≈ 24 326). Meaning: [considerable in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/considerable/).

- Il a un revenu **considérable**.
  He has a **considerable** income.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · [\#286660](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/286660) [\#806566](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/806566))

- —-Une pression **considérable**.
  "It says we are under **considerable** pressure."
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 2175)

- Les moyens dégagés sont également **considérables**.
  The funding which has been set aside for this project is **considerable**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 28925)

- Ces valeurs estimées sont l'objet d'incertitudes **considérables**.
  These estimates of the value are subject to **considerable** uncertainty.
  ([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 559488)

- Des progrès **considérables** ont été réalisés.
  **Considerable** progress had been achieved.
  ([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 2609201)

## significant

Used about 6 145 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 240 · legal and administrative ≈ 939 · UN documents ≈ 4 964). Meaning: [significant in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/significant/).

- Les résultats sont **considérables**.
  The results are **significant**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by franlexcois and CK · checked, community translation · [\#4501812](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4501812) [\#4959199](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4959199))

- Je la remercie pour le travail **considérable** qu'elle a accompli.
  I am grateful for her very **significant** work.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1452005)

- Les maladies chroniques représentent une charge **considérable** dans l’Union.
  The burden of chronic diseases is **significant** in the Union.
  ([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 5401158)

- Pour accéder à ces services, les femmes doivent souvent parcourir des distances **considérables**.
  Women sometimes have to travel **significant** distances to avail themselves of these services.
  ([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 13419901)

- Il y a une différence **considérable**.
  There is one **significant** difference.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#2857318](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2857318) [\#8714301](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8714301))

## efforts

Used about 1 628 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 80 · legal and administrative ≈ 59 · UN documents ≈ 1 489).

- Des efforts **considérables** ont été récemment déployés pour trouver une solution permettant aux sommets de l’ASEM d’avoir lieu.
  Great **efforts** have recently been made to find a solution which would allow the ASEM summits to take place.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 609508)

- Des efforts **considérables** en matière de recherche et de développement et une collaboration internationale seront nécessaires à cet effet.
  This will require large R 愦灭;amp; D **efforts** and international collaboration.
  ([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 866125)

- Il faudra des efforts **considérables** pour que les percées récentes se confirment et que les succès constatés puissent être reproduits ailleurs.
  Huge **efforts** will be required to see that recent breakthroughs are sustained and replicated elsewhere.
  ([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 2494363)

- Depuis 2000, les producteurs de l'Union ont déployé des efforts de restructuration **considérables** pour remédier à leur surcapacité structurelle.
  Since 2000, Union producers have undertaken major restructuring **efforts** aiming at addressing structural overcapacity.
  ([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 2376813)

- On constate encore des cas de transmission mère-enfant du VIH, en dépit des efforts **considérables** de prévention déployés par l &apos; État.
  27. There were still cases of mother-child HIV transmission, despite the State &apos; s massive **efforts** to prevent such infections.
  ([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 9006100)

## progress

Used about 270 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 240 · legal and administrative ≈ 29). Meaning: [progress in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/progress/).

- La chimie a fait des progrès **considérables** ces dernières années.
  Chemistry has made notable **progress** in recent years.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Pyrimadine and Zifre · checked, community translation · [\#18647](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/18647) [\#8343765](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8343765))

- Comme M. Preda l'a souligné, l'Islande a réalisé des progrès **considérables**.
  Iceland has made significant **progress**, as Mr Preda said.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1540408)

- Réaliser des progrès **considérables** dans le renforcement de la discipline financière dans les grandes entreprises, notamment dans la sidérurgie et la construction navale et dans le secteur ferroviaire.
  Make substantial **progress** in strengthening the financial discipline in large enterprises, in particular in the steel, shipbuilding, and railway sectors.
  ([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 780227)

- Les progrès réalisés ne sont pas négligeables: ils sont **considérables**.
  The **progress** made at the weekend was not negligible; it was significant.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 946819)

- La Chine a réalisé un progrès économique **considérable** ces dernières décennies et est à présent un acteur de premier plan sur la scène internationale, ce qui nous réjouit tous.
  China has made great economic **progress** in recent decades and it is now a major player on the world stage, which delights us all.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 661406)

## More sentences

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

- Il détient une fortune plutôt **considérable**.
  He has a fairly large fortune.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#300854](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/300854) [\#1657601](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1657601))

- Je dirais qu’un vocabulaire de trois mille mots est en soi **considérable** et certainement un bon point de départ.
  I'd say a vocabulary of three thousand is particularly solid and certainly a good starting point.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Danquebec and ferra · checked, community translation · [\#3791481](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3791481) [\#3794857](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3794857))

- Cela aura des répercussions d'une portée **considérable**.
  This will have far-reaching repercussions.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and mailohilohi · checked, community translation · [\#5270156](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5270156) [\#11231590](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11231590))

## 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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