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# contact — French to English

How French *contact* 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: contact (93 788), contacte (284), contactes (2), contacts (29 750). By style: everyday 157 · literary 3 · biblical 2 · parliamentary 4 233 · legal and administrative 13 693 · UN documents 105 736.

## contact

Used about 92 841 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 91 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 3 560 · legal and administrative ≈ 11 696 · UN documents ≈ 77 491). Forms: contact, contacts. Meaning: [contact in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/contact/).

- On m'a dit de prendre **contact** avec toi.
  I was told to **contact** you.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2544953](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2544953) [\#2589193](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2589193))

- Mettre par la pensée l'infini d'en bas en **contact** avec l'infini d'en haut, cela s'appelle prier.
  To place the infinity here below in **contact**, by the medium of thought, with the infinity on high, is called praying.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 11039)

- Je me réjouis que vous ayez établi un **contact** de ce genre.
  I am delighted that you have an established **contact** of that kind.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 766770)

- EUH070 Toxique par **contact** oculaire
  EUH070 Toxic by eye **contact**
  ([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 2541650)

- **Contacts** avec la société civile
  **Contacts** with civil society
  ([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 16935118)

## information

Used about 1 583 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 40 · legal and administrative ≈ 95 · UN documents ≈ 1 448). Meaning: [information in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/information/).

- Ces organisations n’ont souvent pas accès à des informations récentes ni à l’internet, ce qui complique fortement nos **contacts**.
  These organisations often have no access to up-to-date **information** or to the Internet, which makes it a great deal more difficult for us to keep in touch.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 753715)

- désigner des points de **contact** nationaux pour l’échange d’informations et de renseignements sur le commerce d’espèces sauvages;
  appointing national focal points for the exchange of wildlife trade **information** and intelligence;
  ([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 1177544)

- Le Haut-Commissariat a commencé ses travaux en vue de l &apos; étude et **contacte** les partenaires pour obtenir des informations.
  OHCHR has commenced work on the study and is reaching out to partners to seek **information**.
  ([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 18104300)

- g) Puisse entrer en **contacte** librement avec toute personne qui, à son avis, peut fournir des informations utiles.
  (g) The opportunity to communicate freely with any person whom they believe can supply relevant **information**.
  ([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 9295335)

## further

Used about 40 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 40). Meaning: [further in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/further/).

- Ce nouveau consensus est nécessaire pour remettre l’Europe au **contact** de ses citoyens, mais également pour préparer le terrain en vue d’autres avancées du projet européen.
  This new consensus is necessary to reconnect Europe with its citizens and also to prepare the ground for **further** progress in our European project.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 733281)

## please

Used about 2 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2). Meaning: [please in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/please/).

- Reste en **contact**, s'il te plait.
  **Please** keep in touch.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#32682](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/32682) [\#1286613](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1286613))

## More sentences

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

- Tom et moi sommes restés en **contact**.
  Tom and I keep in touch.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by pititnatole and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5154779](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5154779) [\#5395689](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5395689))

- Je reste à nouveau en **contact** avec vous pour ce problème.
  I'll get in touch with you again about this matter.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by chtof and CK · checked, community translation · [\#61119](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/61119) [\#432189](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/432189))

- Puis-je payer avec une carte sans **contact**?
  Can I pay here with a contactless card?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Eldad · checked, community translation · [\#1325829](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1325829) [\#1326802](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1326802))

## Grammar

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