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By style: everyday 15 · literary 4 · biblical 4 · parliamentary 1 159 · legal and administrative 35 247 · UN documents 41 420. ## containing Used about 28 693 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 626 · legal and administrative ≈ 14 686 · UN documents ≈ 13 375). - J'inscrivis l'adresse sur l'enveloppe **contenant** l'invitation. I addressed the envelope **containing** the invitation. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#258704](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/258704) [\#1066717](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1066717)) - Or, il y avait là six vases de pierre, destinés aux purifications des Juifs, et **contenant** chacun deux ou trois mesures. Now there were six water pots of stone set there after the Jews’ way of purifying, **containing** two or three metretes apiece. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 2:6) - Les déchets **contenant** de l'amiante sont des déchets dangereux. Waste **containing** asbestos is hazardous waste. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1270574) - déchets **contenant** d'autres métaux lourds wastes **containing** other heavy metals ([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 1000718) - Piles à combustible **contenant** du gaz inflammable Fuel cell system **containing** flammable gas ([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 14321560) ## containers Used about 27 869 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 15 788 · UN documents ≈ 12 081). - E. **Contenants** et emballages E. **Containers** and packing materials ([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 4386302) - A. État des **contenants** A. Condition of **containers** ([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 24607903) - i) État des **contenants** (i) Condition of **containers** ([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 15496548) - **Contenants** souples pour matières en vrac Flexible intermediate bulk **containers** ([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 5280390) - ii) Fermeture des **contenants** (ii) Closing of **containers** ([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 14383212) ## units Used about 4 315 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 4 315). - i) État des **contenants** (i) Condition of **units** of presentation ([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 9793703) - Examen visuel des plantes, tubercules, **contenants**, équipements ou installations par une personne autorisée afin de déterminer si la réglementation est respectée. Visual examination of plants, tubers, **units** of presentation, equipment or facilities by an authorized person, to determine compliance with regulations. ([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 8439626) - Les emballages renfermant une masse nette jusqu ' à 50 kg ou le " hundredweight " (112 livres anglaises), le cas échéant, doivent être neufs; les **contenants** plus grands doivent être propres. Packages of up to 50 kg or one " hundredweight " (112 lbs avoirdupois) as the case may be, shall be new. Larger **units** of presentation shall be clean. ([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 8439445) ## goods Used about 367 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 367). Meaning: [goods in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/goods/). - Ordonnance du 31 octobre 2012 relative à la mise sur le marché et à la surveillance du marché des **contenants** de marchandises dangereuses (RO 2012 6607) Ordinance of 31 October 2012 relating to the placing on the market of dangerous **goods** receptacles and the market surveillance (RO 2012 6607) ([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 273248) ## similar Used about 367 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 367). Meaning: [similar in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/similar/). - Articles de robinetterie et organes similaires pour tuyauteries, chaudières, réservoirs, cuves ou **contenants** similaires, y compris les détendeurs et les vannes thermostatiques Taps, cocks, valves and **similar** appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, including pressure-reducing valves and thermostatically controlled valves ([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 343134) ## weight Used about 367 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 367). Meaning: [weight in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/weight/). - ‘alliages’ **contenant** plus de 25 % en poids de nickel et 20 % en poids de chrome; ou ‘Alloys’ with more than 25 % nickel and 20 % chromium by **weight**; or ([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 2618548) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Vous devez filtrer la sortie de cette commande afin de n'afficher que les lignes **contenant** "foo". You need to filter the output of this command in order to display only the lines with "foo" inside. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sysko and sysko · checked, community translation · [\#835575](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/835575) [\#835586](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/835586)) - Écrire une phrase **contenant** trois verbes. Write a sentence with three verbs. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Popolon and Eldad · checked, community translation · [\#1361698](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1361698) [\#2879627](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2879627)) - Manger des aliments **contenant** des anti-oxydants est bon pour la santé. Eating food with anti-oxidants is good for your health. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Taikian · checked, community translation · [\#10855028](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10855028) [\#1074085](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1074085)) ## 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/). ## About these examples Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. 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