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# contraintes — French to English

How French *contraintes* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 2 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: contraintes (25 751). By style: everyday 8 · parliamentary 1 491 · legal and administrative 2 524 · UN documents 21 728.

## constraints

Used about 17 863 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 839 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 630 · UN documents ≈ 15 391).

- Je me rends compte des **contraintes** de temps auxquelles vous êtes soumis.
  I appreciate the time **constraints** you're under.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CM · checked, community translation · [\#5725234](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5725234) [\#8648246](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8648246))

- La présente proposition respecte ces **contraintes**.
  The present proposal respects these **constraints**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 651106)

- Effet des **contraintes** réglementaires en vigueur au Royaume-Uni
  Effect of regulatory **constraints** in the UK
  ([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 667617)

- B. Difficultés et **contraintes**
  B. Challenges and **constraints**
  ([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 24067156)

- Il y a peu de **contraintes** légale concernant la vente d'armes aux États-Unis.
  There are few legal **constraints** on the sale of firearms in the U.S.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Wittydev and CM · checked, community translation · [\#241319](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/241319) [\#1147289](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1147289))

## restrictions

Used about 1 197 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 186 · legal and administrative ≈ 105 · UN documents ≈ 905).

- Or, ce système pose de trop nombreuses **contraintes**.
  However, this system imposes too many **restrictions**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 710898)

- Dans le cas des unités existantes, l’applicabilité de la technique peut être limitée par la configuration de l’unité et des **contraintes** d’espace
  For existing plants, the applicability may be limited by space and plant configuration **restrictions**
  ([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 3830370)

- En outre, les ressortissants des États membres peuvent entrer dans le territoire des pays de la Communauté et y circuler sans **contraintes** ni restrictions.
  It also provides for the movement of Community nationals into and within jurisdictions without **restrictions** or the imposition of impediments.
  ([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 11881507)

- C'est la Commission qui, obnubilée par l'harmonisation fiscale, a imposé les **contraintes** actuelles sur les taux de TVA.
  It was the Commission which, obsessed with fiscal harmonisation, imposed the current **restrictions** on VAT rates.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1175988)

- le code 810 correspond aux paiements aux agriculteurs astreints à des restrictions de leurs activités agricoles dans des zones soumises à des **contraintes** environnementales,
  code 810 refers to payments paid to farmers who are subject to **restrictions** on agricultural use in areas with environmental restrictions,
  ([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 525245)

## More sentences

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

- J'aimerais pouvoir aimer sans **contraintes** et sans craintes.
  I wish I could love without restraints and fears.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Nuel and Nuel · checked, community translation · [\#11701797](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11701797) [\#11703075](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11703075))

- Les arbres mécaniques sont presque uniquement soumis à des **contraintes** de torsion.
  Driveshafts are almost only stressed by torsion effects.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by GeeZ and GeeZ · checked, community translation · [\#1251043](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1251043) [\#1251030](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1251030))

- Une tempête les a **contraintes** à rester à la maison.
  A storm confined them to the house.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · [\#325259](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/325259) [\#2306048](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2306048))

## Grammar

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