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# contrats — French to English

How French *contrats* 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: contrats (60 384). By style: everyday 4 · literary 2 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 2 067 · legal and administrative 17 952 · UN documents 40 358.

## contracts

Used about 49 282 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 1 809 · legal and administrative ≈ 13 838 · UN documents ≈ 33 632). Forms: contract, contracts.

- Je souhaite signer les **contrats**.
  I want to sign the **contracts**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2013588](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2013588) [\#7067847](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7067847))

- Pour qu'il eût annoncé sa visite dans la soirée, il fallait qu'il s'agît d'une chose urgente et importante; et les quatre Roland se regardèrent, troublés par cette nouvelle comme le sont les gens de fortune modeste à toute intervention d'un notaire, qui éveille une foule d'idées de **contrats**, d'héritages, de procès, de choses désirables ou redoutables.
  For him to send word that he would call in the evening, something urgent and important must be in the wind; and the four Rolands looked at each other, disturbed by the announcement as folks of small fortune are wont to be at any intervention of a lawyer, with its suggestions of **contracts**, inheritance, lawsuits—all sorts of desirable or formidable contingencies.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 193)

- Que sont devenus ces 18 **contrats** manquants?
  Where are those 18 missing **contracts**?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 521356)

- **Contrats** de traitement de données
  a. Data Processing **Contracts**
  ([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 3841734)

- \* **Contrats** et états de paie
  ::**Contract** and payroll records
  ([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 27117243)

## agreements

Used about 2 754 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 43 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 870 · UN documents ≈ 841).

- La conclusion de **contrats** pour organiser les services de transports publics constitue un procédé approprié lorsqu' une aide publique accompagne ces **contrats**.
  Signing **agreements** when organising public transport services is the correct procedure in cases where such agreements enjoy public subsidy.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 256339)

- La présente directive ne s’applique pas aux **contrats** de crédit en cours au 21 mars 2016.
  This Directive shall not apply to credit **agreements** existing before 21 March 2016.
  ([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 3188284)

- Les **contrats** afférents à ces services prévoient généralement que l &apos; UNOPS fournisse ses services avant de les facturer et d &apos; obtenir les règlements correspondants.
  The nature of the **agreements** typically requires UNOPS to perform services prior to invoicing the client and receiving funds.
  ([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 21801383)

- Il importerait peu que ces **contrats** aient pu être conclus le même jour étant donné qu’ils poursuivent chacun un objectif différent.
  It is irrelevant that these **agreements** may have been signed on the same date as they each have a different purpose.
  ([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 3507828)

- En conséquence, la Commission conclut que ces **contrats** étaient supposés rentables pour So.Ge.A.AL au moment où ils ont été signés.
  Consequently, the Commission concludes that those **agreements** were expected to be profitable for So.Ge.A.AL at the time they were signed.
  ([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 3521892)

## procurement

Used about 841 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 841). Meaning: [procurement in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/procurement/).

- 31. Malheureusement, le &lt; &lt; marché &gt; &gt; des **contrats** publics n &apos; est pas toujours concurrentiel par défaut.
  31. Regrettably, public **procurement** markets are not always competitive by default.
  ([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 26873006)

## More sentences

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

- Les acteurs et les vedettes sportives monnaient souvent leur célébrité en **contrats** publicitaires.
  Actors and sports stars often parlay their celebrity into endorsement deals.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · [\#711354](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/711354) [\#802243](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/802243))

- La chirurgie esthétique n'est pas prise en charge par la plupart des **contrats** d'assurance.
  Cosmetic surgery is not covered by most insurance plans.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · [\#546773](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/546773) [\#1406924](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1406924))

- On achètera des champs pour de l’argent, On écrira des **contrats**, on les cachètera, on prendra des témoins, Dans le pays de Benjamin et aux environs de Jérusalem, Dans les villes de Juda, dans les villes de la montagne, Dans les villes de la plaine et dans les villes du midi; Car je ramènerai leurs captifs, dit l’Éternel.
  Men will buy fields for money, sign the deeds, seal them, and call witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, and in the places around Jerusalem, in the cities of Judah, in the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South; for I will cause their captivity to be reversed,” says the LORD.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 32:44)

## Grammar

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