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# contribuent — French to English

How French *contribuent* 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: contribuent (30 656), contribuente (1). By style: everyday 5 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 1 780 · legal and administrative 2 408 · UN documents 26 463.

## contribute

Used about 12 875 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 630 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 769 · UN documents ≈ 10 475). Meaning: [contribute in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/contribute/).

- Les boissons sucrées n'ont aucune valeur nutritionnelle et **contribuent** de manière significative à la prise de poids.
  Sugary drinks have no nutritional value and **contribute** significantly to weight gain.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and patgfisher · checked, community translation · [\#4591193](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4591193) [\#8412177](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8412177))

- Ces rapports **contribuent** également à renforcer la confiance dans le secteur des TIC.
  These reports also **contribute** to the process of building confidence in the ICT sector.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 421563)

- (qui **contribuent** aux objectifs de l'Union européenne en matière d'efficacité énergétique)
  (which **contribute** to EU energy efficiency targets)
  ([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 4852074)

- Ces flux viennent alimenter le secteur privé et **contribuent** donc à l &apos; épargne privée.
  These flows go to the private sector and so **contribute** to private savings.
  ([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 21045024)

- Les directives en question sont obsolètes et ne **contribuent** pas à une meilleure réglementation.
  The directives in question are obsolete and do not **contribute** to better regulation.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1460808)

## help

Used about 2 738 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 482 · legal and administrative ≈ 49 · UN documents ≈ 2 205). Meaning: [help in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/help/).

- Les plantes présentes dans l'environnement **contribuent** à ralentir le processus d'érosion.
  Plants in the environment **help** slow down the process of erosion.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Sumyjkl · checked, community translation · [\#2406788](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2406788) [\#10543314](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10543314))

- De tels taux ne **contribuent** ni à la reprise, ni à la viabilité de la dette.
  They do not **help** them to recover, and they do not help debt sustainability.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1558764)

- Les données RAPEX **contribuent**:
  RAPEX data **help** to:
  ([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 1968417)

- Cependant, au sein de la nouvelle administration, on commence à prendre des mesures qui **contribuent** à renforcer l &apos; action de l &apos; État.
  However, the new administration has begun to take measures that will **help** to strengthen State action.
  ([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 17030710)

- Il y a une règle qui fonctionne pour chaque calamité. Que ce soit la peste, la guerre ou la famine ; les riches s'enrichissent et les pauvres s'appauvrissent. Les pauvres y **contribuent**, même.
  There is one rule that works in every calamity. Be it pestilence, war, or famine, the rich get richer and poor get poorer. The poor even **help** arrange it.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Petro1 and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#425401](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/425401) [\#683854](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/683854))

## More sentences

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

- Plus il y a de personnes qui y **contribuent**, plus Tatoeba deviendra utile.
  The more contributors there are, the more useful Tatoeba will become!
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by vandpatr and Daved · checked, community translation · [\#506512](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/506512) [\#2734608](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2734608))

- La discrimination à l'encontre et leur méfiance envers les étrangers **contribuent** à les maintenir enfermés dans la pauvreté.
  Discrimination against them and their distrust of outsiders both play a role in keeping them trapped in poverty.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Olcyx and mailohilohi · checked, community translation · [\#6045701](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6045701) [\#12667528](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12667528))

- Ils ont, à la vérité, une apparence de sagesse, en ce qu’ils indiquent un culte volontaire, de l’humilité, et le mépris du corps, mais ils sont sans aucun mérite et **contribuent** à la satisfaction de la chair.
  These things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship, humility, and severity to the body, but aren’t of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · COL 2:23)

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