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# demandes — French to English

How French *demandes* 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: demandes (136 335). By style: everyday 84 · literary 1 · biblical 12 · parliamentary 4 147 · legal and administrative 23 240 · UN documents 108 851.

## requests

Used about 65 619 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 1 987 · legal and administrative ≈ 9 199 · UN documents ≈ 54 425).

- Nous sommes généralement ouverts à ce genre de **demandes**.
  We are generally amenable to **requests** of this kind.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#10763056](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10763056) [\#10763057](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10763057))

- Il y a une longue liste de **demandes**.
  There is a very long list of **requests**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1274693)

- Leurs **demandes** ont donc été rejetées.
  Their **requests** were therefore rejected.
  ([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 1272997)

- C. **Demandes** de correction en instance
  C. Pending **requests** for correction
  ([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 16019572)

- Le sénateur rejeta des **demandes** répétées pour un entretien.
  The senator denied repeated **requests** for an interview.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · [\#1957862](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1957862) [\#1960512](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1960512))

## applications

Used about 30 851 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 605 · legal and administrative ≈ 12 104 · UN documents ≈ 18 142).

- Il s'agit d'une chute spectaculaire par rapport à 2001, lorsque pratiquement dix fois plus de **demandes** d'asile avaient été approuvées.
  This is a dramatic fall in comparison with 2001, when almost ten times as many **applications** were granted.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 361725)

- Dates de dépôt des **demandes**
  Dates for lodging **applications**
  ([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 1630428)

- **Demandes** d &apos; admission au statut consultatif reçues
  **Applications** for consultative status received from
  ([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 2861350)

- Il établira des monographies de plantes qui serviront à une évaluation précise mais rapide des **demandes** d'enregistrement.
  It will establish herbal monographs relevant for the precise but speedy evaluation of the **applications** for authorisation.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 391304)

- Leur renouvellement a fait l’objet de **demandes**.
  **Applications** have been submitted for the renewal of these active substances.
  ([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 2735025)

## ask

Used about 2 318 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 46 · biblical ≈ 5 · UN documents ≈ 2 268). Meaning: [ask in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ask/).

- Et pourquoi **demandes**-tu ?
  And why do you **ask**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and pauldhunt · checked, community translation · [\#895933](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/895933) [\#901841](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/901841))

- L’ange de l’Éternel lui répondit: Pourquoi **demandes**-tu mon nom? Il est merveilleux.
  The LORD’s angel said to him, “Why do you **ask** about my name, since it is incomprehensible?”
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JDG 13:18)

- Mais si tu me le **demandes**, je te dirai que je veux aider les autres.
  But if you **ask** me, I want to help others.
  ([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 25688006)

- Tu me **demandes** beaucoup, Tom.
  You **ask** a lot, Tom.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Blabla and Eccles17 · checked, community translation · [\#6779598](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6779598) [\#2982012](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2982012))

- Ne dis pas: D’où vient que les jours passés étaient meilleurs que ceux-ci? Car ce n’est point par sagesse que tu **demandes** cela.
  Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not **ask** wisely about this.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ECC 7:10)

## More sentences

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

- Je ne peux pas te payer ce que tu **demandes**.
  I can't pay you what you're asking.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by tras and CK · checked, community translation · [\#7562289](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7562289) [\#7562668](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7562668))

- Les **demandes** en mariage affluèrent en masse.
  Marriage proposals flooded in.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#238712](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/238712) [\#1141451](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1141451))

- La queue et les oreilles d'un chat en disent long sur ses sentiments et sur ses **demandes**.
  A cat's tail and ears tell you a lot about what they are feeling and asking for.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and shekitten · checked, community translation · [\#10228573](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10228573) [\#10229287](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10229287))

## Grammar

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