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# différence — French to English

How French *différence* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 4 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: différence (32 905), différences (33 867). By style: everyday 325 · literary 7 · biblical 8 · parliamentary 6 431 · legal and administrative 13 895 · UN documents 46 106.

## difference

Used about 47 570 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 310 · literary ≈ 6 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 5 225 · legal and administrative ≈ 11 290 · UN documents ≈ 30 737). Forms: difference, differences, different. Meaning: [difference in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/difference/).

- Il y a une **différence**.
  There is one **difference**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5088062](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5088062) [\#7699873](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7699873))

- Là du reste était la **différence** entre sa tendresse et la tendresse d'une mère.
  There, moreover, lay the **difference** between his tenderness and the tenderness of a mother.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 19400)

- Ils enseigneront à mon peuple à distinguer ce qui est saint de ce qui est profane, ils lui feront connaître la **différence** entre ce qui est impur et ce qui est pur.
  They shall teach my people the **difference** between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 44:23)

- Il n'y a donc aucune **différence**.
  So there is no **difference**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 975062)

- **Différence** entre a) et b) \[16\]
  **Difference** between (a) and (b) \[16\]
  ([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 3124571)

## means

Used about 3 079 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 1 158 · UN documents ≈ 1 921). Meaning: [means in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/means/).

- «Type de véhicule», des véhicules ne présentant pas entre eux de **différences** essentielles en ce qui concerne:
  ‘Vehicle type’ **means** vehicles which do not differ essentially in respect of:
  ([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 5515552)

- 2.2.1 &quot; Type de véhicule &quot; , les véhicules ne présentant pas entre eux de **différences** en ce qui concerne les aspects essentiels suivants:
  2.2.1. &quot; Vehicle type &quot; **means** vehicles, which do not differ in the following essential aspects:
  ([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 21060552)

- Par «type d'élément», des éléments qui ne présentent pas entre eux de **différences** quant à leurs caractéristiques essentielles, à savoir:
  ‘Type of a component’ **means** components which do not differ in such essential respects as:
  ([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 5538075)

- 2.9 Par &quot; type de véhicule &quot; , une catégorie d &apos; automobiles ne présentant pas entre elles de **différences** quant aux caractéristiques essentielles ci-après:
  2.9. &quot; Vehicle type &quot; **means** a category of motor vehicles which does not differ in such essential respects as:
  ([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 29830385)

- Par «type de véhicule», une catégorie de véhicules ne présentant pas entre eux de **différences** en ce qui concerne des éléments essentiels tels que:
  ‘Vehicle type’ **means** a category of vehicles which do not differ in such essential respects as:
  ([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 5576048)

## between

Used about 2 007 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 268 · legal and administrative ≈ 289 · UN documents ≈ 1 441). Meaning: [between in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/between/).

- Les **différences** entre les histoires des deux parties impliquées dans l'accident étaient si grandes que les autorités ont eu du mal à décider qui disait la vérité.
  The discrepancy **between** the stories of the two parties involved in the accident was so great that the authorities had a hard time deciding which side was telling the truth.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by kurisutofu and kurisutofu · checked, community translation · [\#1918](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1918) [\#130855](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/130855))

- il n’a fait aucune **différence** entre nous et eux, ayant purifié leurs cœurs par la foi.
  He made no distinction **between** us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 15:9)

- Nous ne voulons pas faire de **différence** entre les agriculteurs du sud et du nord.
  We want to make no differentiation **between** farmers from the south and those from the north.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1749417)

- évalue les **différences** entre le scénario de référence et chaque scénario alternatif.
  assesses the changes **between** the baseline and each alternative scenario.
  ([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 4857312)

- 15. Le Groupe de travail a par ailleurs noté une **différence** entre les versions françaises et anglaises du NOTA 3 sous 1.3.1.
  15. The Working Party also noted a disparity **between** the French and English versions of NOTE 3, under 1.3.1.
  ([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 24592886)

## there

Used about 689 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 201 · UN documents ≈ 480). Meaning: [there in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/there/).

- Il y a des **différences**.
  **There** are discrepancies.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2252608](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2252608) [\#7556145](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7556145))

- Il y a également de grandes **différences** en Europe.
  **There** are also major discrepancies in Europe.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 506572)

- Le rapport propose également des cadres de référence qui apparaissent comme pouvant être utiles pour identifier et évaluer les mesures correctives à adopter pour remédier aux **différences** de salaire.
  **There** are also proposals on frames of reference which are seen as potentially useful for identifying and assessing remedial measures aimed at redressing gender-based wage differentials.
  ([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 24490473)

- Il existe des **différences**.
  **There** are discrepancies.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2252608](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2252608) [\#7556146](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7556146))

- Je ne le pense pas car il y aura toujours des facteurs qui justifient certaines **différences** de prix.
  I would not say so, because **there** will always be factors explaining certain price differentials.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2045344)

## More sentences

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

- Ça ne fait aucune **différence** si le chat est noir ou blanc tant qu'il attrape des souris.
  It doesn't matter whether the cat is black or white as long as it catches mice.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Mouseneb · checked, community translation · [\#387378](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/387378) [\#872903](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/872903))

- qui connais sa volonté, qui apprécies la **différence** des choses, étant instruit par la loi;
  know his will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ROM 2:18)

- —Oui, répondit mon oncle en haussant les épaules; mais avec cette **différence** que la langue islandaise admet les trois genres comme le grec et décline les noms propres comme le latin!
  "Yes," replied my uncle, shrugging his shoulders; "but, in addition to all this, the Icelandic has three numbers like the Greek, and irregular declensions of nouns proper like the Latin."
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 94)

## Grammar

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