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Forms: decrease, decreases. - Ils exigent une **diminution** des heures de travail. They demand a **decrease** in hours of work. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#10660495](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10660495) [\#11052580](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11052580)) - Nous observons cependant des signes de **diminutions** prévues dans les budgets de l'éducation de certains autres pays. However, we do see signs of planned **decreases** in the education budgets of other countries. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1393773) - **Diminutions** durant la période **Decreases** during the period ([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 5169987) - Augmentations/**diminutions** des coûts Increases/**decreases** due to costs ([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 25220133) - Les **diminutions** les plus fortes ont été constatées en Pologne, en Bulgarie et en Lettonie et l'augmentation la plus considérable a eu lieu en Estonie. The largest **decreases** were seen in Poland, Bulgaria and Latvia and the largest increase in unemployment was in Estonia. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1071001) ## reduced Used about 6 705 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 809 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 131 · UN documents ≈ 4 765). Forms: reduced, reduction, reductions. - Le danger se profile, à travers cette sévérité, de voir ces **diminutions** de normes. This severity leads to a danger of seeing these standards **reduced**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1841978) - **Diminution** des effets de distorsion de l’aide **Reduced** distorting effects of aid ([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 2000088) - c) À la suppression de jure et de facto, à bref délai, des **diminutions** de ration alimentaire. (c) Speedily abolishing the law and the practice of **reduced** diets. ([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 18651081) - Il serait possible d'atteindre une **diminution** de 25 % dès l'an 2005. It should be possible to bring about a 25 % **reduction** in fuel use by as early as 2005. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1880031) - les **diminutions** de prix à titre d'escompte pour paiement anticipé; price **reductions** by way of discount for early payment; ([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 910714) ## increase Used about 1 635 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 78 · legal and administrative ≈ 257 · UN documents ≈ 1 299). Forms: increase, increases. Meaning: [increase in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/increase/). - On commençait à constater une augmentation des réserves, une **diminution** de l'inflation et une croissance annuelle de 5 %. The country was starting to see an **increase** in reserves, inflation was falling and annual growth stood at 5 %. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1958324) - Augmentations et **diminutions** par rapport aux coûts opérationnels prévus (en millions de DKK par an) **Increases** and reductions with regard to foreseen operational costs (DKK p/a) ([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 1720762) - L ' augmentation nette indiquée au tableau 11 est le résultat des augmentations et **diminutions** indiquées ci-après : The net **increase** as shown in table 11 can be summarized as follows: ([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 16328383) - À l'opposé de cela, la première priorité doit être de renforcer les effectifs de police, qui ont subi des **diminutions** ces dernières années. Instead, the overriding priority must be to **increase** numbers in our police forces, which have been cut back in recent years. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1001607) - La Commission adopte des actes d'exécution établissant ces augmentations ou **diminutions** de prix. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts determining such **increases** or reductions. ([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 3087641) ## cuts Used about 1 007 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 574 · UN documents ≈ 433). - Ils ont répondu par d'importantes **diminutions** des impôts. They have responded with deep tax **cuts**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 438222) - Depuis lors, certains États Membres ont cherché à obtenir des **diminutions** considérables du budget proposé. Since then, some Member States have sought significant **cuts** in the proposed budget. ([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 12224264) - Les **diminutions** de personnel et le rabotage des moyens financiers empêchent les contrôles de grande ampleur. **Cuts** in staffing and resources prevent comprehensive controls. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1693501) - Avec la **diminution** du chômage, on peut parvenir à des économies considérables dans le secteur public. **Cuts** in unemployment will permit significant savings in public expenditure. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1630263) - Dans le domaine de la politique sociale, la Commission a déjà proposé d'importantes **diminutions** budgétaires. The Commission has already proposed substantial **cuts** in the area of social policy. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1712553) ## due Used about 562 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 26 · legal and administrative ≈ 103 · UN documents ≈ 433). Meaning: [due in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/due/). - L'effondrement du marché et de la confiance des consommateurs dûs à l'ESB a été à l'origine d'une **diminution** importante des revenus des agriculteurs. The collapse of the market and the collapse of consumer confidence **due** to BSE has caused a huge income drop for farmers. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1727498) - Les dommages subis par les produits ne sont pas considérés comme des **diminutions** naturelles de masse. Damage occurring to products shall not be considered to be weight loss **due** to natural causes. ([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 1049822) - Cette **diminution** s ' explique peut-être en partie par la reprise des programmes de nutrition du PAM. This may be partly **due** to the resumption of WFP feeding activities. ([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 12531093) - Cette évolution résulte principalement de la récolte record enregistrée en 2018, associée à la **diminution** de la consommation de vin dans l’Union. This development is **due** primarily to a combination of the record harvest in 2018 and decreasing wine consumption in the Union. ([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 5147286) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Les prises de thon sont en **diminution**. The tuna catch is declining. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by hortusdei and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#32870](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/32870) [\#1449241](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1449241)) - La cécité est responsable d'un nombre sidérant de problèmes de santé, de souffrance, et de perte de dignité et de **diminution** de la qualité de vie de personnes dans le monde entier. Blindness is responsible for a staggering toll of poor health, suffering, and loss of dignity and diminution in the quality of lives of people worldwide. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by zmoo and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#1904](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1904) [\#3728](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3728)) - Cependant le greffier, au moment où maître Florian Barbedienne lisait à son tour le jugement pour le signer, se sentit ému de pitié pour le pauvre diable de condamné, et, dans l'espoir d'obtenir quelque **diminution** de peine, il s'approcha le plus près qu'il put de l'oreille de l'auditeur et lui dit en lui montrant Quasimodo: «Cet homme est sourd.» However, at the moment when Master Florian Barbedienne was reading the sentence in his turn, before signing it, the clerk felt himself moved with pity for the poor wretch of a prisoner, and, in the hope of obtaining some mitigation of the penalty, he approached as near the auditor’s ear as possible, and said, pointing to Quasimodo, “That man is deaf.” ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 2963) ## Grammar Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [French grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/fr/) · [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [translating between English and French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-fr/) · [translating from French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-fr/) · [translating into English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-en/). ## About these examples Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. 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