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# durée — French to English

How French *durée* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 8 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: durée (137 063), durées (2 154). By style: everyday 37 · literary 3 · biblical 10 · parliamentary 3 637 · legal and administrative 30 879 · UN documents 104 651.

## duration

Used about 39 827 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 417 · legal and administrative ≈ 9 971 · UN documents ≈ 29 433). Forms: duration, durations. Meaning: [duration in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/duration/).

- La **durée** d'un match de football est de 90 minutes.
  The **duration** of a football match is 90 minutes.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Nylez · checked, community translation · [\#8953518](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8953518) [\#9730671](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9730671))

- Dieu ne peut rien ajouter au bonheur de ceux qui s'aiment que de leur donner la **durée** sans fin.
  God can add nothing to the happiness of those who love, except to give them endless **duration**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 20205)

- l’Éternel te frappera miraculeusement, toi et ta postérité, par des plaies grandes et de longue **durée**, par des maladies graves et opiniâtres.
  then the LORD will make your plagues and the plagues of your offspring fearful, even great plagues, and of long **duration**, and severe sicknesses, and of long duration.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 28:59)

- Je considère par contre que la **durée** de la protection des données est moins positive.
  The **duration** of data protection, however, is less positive, in my opinion.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 536826)

- Entrée en vigueur et **durée**
  Entry into force and **duration**
  ([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 2499241)

## period

Used about 31 788 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 530 · legal and administrative ≈ 8 363 · UN documents ≈ 22 892). Forms: period, periods. Meaning: [period in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/period/).

- Quelle est la **durée** de la garantie ?
  What is the warranty **period**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by belgavox and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#1166927](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1166927) [\#1642822](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1642822))

- Tout lit sur lequel elle couchera pendant la **durée** de ce flux sera comme le lit de son flux menstruel, et tout objet sur lequel elle s’assiéra sera impur comme lors de son flux menstruel.
  Every bed she lies on all the days of her discharge shall be to her as the bed of her **period**. Everything she sits on shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her period.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LEV 15:26)

- Nous ne pouvons par contre accepter la proposition d'amendement 22 concernant la **durée** du règlement.
  We cannot accept Amendment No 22 on the **period** of validity of the Regulation.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 193758)

- **Durée** de la période de construction (le cas échéant)
  Length of the construction **period** (if applicable)
  ([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 2973523)

- TABLEAU SYNOPTIQUE DES **DURÉES** D &apos; ALLUMAGE POUR LES ESSAIS
  OVERVIEW OF OPERATIONAL **PERIODS**
  ([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 9876562)

## times

Used about 19 410 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 985 · legal and administrative ≈ 6 433 · UN documents ≈ 11 991). Forms: time, times. Meaning: [times in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/times/).

- Ils ont été emportés avant le temps, Ils ont eu la **durée** d’un torrent qui s’écoule.
  who were snatched away before their **time**, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 22:16)

- Cela ne s’applique pas seulement aux **durées** de voyage.
  That applies not only to journey **times**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 577200)

- les **durées** de circulation au sol et les configurations des pistes;
  aerodrome taxi **times** and runway configurations;
  ([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 4897076)

- t = **durée** du cycle \[s\]
  t = cycle **time** \[s\]
  ([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 22761741)

- Les **durées** de transport doivent être réduites de toute façon.
  Transport **times** must be reduced in any case.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 577167)

## term

Used about 11 487 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 189 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 573 · UN documents ≈ 8 721). Meaning: [term in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/term/).

- Le gendarme adjoint volontaire sert pour une **durée** déterminée au sein d’unités de terrain ou de soutien.
  The volunteer deputy gendarme serves for a fixed **term** within operational or support units.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#13362917](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13362917) [\#13362916](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13362916))

- Titre de séjour de courte **durée**
  Short-**term** residence permits
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 396722)

- Certains bâtiments étaient déjà loués, mais pour une courte **durée**.
  Some of the buildings were already rented out but on short **term** basis.
  ([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 5649657)

- a) L &apos; engagement de courte **durée** (CD) qui ne peut dépasser six mois.
  (a) Short-**term** (ST) appointments, for a period not exceeding six months.
  ([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 11121149)

- Dans un moment où, en tant que nation, nous devrions avancer dans nos efforts pour aider les chômeurs de longue **durée** à trouver de nouveaux emplois, nous n'aurions jamais dû reculer d'un pas en leur coupant brutalement leur assurance chômage.
  At a time when we as a nation should be moving forward in our efforts to help those who are long-**term** unemployed find new jobs, we should never have taken a step backwards by abruptly cutting off their unemployment insurance.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#3651280](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3651280) [\#3654367](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3654367))

## length

Used about 5 643 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 189 · UN documents ≈ 5 451). Meaning: [length in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/length/).

- 70 ou 80 ans est la **durée** de vie normale des humains.
  70-80 years is the average **length** of a human life.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by cedo and rul · checked, community translation · [\#12772081](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12772081) [\#659189](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/659189))

- Le troisième et dernier point concerne les **durées** de protection.
  The third and final point concerns the **length** of patents protection.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 212269)

- **Durées** moyennes (en jours)
  Average **length** (in days)
  ([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 21170356)

- Les données suggèrent que la **durée** optimale d’un cours magistral serait de 30 au lieu de 60 minutes.
  The data suggest that the optimum **length** of a lecture may be 30 instead of 60 minutes.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by zmoo and Zifre · checked, community translation · [\#2081](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2081) [\#3889](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3889))

- Vous le savez, le débat est encore ouvert sur la **durée** du stockage de telles données.
  As you know, the debate is still open on the **length** of time such information can be stored.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 224892)

## life

Used about 4 367 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · literary ≈ 1 · UN documents ≈ 4 360). Meaning: [life in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/life/).

- La **durée** de vie d'un papillon est courte.
  The **life** span of a butterfly is short.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Bidule and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1874077](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1874077) [\#5298343](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5298343))

- Avant que la troupe de ligne fût dans l'intérieur de la redoute, une porte avait le temps de s'ouvrir et de se fermer, la **durée** d'un éclair suffisait pour cela, et la porte de cette maison, entre-bâillée brusquement et refermée tout de suite, pour ces désespérés c'était la vie.
  Before the troops of the line had reached the interior of the redoubt, there was time for a door to open and shut, the space of a flash of lightning was sufficient for that, and the door of that house, suddenly opened a crack and closed again instantly, was **life** for these despairing men.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 27066)

- Elle durera au moins cinq ans, qui est la **durée** de vie prévue du satellite.
  The phase will last at least five years (the design **life** of the satellites), until the end of the life of the satellite.
  ([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 4645225)

- Quelle est la **durée** de vie moyenne au Japon ?
  What is the average **life** span in Japan?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#281182](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/281182) [\#9803506](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9803506))

- Pour donner de bons résultats, la MIP requiert des données fiables sur les investissements et des informations de qualité sur la **durée** de vie des actifs.
  To produce accurate results PIM requires good quality investment data, and good quality information about asset **life** lengths.
  ([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 7115674)

## maximum

Used about 1 601 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 189 · legal and administrative ≈ 322 · UN documents ≈ 1 090). Meaning: [maximum in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/maximum/).

- Je suis convaincu que l'Europe doit imposer une **durée** de vie maximale pour les navires.
  It is my conviction that Europe should introduce a **maximum** life span for ships.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 492934)

- Cette invitation peut être faite pour une **durée** maximum de deux ans et peut être renouvelée une fois pour une nouvelle **durée** de deux ans.
  Such an invitation would be for a **maximum** of two years and could be renewed once for a further two years.
  ([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 2972873)

- Cette initiative réclamait une réduction progressive de la **durée** du travail jusqu &apos; à un maximum de 1 872 heures par année, ce qui représente environ 36 heures hebdomadaires.
  This initiative called for a gradual reduction of working hours to a **maximum** of 1,872 hours a year, which means about 36 hours a week.
  ([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 20754973)

- Comme l’a mentionné Mme Villiers, ce Parlement a voté, à quatre ou cinq reprises, pour une **durée** de transport maximale de 8 ou 9 heures.
  As Mrs Villiers said, this Parliament has on four or five occasions voted for a **maximum** journey time of eight or nine hours.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 626768)

- À l'avenir, il ne devrait plus y avoir de **durée** maximale générale, et l'on devrait avant toute chose tenir compte de la situation des zones périphériques et insulaires.
  There is to be no general **maximum** journey time, and prime consideration was given to the situation of remote regions and islands.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 254728)

## long

Used about 863 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 530 · legal and administrative ≈ 322). Meaning: [long in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/long/).

- Quelle **durée** le futur a-t-il ?
  How **long** is the future?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · [\#1217815](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1217815) [\#1220075](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1220075))

- «Quelle sera la **durée** de la traversée? demanda mon oncle au capitaine.
  "How **long** will the passage take?" my uncle asked.
  ([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 795)

- La guerre que soutint Josué contre tous ces rois fut de longue **durée**.
  Joshua made war a **long** time with all those kings.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOS 11:18)

- Ils sont les chômeurs de longue **durée** de demain.
  They are the **long**-term unemployed of tomorrow.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 422291)

- si des équidés domestiques et des animaux domestiques des espèces bovine, ovine, caprine et porcine ont été ou doivent être transportés pendant de longues **durées**.
  whether domestic Equidae and domestic animals of bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species have been or are to be transported over **long** journeys.
  ([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 628713)

## More sentences

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

- Adopter un régime alimentaire basses-calories augmentera votre **durée** de vie.
  Adopting a low calorie diet will increase your lifespan.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#1074090](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1074090) [\#1074483](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1074483))

- Il y a tant à faire et seulement la **durée** d'une vie pour le faire.
  There is so much to do, and only a lifetime to do it.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1210411](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1210411) [\#1211194](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1211194))

- Ne pleure pas, mon enfant. Je ne serai parti que pour une courte **durée**.
  Do not weep, child. I will only be gone for a little while.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#6935339](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6935339) [\#8481125](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8481125))

## Grammar

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