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# estime — French to English

How French *estime* 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: estime (109 621), estimes (20). By style: everyday 60 · literary 5 · biblical 4 · parliamentary 12 689 · legal and administrative 10 878 · UN documents 86 005.

## believe

Used about 20 634 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 3 701 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 133 · UN documents ≈ 15 797). Forms: believe, believes. Meaning: [believe in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/believe/).

- Ne le sous-**estime** pas. Crois-moi, il mettra sa menace à exécution.
  Don't underestimate him. **Believe** me, he'll make good on his threat.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · [\#1339884](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1339884) [\#1339901](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1339901))

- J'**estime** donc que l'on a fait du bon travail.
  So I **believe** that a good job has been done.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1716980)

- easyJet **estime** que les contrats avec SOGAER et GEASAR reposent sur des bases purement commerciales.
  easyJet **believes** that the contracts with SOGAER and GEASAR are based on purely commercial terms.
  ([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 4204079)

- Le Bangladesh **estime** que le maintien de la paix dans un contexte plus large est un outil efficace dans la prévention des conflits.
  Bangladesh **believes** that peacekeeping in a broader context is an effective tool for conflict prevention.
  ([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 6962653)

- Je suis Palestinien, je suis né et ai grandi en Palestine et j'**estime** que j'ai le droit de retourner dans mon pays.
  I'm Palestinian, I was born and raised in Palestine, and I **believe** I have the right to return to my country.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Miktsoanit · checked, community translation · [\#12205620](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12205620) [\#5713449](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5713449))

## estimated

Used about 18 347 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 793 · UN documents ≈ 17 552).

- On **estime** que la production d'acier atteindra les 100 millions de tonnes cette année.
  Steel production is **estimated** to reach 100 million tons this year.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Romira and CK · checked, community translation · [\#243103](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/243103) [\#181389](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/181389))

- On **estime** que l'industrie européenne de la transformation emploie à elle seule au moins 100 000 personnes.
  It is **estimated** that the European processing industry alone employs at least 100 000 people.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 463569)

- On **estime** à 25 000 le nombre d &apos; organisations non gouvernementales enregistrées en Inde.
  An **estimated** 25,000 registered non-governmental organizations operate in India.
  ([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 27709423)

- On **estime** qu'au cours d'une vie, nous passons jusqu'à six mois à faire la queue.
  It's **estimated** that, over our lifetime, we spend up to six months standing in queues.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and patgfisher · checked, community translation · [\#4377675](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4377675) [\#4381326](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4381326))

- On **estime** que ce mécanisme pourrait générer des milliards d'euros de revenus chaque année.
  It is **estimated** that the scheme would have the potential of generating annually billions of euros in terms of revenue.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1156239)

## considers

Used about 17 970 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 529 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 399 · UN documents ≈ 14 042).

- Je pars du principe que M. Schwaiger **estime** que nous devons changer les règles.
  I assume that Mr Schwaiger **considers** that we must change the rules.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 202224)

- dans tous les cas où l’autorité compétente l’**estime** approprié.
  in cases where the competent authority **considers** it appropriate.
  ([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 2384781)

- 6. **Estime** que le résumé fait par le Président du Groupe de travail Ibid., annexe.
  6. **Considers** that the summary prepared by the Chairman of the Working Group Ibid., annex.
  ([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 1069545)

- Troisième aspect: les faits se sont produits dans une Europe qui s'**estime** très civilisée et qui proclame continuellement les droits de l'homme et de l'enfant.
  Third aspect: these events have occurred in a Europe which **considers** itself to be highly civilized and is constantly proclaiming human rights and the rights of children.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1625775)

- En ce qui concerne la présente directive, le législateur **estime** que la transmission de ces documents est justifiée,
  With regard to this Directive, the legislator **considers** the transmission of such documents to be justified,
  ([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 3195116)

## think

Used about 2 388 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 7 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 2 379). Meaning: [think in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/think/).

- Je vous tiens en haute **estime**.
  I **think** the world of you.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and RobertHoca · checked, community translation · [\#2621213](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2621213) [\#12630167](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12630167))

- Voici donc ce que j’**estime** bon, à cause des temps difficiles qui s’approchent: il est bon à un homme d’être ainsi.
  Therefore I **think** that because of the distress that is on us, it’s good for a man to remain as he is.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CO 7:26)

- Dans la mesure où j'**estime** que c'est très grave, je voudrais envoyer une sorte d'avertissement.
  I **think** this is so serious that I would like to formulate a kind of warning.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 396407)

- Fais ce que tu **estimes** juste.
  Do what you **think** is right.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by nimfeo and CK · checked, community translation · [\#17797](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/17797) [\#5226922](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5226922))

- Je m’**estime** heureux, roi Agrippa, d’avoir aujourd’hui à me justifier devant toi de toutes les choses dont je suis accusé par les Juifs,
  “I **think** myself happy, King Agrippa, that I am to make my defense before you today concerning all the things the Jews accuse me of,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 26:2)

## More sentences

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

- Ne sous-**estime** jamais ton auditoire.
  Never underestimate your audience.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#4502716](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4502716) [\#8432021](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8432021))

- Plus son **estime** de soi est faible, plus on a tendance à se focaliser sur les choses négatives.
  The lower your self-esteem, the more you tend to focus on negative things.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and patgfisher · checked, community translation · [\#4679880](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4679880) [\#13225097](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13225097))

- Ne nous sous-**estime** pas.
  Don't underestimate us.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mamat and CM · checked, community translation · [\#459047](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/459047) [\#464011](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/464011))

## 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/).

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