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# existant — French to English

How French *existant* 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: existant (31 657), existante (10 929), existantes (46 527), existants (52 924). By style: everyday 14 · literary 1 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 8 329 · legal and administrative 20 818 · UN documents 112 874.

## existing

Used about 118 034 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 11 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 6 160 · legal and administrative ≈ 18 975 · UN documents ≈ 92 886).

- Les scientifiques remettent en cause les idées **existantes**.
  Scientists challenge **existing** ideas.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#11569493](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11569493) [\#11838211](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11838211))

- Le système d'égouts **existant** à cette époque, mis bout à bout, eût donné une longueur de onze lieues.
  The system of sewers **existing** at that epoch, placed end to end, would have given a length of eleven leagues.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 27634)

- lequel, **existant** en forme de Dieu, n’a point regardé comme une proie à arracher d’être égal avec Dieu,
  who, **existing** in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PHI 2:6)

- Elle se réfère à la législation **existante**.
  It refers to **existing** legislation.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1069986)

- AIDE **EXISTANTE** OU NOUVELLE
  **EXISTING** OR NEW 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 4791562)

## legislation

Used about 1 807 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 43 · UN documents ≈ 1 764). Meaning: [legislation in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/legislation/).

- Nous avons donc besoin de politiques pluridimensionnelles visant à faire appliquer une législation déjà **existante**, mais peu efficace.
  We therefore need multi-faceted policies targeting the implementation of **legislation** that already exists, but which is not very effective.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1163032)

- c) Renoncer à toute législation et mesure - en projet ou **existante** - de criminalisation des sans-abri.
  (c) To stop the adoption of -- or repeal -- any **legislation** or measures that criminalize homeless people.
  ([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 18066823)

- 6. Initiatives pour instituer une législation relative à la famille ou pour améliorer la législation **existante** (recommandation 7)
  6 Initiatives to establish/improve **legislation** related to families (subparagraph 7)
  ([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 25801802)

- e) Adopter une législation antidiscriminatoire globale, renforcer la législation **existante** et veiller à ce qu &apos; elle soit appliquée effectivement;
  (e) Adopt or strengthen comprehensive anti-discrimination **legislation** and ensure its effective implementation;
  ([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 29196819)

## new

Used about 1 306 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 130 · UN documents ≈ 1 176). Meaning: [new in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/new/).

- La proposition impose à la Commission et autres institutions l'adéquation des procédures **existantes** à celles prévues dans la nouvelle décision dès son entrée en vigueur.
  This proposal requires the Commission and other institutions to adapt the current procedures to those outlined in the **new** decision, from the time it comes into effect.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1881604)

- Aucun organisme financé par le budget ne peut lancer de nouvelles activités ou développer des activités **existantes**.
  No budget user can initiate any **new** or expand any current programme activity.
  ([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 25048249)

- Ils permettront néanmoins d'offrir de nouveaux services dont la forme et la nature feront sauter les barrières traditionnelles **existant** entre les actuelles formes de communication.
  They will, however, provide and offer **new** services of a form and nature which will break down the traditional boundaries that exist between current forms of communication.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1904981)

- :: Tout nouveau contrôle devrait être transparent, géré de façon efficace et rationnelle et ne pas ajouter à la bureaucratie **existante** et risquer ainsi de freiner le développement;
  :: Any **new** controls should be transparent, managed effectively and efficiently and not result in a further layer of bureaucracy that could inhibit development.
  ([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 16019217)

- En d'autres termes, ma question porte sur la relation **existant** entre cette stratégie de politique de voisinage et les nouveaux pays qu'il faut éventuellement considérer comme candidats.
  In other words I am asking what the relation is between this strategy for a good neighbourly relations policy and the **new**, possibly to be called candidate, countries?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 434302)

## More sentences

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

- La baleine bleue, le plus grand mammifère **existant**, mesure en moyenne 30 mètres de long et peut peser jusqu'à 200 tonnes.
  The blue whale, the largest mammal in existence, averages 30 meters in length and can weigh up to 200 tons.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#11658231](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11658231) [\#11658234](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11658234))

- Toute ressemblance avec des personnages **existants** ou ayant existé ne serait que pure coïncidence.
  Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Archibald and Archibald · checked, community translation · [\#1074791](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1074791) [\#1074790](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1074790))

- L'ontologie étudie la façon dont les entités **existantes** sont reliées les unes aux autres.
  Ontology studies the way in which entities that exist are related.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Maxence and cy3 · checked, community translation · [\#4124428](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4124428) [\#7695259](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7695259))

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