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# façon — French to English

How French *façon* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 7 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: façon (236 241), façons (5 665). By style: everyday 561 · literary 64 · parliamentary 21 936 · legal and administrative 17 953 · UN documents 201 392.

## ways

Used about 101 446 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 304 · literary ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 11 425 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 797 · UN documents ≈ 83 913). Forms: way, ways.

- Il n'y a que deux **façons**.
  There are only two **ways**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by LdjuherTaqvaylit and menaud · checked, community translation · [\#12962391](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12962391) [\#12146261](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12146261))

- En vérité! c'est un roi étroit dans ses **façons** avec les gens de lettres, et qui fait des cruautés fort barbares.
  In truth! ’Tis a paltry king in his **ways** with men of letters, and one who commits very barbarous cruelties.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 8137)

- Il y a plusieurs **façons** d'y arriver.
  This can take place in various **ways**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1165498)

- Le prélèvement peut en général être effectué de deux **façons**:
  Sampling can generally be done in two **ways**:
  ([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 422307)

- 51. Le système pourrait être amélioré de deux **façons**.
  51. The programme could be improved in two **ways**.
  ([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 2227673)

## so

Used about 13 960 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 12 · literary ≈ 11 · parliamentary ≈ 229 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 122 · UN documents ≈ 12 587). Meaning: [so in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/so/).

- Pourquoi Tom agit-il de **façon** si infantile ?
  Why is Tom acting **so** childish?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5238195](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5238195) [\#5835166](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5835166))

- --Et la pierre est arrangée de **façon** à pivoter.
  “And the stone is **so** arranged that it swings on a pivot.”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 11445)

- Enfin, je voudrais remercier M. Turco pour avoir traité de **façon** aussi intéressante l'initiative suédoise et belge.
  Finally, I want to thank Mr Turco for having dealt with the Swedish and Belgian initiative **so** well.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 254181)

- soient construits de **façon** à éviter la contamination de la viande et des produits, notamment:
  are constructed **so** as to avoid contamination of meat and products, in particular by:
  ([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 442736)

- 6-1.2 Les installations de gouverne doivent être constituées de telle **façon** que la position du gouvernail ne puisse changer de manière inopinée.
  6-1.2 Steering systems shall be **so** constituted that the rudder position cannot change unintentionally.
  ([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 24621171)

## manner

Used about 11 531 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · literary ≈ 18 · parliamentary ≈ 457 · legal and administrative ≈ 561 · UN documents ≈ 10 489). Meaning: [manner in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/manner/).

- Je n'aime pas sa **façon** grossière.
  I don't like his rude **manner**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by christian63 and CK · checked, community translation · [\#260751](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/260751) [\#127733](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/127733))

- De quelle **façon** Enjolras le subjuguait-il?
  In what **manner** had Enjolras subjugated him?
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 14176)

- Ce règlement nous offre les moyens de combattre le financement du terrorisme d’une **façon** cohérente dans l’ensemble de l’Union européenne.
  This regulation provides us with means to combat terrorist financing in a consistent **manner** throughout the European Union.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 833128)

- LES PARAMÈTRES SUR LA BASE DESQUELS LA COMPENSATION EST CALCULÉE ONT ÉTÉ PRÉALABLEMENT ÉTABLIS DE **FAÇON** OBJECTIVE ET TRANSPARENTE
  THE PARAMETERS ON WHICH THE COMPENSATION IS CALCULATED HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED BEFOREHAND IN AN OBJECTIVE AND TRANSPARENT **MANNER**
  ([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 2271006)

- Il doit être documenté, de **façon** systématique et ordonnée, sous la forme de décisions, de procédures et d &apos; instructions écrites.
  It shall be documented in a systematic and orderly **manner** in the form of written policies, procedures and instructions.
  ([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 8471575)

## there

Used about 9 500 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 914 · legal and administrative ≈ 187 · UN documents ≈ 8 391). Meaning: [there in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/there/).

- Qui veut y habiter, de toutes **façons** ?
  Who wants to live **there** anyway?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and DJ\_Saidez · checked, community translation · [\#11236638](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11236638) [\#11238457](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11238457))

- L'archidiacre répondit sans s'émouvoir: «Il y a certaines choses dont je pense d'une certaine **façon**.»
  The archdeacon replied without perturbation: “**There** are certain things of which I think in a certain fashion.”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 2444)

- L'UE doit, de toutes les **façons** possibles, aider les autres États à y parvenir.
  The others should be given all possible help by the EU to get **there**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1782997)

- Comme cette société produit de l'alumine métallurgique, la concurrence n'est de toute **façon** pas faussée entre usines européennes produisant de l'alumine chimique.
  As it produces smelter grade alumina, **there** is no a distortion of competition as regards plants in Europe producing chemical grade alumina.
  ([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 803356)

- Il y a aussi d &apos; autres **façons** de récompenser le mérite.
  **There** are also other mechanisms for staff recognition.
  ([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 18363149)

## two

Used about 8 603 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 23 · literary ≈ 1 · legal and administrative ≈ 187 · UN documents ≈ 8 391). Meaning: [two in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/two/).

- Que faisiez-vous tous deux là, de toutes **façons** ?
  What were you **two** doing there anyway?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#2240413](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2240413) [\#2254135](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2254135))

- Les deux vieillards font tout, chacun à leur **façon**, pour que Cosette soit heureuse
  CHAPTER VI—THE **TWO** OLD MEN DO EVERYTHING, EACH ONE AFTER HIS OWN FASHION, TO RENDER COSETTE HAPPY
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 29178)

- La Commission examinera les arguments de la Finlande quant à la légalité des dispositions de **façon** distincte pour les deux régimes d’aide.
  The Commission will assess the Finnish argument about the lawfulness of the aid separately for the **two** alleged schemes.
  ([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 2504347)

- Le traçage des armes au Mexique s &apos; effectue de deux **façons** :
  In Mexico, arms are traced by **two** methods:
  ([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 21642252)

- Qu'y faisiez-vous tous les deux, de toutes **façons** ?
  What were you **two** doing there anyway?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#2240413](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2240413) [\#2254143](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2254143))

## different

Used about 4 572 times in the texts (literary ≈ 2 · legal and administrative ≈ 374 · UN documents ≈ 4 196). Meaning: [different in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/different/).

- À chacun de ces monuments caractéristiques se rattache par une similitude de goût, de **façon** et d'attitude, une certaine quantité de maisons éparses dans divers quartiers et que l'oeil du connaisseur distingue et date aisément.
  To each of these characteristic monuments there is attached by a similarity of taste, fashion, and attitude, a certain number of houses scattered about in **different** quarters and which the eyes of the connoisseur easily distinguishes and furnishes with a date.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 1988)

- Outre la grande diversité des outils choisis pour calculer les coûts, il y a aussi différentes **façons** d'utiliser ces outils.
  In addition to a significant variety in the chosen costing tools, there are also **different** practices in implementing those tools.
  ([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 1732118)

- Des groupes présentant des besoins particuliers sont touchés de différentes **façons** par l &apos; exclusion sociale et la misère.
  Groups with special needs are also affected by social exclusion and by poverty in **different** manners.
  ([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 7053846)

- À la rigueur, et si on le veut absolument, toutes ces **façons** diverses de dire la droite et la gauche, le matelot bâbord et tribord, le machiniste, côté cour et côté jardin, le bedeau, côté de l'épître et côté de l'évangile, sont de l'argot.
  Strictly speaking, if one absolutely insists on the point, all the **different** fashions of saying the right and the left, the sailor’s port and starboard, the scene-shifter’s court-side, and garden-side, the beadle’s Gospel-side and Epistle-side, are slang.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 21320)

- Les capacités fermées sont plus anciennes que les nouvelles capacités, elles possèdent des caractéristiques techniques différentes et elles ne sont pas positionnées de la même **façon** sur le marché.
  The closed capacity is older than the newly installed capacity, has **different** technical characteristics and is positioned in the market in a different way.
  ([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 537442)

## various

Used about 2 556 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 457 · UN documents ≈ 2 098). Meaning: [various in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/various/).

- Jean Valjean décrivit plusieurs labyrinthes variés dans le quartier Mouffetard, déjà endormi comme s'il avait encore la discipline du moyen âge et le joug du couvre-feu; il combina de diverses **façons**, dans des stratégies savantes, la rue Censier et la rue Copeau, la rue du Battoir-Saint-Victor et la rue du Puits-l'Ermite.
  Jean Valjean described many and varied labyrinths in the Mouffetard quarter, which was already asleep, as though the discipline of the Middle Ages and the yoke of the curfew still existed; he combined in **various** manners, with cunning strategy, the Rue Censier and the Rue Copeau, the Rue du Battoir-Saint-Victor and the Rue du Puits l’Ermite.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 9657)

- À cause de l'approche du rapporteur, des entreprises issues du même secteur peuvent être traitées de **façon** inégale dans les différents États.
  The result of the rapporteur' s approach is that companies from the same sector in the **various** Member States may be treated unequally.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 110175)

- Depuis, il observe et met en œuvre de **façon** scrupuleuse les dispositions de cet instrument.
  Kenya has since then closely observed and implemented the **various** provisions of the treaty.
  ([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 10380058)

- La politique actuelle en matière d'inspection environnementale figure dans la recommandation, qui est interprétée de multiples **façons** dans les différents États membres.
  Current environmental inspection policy is contained in the recommendation, which is interpreted quite differently in **various** Member States.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1170051)

## More sentences

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

- J'ai regardé une vidéo pédagogique satirique sur la **façon** de devenir chef de secte.
  I watched a satirical instructional video on becoming a cult leader.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and shekitten · checked, community translation · [\#11747928](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11747928) [\#11747930](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11747930))

- J'ai étudié de **façon** irrégulière au cours de l'année.
  I've been studying off and on all year.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by zogwarg and sharptoothed · checked, community translation · [\#2784442](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2784442) [\#11971802](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11971802))

- Il agit de **façon** belliqueuse.
  He's acting belligerently.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Eccles17 · checked, community translation · [\#8179421](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8179421) [\#9666128](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9666128))

## 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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