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# favorable — French to English

How French *favorable* 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: favorable (42 275), favorables (29 640). By style: everyday 23 · literary 2 · biblical 23 · parliamentary 9 220 · legal and administrative 5 201 · UN documents 57 446.

## favourable

Used about 27 182 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 4 130 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 901 · UN documents ≈ 19 149). Forms: favour, favourable. Meaning: [favourable in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/favourable/).

- Le garçon a plus que confirmé l'opinion **favorable** qu'ils s'étaient fait de lui.
  The boy more than justified the **favourable** opinion they had formed of him.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by altebrilas and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#46408](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/46408) [\#2005407](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2005407))

- À cent pas de Gardär, le terrain commença à changer d'aspect; le sol devint marécageux et moins **favorable** à la marche.
  At a hundred yards from Gardär the soil began to change its aspect; it became boggy and less **favourable** to progress.
  ([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 1159)

- Et pourtant, mon vote a été **favorable**.
  And yet I voted in **favour**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 446379)

- ÉMET UN AVIS **FAVORABLE**:
  HEREBY DELIVERS A **FAVOURABLE** OPINION:
  ([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 2474508)

- Conditions de travail justes et **favorables**
  Just and **favourable** conditions of work
  ([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 26243500)

## environment

Used about 9 084 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 108 · UN documents ≈ 8 976). Meaning: [environment in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/environment/).

- Créer un environnement plus **favorable** aux investissements privés pour des projets d’infrastructures de télécommunications — Haut débit au titre du MIE
  Creating an **environment** more conducive to private investment for telecommunications infrastructure projects — CEF broadband
  ([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 4127717)

- B. Création d &apos; un climat **favorable** au retour des réfugiés
  B. Creating an **environment** conducive to the return of refugees
  ([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 6605957)

- L'interconnexion des registres centraux, du commerce et des sociétés est une mesure requise pour créer un environnement juridique et fiscal plus **favorable** aux sociétés.
  The interconnection of central, commercial and companies registers is a measure required to create a more business-friendly legal and fiscal **environment**.
  ([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 4231059)

- Équipe spéciale chargée de la création de conditions **favorables** au développement
  Task Force on An Enabling **Environment** for Economic and Social 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 5029669)

- Il est en outre important d &apos; instaurer un contexte extérieur **favorable**.
  The provision of an enabling external **environment** is also an important factor in this process.
  ([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 2365557)

## conditions

Used about 3 796 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 96 · legal and administrative ≈ 108 · UN documents ≈ 3 590).

- Une planète semblable à la Terre, qui aurait des conditions **favorables** à la vie telle que nous la connaissons, a été découverte à 500 années-lumière de la Terre.
  An Earth-like planet, which is believed to have **conditions** which would support life as we know it, has been discovered 500 light years from earth.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and patgfisher · checked, community translation · [\#3196883](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3196883) [\#8302064](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8302064))

- Un bon fonctionnement des marchés suppose que nous créions des conditions de marché **favorables**.
  Markets can function only if we create the right framework **conditions**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 989814)

- Des conditions économiques **favorables** à l’innovation doivent être réunies.
  The economic framework **conditions** for innovation need to be in place.
  ([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 1432037)

- Enquête sur les conditions d &apos; emploi les plus **favorables** pratiquées à Londres
  Survey of best prevailing **conditions** of employment in London
  ([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 8609022)

- Créer des conditions **favorables** à l'investissement, aux échanges, à l'emploi et à la croissance économique au bénéfice de toutes les communautés.
  Create the **conditions** for investment, trade, employment and economic growth for the benefit of all communities.
  ([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 774154)

## More sentences

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

- Je profitai de cette opportunité **favorable**.
  I availed myself of this favorable opportunity.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by KeepYourEyesPeeled and Dejo · checked, community translation · [\#29052](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/29052) [\#3153045](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3153045))

- Tu es **favorable** au plan, n'est-ce pas ?
  You're in favor of the plan, aren't you?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#8980388](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8980388) [\#9689841](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9689841))

- Quel vent **favorable** vous a poussés vers nous ?
  What favorable wind pushed you towards us?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by nimfeo and Eccles17 · checked, community translation · [\#6602061](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6602061) [\#6601586](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6601586))

## Grammar

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