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# favorables — French to English

How French *favorables* 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: favorables (29 640). By style: everyday 4 · biblical 2 · parliamentary 2 909 · legal and administrative 2 051 · UN documents 24 674.

## favourable

Used about 11 763 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 1 273 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 752 · UN documents ≈ 8 739). Forms: favour, favourable. Meaning: [favourable in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/favourable/).

- Nous sommes **favorables** à la dissociation.
  We are in **favour** of unbundling.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1097895)

- La présente directive s’applique sans préjudice des dispositions plus **favorables**:
  This Directive shall be without prejudice to more **favourable** provisions of:
  ([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 1753566)

- 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)

- Nous sommes **favorables** à une révision du régime de la TVA et des taxes à la consommation spéciale.
  We are in **favour** of a revision of the system of VAT and special consumption taxes.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 978507)

- Les résultats **favorables** sont communiqués à la Commission tous les trimestres.
  **Favourable** results shall be reported to the Commission on a three-monthly 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 1379990)

## conditions

Used about 3 128 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · legal and administrative ≈ 43 · UN documents ≈ 3 084).

- 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))

- 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)

- B. Enquêtes sur les conditions d &apos; emploi les plus **favorables** pratiquées à Madrid
  B. Surveys of best prevailing **conditions** of employment in Madrid
  ([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 28835234)

- C &apos; est aux dirigeants concernés qu &apos; il revient avant tout de créer des conditions **favorables** à la paix.
  The leaders concerned must bear the primary responsibility for creating **conditions** conducive to peace.
  ([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 11001013)

## create

Used about 1 706 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 121 · legal and administrative ≈ 43 · UN documents ≈ 1 542). Meaning: [create in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/create/).

- Ils suscitent des illusions et sont souvent **favorables** aux seuls spéculateurs.
  They **create** illusions and often benefit only the speculators.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1458907)

- 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)

- 5. D &apos; adopter et diffuser la Charte de la Terre en tant qu &apos; instrument propre à promouvoir les valeurs et les mesures **favorables** au développement durable.
  5. To adopt and disseminate the Earth Charter as a tool for promotion of values and actions which will **create** sustainable 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 6810252)

- 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)

- Dans cette optique, une loi a été adoptée en 1990 pour créer des conditions **favorables** à l &apos; investissement.
  As a move towards fiscal stability of the economy, the Government passed the National Investment ( Promotion and protection ) Act of 1990 to **create** a friendly environment for investors.
  ([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 7581840)

## More sentences

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

- Ses commentaires sur le livre étaient **favorables**.
  His comments about the book were favorable.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by qdii and CK · checked, community translation · [\#43957](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/43957) [\#621361](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/621361))

- La plupart des Américains y étaient **favorables**.
  Most Americans were in favor of it.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and ddnktr · checked, community translation · [\#10165648](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10165648) [\#12462395](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12462395))

- Les signes me semblent **favorables**.
  I see the signs well.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Objectivesea · checked, community translation · [\#4878614](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4878614) [\#10300015](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10300015))

## Grammar

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