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# general — French to English

How French *general* 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: general (60 791), generale (1 851), generales (663), generals (44), generaux (204). By style: everyday 4 · literary 2 · parliamentary 156 · legal and administrative 970 · UN documents 62 421.

## general

Used about 55 007 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 150 · legal and administrative ≈ 895 · UN documents ≈ 53 957). Forms: general, generale, generals. Meaning: [general in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/general/).

- Ziri fait partie de **General** Electric.
  Ziri is from **General** Electric.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#10208029](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10208029) [\#11840194](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11840194))

- Fix était précisément à bord du **General**-Grant.
  He was actually on board the “**General** Grant.”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 1993)

- Je voudrais aborder de plus près le cas de **General** Motors.
  I would like to look more closely at **General** Motors.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1236312)

- Groupement pour: **General** Motors
  Pool for: **General** Motors
  ([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 4485838)

- BUREAU DES SERVICES **GENERAUX**
  OFFICE OF **GENERAL** SERVICES
  ([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 259539)

## de

Used about 1 858 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 7 · UN documents ≈ 1 851). Meaning: [de in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/de/).

- Real Decreto 1840/2000, Estatutos **Generales** de la Organización Colegial Veterinaria Española (statuts de l'Ordre espagnol des vétérinaires), articles 62 et 64
  Real Decreto 1840/2000. Estatutos Generales **de** la Organización Colegial Veterinaria Española (Statute of the Veterinary Association of Spain), arts.
  ([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 261297)

- Encargada de Servicios **Generales**
  Encargada **de** Servicios Generales
  ([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 21085121)

- B.O.D.G. Boletín Oficial de las Cortes **Generales**
  B.O.C.G. Boletín Oficial **de** las Cortes Generales
  ([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 11688282)

- «El Tesoro Público y los movimientos **generales** de fondos» (Le Trésor public et les mouvements généraux de fonds), étude liminaire
  “El Tesoro Público y los movimientos generales **de** fondos”. Introductory study
  ([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 5956716)

- Cada Centro es atendido por médico, nutricionista, trabajador social, psicólogo, enfermera, un auxiliar de enfermería y un auxiliar de servicios **generales**.
  Cada Centro es atendido por médico, nutricionista, trabajador social, psicólogo, enfermera, un auxiliar **de** enfermería y un auxiliar de servicios generales.
  ([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 18538344)

## director

Used about 793 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 793). Meaning: [director in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/director/).

- Objet : TABLEAU D &apos; AVANCEMENT A LA CLASSE D-1 (ADMINISTRATEURS **GENERAUX**) POUR L &apos; ANNEE 1992
  From: The **Director** of Personnel Subject: THE 1992 PRINCIPAL OFFICER (D-1) PROMOTION REGISTER
  ([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 462833)

## More sentences

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

- Je pense à l'affaire Snecma/**General** Electric. Mais nous devons être partenaires et non sous-traitants.
  However, we must be partners and not subcontractors.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1915762)

- D'où la nécessité d'une "Controlaría **General**", dénomination de votre Cour des comptes, forte et indépendante.
  To this end, a strong and independent Court of Auditors is required.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2050321)

- Autorité chargée des importations et des exportations: New Zealand Customs Service PO Box 2218 Wellington New Zealand PANAMA **General** Direction of International Economic Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  ([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 2979974)

## Grammar

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