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# important — French to English

How French *important* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 5 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: important (211 523), importante (106 826), importantes (89 599), importants (95 671). By style: everyday 975 · literary 6 · biblical 3 · parliamentary 77 928 · legal and administrative 30 313 · UN documents 394 394.

## important

Used about 264 918 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 736 · literary ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 52 764 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 999 · UN documents ≈ 205 414). Meaning: [important in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/important/).

- Pour moi, c'est **important**.
  To me, it's **important**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by jcgillet and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3326699](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3326699) [\#2081532](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2081532))

- --Une chose très **importante**.
  “A very **important** thing.”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18596)

- Ce point est très **important**.
  This is very **important**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1226680)

- Les plus **importants** sont:
  The most **important** are:
  ([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 5666848)

- Il existe d’autres formes **importantes** de subventions.
  Other forms of subsidy would also be **important**.
  ([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 5093573)

## significant

Used about 72 732 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 15 · parliamentary ≈ 4 465 · legal and administrative ≈ 10 736 · UN documents ≈ 57 516). Meaning: [significant in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/significant/).

- Ne penses-tu pas que c'est **important** ?
  Don't you think that's **significant**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2275415](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2275415) [\#7802590](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7802590))

- L'une de vos remarques était particulièrement **importante**.
  One of your remarks was particularly **significant**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 938786)

- à la suite de changements socio-économiques **importants**;
  following **significant** socio-economic changes;
  ([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 1256463)

- On citera ciaprès les plus **importantes**.
  The most **significant** ones can be listed below.
  ([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 10340351)

- Des progrès **importants** ont été réalisés dans la lutte contre le paludisme.
  **Significant** progress has been made in the fight against malaria.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Blabla and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#11254402](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11254402) [\#3075549](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3075549))

## large

Used about 25 030 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 25 · parliamentary ≈ 4 465 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 052 · UN documents ≈ 18 487). Meaning: [large in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/large/).

- Je n'aime pas voyager en groupes **importants**.
  I don't enjoy traveling in **large** groups.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#953421](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/953421) [\#1368989](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1368989))

- Des montants **importants** sont actuellement consacrés à ces restitutions à l’exportation.
  **Large** sums are at present used for these export refunds.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 577206)

- Espèces d’arbres avec une **importante** collection de référence vivante
  Tree species with a **large** permanent living reference collection
  ([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 1560908)

- Ces dernières années, la Corée du Sud s &apos; est dotée d &apos; **importants** équipements militaires modernes.
  In recent years, South Korea has introduced up-to-date military equipment on a **large** scale.
  ([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 3558448)

- Ces grandes banques sont trop **importantes** pour faire faillite.
  These **large** banks are too big to fail.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#2720590](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2720590) [\#12945815](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12945815))

## most

Used about 2 623 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 406 · legal and administrative ≈ 158 · UN documents ≈ 2 054). Meaning: [most in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/most/).

- La sécurité est la chose la plus **importante**.
  Safety is what matters **most**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by dominiko and U2FS · checked, community translation · [\#28486](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/28486) [\#13903](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13903))

- Ce sont probablement les deux pas les plus **importants** que l'Europe a franchis récemment.
  Those are probably two of the **most** significant steps Europe has taken in its recent history.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1861766)

- Ces fluctuations sont difficiles à expliquer par le fonctionnement «normal» du marché et sont très probablement dues aux volumes peu **importants** des ventes.
  Such fluctuations are difficult to explain by ‘normal’ market forces and **most** likely are the result of the low sales quantities.
  ([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 3709499)

- La Bolivie vit l &apos; un des moments les plus **importants** de son histoire.
  Bolivia is going through one of the **most** momentous eras of its history.
  ([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 20782897)

## very

Used about 1 285 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 812 · legal and administrative ≈ 474). Meaning: [very in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/very/).

- Je pense d'une manière générale que l'une de nos plus **importantes** missions consiste à continuer à inscrire ce point à l'ordre du jour.
  I think, in general, that it is one of our **very** major tasks to continue to keep these issues on the agenda.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 350359)

- Non-imposition d'amende ou réduction très **importante** de son montant («titre B»: réduction comprise entre 75 % et 100 %)
  Non-imposition of a fine or a **very** substantial reduction of its amount (Section B: reduction from of 75 to 100 %)
  ([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 813295)

- Monsieur le Président, le gouvernement finlandais assume la présidence de l'Union européenne à un moment où les défis sont **importants**.
  Mr President, the Finnish Government assumes the Presidency of the European Union at a **very** challenging time.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2002196)

- Inspection en mer de 5 % au moins des sorties de pêche des navires de pêche présentant un “risque très **important**” qui ciblent la pêcherie en question
  Inspection at sea of at least 5 % of fishing trips by “**very** high risk” level fishing vessels targeting the fishery in question
  ([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 3534533)

- De plus, grâce aux **importantes** variations thermiques qui caractérisent ce territoire en automne, l’huile d’olive vierge extra «Chianti Classico» se distingue également par un arôme fruité bien net.
  Moreover, thanks to the major variations in temperature normal in this area in autumn, ‘Chianti Classico’ extra virgin olive oil is also distinguished by a **very** fruity aroma.
  ([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 2901224)

## More sentences

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

- On est encore ensemble, et c'est le plus **important**.
  We've still got each other, and that's the main thing.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scorpionvenin14 and patgfisher · checked, community translation · [\#3996691](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3996691) [\#3996814](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3996814))

- Elle occupe un poste **important** au gouvernement.
  She holds a senior position in the government.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Spamster · checked, community translation · [\#1756917](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1756917) [\#1759937](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1759937))

- Pour Yanni, l'âge était **important**.
  Age mattered to Yanni.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#9812965](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9812965) [\#11941441](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11941441))

## 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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