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# initial — French to English

How French *initial* 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: initial (50 068), initiale (39 031), initiales (10 703), initials (97), initiaux (9 802). By style: everyday 21 · literary 1 · parliamentary 3 464 · legal and administrative 20 575 · UN documents 85 640.

## initial

Used about 83 865 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 9 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 642 · legal and administrative ≈ 11 203 · UN documents ≈ 71 010). Forms: initial, initials. Meaning: [initial in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/initial/).

- Mes **initiales** sont sur ma valise.
  My **initials** are on my briefcase.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3831739](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3831739) [\#7067901](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7067901))

- Ce mouchoir était marqué des lettres U. F.; Marius ne savait rien de cette belle enfant, ni sa famille, ni son nom, ni sa demeure; ces deux lettres étaient la première chose d'elle qu'il saisissait, adorables **initiales** sur lesquelles il commença tout de suite à construire son échafaudage.
  This handkerchief was marked with the letters U. F. Marius knew nothing about this beautiful child,—neither her family name, her Christian name nor her abode; these two letters were the first thing of her that he had gained possession of, adorable **initials**, upon which he immediately began to construct his scaffolding.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 15448)

- Le projet **initial** était mauvais.
  The **initial** draft was a bad one.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1522954)

- niveau de charge **initial**
  **initial** state of charge
  ([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 1767405)

- Rapport **initial** de Sri Lanka
  **Initial** report of Sri Lanka
  ([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 20581251)

## original

Used about 12 515 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 1 407 · legal and administrative ≈ 6 463 · UN documents ≈ 4 639). Meaning: [original in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/original/).

- Cela ne fait pas partie du plan **initial**.
  That's not part of the **original** plan.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#10024352](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10024352) [\#11138595](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11138595))

- Est-il possible de modifier les contrats **initiaux**?
  Can the **original** contracts be amended?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1093958)

- Expositions **initiales** non domestiques
  Non-domestic **original** exposures
  ([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 3660097)

- Variations entre le budget **initial** et le budget définitif
  Changes from **original** to final budget
  ([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 30254730)

- J'ai oublié l'objectif **initial** de mon voyage.
  I forgot the **original** purpose of my trip.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Nuel and Nuel · checked, community translation · [\#9406888](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9406888) [\#11723663](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11723663))

## report

Used about 821 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 108 · UN documents ≈ 714). Forms: report, reports. Meaning: [report in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/report/).

- Les GRT ou, le cas échéant, les responsables des attributions de capacité de transport, sont réputés être les détenteurs **initiaux** du rapport qu’ils fournissent.
  TSOs or, if applicable, transmission capacity allocators shall be considered as primary owners of the **report** they provide.
  ([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 2942371)

- g) Liste des points et des questions concernant le sixième rapport **initial** du Paraguay (CEDAW/C/PRY/Q/6);
  List of issues and questions with regard to the sixth periodic **report** of Paraguay (CEDAW/C/PRY/Q/6).
  ([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 24257839)

- 144. Veuillez vous reporter au rapport **initial** du Danemark, chapitres V h) et IX b) iii), auxquels s &apos; ajoutent les informations suivantes :
  144. Please refer to Denmark &apos; s First Periodic **Report**, sections V (h) and IX (b) (iii). In addition, the following information may be added.
  ([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 22490573)

## More sentences

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

- À part quelques déboires **initiaux**, le projet avance bien.
  Apart from a couple of early setbacks, the project is progressing well.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and patgfisher · checked, community translation · [\#3395330](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3395330) [\#3422712](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3422712))

- Le cancer peut être facilement guéri s'il est détecté dans sa phase **initiale**.
  Cancer can be cured easily if it is found in its first phase.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#63418](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/63418) [\#499370](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/499370))

- Ce fut notre rencontre **initiale**.
  That was our first encounter.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1504235](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1504235) [\#1505311](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1505311))

## 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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