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# instructions — French to English

How French *instructions* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 1 translation 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: instructions (36 617). By style: everyday 70 · literary 3 · biblical 18 · parliamentary 428 · legal and administrative 8 458 · UN documents 27 640.

## instructions

Used about 27 908 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 63 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 285 · legal and administrative ≈ 7 401 · UN documents ≈ 20 154). Forms: instruction, instructions. Meaning: [instructions in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/instructions/).

- As-tu lu les **instructions** ?
  Did you read the **instructions**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3356216](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3356216) [\#6940002](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6940002))

- Je le suivis sur un cap élevé, après qu'il eut donné ses **instructions** au chasseur.
  I followed him to a headland, after he had given his **instructions** to the hunter.
  ([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 3258)

- Alors il leur donne des avertissements Et met le sceau à ses **instructions**,
  then he opens the ears of men, and seals their **instruction**,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 33:16)

- Je vous prie de suivre les **instructions** du Bureau!
  Would you please follow the Bureau's **instructions**!
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1815306)

- Voir **instructions** pour C 06.02
  See **instructions** for C 06.02
  ([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 4420954)

## More sentences

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

- Laissez-moi vous écrire les **instructions** !
  Let me write down the directions for you.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#4198326](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4198326) [\#4217905](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4217905))

- J'ai besoin d'**instructions**.
  I need some guidance.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2387519](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2387519) [\#4592076](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4592076))

- J'ai demandé des **instructions** à un policier.
  I asked a policeman for directions.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#257163](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/257163) [\#7553035](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7553035))

## 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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