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# instruments — French to English

How French *instruments* 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: instruments (199 351). By style: everyday 20 · literary 7 · biblical 28 · parliamentary 8 806 · legal and administrative 27 274 · UN documents 163 216.

## instruments

Used about 148 184 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 16 · literary ≈ 7 · biblical ≈ 18 · parliamentary ≈ 6 971 · legal and administrative ≈ 22 160 · UN documents ≈ 119 012).

- Mon père joue de cinq **instruments**.
  My father plays five **instruments**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#11470908](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11470908) [\#11470919](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11470919))

- Dieu a ses **instruments**.
  God has his **instruments**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 30728)

- Les Lévites prirent place avec les **instruments** de David, et les sacrificateurs avec les trompettes.
  The Levites stood with David’s **instruments**, and the priests with the trumpets.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CH 29:26)

- Je suis impatiente de mettre en œuvre ces **instruments** en votre compagnie.
  I look forward to putting those **instruments** to work, together with you.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 891308)

- **INSTRUMENTS**, DONNÉES ET ÉQUIPEMENT
  **INSTRUMENTS**, DATA AND EQUIPMENT
  ([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 4669912)

## tools

Used about 11 322 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 550 · legal and administrative ≈ 568 · UN documents ≈ 10 201).

- Ils utilisent des **instruments** modernes.
  They use modern **tools**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by LdjuherTaqvaylit and rul · checked, community translation · [\#12747880](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12747880) [\#12747519](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12747519))

- Les **instruments** existants nous permettent, par contre, d'aller plus loin.
  On the other hand, we can go a long way using the existing **tools**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1593)

- En se fondant sur ces critères, l'organisation peut établir une procédure interne ou utiliser d'autres **instruments** pour évaluer le caractère significatif des aspects environnementaux.
  Based on these criteria, the organisation can draw up an internal procedure or use other **tools** to assess the significance of environmental aspects.
  ([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 4213250)

- Mesure des résultats (nombre de pays utilisant les orientations, les directives et les **instruments** du PNUE)
  Performance measures (number of Governments using UNEP policy advice, guidelines and **tools**)
  ([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 23693046)

- Ce fut l'innovation dans les communautés musulmanes qui développa l'ordre de l'algèbre ; notre compas magnétique et **instruments** de navigation ; notre maîtrise des crayons et de l'imprimerie ; notre compréhension de la dissémination de la maladie et de comment elle peut être soignée.
  It was innovation in Muslim communities that developed the order of algebra; our magnetic compass and **tools** of navigation; our mastery of pens and printing; our understanding of how disease spreads and how it can be healed.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and saeb · checked, community translation · [\#376891](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/376891) [\#481700](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/481700))

## human

Used about 3 400 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 3 400). Meaning: [human in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/human/).

- , ainsi que des **instruments** relatifs aux droits de l &apos; homme qui sont applicables.
  and in applicable **human** rights treaties.
  ([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 1994561)

## financial

Used about 1 136 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 1 136). Meaning: [financial in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/financial/).

- Détentions directes d’**instruments** de fonds propres additionnels de catégorie 1 d’entités du secteur financier dans lesquelles l’établissement possède un investissement important, à l’exclusion:
  Direct holdings of AT1 capital of **financial** sector entities where the institution has a significant investment, excluding:
  ([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 5166433)

- Détentions directes d’**instruments** de fonds propres de base de catégorie 1 d’entités du secteur financier dans lesquelles l’établissement ne détient pas d’investissement important, à l’exclusion:
  Direct holdings of CET1 capital of **financial** sector entities where the institution does not have a significant investment, excluding:
  ([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 5166387)

## international

Used about 183 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 183). Meaning: [international in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/international/).

- Il existe, par conséquent, beaucoup d'**instruments** à notre disposition pour nous aider à faire le lien entre droit international privé et réglementation.
  So there is much that can already be used to help us get right the relationship between private **international** law and regulation.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 971793)

## More sentences

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

- Je joue de la trompette dans un orchestre symphonique d'**instruments** à vent.
  I play trumpet in a symphonic wind orchestra.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and mookeee · checked, community translation · [\#1046971](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1046971) [\#540011](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/540011))

- Le laboratoire de physique a les meilleurs **instruments** que j'ai jamais vus.
  The physics laboratory has the best apparatus I've ever seen.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and sharptoothed · checked, community translation · [\#2452039](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2452039) [\#10534754](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10534754))

- La sagesse vaut mieux que les **instruments** de guerre; mais un seul pécheur détruit beaucoup de bien.
  Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroys much good.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ECC 9:18)

## 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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