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Meaning: [play in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/play/). - Ils **jouent** aux échecs. They're **playing** chess. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by phil77 and alec · checked, community translation · [\#1230504](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1230504) [\#902898](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/902898)) - Il y a des pensées qui nous **jouent** le même tour; elles se blottissent dans un coin de notre cerveau; c'est fini; elles sont perdues; impossible de remettre la mémoire dessus. There are thoughts which **play** us the same trick; they nestle away in a corner of our brain; that is the end of them; they are lost; it is impossible to lay the memory on them. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 26121) - Quel rôle **jouent** nos gènes dans la maladie? What part do our genes **play** in the disease? ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1475596) - **jouent** un rôle important dans le trafic à grande distance; ou **play** an important role in long-distance traffic; or ([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 2024308) - Les États eux-mêmes **jouent** le plus grand rôle dans ce domaine. It is States themselves that **play** the greatest role in that respect. ([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 25314895) ## role Used about 8 597 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 311 · legal and administrative ≈ 92 · UN documents ≈ 8 187). Meaning: [role in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/role/). - Les arbres **jouent** un rôle crucial dans la régulation du climat. Trees play a crucial **role** in regulating the climate. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and tieguy · checked, community translation · [\#13885702](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13885702) [\#11386184](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11386184)) - Les progrès en Turquie **jouent** également un rôle majeur, cela va sans dire. Progress within Turkey plays an important **role** too, of course. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 629107) - Si les autorités régionales/locales **jouent** un rôle important, il y a lieu de l’expliquer. When regional/local authorities have a substantial **role**, please also explain it. ([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 1685838) - Il insiste également sur le rôle que **jouent** les responsables religieux. He also would like to emphasize on the **role** of religious leaders. ([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 22170931) - Les feuilles **jouent** un rôle considérable dans la vie d'une plante. Leaves play a considerable **role** in the life of a plant. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Julien\_PDC and Rawrren · checked, community translation · [\#12191323](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12191323) [\#8938020](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8938020)) ## important Used about 923 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 13 · UN documents ≈ 910). Meaning: [important in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/important/). - Ces facteurs **jouent** également un rôle important pour les organisations dans la mesure où ils contribuent à susciter la confiance des parties intéressées. Those factors are also **important** for the organisation in building confidence with interested parties. ([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 1952322) - L ' éducation et les écoles préscolaires **jouent** un rôle important dans la protection sociale des enfants roms. Early childhood education and schools form an **important** part of the welfare of Roma children. ([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 22498380) - Les données et images satellitaires **jouent** également un rôle important dans les activités de la Division concernant l ' alerte rapide et les indicateurs. Satellite data and imagery also form an **important** part of the Division ' s initiatives in early warning and indicators. ([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 10200519) ## key Used about 455 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 455). Meaning: [key in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/key/). - Les équipes de reconstruction des provinces **jouent** un rôle charnière dans le développement du pays et l ' extension de l ' autorité gouvernementale dans les provinces. 25. Provincial reconstruction teams remain the **key** mechanism for delivering development and extending the reach of the Government to the provinces. ([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 19490154) ## crucial Used about 48 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 35 · legal and administrative ≈ 13). Meaning: [crucial in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/crucial/). - Dès lors, les crédits servant à financer l'élargissement **jouent**, de l'avis de notre groupe aussi, un rôle stratégique. In this regard our group also believes that the appropriations connected with enlargement are absolutely **crucial**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 297958) - Les états financiers annuels audités **jouent** un rôle essentiel dans les décisions d’investissement des investisseurs. Annual audited financial statements are **crucial** for investors when making investment decisions. ([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 4968296) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Les dames internationales, l'une des variantes les plus connues du jeu des dames, se **jouent** sur un damier de 100 cases (10 x 10), chaque joueur disposant initialement de 20 pièces. International checkers, one of the best-known variants of checkers, are played on a board of 100 (10x10) squares, with each player initially having 20 pieces. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#10345730](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10345730) [\#10345731](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10345731)) - Les dames se **jouent** sur le même plateau que les échecs. Draughts is played on the same board as chess. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#10275310](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10275310) [\#11188180](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11188180)) - Mes amis se **jouent** de moi; C’est Dieu que j’implore avec larmes. My friends scoff at me. My eyes pour out tears to God, ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 16:20) ## 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/). ## About these examples Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. Every example names its source and licence. 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