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# lien — French to English

How French *lien* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 7 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: lien (46 105), liene (3), liens (69 380). By style: everyday 86 · literary 7 · biblical 39 · parliamentary 5 076 · legal and administrative 11 515 · UN documents 98 765.

## links

Used about 42 852 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 33 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 2 379 · legal and administrative ≈ 6 173 · UN documents ≈ 34 265). Forms: link, links.

- Envoie-moi le **lien**.
  Send me the **link**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by see and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6274775](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6274775) [\#11455182](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11455182))

- Il servait de **lien** entre les Amis de l'A B C et d'autres groupes encore informes, mais qui devaient se dessiner plus tard.
  He served as a connecting **link** between the Friends of the A B C and other still unorganized groups, which were destined to take form later on.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 14103)

- Ce site pourrait en outre avoir des **liens** vers ceux des autres organisations.
  The web site could also contain **links** to different organisations.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 25235)

- **LIENS** AVEC D'AUTRES RÉPERTOIRES
  **LINKS** WITH OTHER REGISTERS
  ([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 1486318)

- **liens** faciles vers n &apos; importe quelle organisation pertinente;
  Easy **links** to any relevant organisation
  ([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 7901710)

## between

Used about 14 985 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 159 · legal and administrative ≈ 712 · UN documents ≈ 14 109). Meaning: [between in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/between/).

- Il y a un **lien** fort entre les frères.
  There is a strong bond **between** the brothers.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · [\#48590](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/48590) [\#966639](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/966639))

- Pour plus de sûreté, au moyen d'une corde fixée au cou, on ajouta au système de ligatures qui lui rendaient toute évasion impossible cette espèce de **lien**, appelé dans les prisons martingale, qui part de la nuque, se bifurque sur l'estomac, et vient rejoindre les mains après avoir passé entre les jambes.
  By way of further security, and by means of a rope fastened to his neck, they added to the system of ligatures which rendered every attempt at escape impossible, that sort of bond which is called in prisons a martingale, which, starting at the neck, forks on the stomach, and meets the hands, after passing **between** the legs.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 25878)

- Les **liens** entre les aptitudes en matière d'innovation et la durabilité sont donc évidents.
  So the linkage **between** innovation skills and sustainability is evident.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1512832)

- les **liens** de subordination hiérarchique à mettre en place entre les instances dirigeantes et l'organe de direction.
  the reporting lines **between** the senior management and the management body;
  ([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 4276106)

- C. **Lien** entre l’évaluation du comportement professionnel et l’augmentation du traitement
  C. Linkage **between** performance appraisal and salary increase
  ([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 11529574)

## relationship

Used about 10 113 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 212 · legal and administrative ≈ 831 · UN documents ≈ 9 070). Meaning: [relationship in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/relationship/).

- Nous avons resserré nos **liens** avec nos partenaires mondiaux.
  We have reinforced our **relationship** with our global partners.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 601246)

- L’existence supposée d’un **lien** ne saurait donc être confirmée.
  Therefore, the alleged **relationship** cannot be confirmed.
  ([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 511480)

- **Lien** avec les priorités nationales et le Plan-cadre
  **Relationship** to national priorities and UNDAF
  ([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 24821797)

- Il ne fait aucun doute que ces **liens** resteront la pierre angulaire des relations extérieures de l’Union européenne.
  That this **relationship** remains the keystone in the European Union's external relations is not to be doubted.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 591083)

- **Lien** avec des personnes inculpées de crimes de guerre: épouse de Stojan ZUPLJANIN
  **Relationship** to PIFWC: Wife of Stojan ZUPLJANIN
  ([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 1137683)

## ties

Used about 8 133 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 9 · parliamentary ≈ 476 · legal and administrative ≈ 594 · UN documents ≈ 7 055).

- Ces **liens** coûtent très cher.
  These **ties** are very expensive.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and \_undertoad · checked, community translation · [\#2259519](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2259519) [\#6926659](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6926659))

- En détruisant ce patrimoine, une nation rompt ses **liens** ancestraux et se déracine.
  By destroying this heritage, a nation severs its ancestral **ties** and tears up its roots.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 850158)

- lorsqu'il n'y a pas de **lien** en capital entre certaines des entreprises appartenant à un groupe;
  where there are no capital **ties** between some of the undertakings in a group;
  ([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 1775001)

- La rupture des **liens** a été simplement formelle.
  “There was simply a break of **ties** for form’s sake.
  ([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 5621804)

- Elle avait rompu tout **lien** avec lui.
  She had severed all **ties** with him.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#10710485](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10710485) [\#10710488](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10710488))

## connection

Used about 2 627 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 15 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 476 · legal and administrative ≈ 119 · UN documents ≈ 2 016). Meaning: [connection in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/connection/).

- Je ne vois pas le **lien**.
  I don't see the **connection**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2276194](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2276194) [\#2421289](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2421289))

- C'était le seul **lien**, le seul rapport, la seule communication qui lui restât avec les hommes, avec les vivants.
  He was the sole bond, the sole **connection**, the sole communication which remained to her with men, with the living.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 6182)

- Il y a un **lien** clair entre ce rapport et le paquet télécom.
  There is a clear **connection** between this report and the telecom package.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1241119)

- le compte n'est pas un compte sur marge ou similaire ouvert en **lien** avec une vente ou un échange d'un Actif financier; et
  the account is not a margin or similar account established in **connection** with a sale or exchange of a Financial Asset; and
  ([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 438498)

- Ces navires n &apos; ont aucun **lien** avec la Turquie.
  The boats have no **connection** with Turkey.
  ([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 25081751)

## there

Used about 2 124 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 106 · UN documents ≈ 2 016). Meaning: [there in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/there/).

- Il n' y avait pas de preuves établissant un **lien** entre Sami et le crime.
  **There** was no evidence connecting Sami to the crime.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scorpionvenin14 and OsoHombre · checked, community translation · [\#6378522](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6378522) [\#6378542](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6378542))

- Tout à coup il se fit un grand tremblement de terre, en sorte que les fondements de la prison furent ébranlés; au même instant, toutes les portes s’ouvrirent, et les **liens** de tous les prisonniers furent rompus.
  Suddenly **there** was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were loosened.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 16:26)

- S'il y a en effet un **lien** avec le terrorisme international, où est la stratégie à long terme?
  If this is indeed connected with international terrorism, where is the long-term strategy **there**?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1134352)

- Il y a des raisons d &apos; être optimiste, mais la réalisation des OMD nécessitera un resserrement des **liens** de solidarité internationale.
  While **there** was reason for optimism, achieving the Millennium Development Goals would require more international solidarity.
  ([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 15370428)

- Nous partageons le point de vue selon lequel il faut établir un **lien** avec la Charte des droits fondamentaux.
  We share the view that **there** should be a reference to the Charter of Fundamental Rights.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 193744)

## close

Used about 1 417 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 53 · legal and administrative ≈ 356 · UN documents ≈ 1 008). Meaning: [close in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/close/).

- N'implantez pas l'AAE dans un bâtiment ou un local ayant des **liens** étroits avec les institutions de l'Union européenne.
  Do not place the EFSA in any building or venue that has **close** connections with the institutions of the European Union.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 200765)

- Jalaluddin Haqqani entretient des **liens** étroits avec Mohammed Omar et entretenait des **liens** étroits avec Oussama ben Laden (décédé).
  Jalaluddin Haqqani has **close** relations with Mohammed Omar and had close relations with Usama bin Laden (deceased).
  ([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 3390720)

- 63. Le travail de prévention de la violence est mené en **lien** étroit avec les organisations non gouvernementales.
  63. Work on the prevention of violence is carried out in **close** contact with non-governmental organizations.
  ([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 25993151)

- En outre, le comité de l’emploi devrait entretenir des **liens** étroits avec d’autres instances préparatoires du Conseil concernées, notamment dans le domaine de l’éducation.
  In addition the Employment Committee should maintain **close** contact with other relevant Council preparatory instances, including in the field of education.
  ([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 2028277)

## More sentences

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

- Il est mon homonyme, mais aucun **lien** de parenté.
  He is my namesake, but no relation.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and shekitten · checked, community translation · [\#284478](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/284478) [\#11461183](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11461183))

- Ils n'ont aucun **lien** de parenté.
  They're not related.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5498821](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5498821) [\#11702296](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11702296))

- Sa thèse de graduation a un **lien** avec la mienne.
  His thesis is related to mine.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and contour · checked, community translation · [\#287068](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/287068) [\#390106](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/390106))

## 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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