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Meaning: [line in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/line/). - La **ligne** est occupée. The **line** is engaged. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by kilwann and CM · checked, community translation · [\#40898](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/40898) [\#396314](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/396314)) - Elle contenait ces quelques **lignes**: It contained the following **lines**:— ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 15888) - On pourrait donc lire à la dernière **ligne**: The last **line** would then read: ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 883761) - **Ligne** Philippi (EL) — Hamidabad (TR). Philippi (EL) — Hamidabad (TR) **line**. ([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 869596) - Ajouter une nouvelle **ligne** libellée comme suit : Add a new **line** reading ([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 14614833) ## guidelines Used about 40 962 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 2 372 · legal and administrative ≈ 12 930 · UN documents ≈ 25 657). - Je suis les **lignes** directrices. I'm following the **guidelines**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scorpionvenin14 and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5656503](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5656503) [\#5657207](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5657207)) - **Lignes** directrices pour les politique de l'emploi (vote) Employment policy **guidelines** (vote) ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1225307) - **Lignes** directrices relatives aux inventaires des gaz à effet de serre Greenhouse Gas Inventory **Guidelines** ([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 3339453) - Nécessitent des **lignes** directrices claires pour être complètes. Requires good **guidelines** to be complete. ([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 15020852) - C'est le but des **lignes** directrices intégrées proposées par la Commission. This is the purpose of the integrated **guidelines** proposed by the Commission. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1393145) ## online Used about 21 618 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 56 · parliamentary ≈ 474 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 470 · UN documents ≈ 15 617). Meaning: [online in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/online/). - J'appris l'anglais en **ligne**. I learned English **online**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and DJ\_Saidez · checked, community translation · [\#9188870](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9188870) [\#13405411](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13405411)) - Le secteur des jeux d'argent en **ligne** s'est développé ces dernières années et il génère aujourd'hui d'immenses profits. The **online** gambling sector has expanded in recent years and is now an area where huge profits are made. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1344512) - Disponible en **ligne** (www.efsa.europa.eu/efsajournal.htm) Available **online**: www.efsa.europa.eu/efsajournal.htm ([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 3036636) - Les rapports du Bureau sont disponibles en **ligne**. Reports of the Bureau can be found **online**. ([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 20820779) - Tom suit des cours en **ligne**. Tom takes **online** courses. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and Spamster · checked, community translation · [\#1522331](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1522331) [\#10558583](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10558583)) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - L'entreprise a répondu que les primes de départ des directeurs étaient en **ligne** avec les normes du secteur. The company replied that the directors' compensation was consistent with industry standards. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#2700547](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2700547) [\#4573587](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4573587)) - La **ligne** est juste occupée. Veuillez rester en **ligne**. The number is engaged. Please hold. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#9930348](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9930348) [\#546572](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/546572)) - La **ligne** est occupée. The number is engaged. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by kilwann and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#63847](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/63847) [\#396314](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/396314)) ## 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. 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