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# limitée — French to English

How French *limitée* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 4 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: limitée (66 021), limitées (25 417). By style: everyday 16 · literary 1 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 2 732 · legal and administrative 11 840 · UN documents 76 848.

## limited

Used about 65 043 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 11 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 964 · legal and administrative ≈ 8 633 · UN documents ≈ 54 434). Meaning: [limited in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/limited/).

- Nous avons des ressources **limitées**.
  We have **limited** resources.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and Bing05 · checked, community translation · [\#22943](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/22943) [\#7136186](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7136186))

- L'obéissance de la matière est **limitée** par le frottement; est-ce qu'il n'y a pas une limite à l'obéissance de l'âme?
  The obedience of matter is **limited** by friction; is there no limit to the obedience of the soul?
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 30089)

- Une nouvelle fois, l'influence des électeurs est **limitée**.
  Voter influence is being **limited** again.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2007884)

- Uniquement pour les déclarations **limitées**.
  Only for **limited** submission.
  ([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 5141668)

- d) Chapitre 3.4 (quantités **limitées**)
  (d) Chapter 3.4 (**Limited** quantities)
  ([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 6658588)

## resources

Used about 3 411 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 85 · legal and administrative ≈ 123 · UN documents ≈ 3 202).

- Les ressources sont plus **limitées**, et chaque commission devra donc assumer ses propres responsabilités.
  There are fewer **resources** and each committee is therefore going to have to face its own responsibilities.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 817245)

- description des plans et des actions à mettre en œuvre au niveau du réseau, y compris en matière d’espace aérien, de ressources **limitées** et d’ATFM,
  description of the plans and actions expected to be implemented at network level, including airspace, scarce **resources** and ATFM,
  ([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 2407497)

- La réalité était que la Dominique était **limitée** par un manque de ressources techniques et financières.
  The reality was that Dominica was constrained by a lack of technical and financial **resources**.
  ([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 23885028)

- C'est bien sûr un point de vue qui revêt une grande importance au regard de l'utilisation de ressources **limitées**.
  That is of course something of great importance when it comes to the use of scarce budget **resources**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 442016)

- Etant donné les ressources **limitées** à la disposition du secrétariat, les travaux ne pourraient progresser que si l &apos; on parvenait à dégager des ressources supplémentaires.
  Given the secretariat &apos; s restricted **resources**, work could only be progressed if additional resources were available.
  ([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 4324578)

## restricted

Used about 912 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 171 · legal and administrative ≈ 740).

- La liberté de parole est **limitée** dans certains pays.
  Freedom of speech is **restricted** in some countries.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Melaaya and CK · checked, community translation · [\#239796](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/239796) [\#8716](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8716))

- Des mesures concrètes et même **limitées**, ou une combinaison des trois?
  Concrete and even **restricted** measures? Or a combination of all three?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1759763)

- Les BCN sont en principe **limitées** aux méthodes ci-dessus.
  In principle, NCBs are **restricted** to the above methods.
  ([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 3230573)

- La Commission demande que cette dérogation soit **limitée** à une durée de vingt ans.
  The Commission calls for this derogation to be **restricted** to a period of 20 years.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 772014)

- La durée et la fréquence de ces visites ne sont pas **limitées**.
  The duration and frequency of their visits shall not be **restricted**.
  ([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 123846)

## quantities

Used about 740 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 740).

- Dans le cadre des quotas susmentionnés, les captures de raie brunette sont **limitées** aux quantités portées ci-dessous:
  Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the **quantities** of undulate ray given below may be taken:
  ([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 5360182)

- dans le cadre des quotas susmentionnés, les captures sont **limitées**, dans la zone suivante, aux quantités portées ci-dessous:
  within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the **quantities** given below may be taken in the following zones:
  ([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 4981964)

- Dans le cadre des quotas susmentionnés, les captures sont **limitées**, dans les zones spécifiées, aux quantités portées ci-dessous:
  Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the **quantities** given below may be taken in the following zones:
  ([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 2408549)

- Condition particulière: dans le cadre des quotas susmentionnés, les captures sont **limitées**, dans la zone suivante, aux quantités portées ci-dessous:
  Special condition: within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the **quantities** given below may be taken in the following zone:
  ([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 5380284)

- dans le cadre des quotas susmentionnés, les captures sont **limitées**, dans les zones de gestion du lançon spécifiées à l'annexe II D, aux quantités portées ci-dessous:
  within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the **quantities** given below may be taken in the following sandeel management areas, as defined in Annex IID:
  ([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 3919379)

## More sentences

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

- Il a une libido **limitée**.
  He has a low libido.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#2298168](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2298168) [\#4717104](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4717104))

- Les minces parois de ces pissotières offrent une intimité très **limitée**.
  The flimsy stalls in this restroom offer very little privacy.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and kebukebu · checked, community translation · [\#564390](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/564390) [\#564391](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/564391))

- Son attention est **limitée**.
  He has a short attention span.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#2264861](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2264861) [\#2271329](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2271329))

## 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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