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# limites — French to English

How French *limites* 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: limites (73 525). By style: everyday 63 · literary 1 · biblical 28 · parliamentary 4 143 · legal and administrative 17 910 · UN documents 51 380.

## limits

Used about 50 316 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 38 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 2 589 · legal and administrative ≈ 13 433 · UN documents ≈ 34 253). Forms: limit, limits.

- J'ai atteint mes **limites**.
  I've reached my **limits**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felix63 and zogwarg · checked, community translation · [\#13714323](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13714323) [\#13698273](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13698273))

- A cette occasion, mon oncle dut apprendre au chasseur que son intention était de poursuivre la reconnaissance du volcan jusqu'à ses dernières **limites**.
  My uncle now took the opportunity to explain to Hans that it was his intention to explore the interior of the volcano to its farthest **limits**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 1222)

- Pour nous, nous ne voulons pas nous glorifier hors de toute mesure; nous prendrons, au contraire, pour mesure les **limites** du partage que Dieu nous a assigné, de manière à nous faire venir aussi jusqu’à vous.
  But we will not boast beyond proper **limits**, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CO 10:13)

- Nous atteignons les **limites** des structures actuelles.
  We are reaching the **limits** of the current structures.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 810645)

- Pour les valeurs **limites** fixées dans
  For **limit** values laid down in
  ([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 1969124)

## within

Used about 7 887 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 345 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 119 · UN documents ≈ 6 423). Meaning: [within in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/within/).

- Les Européens auront par exemple plus facilement accès aux possibilités sans **limites** du commerce électronique.
  For example, the limitless possibilities of e-commerce will be **within** easier reach for Europeans.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 111328)

- Elle soutient, dans les **limites** de ses capacités et moyens, les programmes pertinents de l’Union.
  It shall support, **within** means and capabilities, the relevant EU programmes.
  ([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 5125147)

- 103. Le redéploiement s &apos; effectuera dans les **limites** des ressources disponibles.
  103. The redeployment shall be implemented **within** existing 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 13920341)

- Secundo, en pratique, les problèmes touchent souvent d'autres règles et règlements qui n'entrent pas directement dans les **limites** du règlement.
  Secondly, the problems in practice often touch upon other rules and regulations which do not strictly fall **within** the scope of the Regulation.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 485187)

- le gabarit cinématique de chaque véhicule (y compris les éventuels chargements) du train doit s’inscrire dans les **limites** maximales admissibles pour la section d’itinéraire concernée.
  the kinematic gauge of each vehicle (inclusive of any load) in the train must be **within** the maximum permissible for the section of route.
  ([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 2257801)

## limitations

Used about 5 466 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 432 · legal and administrative ≈ 746 · UN documents ≈ 4 282).

- Je connais mes **limites**.
  I know my **limitations**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2376095](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2376095) [\#11972811](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11972811))

- Je crois qu'il faut mesurer à la fois les portées et les **limites** de tout progrès scientifique.
  I believe we must assess both the scope and the **limitations** of any scientific progress.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 131478)

- Toutefois, la législation nationale peut imposer des **limites** à ce qu’elles peuvent exiger.
  However, national legislation may pose **limitations** on what they can require.
  ([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 4786728)

- Les récents troubles ont révélé les **limites** des programmes de formation existants et la nécessité d &apos; une formation continue et de cours de recyclage.
  Recent unrest had revealed the **limitations** of existing training programmes and the subsequent need for ongoing training and refresher courses.
  ([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 15036477)

- Elle connaît ses **limites**.
  She knows her **limitations**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#314659](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/314659) [\#181651](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/181651))

## values

Used about 373 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 373).

- Les mesures effectuées conformément aux points 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3 et 3.2.4 ne doivent pas dépasser les **limites** fixées à l’article 2.
  The measurements described in points 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3 and 3.2.4 may not exceed the **values** laid down in Article 2.
  ([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 1761254)

## More sentences

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

- La nature ne connaît pas de **limites**.
  Nature knows no boundaries.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Akradna · checked, community translation · [\#1621345](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1621345) [\#3647459](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3647459))

- Internet est sans **limites**.
  The Internet is limitless.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by GB3 and meerkat · checked, community translation · [\#2633292](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2633292) [\#3463104](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3463104))

- Son ambition ne connaît pas de **limites**.
  His ambition knows no bounds.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by TRANG and CM · checked, community translation · [\#287697](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/287697) [\#341314](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/341314))

## Grammar

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