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Forms: local, locals. Meaning: [local in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/local/). - C'est une coutume **locale**. This is a **local** custom. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#7733600](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7733600) [\#11235161](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11235161)) - Le député **local**, qui flairait partout des concurrences, ne tarda pas à s'inquiéter de cette religion. The **local** deputy, who nosed out all rivalry everywhere, soon began to grow uneasy over this religion. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 3573) - Dégroupage de l'accès à la boucle **locale** (télécommunications) Unbundled access to **local** loop ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 111316) - détenue par les administrations **locales** held by **local** government ([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 4573675) - Rôle des autorités **locales** 18/10 The role of **local** authorities ([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 14773194) ## premises Used about 14 654 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 106 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 131 · UN documents ≈ 12 410). Meaning: [premises in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/premises/). - Le **local** est vide. The **premises** are empty. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and rul · checked, community translation · [\#12772247](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12772247) [\#1059201](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1059201)) - Nous établissons des normes en permanence, en escomptant que les autres les respectent, mais celles de ces **locaux** ne sont pas adéquates. We set standards all the time which we expect other people to live up to, but the standards in these **premises** are not adequate. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 458888) - Transitaire sans **locaux** pour le fret freight forwarder without cargo **premises** ([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 4322725) - Location et entretien des **locaux** Rental and maintenance of **premises** ([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 14052442) - Ces **locaux** ont besoin d'un coup de neuf. These **premises** need a makeover. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and tieguy · checked, community translation · [\#13824033](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13824033) [\#706303](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/706303)) ## level Used about 4 138 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · UN documents ≈ 4 137). Meaning: [level in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/level/). - Au niveau **local**, il est nécessaire d'agir. At a grassroots **level**, it is mandatory to take action. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Sbgodin and Sbgodin · checked, community translation · [\#1945535](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1945535) [\#1945532](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1945532)) - Pendant l ' année écoulée, la communication avec les organisations non gouvernementales **locales** s ' était beaucoup améliorée. 83. Great progress has been made over the year in reaching NGOs at the grass-roots **level**. ([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 13668155) - Mesures visant à renforcer le contrôle de l ' immatriculation des ménages au niveau **local** et des entrées et sorties aux postes frontières Measures to strengthen control of household registration at the grass-roots **level** and entry-exit activities at border gates ([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 6082051) - Nous avons également adopté des dispositions juridiques pour garantir la représentation et la participation des femmes au processus de prise de décisions et ce, même à l ' échelon **local**. Legal arrangements to safeguard women ' s representation and participation in the decision-making process, even at the grass-roots **level**, have also been put in place. ([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 7057129) ## regional Used about 53 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 53). Meaning: [regional in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/regional/). - La vérité est qu'aujourd'hui, il est très difficile de prendre des décisions au niveau européen, national ou **local**. The truth is that, today, to take political decisions at European, national or **regional** level is a very tough matter. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1099487) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Je ne connais pas le code de la route **local**. I don't know the traffic regulations here. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and \_undertoad · checked, community translation · [\#2258752](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2258752) [\#7527621](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7527621)) - Selon le folklore **local**, on dit que : "Si tu manges un quart de laitue iceberg, tu t'endormiras". En Corée, la laitue est donc considérée comme une nourriture qu'il ne faut pas manger avant le travail par les conducteurs de camion. In Korea, there's a popular theory that says that: "If you eat a quarter of an Iceberg lettuce, you will fall asleep". Thus, amongst truck drivers in Korea, lettuce is known as something that should not be eaten before work. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#390998](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/390998) [\#391001](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/391001)) - Nous avions des guides **locaux** pour notre voyage en montagne. We had native guides on our trip to the mountain. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and Swift · checked, community translation · [\#23189](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/23189) [\#11133433](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11133433)) ## 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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