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# maximale — French to English

How French *maximale* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 3 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: maximale (48 600), maximales (8 169). By style: everyday 4 · parliamentary 1 452 · legal and administrative 25 144 · UN documents 30 169.

## maximum

Used about 47 806 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 1 029 · legal and administrative ≈ 22 263 · UN documents ≈ 24 512). Meaning: [maximum in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/maximum/).

- La température **maximale** d'hier était de 37°C.
  Yesterday's **maximum** temperature was 37°C.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by NomadSoul and minshirui · checked, community translation · [\#484083](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/484083) [\#964803](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/964803))

- Une harmonisation **maximale** viole ce droit.
  **Maximum** harmonisation infringes this right.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 689595)

- avec une valeur **maximale** de:
  with a **maximum** value of:
  ([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 1358370)

- valeur **maximale** de z
  **maximum** value of z
  ([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 19278132)

- Les juges et les politiciens corrompus devraient écoper de la peine **maximale**.
  Corrupt judges and politicians should be given the **maximum** sentence.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and sangelo · checked, community translation · [\#10622614](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10622614) [\#12337657](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12337657))

## limits

Used about 951 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 61 · legal and administrative ≈ 262 · UN documents ≈ 629).

- Face à cette situation, les contrôles en bout de chaîne et l'établissement de valeurs **maximales** ne suffisent plus.
  In this situation, supervision at the final stage and the setting of upper **limits** are no longer adequate measures.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2012153)

- Un aperçu des différentes durées **maximales** applicables en vertu de la législation nationale est disponible à l'adresse: http://ec.europa.eu/smart-regulation/evaluation/search/download.do?documentId=10737855 (pages 44-50).
  An overview on the different time-**limits** applicable under national law can be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/smart-regulation/evaluation/search/download.do?documentId=10737855 (pages 44-50).
  ([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 4227149)

- Il est également interdit de faire transporter ou déplacer à ces personnes des charges d &apos; un poids supérieur aux normes **maximales** établies pour elles.
  In particular, they may not manually lift or transport weights exceeding standard **limits** applicable to them.
  ([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 22335737)

- La coordination de plusieurs directives sur les teneurs **maximales** autorisées dans les pesticides créerait une législation plus claire.
  The coordination of several directives on **limits** for pesticide residues would make for clearer legislation.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1631880)

- 80. Toutefois, les organisations nationales d &apos; employés et d &apos; employeurs peuvent convenir de durées **maximales** différentes de celles qui sont indiquées ci-dessus.
  80. However, nationwide associations of employees and employers may agree differently on the time **limits** set out above.
  ([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 27939250)

## values

Used about 375 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 61 · UN documents ≈ 314).

- Lors de la fixation des teneurs **maximales** en pesticides, il importe donc de prendre en considération la protection des consommateurs et de l'environnement.
  That is why the protection of consumers and the environment must be taken into account when fixing pesticide limit **values**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1631776)

- Les points de départ de cette comparaison ont été les valeurs minimales et **maximales** données pour le chlordécone (tableau 1.1).
  As a starting point for this comparison, the highest and lowest **values** for Chlordecone (Table 1.1) were used.
  ([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 17879195)

- Pas moins de 36 amendements - 36 à 53, 55 à 57, 59 à 63, 65 et 67 à 77 - visent à modifier les valeurs des teneurs **maximales** proposées par la Commission.
  No less than 36 amendments - 36 to 53, 55 to 57, 59 to 63, 65, and 67 to 77 - aim to change the limit **values** 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 501565)

- Cependant, il appartient à chaque État membre de fixer ses règles, pour autant qu’il suive les recommandations et les valeurs **maximales** prescrites par la directive.
  However, it is up to each Member State to set the rules, as long as they follow the recommendations and the limit **values** set in the directive.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 545696)

- D'après l'étude faite par le CSRSE, le comité scientifique des risques sanitaires et environnementaux, les valeurs **maximales** pour les HAP - substances cancérigènes - sont trop élevées.
  According to the study by SCHER, the Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks, the limit **values** for the PAHs - the carcinogenic substances - are too high.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1457945)

## More sentences

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

- La météo annonce pour demain une **maximale** de 12 degrés Celsius.
  The weather report for tomorrow forecasts 12 degrees Celsius at most.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by GB3 and patgfisher · checked, community translation · [\#2798280](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2798280) [\#6637058](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6637058))

- Une fois cette loi entrée en vigueur, les contrevenants à la législation relative à l'envoi de tracts encourent une amende pouvant aller jusqu'à 30 millions de wons (environ 27 000 dollars) et une peine de prison **maximale** de trois ans.
  Once in effect, those convicted of violating the so-called anti-leaflet law face fines of up to 30-million won (roughly $27-thousand) as well as up to three years in prison.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and Cangarejo · checked, community translation · [\#10832839](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10832839) [\#10841932](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10841932))

- Quand on examine l' application du régime, on constate que la superficie **maximale** garantie de 400 000 hectares a été systématiquement dépassée.
  An examination of how the scheme has been applied reveals that the MGA of 400 000 hectares has been systematically exceeded.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 30046)

## Grammar

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