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Meaning: [maximum in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/maximum/). - C'est le **maximum**. That's the **maximum**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2251270](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2251270) [\#6287738](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6287738)) - Elle atteignit son **maximum** de profondeur rue Saint-Pierre où elle s'éleva à trois pieds au-dessus des dalles de la gargouille, et son **maximum** d'étendue rue Saint-Sabin où elle s'étala sur une longueur de deux cent trente-huit mètres. It attained its **maximum** depth in the Rue Saint-Pierre, where it rose to the height of three feet above the flag-stones of the water-spout, and its maximum length in the Rue Saint-Sabin, where it spread out over a stretch two hundred and thirty-eight metres in length. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 27396) - l'introduction de taux **maximums** de profit; the introduction of **maximum** rates of profit; ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1010514) - dont le couple **maximum** est de 100 Nm with a **maximum** torque of 100 Nm ([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 4348901) - Peines **maximums** et minimums **Maximum** and minimum penalties ([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 17071888) ## than Used about 4 854 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 27 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 085 · UN documents ≈ 3 742). Meaning: [than in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/than/). - La local sales tax américaine peut varier entre zéro et dix points, bien que la différence entre États voisins soit généralement d'un **maximum** de cinq points. American local sales tax may vary between zero and ten points, although the difference between neighbouring states is generally no more **than** five points. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 134617) - au minimum 20 % et au **maximum** 28 % de campestérols 20 % or more but not more **than** 28 % of campesterols ([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 3091852) - Voitures particulières contenant au **maximum** 10 places - Passenger cars having no more **than** 10 seats ([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 11247376) - R 22 (chlorodifluorométhane) 2 ppm en poids au **maximum** not more **than** 2 ppm by weight of R22 (Chlorodifluoromethane), ([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 4118006) - a) Possédant deux portes passagers au **maximum**, ainsi qu ' (a) Not more **than** two passenger doors and ([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 22805493) ## levels Used about 962 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 27 · UN documents ≈ 935). - Nos villes sont soumises à des niveaux sonores largement supérieurs aux **maximums** recommandés; il est donc urgent d'élaborer une directive-cadre contraignante au niveau communautaire et de mettre en pratique des mesures et actions au niveau national et local. Our cities are noisy, above recommended **levels**, and the need to draft a Community framework directive that will be binding, and to implement measures and actions at national and local level, is an urgent matter. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1724213) - Les niveaux **maximums** de pression acoustique sont: Sound pressure **levels** shall not exceed: ([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 12757703) ## minimum Used about 53 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 53). Meaning: [minimum in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/minimum/). - Mon troisième commentaire est qu'il existe effectivement des États membres qui s'efforcent de réduire au **maximum** le cabotage. My third point is that there are indeed Member States that attempt to limit this cabotage to a **minimum**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1080458) - La détection de taux de dioxines supérieurs aux taux **maximums** autorisés dans un échantillon de viande de porc prélevé dans le cadre du programme national de surveillance des résidus a permis de remonter rapidement à la source de la contamination - une usine de production d'aliments pour animaux. The detection of dioxins above the **minimum** threshold in a sample of pork fat under the National Residue Monitoring Programme enabled the source of the contamination to be quickly traced to an individual feed manufacturing plant. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1212263) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Vous voudrez avoir l'air à votre **maximum**, demain. You'll want to look your best tomorrow. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2026490](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2026490) [\#2026514](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2026514)) - Tu voudras avoir l'air à ton **maximum**, demain. You'll want to look your best tomorrow. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2026490](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2026490) [\#2026513](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2026513)) - Mon travail ne durera que deux ans au **maximum**. My job will only last two years at most. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rene1596 and CM · checked, community translation · [\#250114](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/250114) [\#1184696](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1184696)) ## 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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