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# milieu — French to English

How French *milieu* 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: milieu (65 459), milieue (2), milieus (10), milieux (19 547). By style: everyday 176 · literary 87 · biblical 707 · parliamentary 2 621 · legal and administrative 4 736 · UN documents 76 691.

## environment

Used about 12 172 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 218 · legal and administrative ≈ 592 · UN documents ≈ 11 362). Meaning: [environment in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/environment/).

- Je suis ravi que le rapport aborde également une question aussi sensible que celle concernant les problèmes du **milieu** marin de la Baltique.
  I am happy that the report also touches on as sensitive an issue as the problems of the Baltic sea **environment**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 875258)

- MEPC: comité de la protection du **milieu** marin. MSC:
  MEPC, Marine **Environment** Protection Committee
  ([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 3222125)

- **Milieu** familial et protection de remplacement
  Family **environment** and alternative care
  ([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 1017309)

- En réalité, elle sape tous nos efforts en faveur d'une exploitation rationnelle des ressources halieutiques et de la protection du **milieu** marin.
  In reality it undermines all our efforts to exploit fishery resources rationally and to protect the marine **environment**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 910266)

- sont confinés et séparés du **milieu** ambiant; et
  confined and separated from the surrounding **environment**; and
  ([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 3963710)

## business

Used about 7 363 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 164 · legal and administrative ≈ 99 · UN documents ≈ 7 101). Meaning: [business in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/business/).

- La réaction négative des **milieux** d'affaires de la ville en dit assez long.
  Even the **business** sector in Hong Kong is reacting negatively, and that speaks volumes.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 405909)

- Relations avec les **milieux** d'affaires
  Relations with the **Business** Community
  ([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 215920)

- c) Rapports du forum des **milieux** d &apos; affaires et du forum de la société civile;
  (c) Reports of **business** and civil society forums;
  ([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 8862220)

- Il a d’ailleurs saisi l’occasion d’une récente rencontre avec le **milieu** des affaires de Mumbai pour donner son point de vue sur la mondialisation.
  He seized the opportunity while with the **business** community in Mumbai recently to set out his views on globalisation.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 858652)

- Relations avec les **milieux** d'affaires
  Relations with the **business** community
  ([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 125281)

## middle

Used about 3 641 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 114 · literary ≈ 33 · biblical ≈ 162 · parliamentary ≈ 246 · legal and administrative ≈ 247 · UN documents ≈ 2 840). Meaning: [middle in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/middle/).

- Celle du **milieu** est à moi.
  The **middle** one is mine.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3168161](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3168161) [\#6287744](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6287744))

- Javert avança au **milieu** de la chambre et cria:
  Javert advanced to the **middle** of the room, and cried:—
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 6480)

- Il envoya des signes et des miracles au **milieu** de toi, Égypte! Contre Pharaon et contre tous ses serviteurs.
  He sent signs and wonders into the **middle** of you, Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his servants.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 135:9)

- Les résultats seront connus vers le **milieu** de l'an 2001.
  The results of the analysis should be available round about the **middle** of 2001.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 60088)

- Né au **milieu** des années 40 (probablement 1947);
  Born: **middle** of the 1940s (probably 1947);
  ([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 2795139)

## media

Used about 3 446 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 82 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 233 · UN documents ≈ 2 130). Meaning: [media in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/media/).

- Les questions relatives au dopage en **milieu** sportif représentent souvent une part non négligeable des informations sportives dans les médias.
  Matters relating to drug use in sport often make up quite a conspicuous number of sports news stories in the **media**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 612227)

- Ces deux **milieux** contiennent l'agent chélateur EDTA.
  Both **media** contain the chelating agent EDTA.
  ([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 1539470)

- La réaction des **milieux** officiels, des médias et du grand public à ces initiatives a été généralement favorable.
  The responses from the government, **media**, and the general public to the initiatives have by large been positive.
  ([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 18725526)

- La réponse de ce soir est importante compte tenu des spéculations émises dans les **milieux** politiques et les médias en Irlande au cours des derniers mois.
  This evening's reply is important in the light of the political and **media** speculation in Ireland over the last few months.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1605946)

- **Milieux** de culture préparés pour le développement des microorganismes
  Prepared culture **media** for development of micro-organisms
  ([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 2155829)

## More sentences

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

- Au **milieu** de la neige le lapin blanc était invisible.
  Against the snow, the white rabbit was invisible.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · [\#272586](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/272586) [\#128908](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/128908))

- Ils ont dansé au **milieu** du feu.
  They danced in the fire.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Spamster · checked, community translation · [\#1690760](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1690760) [\#1696519](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1696519))

- À peine il aperçoit ces soldats inhumains, / une horrible fureur de Corèbe s'empare ; / il s'élance au **milieu** de la foule barbare.
  That sight Coroebus brooked not. Stung with gall / and mad with rage, nor fearing to be slain, / he plunged amid their columns.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#6823115](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6823115) [\#6823119](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6823119))

## 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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