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I made a few **changes**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1887562](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1887562) [\#2053669](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2053669)) - Je savais bien que, d'après les théories les plus acceptées, l'écorce minérale du globe, n'est jamais dans un état de repos absolu; les **modifications** amenées par la décomposition des matières internes, l'agitation provenant des grands courants liquides, l'action du magnétisme, tendent à l'ébranler incessamment, alors même que les êtres disséminés à sa surface ne soupçonnent pas son agitation. I knew quite well that according to the best received theories the mineral covering of the globe is never at absolute rest; the **changes** brought about by the chemical decomposition of its component parts, the agitation caused by great liquid torrents, and the magnetic currents, are continually tending to disturb it--even when living beings upon its surface may fancy that all is quiet below. ([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 3860) - De nouvelles **modifications** sont à présent soumises à travers l'amendement 6. Amendment No 6 now makes further **changes**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 389158) - de **modifications** imprévues des coûts ou des revenus découlant d’accords internationaux. unforeseen **changes** in costs or revenues stemming from international agreements. ([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 2919529) - **Modifications** proposées au tableau des effectifs actuels Table. **Changes** to the current staffing table ([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 3264144) ## amendments Used about 25 474 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 998 · legal and administrative ≈ 11 503 · UN documents ≈ 12 973). - Je ne peux donc pas accepter les **modifications** proposées. This is why I cannot accept the proposed **amendments**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 134819) - **Modifications** de la directive 2002/60/CE **Amendments** to Directive 2002/60/EC ([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 1450260) - Ces **modifications** doivent être apportées en priorité; These **amendments** should be undertaken as a priority; ([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 14556811) - J'ai voté en faveur du présent document, car il comporte des **modifications** significatives. I voted in favour of this document, because it includes important **amendments**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1491764) - **Modifications** de la décision 2009/813/CE **Amendments** to Decision 2009/813/EC ([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 5341785) ## modifications Used about 11 717 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 77 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 556 · UN documents ≈ 9 081). - J'ai fait quelques **modifications**. I made some **modifications**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Maxence and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2380421](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2380421) [\#7696006](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7696006)) - Adoption de **modifications** du traité (débat) Adoption of **modifications** to the Treaty (debate) ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1493609) - Les **modifications** suivantes du plan méthodologique de surveillance d'une installation sont considérées comme importantes: The following **modifications** of the monitoring methodology plan of an installation shall be considered significant: ([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 4914461) - 1984 Ministerial Decree 12 and its **modifications** 1984 Ministerial Decree 12 and its **modifications** ([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 14035307) - J'ai apporté quelques **modifications**. I made a few **modifications**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2380379](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2380379) [\#2382210](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2382210)) ## proposed Used about 1 297 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 297). - IV. **Modifications** à apporter au programme de travail et au projet de budget-programme pour l ' exercice IV. Modification of the programme of work and the **proposed** programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007 ([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 13277484) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Cette phrase est - à quelques petites **modifications** près - une phrase qu'on peut trouver sur Tatoeba. This sentence is - apart from a few small tweaks - a sentence that you can find on Tatoeba. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by MUIRIEL and bluepie88 · checked, community translation · [\#666079](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/666079) [\#546652](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/546652)) - Il convient donc de l’approuver sans **modifications**" (exposé des motifs). It can therefore be approved without amendment’ (explanatory statement). ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 577587) - Les articles transversaux pourraient au maximum faire l'objet d'adaptations rédactionnelles, mais pas de **modifications** substantielles. At most, there might be a need for editorial adjustments to the transversal articles, but not substantial alterations. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 373911) ## 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. Every example names its source and licence. 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