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Forms: word, words. - Je déteste ces **mots**. I hate those **words**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rene1596 and Evie · checked, community translation · [\#4403683](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4403683) [\#1269139](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1269139)) - Je bondis à ces **mots**. I gave a bound at these **words**. ([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 572) - La parole de l’Éternel me fut adressée, en ces **mots**: The LORD’s **word** came to me, saying, ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 34:1) - Plus de **mots** pour quel objectif... More **words** for what purpose... ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1145700) - (maximum 900 **mots** par campagne) (max. 900 **words** per survey) ([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 4530904) ## quot Used about 2 320 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 2 320). - Remplacer les **mots** " l ' opération TIR " par " un transport TIR " . Remplacer les mots &**quot**; l ' opération TIR " par " un transport TIR " . ([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 9249330) - Remplacer les **mots** < < l ' envoi ne peut plus être fait > > par < < l ' expédition ne peut plus être faite > > . Replace &**quot**; the consignment " with " the shipment " . ([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 12656867) - De supprimer les **mots** < < minimum et maximum > > dans la première phrase de la section intitulée < < Dispositions concernant le calibrage > > ; Delete &**quot**; maximum and minimum " in the first sentence of the section on provisions concerning sizing. ([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 28054415) - Veuillez noter que cela concorde avec l ' utilisation des **mots** " remplissage " et " vidange " dans la définition d ' Équipement de service au paragraphe 6.5.1.2. Note: This is consistent with the use of &**quot**; filling " in the definition of Service equipment in 6.5.1.2. ([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 6652851) - Il est temps de remplacer les **mots** martyre, résignation et désespoir — tout ce qu ' implique le terme " vulnérable " — par ceux de résistance, mobilisation, institutionnalisation, autodétermination et autonomie. Rather than speak of victimization, resignation and hopelessness - as implied by the term &**quot**; vulnerable " - it was time to speak of resistance, activism, agency, self-determination and autonomy. ([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 5040650) ## paragraph Used about 928 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 928). Meaning: [paragraph in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/paragraph/). - Au paragraphe 15.68 d) xiii), après les **mots** «cultures illicites»; **Paragraph** 15.68 (d) (xiii), after cultivation; ([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 5646138) - Au paragraphe 25.2, à l’alinéa b), supprimer les **mots** «et en particulier du Conseil de sécurité». 8. In **paragraph** 25.2 (b), delete “, notably the Security Council”. ([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 5570612) ## replaced Used about 497 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 34 · UN documents ≈ 464). - À l’article 12, paragraphe 1, premier alinéa, les **mots** «territoire douanier de la Communauté» sont remplacés par «territoire douanier de l’Union». In the first subparagraph of Article 12(1), the term ‘Customs territory from the Community’ is **replaced** by the term ‘customs territory of the Union’; ([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 3054239) - 40. M. de GOUTTES dit qu ' à la première ligne, il convient de remplacer les **mots** " peuples autochtones " par " populations autochtones " . 40. Mr. de GOUTTES said that “peuples autochtones” (indigenous peoples) should be **replaced** by “populations autochtones” (indigenous peoples) in the first line. ([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 4892120) ## say Used about 101 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 13 · parliamentary ≈ 88). Meaning: [say in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/say/). - Je dirais qu’un vocabulaire de trois mille **mots** est en soi considérable et certainement un bon point de départ. I'd **say** a vocabulary of three thousand is particularly solid and certainly a good starting point. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Danquebec and ferra · checked, community translation · [\#3791481](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3791481) [\#3794857](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3794857)) - Je voudrais dire deux **mots** au sujet de ce que nous devons faire pour mettre ceci en pratique. I would like to **say** something about the things we need to do in order to put this into practice. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 849854) ## few Used about 90 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 88). Meaning: [few in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/few/). - C’est par révélation que j’ai eu connaissance du mystère sur lequel je viens d’écrire en peu de **mots**. how that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before in **few** words, ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EPH 3:3) - Monsieur le Président, Monsieur le Commissaire, vu le peu de temps, quelques **mots** clés seulement. Mr President, Commissioner, in the short time I have left, I would just like to make a **few** key points. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2016408) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Les jeux de **mots** sont très difficiles, voire impossibles, à traduire. Puns are very hard, if not impossible, to translate. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and mailohilohi · checked, community translation · [\#5295025](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5295025) [\#8823981](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8823981)) - Je fais exprès de jouer sur les **mots** pour l'embêter. I'm playing semantics on purpose to annoy him. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Julien\_PDC and tieguy · checked, community translation · [\#11669962](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11669962) [\#8897747](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8897747)) - Il était absorbé par ses **mots**-croisés. He was absorbed by his crosswords. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by superbolo and bekindtoall · checked, community translation · [\#10250653](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10250653) [\#181769](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/181769)) ## 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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