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Meaning: [middle in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/middle/). - Le Moyen-**Orient** deviendra-t-il démocratique? Will the **Middle** East become democratic? ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 767989) - Proche- et Moyen-**Orient** Near and **Middle** East ([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 1329873) - Moyen-**Orient** et Afrique du Nord **Middle** East and North Africa ([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 26513112) - Les Balkans et le Moyen-**Orient** mobilisent toute l' attention. The Balkans and the **Middle** East demand all our attention. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 219177) - LA SITUATION AU MOYEN-**ORIENT** THE SITUATION IN THE **MIDDLE** EAST ([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 3299201) ## east Used about 7 411 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 20 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 120 · parliamentary ≈ 93 · legal and administrative ≈ 117 · UN documents ≈ 7 059). Forms: east, eastern. Meaning: [east in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/east/). - L'astre de la nuit se lève à l'**orient**. The moon rises in the **east**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#238836](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/238836) [\#13182486](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13182486)) - Enfin, au loin, à l'**orient**, Vincennes et ses sept tours quadrangulaires; au sud, Bicêtre et ses tourelles pointues; au septentrion, Saint-Denis et son aiguille; à l'occident, Saint-Cloud et son donjon. Finally, far away to the **east**, Vincennes, and its seven quadrangular towers to the south, Bicêtre and its pointed turrets; to the north, Saint-Denis and its spire; to the west, Saint Cloud and its donjon keep. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 1971) - Du côté de l’**orient**, sur les cinquante coudées de largeur, For the **east** side eastward fifty cubits, ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EXO 38:13) - Et elle a mis le système monétaire européen à l'abri des grandes turbulences financières qui ont affecté les pays d'Extrême-**Orient**. It has also protected the European Monetary System from the financial disturbances that have affected the countries of the Far **East**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1834982) - Front islamique des combattants du Grand **Orient** (IBDA-C) Great Islamic **Eastern** Warriors Front (IBDA-C) ([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 417220) ## towards Used about 4 148 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 560 · legal and administrative ≈ 58 · UN documents ≈ 3 530). - La demande s'**oriente** plutôt vers la viande de porc. The trend of demand is more **towards** pigmeat. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1898249) - La restructuration s’**oriente** sur les grands axes suivants: The restructuring is geared **towards** the following central themes: ([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 2003452) - Ceci nous écarte dans ce cas d ' un indice de type paiements et nous **oriente** sur un indice de type acquisitions. This points away from payments and **towards** an acquisition type index. ([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 309615) - En fait, le monde financier s'**oriente** vers un duopôle dollar/euro. In fact, the financial world is tending **towards** a euro/dollar duopoly. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1192634) - La Communauté **oriente** ainsi son assistance en fonction des besoins spécifiques de chaque candidat de façon à l’aider à surmonter les problèmes particuliers qu’il rencontre dans la perspective de l’adhésion. In this manner, the Community targets its assistance **towards** the specific needs of each candidate so as to provide support for overcoming particular problems with a view to accession. ([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 772260) ## direction Used about 2 466 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 700 · UN documents ≈ 1 765). Meaning: [direction in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/direction/). - Le pays s'**oriente** dans la bonne direction. The country is heading in the right **direction**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Spamster · checked, community translation · [\#1595226](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1595226) [\#1595396](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1595396)) - Cette résolution s'**oriente** dans cette direction. This resolution is heading in that **direction**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1155077) - La Base de soutien logistique **oriente** ses politiques de recrutement et d ' affectation dans cette voie. The Logistics Base is moving in this **direction** in both its recruitment and its placement policy. ([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 17944276) - Je conviens qu’elle s’**oriente** dans la bonne direction. I agree that it is a move in the right **direction**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 678713) - La société s ' **oriente** vers la libéralisation et d ' autres réformes verront sans doute le jour en temps voulu. Society was moving in the **direction** of liberalization, and further reforms would surely be forthcoming in due course. ([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 13390590) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - L'**Orient** t'est-il trop étranger ? Is the Orient too foreign for you? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and nonong · checked, community translation · [\#1972685](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1972685) [\#1989523](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1989523)) - L'**Orient** vous est-il trop étranger ? Is the Orient too foreign for you? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and nonong · checked, community translation · [\#1972685](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1972685) [\#1989522](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1989522)) - L'histoire du verre est extrêmement longue et commence dans l'**Orient** antique. The history of glass is extremely long, and begins in the ancient Orient. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and blay\_paul · checked, community translation · [\#509599](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/509599) [\#1788830](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1788830)) ## 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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