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Meaning: [president in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/president/). - . - Monsieur le Président, je **parle** au nom de l’Alliance des libéraux et des démocrates européens. – Mr **President**, I am speaking on behalf of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 651160) - Le Président (**parle** en anglais) : Nous passons maintenant aux points 166 à 168. The **President**: We next turn to items 166 to 168. ([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 6974935) - (NL) Monsieur le Président, Monsieur Reinfeldt, une grande ombre ternit le tableau de votre Présidence, je **parle** des décisions prises concernant SWIFT. (NL) Mr **President**. Mr Reinfeldt, there is one serious blemish on your Presidency, and that is the decisions taken regarding SWIFT. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1320674) - Le Président (**parle** en anglais) : Nous avons ainsi achevé notre examen du point 115 de l ' ordre du jour. The **President**: This concludes our consideration of agenda item 115. ([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 13165764) - Le Président (**parle** en anglais) : Nous en avons ainsi terminé avec l ' examen du point 140 de l ' ordre du jour. The **President**: That concludes our consideration of agenda item 140. ([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 8551260) ## speak Used about 4 906 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 100 · literary ≈ 13 · biblical ≈ 211 · parliamentary ≈ 941 · legal and administrative ≈ 25 · UN documents ≈ 2 615). Forms: speak, speaks. Meaning: [speak in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/speak/). - Je **parle** bien allemand. I **speak** German well. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and mervert1 · checked, community translation · [\#4797960](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4797960) [\#9483971](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9483971)) - «Tais-toi, ou **parle** bas!» “Hold your tongue! or **speak** low!” ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 7536) - Rendez-nous la pareille, je vous **parle** comme à mes enfants, élargissez-vous aussi! Now in return—I **speak** as to my children—you also open your hearts. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CO 6:13) - Mais tu **parles** un peu trop. You **speak** a little too much, however. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 209255) - **Parle** couramment l'anglais, l'ourdou et l'arabe. **Speaks** fluent English, Urdu and Arabic. ([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 4279796) ## talk Used about 4 509 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 947 · literary ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 941 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 · UN documents ≈ 2 615). Forms: talk, talking. Meaning: [talk in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/talk/). - N'en **parle** pas. Don't **talk** about that. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1495856](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1495856) [\#13011286](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13011286)) - Tu **parles** raison étonnamment. You **talk** astonishingly good sense. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 21809) - Je ne **parle** pas ici d'aide humanitaire, ni du soutien apporté aux mouvements démocratiques. I am not **talking** about humanitarian support and support to democrats. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2008602) - **PARLES**-EN À TON REPRÉSENTANT! **TALK** TO YOUR REPRESENTATIVE ABOUT THIS! ([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 3251425) - Je voudrais donner un exemple illustrant ce dont je **parle**. I would like to provide an example of what I am **talking** about. ([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 10180467) ## about Used about 1 307 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 26 · parliamentary ≈ 628 · UN documents ≈ 654). Meaning: [about in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/about/). - Je veux que tu me **parles** de ton voyage. I want you to tell me **about** your trip. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2025907](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2025907) [\#2026201](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2026201)) - Il **parle** de morale et de manque de dignité. He talks **about** morality and lack of dignity. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1022524) - 24. M. Kristjansson (Islande) **parle** des effets du changement climatique et des énergies vertes dans son pays. 24. Mr. Kristjansson (Iceland) talked **about** the effects of climate change and green energy in his country. ([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 22449100) - Monsieur le Président, le philosophe Wittgenstein a dit: »Si on ne sait pas de quoi on **parle**, il vaut mieux se taire «. Mr President, Wittgenstein the philosopher once said: "What cannot be spoken **about** should be kept quiet' . ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1868476) - Quatrièmement, toujours sur le plan fiscal, notre collègue M. von Wogau **parle** de la nécessité de mettre fin aux paradis fiscaux. Fourthly, also from the point of view of tax, Mr von Wogau talks **about** the need to do away with tax havens. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1778718) ## now Used about 823 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 64 · parliamentary ≈ 105 · UN documents ≈ 654). Meaning: [now in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/now/). - Maintenant, je te demande une chose: ne me la refuse pas! Elle lui répondit: **Parle**! **Now** I ask one petition of you. Don’t deny me.” She said to him, “Say on.” ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1KI 2:16) - Sur la catégorie 4, j'estime totalement inacceptable la baisse générale de 10% - je **parle** devant le Parlement avant qu'il n'ait pris de décision. In Category 4, the 10% across the board cut - I am **now** speaking for Parliament before it has decided this - I would assume is absolutely unacceptable. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2006810) - La Présidente (**parle** en anglais) : Nous passons maintenant à notre débat thématique sur le mécanisme de désarmement. The Chairperson: We shall **now** proceed to our thematic discussion on disarmament machinery. ([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 14870970) - Ses disciples lui dirent: Voici, maintenant tu **parles** ouvertement, et tu n’emploies aucune parabole. His disciples said to him, “Behold, **now** you are speaking plainly, and using no figures of speech. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 16:29) - Gédéon lui dit: Si j’ai trouvé grâce à tes yeux, donne-moi un signe pour montrer que c’est toi qui me **parles**. He said to him, “If **now** I have found favor in your sight, then show me a sign that it is you who talk with me. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JDG 6:17) ## t Used about 28 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 28). Meaning: [t in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/t/). - Dis-leur: Ainsi **parle** l’Éternel, le Dieu d’Israël: Maudit soit l’homme qui n’écoute point les paroles de cette alliance, and say to them, the LORD, the God of Israel says: ‘Cursed is the man who doesn’**t** hear the words of this covenant, ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 11:3) - Pilate lui dit: Est-ce à moi que tu ne **parles** pas? Ne sais-tu pas que j’ai le pouvoir de te crucifier, et que j’ai le pouvoir de te relâcher? Pilate therefore said to him, “Aren’**t** you speaking to me? Don’t you know that I have power to release you and have power to crucify you?” ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 19:10) - Ces gens lui posèrent cette question: Maître, nous savons que tu **parles** et enseignes droitement, et que tu ne regardes pas à l’apparence, mais que tu enseignes la voie de Dieu selon la vérité. They asked him, “Teacher, we know that you say and teach what is right, and aren’**t** partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 20:21) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - J'étudie le mandarin depuis longtemps, mais je ne le **parle** pas couramment. I've been studying Chinese for a long time, but I'm not fluent. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and weihaiping · checked, community translation · [\#1482463](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1482463) [\#1482928](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1482928)) - Je **parle** un peu espagnol. I know a little Spanish. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Romira and CN · checked, community translation · [\#51801](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/51801) [\#181297](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/181297)) - Restez tranquilles pendant que je **parle**. Be quiet while I'm speaking. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#247140](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/247140) [\#1342483](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1342483)) ## 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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