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# parole — French to English

How French *parole* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 6 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: parole (75 663), paroles (8 049). By style: everyday 375 · literary 117 · biblical 1 224 · parliamentary 11 171 · legal and administrative 637 · UN documents 70 188.

## words

Used about 30 881 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 129 · literary ≈ 52 · biblical ≈ 446 · parliamentary ≈ 3 724 · legal and administrative ≈ 210 · UN documents ≈ 26 321).

- De telles **paroles** me blessent.
  Such **words** hurt me.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and fekundulo · checked, community translation · [\#2679231](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2679231) [\#3671112](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3671112))

- Ces **paroles** me ranimèrent.
  These **words** cheered me up.
  ([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 2457)

- Hathac vint rapporter à Esther les **paroles** de Mardochée.
  Hathach came and told Esther the **words** of Mordecai.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EST 4:9)

- L' heure n' est plus maintenant aux **paroles** dures.
  Now is no longer the time for harsh **words**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2015253)

- Les compositions musicales comportant des **paroles** sont très majoritairement des œuvres coécrites.
  Musical compositions with **words** are overwhelmingly co-written.
  ([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 2316390)

## floor

Used about 16 002 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 2 095 · legal and administrative ≈ 8 · UN documents ≈ 13 891). Meaning: [floor in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/floor/).

- Je vous donne la **parole**.
  I give you the **floor**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Julien\_PDC and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#9550644](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9550644) [\#9549197](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9549197))

- Je donne la **parole** à M. van den Broek.
  I give the **floor** to Mr van den Broek.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1908593)

- Nul ne peut prendre la **parole** plus de deux fois sur le même sujet, sauf autorisation du président.
  No one may take the **floor** more than twice on the same subject, except by leave of the President.
  ([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 3236144)

- Je lui donne la **parole**.
  You have the **floor**, Sir.
  ([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 15096536)

- Vous avez maintenant la **parole**.
  You have the **floor** now.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#5105262](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5105262) [\#12727780](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12727780))

## president

Used about 3 770 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 815 · legal and administrative ≈ 31 · UN documents ≈ 2 925). Meaning: [president in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/president/).

- (Le Président retire la **parole** à l'orateur)
  (The **President** cut the speaker off)
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1552714)

- Le Président ne peut prendre la **parole** dans un débat que pour présenter l’état de la question et y ramener.
  The **President** may speak in a debate only to sum up or to call speakers to order.
  ([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 4881127)

- Le Président (interprétation de l &apos; anglais) : Je donne la **parole** au représentant du Tchad.
  The **President**: I now call on the representative of Chad.
  ([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 557704)

- (Le président retire la **parole** à l'orateur)
  (The **President** cut off the speaker)
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1222501)

- Conseiller de l’ancien président Mahmoud AHMADINEJAD et porte-**parole** de la faction politique radicale YEKTA.
  Advisor to Former **President** Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and spokesperson for YEKTA, a hardline political faction.
  ([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 5078190)

## mr

Used about 3 241 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 1 047 · UN documents ≈ 2 193). Meaning: [mr in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/mr/).

- M. Wolf a une minute de temps de **parole** pour évoquer une question personnelle.
  **Mr** Wolf may speak for one minute to make a personal statement.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1614725)

- M. Del Picchia (France) : J &apos; ai l &apos; honneur de prendre la **parole** au nom de l &apos; Union européenne.
  **Mr**. Del Picchia (France) (spoke in French): I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union (EU).
  ([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 18266897)

- Sinon, les **paroles** ne seront pas traduites en actes.
  In any case, **Mr** Commissioner, we support the ALTENER programme. We think it has very little funding.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1837006)

- Le Secrétaire général adjoint, M. José Antonio Ocampo, Département des affaires économiques et sociales, prendra la **parole**.
  The Under-Secretary-General, **Mr**. José Antonio Ocampo, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, will make a statement.
  ([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 12410581)

- Monsieur le Président, je voudrais m'associer aux **paroles** mon collègue, M. Harbour.
  **Mr** President, I should like to endorse what my honourable friend Mr Harbour has just said.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 356002)

## thank

Used about 2 277 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 815 · UN documents ≈ 1 462). Meaning: [thank in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/thank/).

- Merci beaucoup, Monsieur Fischbach, vous avez la **parole**.
  **Thank** you very much, Mr Fischbach. I invite you to speak.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1792130)

- Le PRÉSIDENT (parle en anglais): Je remercie le représentant de Cuba de ses **paroles** aimables et de ses observations très pertinentes.
  The PRESIDENT: I **thank** the distinguished representative of Cuba for his kind remarks and for his very pertinent comments.
  ([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 18704824)

- président en exercice. - (SL) Merci beaucoup, Monsieur le Président, de me permettre de prendre la **parole**.
  President-in-Office. - (SL) **Thank** you, Mr President, for allowing me to speak.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1085932)

- Le PRÉSIDENT (traduit de l &apos; anglais): Je remercie sincèrement l &apos; Ambassadrice Gabr de sa déclaration et des **paroles** aimables qu &apos; elle a adressées à la présidence.
  The PRESIDENT: Ambassador Naéla Gabr, **thank** you so much for your statement and for the kind remarks addressed to the Chair.
  ([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 13414523)

- Président en exercice. - (SL) Merci beaucoup, M. le Président, de me permettre de prendre la **parole** maintenant.
  President-in-Office. - (SL) **Thank** you very much, Mr President, for allowing me to speak at this moment.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1055151)

## now

Used about 969 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 233 · UN documents ≈ 731). Meaning: [now in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/now/).

- Jusqu'à présent, un étranger ne m'a jamais adressé la **parole**.
  Until **now**, I've never been spoken to by a foreigner.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1090385](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1090385) [\#1090522](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1090522))

- Maintenant, pour se faire une idée de la scène qui va suivre, que le lecteur se figure dans son esprit la nuit glacée, les solitudes de la Salpêtrière couvertes de neige, et blanches au clair de lune comme d'immenses linceuls, la clarté de veilleuse des réverbères rougissant çà et là ces boulevards tragiques et les longues rangées des ormes noirs, pas un passant peut-être à un quart de lieue à la ronde, la masure Gorbeau à son plus haut point de silence, d'horreur et de nuit, dans cette masure, au milieu de ces solitudes, au milieu de cette ombre, le vaste galetas Jondrette éclairé d'une chandelle, et dans ce bouge deux hommes assis à une table, M. Leblanc tranquille, Jondrette souriant et effroyable, la Jondrette, la mère louve, dans un coin, et, derrière la cloison, Marius invisible, debout, ne perdant pas une **parole**, ne perdant pas un mouvement, l'oeil au guet, le pistolet au poing.
  **Now**, in order to form an idea of the scene which is to follow, let the reader picture to himself in his own mind, a cold night, the solitudes of the Salpêtrière covered with snow and white as winding-sheets in the moonlight, the taper-like lights of the street lanterns which shone redly here and there along those tragic boulevards, and the long rows of black elms, not a passer-by for perhaps a quarter of a league around, the Gorbeau hovel, at its highest pitch of silence, of horror, and of darkness; in that building, in the midst of those solitudes, in the midst of that darkness, the vast Jondrette garret lighted by a single candle, and in that den two men seated at a table, M. Leblanc tranquil, Jondrette smiling and alarming, the Jondrette woman, the female wolf, in one corner, and, behind the partition, Marius, invisible, erect, not losing a word, not missing a single movement, his eye on the watch, and pistol in hand.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 17178)

- (EN) Les gens savaient que je venais ce soir, que j'allais prendre la **parole** là maintenant, que ma langue est désormais une langue de travail de l'Union européenne.
  People knew I was coming tonight, people knew I was speaking at this time, people know that my language is **now** a working language of the European Union.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 958208)

- Je prends maintenant la **parole** au nom du vrai peuple, qui est censé être le bénéficiaire et le véritable acteur de ce programme.
  **Now**, I speak on the part of the real people, who are supposed to be the beneficiaries and who are the real actors in this programme.
  ([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 14836600)

- C'est pourquoi je me réjouis des **paroles** du Commissaire, à savoir que des discussions intensives sont à présent en cours avec l'OCDE et le Fonds monétaire international.
  I therefore welcome what the Commissioner has said, namely that intensive talks are **now** under way with the OECD and the International Monetary Fund.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1110024)

## More sentences

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

- La **parole** est d'argent mais le silence est d'or.
  Speech is silver, but silence is golden.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by TRANG and Zifre · checked, community translation · [\#2328](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2328) [\#4182](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4182))

- Tu doutes toujours de ma **parole**.
  You're always doubting my word.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Sibelius and CK · checked, community translation · [\#9725346](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9725346) [\#1120100](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1120100))

- Tu ne devrais pas trahir ta **parole**.
  You shouldn't break promises.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by gall and CK · checked, community translation · [\#68882](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/68882) [\#426211](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/426211))

## 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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