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By style: everyday 40 · literary 65 · biblical 27 · parliamentary 1 434 · legal and administrative 3 315 · UN documents 22 567. ## bandwidth Used about 9 112 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 44 · legal and administrative ≈ 939 · UN documents ≈ 8 129). - De plus, le classement prioritaire crée un mécanisme de motivation qui pousse les opérateurs réseaux à investir dans l'augmentation de leur bande **passante** au fur et à mesure de l'augmentation de la demande. In addition, prioritisation creates an incentive mechanism for network operators to invest in upgrading **bandwidth** as demand increases. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1007992) - b. une bande **passante** égale ou supérieure à 100 Hz; b. A **bandwidth** of 100 Hz or more; ([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 4443760) - à la bande **passante** ou aux plages horaires Permitted, time limited or **bandwidth** restricted ([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 30260287) - Personnellement, je pense qu'il convient d'établir une distinction entre le monde numérique et le monde de l'atome: dans un monde caractérisé par une puissance de traitement, des capacités de stockage et une bande **passante** accrues, on remarque que les prix ont tendance à pointer vers zéro et bon nombre d'acteurs de l'industrie musicale, par exemple, n'ont pas réagi. Personally, I think a distinction should be made between the digital world and the world of atoms; in a world of increased processing power, increased storage and increased **bandwidth**, you see a tendency towards a price of zero and many in the music industry, for example, have failed to react. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1424348) - La bande **passante** du canal peut être inférieure à 10 MHz. Channel **bandwidth** may be less than 10 MHz. ([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 5104139) ## passers Used about 2 846 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · literary ≈ 16 · parliamentary ≈ 154 · UN documents ≈ 2 669). - Ils ont arrêté les **passants**. They stopped **passers**-by. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#10700628](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10700628) [\#2913828](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2913828)) - Car les **passants** maintenant étaient une foule. For the **passers**-by now amounted to a crowd. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 24281) - Son meurtrier s’est montré si effronté que les **passants** ont pris les balles pour des pétards. So brazen was his killer, that **passers**-by mistook the bullets for firecrackers. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 563354) - —Disposer des signaux sur la route et prévenir les autres usagers et les **passants** — Mark roads and warn other road users or **passers**—by ([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 4345172) - Nous arrêtions les **passants**. We were stopping **passers**-by. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and OjisanSeiuchi · checked, community translation · [\#6372470](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6372470) [\#2386670](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2386670)) ## increased Used about 1 672 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 44 · legal and administrative ≈ 293 · UN documents ≈ 1 335). Meaning: [increased in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/increased/). - Le nombre de postes de contrôle a augmenté, **passant** de 580 à 660. The checkpoints have **increased** from 580 to 660. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1209773) - À compter du 1er janvier 2012, le crédit a augmenté, **passant** à 1,01 USD par gallon. As of 1 January 2012 the credit **increased** to 1,01 USD per gallon. ([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 2549263) - Parallèlement, l ' investissement moyen par personne a augmenté, **passant** à 2,10 dollars. At the same time, the average investment per capita has **increased** to $2.10. ([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 15297792) - Par exemple, la participation des femmes aux comités chargés d'évaluer les travaux de recherche a augmenté, **passant** de 10 % dans le quatrième programme-cadre à 34 % dans le sixième programme-cadre. For example, women's participation in committees evaluating research work has **increased** from 10% in the Fourth Framework Programme to 34% in the Sixth Framework Programme. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1081740) - Le rendement des investissements («ROI») a augmenté, **passant** de 71 % en 2006 à 103 % en 2007. The return on investments (‘ROI’) **increased** from a level of 71 % in 2006 to 103 % in 2007. ([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 2209284) ## passing Used about 1 322 times in the texts (literary ≈ 13 · biblical ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 132 · legal and administrative ≈ 323 · UN documents ≈ 849). - Et, les **passant** en revue avec le regard d'un Frédéric II à la parade de Potsdam, il dit aux trois «fumistes»: And **passing** them in review with a glance of a Frederick II. at a Potsdam parade, he said to the three “chimney-builders”:— ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 17903) - Mais Jésus, **passant** au milieu d’eux, s’en alla. But he, **passing** through the middle of them, went his way. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 4:30) - Il convient peut-être de le rappeler en **passant**. It is perhaps appropriate to reiterate that in **passing**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 644921) - P (% de **passant**) = 100 · (d/dmax)1/2 P (% **passing**) = 100 · (d/dmax)1/2 ([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 5577567) - Ils ont également tabassé plusieurs **passants** arabes. They also beat several Arabs who were **passing** by. ([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 722221) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Un **passant** a filmé la brutalité policière à l'aide de son téléphone portable. A bystander videotaped the police beating using their cell phone. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · [\#752985](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/752985) [\#800206](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/800206)) - Il me fit un signe de la tête en **passant**. He nodded to me as he passed. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#301675](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/301675) [\#1344975](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1344975)) - Il s'est évadé de prison en **passant** par-dessus un mur. He escaped from prison by climbing over a wall. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#303520](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/303520) [\#12466521](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12466521)) ## 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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