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Meaning: [permit in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/permit/). - Nous restons favorables à un authentique **permis** unique européen, mais nous ne voulons pas d'une politique qui soit restrictive et donc discriminatoire. We remain in favour of a single European **permit**, but we do not want a policy that is restrictive and therefore discriminatory. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1525941) - la période de validité du **permis**; the validity period of the **permit**; ([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 5209567) - d ' un **permis** ONU valide. valid United Nations vehicle **permit**. ([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 5442582) - Mon collègue Nobilia a tenté d' obtenir ce report par d' autres voies, mais malheureusement les règles de fonctionnement du Parlement ne l' ont pas **permis**. Mr Nobilia has tried various other means to have the debate postponed but, unfortunately, Parliament' s Rules of Procedure do not **permit** this. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 263081) - Indiquer le numéro d'identification du **permis**. Indicate the identification number of the **permit**. ([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 3926120) ## licence Used about 6 275 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 73 · parliamentary ≈ 433 · legal and administrative ≈ 973 · UN documents ≈ 4 797). Meaning: [licence in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/licence/). - Tu as ton **permis** de conduire ? Do you have your driving **licence**? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felix63 and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#12403857](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12403857) [\#8875270](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8875270)) - De cette façon, nous pourrions obtenir un **permis** de conduire utilisable dans le reste de l’Europe. In that way, we should obtain a driving **licence** we can use in the rest of Europe. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 648149) - Ce **permis** comporte six pages. This **licence** consists of six pages. ([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 3867865) - 2716 ans jusqu ' à 125 cm3 (11 kW) 18 ans jusqu ' à 25 kW (0,16 kW/kg) 21 ans et **permis** de conduire depuis deux ans au-dessus de 25 kW. 27/ 16 years up to 125 cc (11 kW). 18 years up to 25 kW (0.16 kW/kg). 21 years and holding driving **licence** for 2 years - over 25 kW. ([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 7571224) - Avez-vous le **permis** de conduire ? Do you have a driving **licence**? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felix63 and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#11990486](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11990486) [\#6170845](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6170845)) ## allowed Used about 3 445 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 28 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 433 · legal and administrative ≈ 584 · UN documents ≈ 2 399). - T'est-il **permis** d'y aller ? Are you **allowed** to go? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2349068](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2349068) [\#2349175](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2349175)) - Moi qui n’ai pas **permis** à ma langue de pécher, De demander sa mort avec imprécation; (I have certainly not **allowed** my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse); ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 31:30) - C’est la démocratie qui a **permis** que cela se produise. It is democracy that has **allowed** this to happen. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 596115) - Il est **permis** d'allumer les feux installés latéralement pour les manœuvres lentes en marche avant. It is **allowed** to switch on the devices fitted on the side of the vehicle, for slow manoeuvres in forward motion. ([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 5425591) - Ces < < dialogues > > ont **permis** à leurs participants d ' échanger librement des idées et de mieux apprécier leurs intérêts respectifs. The dialogue format **allowed** members to freely exchange ideas and better appreciate mutual interests. ([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 30300907) ## driving Used about 1 756 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 751). - Elle n'est pas assez grande pour obtenir son **permis** de conduire. She isn't old enough to get a **driving** license. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1569849](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1569849) [\#1569901](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1569901)) - Directive 91/439/CEE du Conseil du 29 juillet 1991 relative au **permis** de conduire Council Directive 91/439/EEC of 29 July 1991 on **driving** licences ([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 127604) - modifiant la directive 2006/126/CE du Parlement européen et du Conseil relative au **permis** de conduire amending Directive 2006/126/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on **driving** licences ([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 3552269) - Le **permis** de conduire est constitué de deux parties — la carte plastique avec photo et la contrepartie **permis**. The **driving** licence consists of two parts — the plastic photo card and the licence counterpart. ([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 3868111) - Cette durée réduite de validité administrative ne peut être appliquée qu'à l'occasion du renouvellement du **permis** de conduire. This reduced period of administrative validity can only be applied upon renewing the **driving** licence. ([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 916553) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Si tu as trop de contraventions, l'État te retire ton **permis**. If you get too many traffic tickets, the state revokes your license. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Tangobango · checked, community translation · [\#6214398](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6214398) [\#10537753](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10537753)) - Il est nécessaire d'avoir un **permis** pour conduire une voiture. It is necessary to have a license to drive a car. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Delapouite and CK · checked, community translation · [\#265590](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/265590) [\#1414616](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1414616)) - Disposes-tu d'un **permis** de pêche ? Do you have a fishing license? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1553519](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1553519) [\#1554124](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1554124)) ## 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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