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# portant — French to English

How French *portant* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 5 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: portant (173 492), portante (114), portantes (72), portants (92). By style: everyday 29 · literary 26 · biblical 38 · parliamentary 3 516 · legal and administrative 52 939 · UN documents 117 222.

## healthy

Used about 31 313 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 270 · legal and administrative ≈ 514 · UN documents ≈ 30 527). Forms: health, healthy. Meaning: [healthy in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/healthy/).

- Elle a mis au monde un bébé bien **portant**.
  She gave birth to a **healthy** baby.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by nimfeo and CK · checked, community translation · [\#313450](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/313450) [\#134272](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/134272))

- rapporteur. - (SL) Ce rapport concerne tout le monde, les malades et les bien-**portants**.
  rapporteur. - (SL) This report concerns everyone - the sick and the **healthy**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1144808)

- vu le règlement (CE) no 1924/2006 du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 20 décembre 2006 concernant les allégations nutritionnelles et de santé **portant** sur les denrées alimentaires \[1\], et notamment son article 17, paragraphe 3,
  Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on nutrition and **health** claims made on foods \[1\], and in particular Article 17(3) thereof,
  ([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 3604859)

- Par ailleurs, la population rurale est en général moins bien **portante** que celle des villes.
  Furthermore, the rural population in general is less **healthy** than the urban population.
  ([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 7988515)

- Le vieux est bien **portant** et fort comme un chêne.
  The old fellow is as **healthy** and as strong as an oak.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and uxintro · checked, community translation · [\#3498696](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3498696) [\#1101360](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1101360))

## bearing

Used about 20 237 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · literary ≈ 9 · biblical ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 108 · legal and administrative ≈ 16 447 · UN documents ≈ 3 663). Meaning: [bearing in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bearing/).

- La soubrette est entrée **portant** un gâteau.
  The maid came in **bearing** a cake.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Dejo · checked, community translation · [\#31844](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/31844) [\#417462](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/417462))

- Les officiers des Invalides le suivaient immédiatement, **portant** des branches de laurier.
  The officers of the Invalides came immediately behind it, **bearing** laurel branches.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 23013)

- Sortons donc pour aller à lui, hors du camp, en **portant** son opprobre.
  Let’s therefore go out to him outside of the camp, **bearing** his reproach.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · HEB 13:13)

- Elle délivrera même des diplômes **portant** le logo UE, sans faire référence aux universités utilisées.
  It will even issue qualifications **bearing** the EU logo, with no reference to the universities of which it has made use.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 967896)

- La force **portante** de la TLOF
  The **bearing** strength of TLOF
  ([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 5177188)

## load

Used about 18 123 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 1 028 · UN documents ≈ 17 095). Meaning: [load in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/load/).

- définit des exigences structurelles minimales concernant la structure **portante** principale (structure primaire) des véhicules, par rapport aux contraintes exceptionnelles d'exploitation et de service.
  Defines the minimum structural requirements for the main **load** carrying (primary) structure of the vehicles vs. exceptional functional loads and service loads.
  ([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 389613)

- Souple, avec bonne capacité **portante**
  Flexible, with good **load** bearing capacity;
  ([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 25179944)

- Le présent chapitre définit les exigences structurelles minimales applicables à la structure **portante** principale (structure primaire) des wagons ainsi qu'aux interfaces avec les équipements et la charge utile.
  This section defines the minimum structural requirements for the main **load** carrying (primary) structure of the wagons and the interfaces with equipment and payload.
  ([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 389625)

- Souple, avec bonne capacité **portante**
  Flexible, with good **load**-bearing capacity;
  ([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 25181004)

- Cette répartition des masses doit être fonction de la capacité d &apos; absorption d &apos; énergie et de la capacité **portante** de chaque segment.
  This mass distribution shall express the energy absorbing capability and **load** bearing capacity of each bay.
  ([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 11275190)

## children

Used about 6 578 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 54 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 028 · UN documents ≈ 5 495).

- Fils de Juda, **portant** le bouclier et la lance, six mille huit cents, armés pour la guerre.
  The **children** of Judah who bore shield and spear were six thousand eight hundred, armed for war.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CH 12:24)

- J'irais même un peu plus loin en suggérant une nouvelle directive **portant** sur l'éducation des enfants de migrants.
  I would even go one step further and suggest there be a new Directive dealing with the education of the **children** of migrants.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1245905)

- refusant d'autoriser une allégation de santé **portant** sur des denrées alimentaires et faisant référence au développement et à la santé des enfants
  refusing to authorise a health claim made on foods and referring to **children**'s development and health
  ([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 4033497)

- L &apos; arrêté no 0012/MASSBE/DGAS du 5 novembre 1985 **portant** création d &apos; une école pour enfants déficients auditifs.
  Order No. 0012/MASSBE/DGAS of 5 November 1985 establishing a school for hearing-impaired **children**.
  ([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 29551569)

- Les trampolines sont des jouets destinés à un usage familial dont la structure **portante** reste fixe pendant le déroulement de l'activité et qui sont principalement destinés aux enfants pour pratiquer l'activité de saut.
  Trampolines are toys for domestic use in which the support structure remains stationary while the activity is taking place and which are primarily intended for **children** to perform the activity of jumping.
  ([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 4830872)

## strength

Used about 2 056 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 2 056). Meaning: [strength in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/strength/).

- Catégorie de force **portante** du sous-sol de la TWY
  Subgrade **strength** category of the TWY
  ([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 5177231)

- Catégorie de force **portante** du sous-sol de la piste
  Subgrade **strength** category of the RWY
  ([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 5176964)

- Catégorie de force **portante** du sous-sol de l’aire de trafic
  Subgrade **strength** category of the apron
  ([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 5177219)

- Force **portante**
  **Strength**
  ([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 5176959)

## More sentences

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

- Même en **portant** un complet Armani et en conduisant une Jaguar, à la fin on est pareils aux fourmis. On bouge, on bouge et on meurt sans raison.
  Even if we wear an Armani suite or drive a Jaguar, in the end we're the same as ants. We move and move pointlessly and then we die.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#825785](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/825785) [\#786174](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/786174))

- Tout homme **portant** un postiche craint les jours de vent.
  Any man wearing a toupee fears a windy day.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · [\#638200](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/638200) [\#814089](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/814089))

- Deux hommes **portant** des masques ont braqué la banque.
  Two men wearing masks robbed the bank.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and Source\_VOA · checked, community translation · [\#681958](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/681958) [\#5829867](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5829867))

## 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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