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# pourcentage — French to English

How French *pourcentage* 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: pourcentage (71 944), pourcentages (4 877). By style: everyday 8 · parliamentary 1 755 · legal and administrative 14 267 · UN documents 60 791.

## percentage

Used about 62 176 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 1 261 · legal and administrative ≈ 12 781 · UN documents ≈ 48 126). Forms: percentage, percentages. Meaning: [percentage in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/percentage/).

- Tom veut un plus gros **pourcentage** du profit.
  Tom wants a better **percentage** of the profits.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by arnxy20 and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2031370](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2031370) [\#2765949](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2765949))

- Nous avons aussi modifié les **pourcentages**.
  We have also changed the **percentages**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 708715)

- **Pourcentages** de l'aide envisagée
  **Percentage** of planned aid
  ([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 1110294)

- Taux de vacance (**pourcentage**)b
  Vacancy rate (**percentage**)b
  ([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 18163171)

- Quel **pourcentage** de notre corps est constitué d'eau ?
  What **percentage** of our bodies is water?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#4061382](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4061382) [\#8954246](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8954246))

## cent

Used about 4 433 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 4 433). Meaning: [cent in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/cent/).

- Le **pourcentage** de bénéficiaires de bourses de sexe féminin est passé de 39 % en 1990 à 63,5 % en 1998.
  The number of female scholarship recipients had increased from 39 per **cent** in 1990 to 63.5 per cent in 1998.
  ([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 6078527)

- 8. **Pourcentage** d &apos; enfants par quintile de revenu en fonction du revenu disponible des ménages par unité de consommation (1990)
  8. Per **cent** children in income quintiles by household disposable income per consumer unit, 1990
  ([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 1859585)

- 427. Ce **pourcentage** se situe à 86 % dans les zones urbaines et à 49 %, c &apos; est-à-dire pratiquement la moitié, dans les zones rurales.
  427. This proportion is around 86 per **cent** in urban areas and only half that, 49 per cent, in rural areas.
  ([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 9161249)

- En outre, la part de femmes conseillères municipales a atteint pour la première fois le **pourcentage** minimum légal de 33 % pour la période 20102016.
  As for councillors, for first time ever, the legal minimum quota of 33 per **cent** was reached in 2010 - 2016.
  ([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 27527871)

- Le 23 janvier, le Sénat a examiné un projet de loi qui devait garantir qu &apos; un **pourcentage** de 15 % du budget serait affecté aux projets au niveau des comtés.
  Subsequently, on 23 January, the Senate discussed a bill that would guarantee 15 per **cent** of the budget for county projects.
  ([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 30142167)

## total

Used about 1 266 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 266). Meaning: [total in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/total/).

- Tableau 4.4 Les femmes dans l &apos; enseignement et les sciences, 2000 (totaux en **pourcentages**
  Table: 4.4 Women in education and science 2000 **total**
  ([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 10394363)

- Le montant retenu pour le calcul des **pourcentages**, qui est de 2 230 400 000 dollars, a été calculé à partir du montant total du projet de budget-programme pour 1996-1997, qui était de 2 687 100 000 dollars.
  The computation base of $2,230.4 million is derived from the **total** proposed programme budget for the biennium 1996-1997 of $2,687.1 million.
  ([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 4405967)

## expressed

Used about 633 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 633). Meaning: [expressed in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/expressed/).

- Les résultats nutritionnels sont exprimés sous forme d &apos; apports en chiffres absolus et sous forme de **pourcentages** d &apos; apports nutritionnels de référence.
  Nutritional results are **expressed** as absolute intakes, and as a proportion of Dietary Reference Values.
  ([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 8058947)

## per

Used about 55 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 55). Meaning: [per in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/per/).

- L'Union européenne est responsable d'environ 14% de ces émissions, ce qui constitue le **pourcentage** par habitant le plus élevé au monde.
  The European Union is responsible for around 14% of these emissions, the highest **per** capita quota in the world.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 903220)

- La révision à la fin de l'année du **pourcentage** de rétention signifie que nous avons pensé à tout, y compris à la coopération internationale.
  Review at the end of the year on the retention **per** cent means we have covered all bases, including international cooperation.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1266538)

- Comme l’a indiqué Mme Lucas, dans quelques années, d’ici 2012, celui-ci aura augmenté de 150% par rapport à 1990, ce qui correspond à un **pourcentage** légèrement inférieur à 5% par an.
  As Mrs Lucas said earlier, in a few years' time, by 2012, it will have increased by 150% in comparison with 1990, which is approximately just under 5% **per** annum.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 833498)

## More sentences

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

- Nous regrettons toutefois qu'une majorité du Parlement préconise des plafonds d'émission élevés et un **pourcentage** insignifiant de mise aux enchères des quotas d'émission.
  However, we consider it regrettable that a majority in Parliament advocate both high emission ceilings and an insignificant amount of auctioning of emission allowances.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 991635)

- Considérez le **pourcentage** énorme de mortalité du bétail en Mongolie.
  Take the enormous cattle losses Mongolia has suffered.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 21906)

- Tous les responsables en la matière uvrent en vue de tenter de faire diminuer davantage ce **pourcentage**.
  Everybody responsible works to try to ensure that the level of accidents is even lower than that.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1810559)

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