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# précis — French to English

How French *précis* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 4 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: précis (35 661). By style: everyday 41 · literary 8 · parliamentary 3 296 · legal and administrative 2 333 · UN documents 29 983.

## specific

Used about 12 495 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · parliamentary ≈ 755 · legal and administrative ≈ 486 · UN documents ≈ 11 244). Meaning: [specific in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/specific/).

- Tom doit être plus **précis**.
  Tom needs to be more **specific**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Knabacxo and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3447149](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3447149) [\#5790185](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5790185))

- Ce n'est selon moi pas assez **précis**.
  In my view, this is not **specific** enough.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1372511)

- le but **précis** de l'opération;
  the **specific** purpose of the operation;
  ([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 1387848)

- II. DROITS **PRÉCIS** PORTÉS PAR LE PACTE INTERNATIONAL
  II. **SPECIFIC** RIGHTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL
  ([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 9155911)

- Pourrais-tu être plus **précis** ?
  Could you be more **specific**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Archibald and Archibald · checked, community translation · [\#704786](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/704786) [\#706247](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/706247))

## precise

Used about 8 109 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · literary ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 687 · legal and administrative ≈ 535 · UN documents ≈ 6 871). Meaning: [precise in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/precise/).

- Être plus **précis**.
  To be more **precise**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Popolon and jaydenms · checked, community translation · [\#9011900](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9011900) [\#2881682](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2881682))

- Voici donc le moment **précis** auquel notre voyage commence.»
  At this **precise** moment the journey commences."
  ([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 1554)

- Nous attendons des résultats **précis**, prouvés, argumentés, écrits.
  We are waiting for **precise**, proven, discussed and written results.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1664506)

- l’usage **précis** auquel est destiné l’objet;
  the **precise** use for which the article is intended;
  ([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 2460639)

- Les délégations ont noté que le rapport du FNUAP était **précis** et allait droit au but.
  126. Delegations noted that the UNFPA report was **precise** and to the point.
  ([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 13643296)

## clear

Used about 3 516 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 343 · legal and administrative ≈ 49 · UN documents ≈ 3 123). Meaning: [clear in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/clear/).

- Et soudain un souvenir **précis**, terrible, traversa l'âme de Pierre.
  And suddenly a **clear** and fearful recollection shot through his brain.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 982)

- L’adhésion à l’Union est subordonnée à des critères **précis**.
  There are **clear** criteria for accession to the Union.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 629845)

- La Commission regrette que les autorités danoises n’aient pas présenté des chiffres clairs et **précis** pour les recettes publicitaires de 1995 et 1996.
  The Commission regrets that the Danish authorities have not provided **clear** and unambiguous figures for the amount of advertising revenue in 1995 and 1996.
  ([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 2296076)

- c) Détermination du cercle **précis** des participants aux relations juridiques;
  (c) **Clear** definition of persons covered by the law;
  ([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 24240683)

- C’est pourquoi je demande expressément à la commissaire de nous donner un avis **précis** sur cette question.
  I would like therefore to expressly ask the Commissioner to give a **clear** opinion on this issue.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 524029)

## accurate

Used about 2 127 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · legal and administrative ≈ 243 · UN documents ≈ 1 874). Meaning: [accurate in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/accurate/).

- C'est assez **précis**.
  That's **accurate** enough.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#4918702](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4918702) [\#5920457](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5920457))

- Cela étant, comme expliqué ci-dessus au considérant 108, il n’existe pas d’éléments de preuve **précis** et appropriés à cet effet.
  However, as explained above in recital (108) there is no **accurate** and appropriate evidence to that effect.
  ([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 5261203)

- Toute méthode donnant des résultats plus **précis** pourra être utilisée.
  Any method yielding more **accurate** results may be used.
  ([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 11219126)

- C'est suffisamment **précis**.
  That's **accurate** enough.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#4918702](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4918702) [\#5920456](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5920456))

- Les aides familiaux non rémunérés ont été ajoutés pour le principe, même si des chiffres **précis** peuvent être difficiles à obtenir.
  The unpaid family workers have been added as a matter of principle although **accurate** figures may be difficult to obtain.
  ([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 1033534)

## More sentences

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

- Est-ce que ces chiffres sont **précis** ?
  Are these figures exact?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felix63 and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#8910455](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8910455) [\#11506008](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11506008))

- Tu peux être un peu plus **précis** ?
  Can you narrow that down a little?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scorpionvenin14 and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3329682](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3329682) [\#3449160](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3449160))

- À cet instant **précis**, vous êtes en train de lire et traduire ceci.
  At this very moment, you're reading and translating this.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Tchernobil and zpaden · checked, community translation · [\#4646514](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4646514) [\#4646689](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4646689))

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