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Meaning: [specific in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/specific/). - Je veux des informations **précises**. I want **specific** information. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and J\_S · checked, community translation · [\#18363](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/18363) [\#9710312](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9710312)) - - Nous avons une proposition **précise**. There is a **specific** proposal. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 745511) - présentation **précise** du processus international en cours; **specific** presentation of the international process currently underway; ([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 1655867) - Deuxièmement, la Commission doit être plus **précise**. Secondly, the Commission needs to be more **specific**. ([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 18259440) - Dan invita Linda pour une raison très **précise**. Dan invited Linda for a very **specific** reason. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scorpionvenin14 and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#4009493](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4009493) [\#4009499](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4009499)) ## precise Used about 8 703 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 782 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 833 · UN documents ≈ 6 076). Meaning: [precise in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/precise/). - Donne-moi une réponse **précise**. Give me a **precise** answer. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Ronaldonl · checked, community translation · [\#735738](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/735738) [\#12320971](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12320971)) - Je me levai, et, grâce à ces indications **précises**, je trouvai rapidement l'atlas demandé. I rose, and with the help of such **precise** instructions could not fail to find the required atlas. ([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 449) - J'ai une question très **précise**. I have a very **precise** question. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 401066) - La composition **précise** du fluide receveur doit être fournie. The **precise** composition of the receptor fluid should be provided. ([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 1534820) - Il a invité le Gouvernement ivoirien à fixer une date **précise** pour la tenue de ces élections. It invited the Government of Côte d ' Ivoire to set a **precise** date for the holding of the elections. ([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 23217346) ## accurate Used about 5 066 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 293 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 120 · UN documents ≈ 3 646). Meaning: [accurate in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/accurate/). - Ma montre est très **précise**. My watch is very **accurate**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#251021](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/251021) [\#7738](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7738)) - (DE) Merci pour vos réponses **précises**, Monsieur Garrido. (DE) Thank you for your **accurate** answers, Mr Garrido. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1342983) - Si ares ≤ 0,01 m/s2, la mesure de la vitesse du véhicule est suffisamment **précise**. If ares ≤ 0,01 m/s2, the vehicle speed measurement is **accurate** enough. ([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 3977754) - Diffusion d ' informations claires et **précises**. Dissemination of clear and **accurate** information. ([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 13039926) - La montre tient l'heure **précise**. The watch keeps **accurate** time. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Lumi\_alt · checked, community translation · [\#58921](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/58921) [\#1833372](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1833372)) ## detailed Used about 4 762 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 98 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 018 · UN documents ≈ 3 646). - Je peux donner certaines informations **précises** à ce sujet. I can supply some **detailed** information about this. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 849995) - des informations **précises** sur l'exécution financière du programme; **detailed** information about the financial implementation of the programme; ([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 1256374) - Des informations plus **précises** seront disponibles en mars 2008. More **detailed** information would be available in March 2008. ([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 18755082) - La conférence des donateurs pour le Timor-Oriental se tiendra en novembre, si bien que des appréciations plus **précises** ne pourront être données que plus tard. The donor conference on East Timor is to be held in November, so more **detailed** assessments will be available only later. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2019086) - Une demande qui n'est pas suffisamment **précise** ne peut pas être prise en considération. An application which is insufficiently **detailed** will not be considered. ([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 1198095) ## clear Used about 3 274 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 538 · legal and administrative ≈ 305 · UN documents ≈ 2 431). Meaning: [clear in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/clear/). - La Commission demande au Conseil et au Parlement des orientations **précises**, ce que je comprends parfaitement. The Commission is calling for **clear** guidelines from the Council and Parliament. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 140113) - Il convient de prévoir des instructions écrites **précises** concernant leur alimentation et leur abreuvement. There shall be **clear** written instructions about feeding and watering. ([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 629130) - Certaines questions auxquelles il convient de répondre sont: à partir de quel moment la vue d ' ensemble obtenue estelle suffisamment **précise**? Some of the questions that need to be answered are: When is the picture **clear** enough? ([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 10458510) - Je remercie très sincèrement Madame le Commissaire Bonino pour la déclaration très **précise** qu'elle vient de faire. I would like to thank Commissioner Bonino very sincerely for her very **clear** statement. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1675947) - Les coordonnées doivent être suffisamment **précises** afin que l’organisation puisse être contactée: adresse postale, numéros de téléphone et de fax, adresse de courrier électronique, site web The address must be sufficiently **clear** for the organisation to be contacted: postal address, telephone and fax number, e-mail address, website ([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 3096623) ## more Used about 2 631 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 98 · legal and administrative ≈ 102 · UN documents ≈ 2 431). Meaning: [more in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/more/). - **Précise** ton idée plus clairement. Explain your idea **more** clearly. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and \_undertoad · checked, community translation · [\#2265923](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2265923) [\#12037988](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12037988)) - Le règlement ne **précise** pas plus clairement cette position et c'est pourquoi cette réserve est particulièrement indiquée. The Rules of Procedure do not shed any **more** light on the matter and that is exactly why this back burner is extremely useful. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 8421) - Lorsqu’une règle de la liste **précise** qu’un produit peut être fabriqué à partir de plusieurs matières, cela signifie qu’une ou plusieurs de ces matières peuvent être utilisées. When a rule in the list specifies that a product may be manufactured from **more** than one material, this means that one or more materials may be used. ([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 4850014) - La formulation d ' une définition de la notion de faible couvert forestier afin de recenser de manière plus **précise** les pays relevant de cette catégorie. development of a definition of low forest cover that **more** precisely identifies countries falling within this category ([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 14022880) - Peut-elle indiquer de manière plus **précise** la manière dont elle compte mettre en uvre son engagement d' aide à la reconstruction du Timor-Oriental ? Can it now state **more** specifically how it intends to act on its undertaking to support the reconstruction of East Timor? ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2031637) ## questions Used about 905 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 196 · legal and administrative ≈ 102 · UN documents ≈ 608). - Puis-je rappeler à nos chers collègues qu'il est préférable de poser des questions brèves et **précises**. May I remind colleagues that short, sharp **questions** are better. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 383163) - La déclaration est suivie d’un débat d’une durée minimale de trente minutes, au cours duquel les députés peuvent poser des questions brèves et **précises**. The statement shall be followed by a debate of at least 30 minutes in which Members may put brief and concise **questions**. ([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 4879533) - 44. Pour répondre aux questions sur l ' accaparement des terres, M. Nkou **précise** que la terre appartient aux peuples autochtones et à l ' État. 44. In response to the **questions** concerning land seizure, he explained that the land belonged to the indigenous peoples and to the State. ([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 26216939) - Nous n'avons toujours pas eu de réponse **précise** à certaines des questions de Monsieur Graefe zu Baringdorf. We still do not have a clear-cut reply to some of Mr Graefe zu Baringdorf's **questions**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 382498) - Un aspect important a été soulevé, à savoir si des dispositions **précises** étaient prévues, ou non, pour après juin 1999. There were **questions** concerning the important issue of whether there are clear rules that are going to be applied after June 1999 or not. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1833288) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - J'ai besoin d'une explication **précise**. I need a concise explanation. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by TRANG and CK · checked, community translation · [\#20964](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/20964) [\#331138](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/331138)) - Veuillez me donner une réponse **précise**. Please give me a definite answer. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#9763546](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9763546) [\#11916489](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11916489)) - Il n'y a rien de pire qu'une image **précise** d'une vague impression. There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a vague perception. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by bout and VirtuOZ · checked, community translation · [\#2566227](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2566227) [\#2567651](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2567651)) ## 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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