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# précises — French to English

How French *précises* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 6 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: précises (28 066). By style: everyday 25 · literary 5 · parliamentary 1 601 · legal and administrative 2 114 · UN documents 24 321.

## specific

Used about 10 514 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 534 · legal and administrative ≈ 352 · UN documents ≈ 9 627). 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))

- Il existe au-delà de cela d'autres propositions plus **précises**.
  In addition there are other, more **specific**, proposals.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1750509)

- lorsque d'autres raisons **précises** justifient l'utilisation d'une espèce de non-rongeur.
  where other **specific** reasons justify the use of a non-rodent species.
  ([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 1532522)

- M. Kotrane demande des informations plus **précises** sur ce point.
  He requested more **specific** information on that issue.
  ([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 26114840)

- Je voudrais donc vous poser deux questions très **précises**:
  I should like, therefore, to ask you two **specific** questions:
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1355706)

## precise

Used about 3 355 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 334 · legal and administrative ≈ 484 · UN documents ≈ 2 533). Meaning: [precise in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/precise/).

- Les mesures doivent être **précises**.
  The measurements need to be **precise**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2599463](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2599463) [\#5931637](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5931637))

- 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)

- En fait, on ne dispose pas de réponses **précises** à ces questions.
  In point of fact, we still do not have any **precise** answers to the questions which they raise.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1965155)

- limitées à des circonstances **précises** et concrètes caractérisant une activité donnée;
  limited to **precise** and concrete circumstances characterising a given activity;
  ([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 2897718)

- 90. Il n &apos; existe pas de données **précises** permettant de quantifier l &apos; émigration des jeunes instruits.
  90. There are no **precise** data about the outflow of young and educated people of the country.
  ([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 24291492)

## accurate

Used about 3 065 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 133 · legal and administrative ≈ 396 · UN documents ≈ 2 533). Meaning: [accurate in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/accurate/).

- Je prends réellement plaisir à vos questions **précises**.
  I really enjoy your **accurate** questions.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and belgavox · checked, community translation · [\#1742310](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1742310) [\#1073478](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1073478))

- (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)

- Les informations sur les denrées alimentaires sont **précises**, claires et aisément compréhensibles par les consommateurs.
  Food information shall be **accurate**, clear and easy to understand for the consumer.
  ([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 2451630)

- Diffusion d &apos; 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)

- J'ai utilisé un mètre ruban pour obtenir les dimensions **précises**.
  I used a tape measure to get the **accurate** dimensions.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and ddnktr · checked, community translation · [\#12337672](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12337672) [\#12337676](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12337676))

## detailed

Used about 2 997 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 67 · legal and administrative ≈ 396 · UN documents ≈ 2 533).

- 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)

- Les deux options secondaires C et D, moins détaillées, fournissent des indications sur la disponibilité dans des zones **précises**.
  And two less **detailed** secondary options, C and D, provide information on availability in specific areas.
  ([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 596098)

## sharp

Used about 1 054 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 33 · UN documents ≈ 1 013). Meaning: [sharp in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sharp/).

- Venez à dix heures **précises**.
  Come at ten o'clock **sharp**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#73432](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/73432) [\#1336041](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1336041))

- 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)

- 10 heures (**précises**) à 13 heures 1re séance Salle de conférence 1
  10 a.m. (**sharp**) - 1 p.m. 1st meeting Conference Room 1
  ([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 14057709)

- Viens à dix heures **précises**.
  Come at ten o'clock **sharp**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#73432](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/73432) [\#1336038](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1336038))

- La Commission commencera ses travaux le lundi 14 octobre 1996 à 15 heures **précises** par l’examen du point 100 de l’ordre du jour (Développement social).
  The Committee will begin its substantive work on Monday, 14 October 1996, at 3 p.m. **sharp**, with agenda item 100 (Social development).
  ([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 3086948)

## clear

Used about 839 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 200 · legal and administrative ≈ 132 · UN documents ≈ 507). 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)

- Les groupes d &apos; évaluation élaborent selon des échéances **précises** les prévisions et évaluations résultantes puis les transmettent par poste aux unités locales de statistiques publiques.
  Working to **clear** deadlines, assessment groups produce forecasts and evaluations of results, then mail them to local public statistics offices.
  ([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 3777039)

- J'ai la conviction que ce n'est que par le biais d'un ensemble de règles **précises** et strictes que nous parviendrons à améliorer l'environnement.
  I am convinced that the environment can only be secured by means of a **clear** set of laws with teeth.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1872790)

- 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 sentences

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

- Il donne des explications **précises**, facilement compréhensibles.
  He gives plain, simple explanations.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#293404](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/293404) [\#848712](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/848712))

- Elle devait être là à cinq heures **précises**.
  She needed to be here at exactly five o'clock.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by franlexcois and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#11455336](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11455336) [\#4959038](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4959038))

- Je trouve que les mots ayant des définitions **précises** sont les plus simples à retenir.
  I find words with concise definitions to be the easiest to remember.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by ANH\_DAO and Swift · checked, community translation · [\#2015](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2015) [\#3820](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3820))

## 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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