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# prêts — French to English

How French *prêts* 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: prêts (46 826). By style: everyday 200 · literary 2 · biblical 28 · parliamentary 4 166 · legal and administrative 13 596 · UN documents 28 834.

## loans

Used about 26 336 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 868 · legal and administrative ≈ 11 047 · UN documents ≈ 14 417). Forms: loan, loans.

- Le gouvernement allouera des **prêts** sans intérêts aux sociétés qui participent au programme.
  The government will provide interest-free **loans** to firms that participate in the program.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#271436](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/271436) [\#482883](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/482883))

- Personne ne peut dire que les **prêts** à haut risque aux États-Unis sont le résultat des forces du marché.
  No one can say that the sub-prime **loans** in the USA are the result of market forces.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1142011)

- **Prêts** pour compte de tiers
  **Loans** on a trust basis
  ([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 3454235)

- Provision pour **prêts** à recevoir
  Non-current Provision for **loans** receivable
  ([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 27210944)

- Elle serait accordée pour moitié sous forme de dons et pour moitié sous forme de **prêts**.
  Half the proposed aid will be supplied in the form of subsidies and the other half in the form of **loans**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1550357)

## ready

Used about 5 167 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 167 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 13 · parliamentary ≈ 781 · UN documents ≈ 4 205). Meaning: [ready in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ready/).

- Vous n'êtes pas **prêts**.
  You're not **ready**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2218282](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2218282) [\#2076856](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2076856))

- Ils étaient visiblement **prêts** à se jeter sur lui.
  They were evidently **ready** to hurl themselves upon him.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 24123)

- Et il dit au peuple: Soyez **prêts** dans trois jours; ne vous approchez d’aucune femme.
  He said to the people, “Be **ready** by the third day. Don’t have sexual relations with a woman.”
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EXO 19:15)

- La Commission a dit qu'ils pourraient être **prêts** à temps.
  It has said that they can be **ready** in time.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 387015)

- Nous sommes **prêts** à préciser et à intégrer toutes les propositions dans ce domaine.
  We are **ready** to work to specify and integrate all the proposals available in that respect.
  ([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 16658320)

## lending

Used about 4 189 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 87 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 700 · UN documents ≈ 2 403).

- Qu'en est-il des dizaines de banques régionales américaines impliquées dans les **prêts** d'argent facile au secteur du logement?
  What about the dozens of regional US banks who were involved in **lending** easy money in the housing sector?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1142179)

- Mises en pension et **prêts** de titres — actifs substantiellement identiques.
  Repurchase agreements and securities **lending**—assets that are substantially the same.
  ([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 4102609)

- Les institutions financières et les donateurs internationaux ont depuis repris leurs **prêts**.
  The international financial institutions and donors have since resumed **lending**.
  ([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 28305078)

- Chypre n’introduit pas de mesures administratives qui interfèrent avec la fixation des taux des **prêts** bancaires;
  Administrative measures that interfere with the setting of bank **lending** rates shall not be introduced;
  ([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 3115156)

- Si ces **prêts** avaient progressé au rythme prévu alors, la Banque devrait aujourd &apos; hui se doter de ressources additionnelles.
  If the rate of **lending** grew as expected at that time, the Bank would now be in need of additional resources.
  ([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 71780)

## prepared

Used about 4 067 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 13 · biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 1 649 · UN documents ≈ 2 403). Meaning: [prepared in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/prepared/).

- Jusqu'où êtes-vous **prêts** à aller ?
  How far are you **prepared** to go?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and cromwellt · checked, community translation · [\#3764897](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3764897) [\#4541959](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4541959))

- Les châtiments sont **prêts** pour les moqueurs, Et les coups pour le dos des insensés.
  Penalties are **prepared** for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 19:29)

- Or les États membres ne sont pas **prêts** à s'y plier.
  But the Member States do not appear to be **prepared** to do that.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1688196)

- Nous sommes **prêts** à contribuer concrètement et énergiquement à sa revitalisation et à son renouveau.
  We are **prepared** to contribute concretely and actively to its revitalization and renewal.
  ([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 1678811)

- Nous devons être **prêts** au pire.
  We need to be **prepared** for the worst.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5614829](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5614829) [\#8063655](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8063655))

## More sentences

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

- Y êtes-vous **prêts** ?
  Are you up for it?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#2182747](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2182747) [\#2186802](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2186802))

- Seriez-vous **prêts** à aider ?
  Would you be willing to help?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1140025](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1140025) [\#1140751](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1140751))

- Pourquoi insistes-tu pour payer toi-même tes frais scolaires alors que tes parents sont **prêts** à t'aider financièrement ?
  Why do you insist on paying for your school expenses yourself, when your parents are willing to give you financial support?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#325648](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/325648) [\#9009526](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9009526))

## Grammar

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