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# pratiques — French to English

How French *pratiques* 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: pratiques (222 544). By style: everyday 25 · literary 1 · biblical 2 · parliamentary 7 924 · legal and administrative 15 889 · UN documents 198 703.

## practices

Used about 194 381 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 7 264 · legal and administrative ≈ 13 241 · UN documents ≈ 173 865). Forms: practical, practice, practices.

- Elle m'a donné des conseils **pratiques**.
  She gave me some **practical** advice.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#314217](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/314217) [\#134363](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/134363))

- La Grève ayant disparu avec la branche aînée, une Grève bourgeoise fut instituée sous le nom de Barrière Saint-Jacques; les «hommes **pratiques**» sentirent le besoin d'une guillotine quasi légitime; et ce fut là une des victoires de Casimir Perier, qui représentait les côtés étroits de la bourgeoisie, sur Louis-Philippe, qui en représentait les côtés libéraux.
  The Grève having disappeared with the elder branch, a bourgeois place of execution was instituted under the name of the Barrière-Saint-Jacques; “**practical** men” felt the necessity of a quasi-legitimate guillotine; and this was one of the victories of Casimir Périer, who represented the narrow sides of the bourgeoisie, over Louis Philippe, who represented its liberal sides.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18199)

- Eux aussi doivent s'opposer à ces **pratiques**.
  They too must fight these **practices**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 341328)

- Projet pilote — Manuel de bonnes **pratiques** pour les croisières
  Pilot project — Manual of good **practices** for cruises
  ([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 5053060)

- III. PROGRÈS, MEILLEURES **PRATIQUES**, DIFFICULTÉS ET CONTRAINTES
  III. ACHIEVEMENTS, BEST **PRACTICES**, CHALLENGES AND CONSTRAINTS
  ([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 18567433)

## must

Used about 8 279 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 8 279). Meaning: [must in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/must/).

- Toutes les **pratiques** qui nuisent aux femmes, aussi profondément ancrées soient-elles, doivent être éliminées.
  All practises that harm women, no matter how deeply imbedded in culture, **must** be eradicated.
  ([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 10390453)

- Il faut également continuer d &apos; améliorer les mécanismes de responsabilisation de la PNTL afin d &apos; éviter que des **pratiques** répréhensibles ne restent impunies.
  PNTL accountability mechanisms **must** also continue to be improved to avoid impunity for acts of misconduct.
  ([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 23263480)

## best

Used about 4 802 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 662 · UN documents ≈ 4 140). Meaning: [best in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/best/).

- Projet pilote — Échange de bonnes **pratiques** pour la simplification de la conditionnalité
  Pilot project — Exchanging **best** practice for cross compliance simplification
  ([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 3442652)

- Guide des **pratiques** optimales de captage et d &apos; utilisation du méthane provenant des mines de charbon
  **Best** Practice Guidance for Effective Methane Drainage and Use in Coal Mines
  ([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 25557772)

- ils sont des projets relatifs aux meilleures **pratiques** ou de démonstration aux fins de la mise en œuvre de la directive 79/409/CEE ou 92/43/CEE;
  being **best**-practice or demonstration projects, for the implementation of Directive 79/409/EEC or Directive 92/43/EEC;
  ([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 1247061)

## good

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

- On t’a fait connaître, ô homme, ce qui est bien; Et ce que l’Éternel demande de toi, C’est que tu **pratiques** la justice, Que tu aimes la miséricorde, Et que tu marches humblement avec ton Dieu.
  He has shown you, O man, what is **good**. What does the LORD require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MIC 6:8)

## More sentences

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

- Il souligna les aspects **pratiques** de la vie citadine.
  He stressed the convenient aspects of city life.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sysko and CM · checked, community translation · [\#301837](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/301837) [\#336269](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/336269))

- Les services bancaires en ligne sont très **pratiques**.
  Online banking is very convenient.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and orcrist · checked, community translation · [\#4823859](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4823859) [\#6455997](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6455997))

- **Pratiques**-tu le moindre sport ?
  Do you play any sports?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#25236](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/25236) [\#3514516](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3514516))

## Grammar

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