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# preuves — French to English

How French *preuves* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 3 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: preuves (30 430). By style: everyday 95 · literary 3 · biblical 2 · parliamentary 1 948 · legal and administrative 4 556 · UN documents 23 826.

## evidence

Used about 23 731 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 63 · parliamentary ≈ 1 177 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 132 · UN documents ≈ 19 359). Meaning: [evidence in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/evidence/).

- Tu as des **preuves** ?
  Do you have any **evidence**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Blabla and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3824869](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3824869) [\#7778022](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7778022))

- Nous disposons de **preuves** innombrables.
  We have **evidence** in plenty.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 399253)

- Mesures de conservation des **preuves**
  Measures for preserving **evidence**
  ([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 166792)

- C. Sauvegarde des **preuves** et protection des témoins
  C. Protection of **evidence** and witnesses
  ([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 5611732)

- J'aimerais voir les **preuves**.
  I'd like to see the **evidence**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#8946007](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8946007) [\#11240827](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11240827))

## proofs

Used about 2 983 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 26 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 325 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 139 · UN documents ≈ 1 489). Forms: proof, proofs.

- Tu veux des **preuves** ?
  Do you want **proof**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2280279](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2280279) [\#7790072](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7790072))

- --Deux faits, deux **preuves**, fit Thénardier.
  “Two facts, two **proofs**,” remarked Thénardier.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 31719)

- Après qu’il eut souffert, il leur apparut vivant, et leur en donna plusieurs **preuves**, se montrant à eux pendant quarante jours, et parlant des choses qui concernent le royaume de Dieu.
  To these he also showed himself alive after he suffered, by many **proofs**, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking about God’s Kingdom.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 1:3)

- Nous avons besoin de **preuves** réelles.
  We need real **proof**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1372981)

- **Preuves** de l'arrivée à destination
  **Proofs** of arrival at destination
  ([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 1805597)

## prove

Used about 207 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 203). Meaning: [prove in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/prove/).

- Vous n'avez pas à faire vos **preuves**.
  You don't have to **prove** yourself.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#5069248](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5069248) [\#9010186](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9010186))

- À mon avis, c'est un domaine dans lequel l'Union européenne peut faire ses **preuves**.
  In my opinion, this is an area in which the European Union can **prove** itself.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1504501)

- Mon frère pense constamment qu'il doit faire ses **preuves**, alors qu'en vérité nous l'aimons pour ce qu'il est.
  My brother always thinks that he has to **prove** himself, while in fact we love him the way he is.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and belgavox · checked, community translation · [\#1725442](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1725442) [\#1220025](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1220025))

- Nous devons encore faire nos **preuves** tant à l'échelon européen qu'international, ce qui n'a pas encore eu lieu.
  We still have to **prove** ourselves both internally and internationally. We have not yet done so.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 915584)

- C’est la seule manière, pour l’Union européenne, de faire ses **preuves** en tant que partenaire solide des États-Unis.
  That is the only way for the European Union to **prove** itself a solid partner to the United States.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 592087)

## More sentences

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

- Ses conclusions se fondent sur des suppositions sans **preuves**.
  His conclusions are based on unproven assumptions.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and catcher · checked, community translation · [\#2725761](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2725761) [\#4995232](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4995232))

- Les **preuves** de mon apostolat ont éclaté au milieu de vous par une patience à toute épreuve, par des signes, des prodiges et des miracles.
  Truly the signs of an apostle were worked among you in all perseverance, in signs and wonders and mighty works.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CO 12:12)

- Des changements radicaux irrationnels comme les nouvelles conditions en matière de frais d'inscription pourraient déséquilibrer ce système éducatif, qui a fait ses **preuves** sur le marché.
  Unduly radical changes such as new conditions for tuition fees could unbalance this educational system, which has proved itself in the market.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1151305)

## Grammar

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