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# principaux — French to English

How French *principaux* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 5 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: principaux (128 598). By style: everyday 19 · literary 5 · biblical 81 · parliamentary 5 293 · legal and administrative 6 537 · UN documents 116 663.

## main

Used about 48 276 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 12 · parliamentary ≈ 2 316 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 630 · UN documents ≈ 41 318). Meaning: [main in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/main/).

- Note les **principaux** points du discours.
  Take down the **main** points of the speech.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mookeee and CM · checked, community translation · [\#326531](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/326531) [\#1099123](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1099123))

- Quels sont les points **principaux**?
  What are the **main** points?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1005532)

- la puissance du ou des moteurs **principaux**.
  the power of **main** engine or engines.
  ([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 1790234)

- **PRINCIPAUX** RISQUES ET ENJEUX
  **MAIN** RISKS AND CHALLENGES
  ([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 13499168)

- Quels sont les **principaux** sites touristiques dans le coin ?
  What are the **main** sights around here?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#61361](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/61361) [\#11763029](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11763029))

## principal

Used about 26 960 times in the texts (literary ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 221 · UN documents ≈ 26 735). Meaning: [principal in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/principal/).

- Enfin, dans le trajet de la masure Gorbeau à la Force, un des **principaux** arrêtés, Claquesous, s'était perdu.
  And finally, on the way from the Gorbeau house to La Force, one of the **principal** prisoners, Claquesous, had been lost.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18846)

- Je vais aborder à présent les **principaux** problèmes commerciaux soulevés dans le projet de résolution.
  I am now going to address the **principal** trade issues raised in the draft resolution.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 706099)

- D. **Principaux** sujets de préoccupation
  D. **Principal** subjects of concern
  ([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 2901998)

- Tous les problèmes que les socialistes se proposaient, les visions cosmogoniques, la rêverie et le mysticisme écartés, peuvent être ramenés à deux problèmes **principaux**:
  All the problems that the socialists proposed to themselves, cosmogonic visions, reverie and mysticism being cast aside, can be reduced to two **principal** problems.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18273)

- Ce sont ces citoyens, en fait chacun d'entre nous, qui sont les **principaux** bénéficiaires de toutes les actions de l'Union.
  It is those citizens, and indeed all of us, who are the **principal** beneficiaries of all the actions of the Union.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1285833)

## major

Used about 20 492 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 772 · legal and administrative ≈ 272 · UN documents ≈ 19 444). Meaning: [major in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/major/).

- Deux **principaux** cours d'eau, le Tigre et l'Euphrate, traversent l'Irak.
  Two **major** rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates, run through Iraq.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#7011463](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7011463) [\#7014795](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7014795))

- Les **principaux** émetteurs de CO2 sont les États-Unis, la Chine, l'Inde et le Brésil.
  The **major** producers of CO2 include the United States, China, India and Brazil.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1289737)

- Les **principaux** avantages de l'aquaponie sont les suivants:
  The **major** benefits of aquaponics are:
  ([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 3101659)

- e) Rôle des **principaux** groupes.
  (e) Roles of **major** groups.
  ([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 361896)

- L'étalement urbain est considéré comme l'un des **principaux** facteurs du réchauffement de la planète.
  Urban sprawl is said to be a **major** contributor to global warming.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#1438099](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1438099) [\#10370439](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10370439))

## key

Used about 13 631 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 662 · legal and administrative ≈ 817 · UN documents ≈ 12 152). Meaning: [key in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/key/).

- Nous sommes en consultations actives avec des partenaires de la région qui sont nos **principaux** interlocuteurs.
  We are actively consulting with partners in the region who are our **key** interlocutors.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 577882)

- Taux de réponse au niveau des **principaux** agrégats.
  Response rate at the level of the **key** aggregates;
  ([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 722347)

- Résumé des **principaux** problèmes
  Summary of **key** issues
  ([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 11995653)

- Monsieur le Président, Monsieur le Commissaire, chers collègues, le bruit est l'un des **principaux** problèmes environnementaux.
  Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, noise is one of the **key** environmental issues.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 197712)

- Compte parmi les **principaux** responsables de l'industrie de l'armement de la RPDC.
  One of the **key** principals in the arms industry of the DPRK.
  ([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 3984325)

## one

Used about 3 260 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 551 · legal and administrative ≈ 272 · UN documents ≈ 2 430). Meaning: [one in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/one/).

- Un des **principaux** produits de ce pays est le café.
  **One** of this country's most important products is coffee.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#2536000](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2536000) [\#15224](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/15224))

- Alors l’un des douze, appelé Judas Iscariot, alla vers les **principaux** sacrificateurs,
  Then **one** of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 26:14)

- Parmi les **principaux** problèmes, il convient de citer le surplus de paperasserie et la lenteur des procédures de recrutement du personnel.
  **One** of the problems to be emphasised in this connection is the excessive red-tape and slow procedures for taking on staff.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 656326)

- Par exemple, Live Nation est l'un des **principaux** fournisseurs de contenu de l'O2 Arena de Londres, alors que l'endroit est exploité par une autre société.
  An example is that Live Nation is **one** of the primary providers of content to London's O2 Arena, although the venue is operated by another operator.
  ([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 3134177)

- En l &apos; occurrence, le caractère confidentiel de cette procédure est justement un des **principaux** éléments qui la rendent attrayante pour les États parties.
  For States parties, that very confidentiality is **one** of the most attractive features of such proceedings.
  ([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 25436250)

## More sentences

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

- Certains jouent les rôles **principaux**, mais beaucoup d'autres ne sont que des simples figurants.
  Some play the leading roles, but many others are just simple extras.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Talwit and tieguy · checked, community translation · [\#13807444](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13807444) [\#8833334](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8833334))

- Il ne faut pas foncer tête baissée dans un nouveau projet sans avoir préalablement compris les **principaux** enjeux et la technique.
  Do not rush headlong into a new project without first understanding what is at stake and technique.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Bernie75 and Bernie75 · checked, community translation · [\#12459529](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12459529) [\#12459527](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12459527))

- Les **principaux** sacrificateurs délibérèrent de faire mourir aussi Lazare,
  But the chief priests conspired to put Lazarus to death also,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 12:10)

## 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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