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Forms: benefit, benefits. - À qui **profite** le crime ? Who **benefits** from the crime? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by gillux and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#11677657](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11677657) [\#3784654](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3784654)) - Moins de quatre ans après l'arrêt de la cour d'assises constatant au **profit** du bagne l'identité de Mr Madeleine et de Jean Valjean, les frais de perception de l'impôt étaient doublés dans l'arrondissement de Montreuil-sur-Mer, et Mr de Villèle en faisait l'observation à la tribune au mois de février 1827. Less than four years after the judgment of the Court of Assizes establishing the identity of Jean Valjean and M. Madeleine, for the **benefit** of the galleys, the cost of collecting taxes had doubled in the arrondissement of M. sur M.; and M. de Villèle called attention to the fact in the rostrum, in the month of February, 1827. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 7813) - Ceci ne **profite** qu'aux avocats. This **benefits** no one but lawyers. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1218831) - **Profite** du régime Loukachenka et lui apporte son soutien. **Benefits** from and supports the Lukashenka regime. ([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 2817725) - b) Organisation et **profits**; (b) Organization and **benefits**; ([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 26569513) ## profit Used about 10 434 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 27 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 2 417 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 270 · UN documents ≈ 6 714). Forms: profit, profits. Meaning: [profit in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/profit/). - Partageons les **profits**. Let's split the **profits**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and sharptoothed · checked, community translation · [\#3045735](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3045735) [\#6637428](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6637428)) - Expliquons comment les Thénardier étaient parvenus à s'exonérer de leurs deux derniers enfants, et même à en tirer **profit**. Let us explain how the Thénardiers had succeeded in getting rid of their last two children; and even in drawing **profit** from the operation. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 20426) - Car le gain qu’elle procure est préférable à celui de l’argent, Et le **profit** qu’on en tire vaut mieux que l’or; For her good **profit** is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 3:14) - Il est facile d'en tirer de gros **profits**. It is easy to make a large **profit**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1498434) - Attribution des **profits** et des pertes **Profit** and loss attribution ([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 1774371) ## off Used about 7 677 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · legal and administrative ≈ 44 · UN documents ≈ 7 630). Meaning: [off in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/off/). - Tom **profite** toujours de nous. Tom's always sponging **off** us. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Myrano\_ and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#11031354](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11031354) [\#14033189](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14033189)) - Les billets en euros retirés qui sont échangés après la date de la passation par pertes et **profits** sont enregistrés dans les livres de la BCN qui les a acceptés. Withdrawn euro banknotes that are exchanged after the write-**off** date shall be recorded in the books of the NCB that has accepted them. ([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 3790173) - j) Passations par pertes et **profits** et réforme. (j) Write-**off** and disposal. ([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 7614730) - Tom **profite** toujours de nous. Tom is always mooching **off** of us. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Myrano\_ and CM · checked, community translation · [\#3727660](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3727660) [\#14033189](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14033189)) - Passation de pertes de biens par **profits** et pertes Write-**off** of losses of property ([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 14750320) ## opportunity Used about 2 397 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 821 · legal and administrative ≈ 44 · UN documents ≈ 1 526). Meaning: [opportunity in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/opportunity/). - **Profite** de l'occasion pour la remercier. Use the **opportunity** to thank her. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#8976996](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8976996) [\#1149134](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1149134)) - As-tu été appelé étant esclave, ne t’en inquiète pas; mais si tu peux devenir libre, **profites**-en plutôt. Were you called being a bondservant? Don’t let that bother you, but if you get an **opportunity** to become free, use it. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CO 7:21) - Je **profite** de cette occasion pour féliciter M. Blokland pour son rapport. I should like to take this **opportunity** to congratulate Mr Blokland on his report. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 197080) - L'occasion devrait être mise à **profit** pour corriger ces règles en incluant les modifications dans le nouvel appendice. The **opportunity** should be taken to correct these by including the changes in the new appendix. ([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 3846299) - Je **profite** de l ' occasion pour féliciter ces huit États et en particulier le Bélarus. I take this **opportunity** to congratulate those eight States and in particular Belarus. ([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 10383480) ## advantage Used about 1 605 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 12 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 456 · legal and administrative ≈ 219 · UN documents ≈ 916). Meaning: [advantage in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/advantage/). - Tom **profite** de toi. Tom is taking **advantage** of you. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by megamanenm and megamanenm · checked, community translation · [\#10784930](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10784930) [\#10784937](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10784937)) - Ai-je tiré du **profit** de vous par quelqu’un de ceux que je vous ai envoyés? Did I take **advantage** of you by anyone of those whom I have sent to you? ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CO 12:17) - Les liens ne manqueront pas de devenir de plus en plus étroits, et ce au **profit** des deux parties. Ties are set to grow, to the **advantage** of both parties. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1429586) - Depuis des siècles, les animaux tirent le meilleur **profit** des maigres pâturages existant dans cette région. For centuries, animals have fully taken **advantage** of the rough pasture in this region. ([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 2945422) - Néanmoins, les règles et les organismes qui régissent l ' économie mondiale empêchent ces pays de tirer un **profit** maximum de ces effets bénéfiques. But the rules and structure governing the world economy prevented those countries from taking maximum **advantage** of such effects. ([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 13233928) ## gains Used about 1 316 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 314). - Bien mal acquis ne **profite** jamais. Ill-gotten **gains** are short-lived. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and blay\_paul · checked, community translation · [\#473868](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/473868) [\#473889](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/473889)) - **Profits** ou pertes résultant de la comptabilité de couverture **Gains** or losses from hedge accounting ([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 3593242) - Bien mal acquis ne **profite** jamais. Ill-gotten **gains** never benefit anyone. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and Jio15 · checked, community translation · [\#746260](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/746260) [\#473889](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/473889)) - Coût des services passés et **profits** et pertes sur liquidation Past service cost and **gains** and losses on settlement ([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 2628320) - **Profits** ou (-) pertes résultant de la comptabilité de couverture, net **Gains** or (-) losses from hedge accounting, net ([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 5191664) ## loss Used about 482 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 482). Forms: loss, losses. Meaning: [loss in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/loss/). - **Profit** (perte) lié(e) à l’inefficacité de la couverture. The gain (**loss**) on hedge ineffectiveness. ([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 5309873) - Ajustements pour **profits** (pertes) réalisés sur des cessions, immobilisations corporelles Adjustments for gain (**loss**) on disposals, property, plant and equipment ([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 5303517) - Cette taxe est due quels que soient les pertes ou les **profits** effectifs de l'entreprise. The tonnage tax will be payable irrespective of the company’s actual profits or **losses**. ([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 5616318) - Reclassement du cumul des **profits** ou des pertes comptabilisé dans les autres éléments du résultat global Reclassifying the cumulative gain or **loss** recognised in other comprehensive income ([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 5142668) - le **profit** total ou la perte totale, le cas échéant, calculé selon le paragraphe B101 d’IFRS 10; et the total gain or **loss**, if any, calculated in accordance with paragraph B101 of IFRS 10; and ([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 3037121) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Sami a mis à **profit** ses études de gestion d'entreprise. Sami put his business studies to use. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scorpionvenin14 and OsoHombre · checked, community translation · [\#6378703](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6378703) [\#6378716](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6378716)) - La prochaine fois que je change d'emploi, j'ai besoin d'un travail qui me permettra de mettre à **profit** l'expérience que j'ai acquise jusqu'à maintenant. Next time I switch jobs, I need work that will let me make use of the experience I've gained up to now. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and CM · checked, community translation · [\#264156](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/264156) [\#3427730](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3427730)) - Robinson considère la nature comme un simple objet d'étude scientifique dont il peut tirer **profit** pour son propre usage et son plaisir. Robinson considers nature a mere object of scientific study to exploit for his own uses and pleasure. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Cocorico and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#607597](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/607597) [\#750685](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/750685)) ## 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/). ## About these examples Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. 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