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# proportion — French to English

How French *proportion* 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: proportion (40 730), proportions (5 457). By style: everyday 5 · literary 2 · biblical 4 · parliamentary 1 485 · legal and administrative 4 698 · UN documents 39 993.

## proportion

Used about 26 680 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 851 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 328 · UN documents ≈ 22 496). Forms: proportion, proportions. Meaning: [proportion in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/proportion/).

- La **proportion** d'ozone augmente fortement.
  The **proportion** of ozone increases sharply.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felix63 and Eccles17 · checked, community translation · [\#6602063](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6602063) [\#6600977](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6600977))

- Ces fûts droits et d'une **proportion** pure supportaient une archivolte, faite de colonnes horizontales dont le surplombement formait demi-voûte au-dessus de la mer.
  These straight shafts, of fair **proportions**, supported an architrave of horizontal slabs, the overhanging portion of which formed a semi-arch over the sea.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 1196)

- Il s'agit d'une **proportion** élevée.
  This is a high **proportion**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 364175)

- Peau et graisse dans des **proportions** naturelles
  Skin and fat in natural **proportions**
  ([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 2734335)

- **Proportion** de femmes fonctionnaires
  **Proportion** of Female Civil Servants
  ([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 16942886)

## cent

Used about 4 583 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 4 583). Meaning: [cent in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/cent/).

- Dans le deuxième groupe, la **proportion** de décès chez les femmes ayant subi une césarienne est de 70 %.
  Caesarean sections accounted for 70 per **cent** of the latter.
  ([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 3892631)

- La **proportion** des enseignantes est passée de 21 % en 2001 à 23 % en 2007.
  Women teachers accounted for 23 per **cent** of the total in 2007, compared to 21 per cent in 2001.
  ([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 22457799)

- En ce qui concerne les hommes, les **proportions** étaient de 14 % en 1995 et de 8 % en 2012.
  For men, the corresponding values are 14 per **cent** in 1995 and 8 per cent in 2012.
  ([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 29892917)

- La **proportion** de stagiaires mélanésiens sur cet effectif est de l &apos; ordre de 77 % avec un taux de féminisation de 41 %.
  Some 77 per **cent** were Melanesian and 41 per cent were women.
  ([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 29032458)

- En ce qui concerne les villes, les **proportions** sont : Quito 11% %, Guayaquil 5% % et Cuenca 4% %.
  Consumption rates in cities are: Quito - 11 per **cent**; Guayaquil - 5 per cent, and Cuenca - 4 per cent.
  ([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 11948536)

## population

Used about 1 265 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 15 · UN documents ≈ 1 250). Meaning: [population in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/population/).

- Cela fait longtemps que la Chine ne peut résister à la tentation de considérer cette région comme une alternative capable d'absorber de vastes **proportions** de sa population galopante.
  For a long time, China has been unable to resist the temptation to consider that region as a fall-back that can absorb sections of its own very large **population**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 910914)

- Niveau de référence : **proportion** de la population rurale ayant un revenu faible en 2005
  Baseline: % rural **population** with low income level in 2005
  ([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 13620048)

- 146. La **proportion** de personnes atteintes de divers types de handicap dans l &apos; ensemble de la population est estimée à une personne sur huit (Plan triennal intérimaire).
  146. The percentage of people in the total **population**, with diverse categories of disabilities is estimated to be 1 to 8 (TYIP).
  ([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 29523974)

- Elles pourront par exemple indiquer certaines **proportions** telles que le pourcentage de la superficie, le pourcentage de la population affectée et/ou le pourcentage du produit intérieur brut (PIB), etc.
  For example they might use a classification in terms of percentage of the land area, percentage of the **population** affected, and/or percentage of gross domestic product (GDP), etc.
  ([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 3042913)

## reached

Used about 864 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 31 · UN documents ≈ 833).

- Il faut souligner que l'accumulation des engagements de paiement a entre-temps pris des **proportions** inquiétantes.
  And it has to be said that the backlog of payment appropriations has certainly **reached** a worrying level now.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 177823)

- Dans certains pays, ce chômage des jeunes a pris des **proportions** alarmantes.
  In some countries, youth unemployment has **reached** alarming heights.
  ([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 23544784)

- En réalité, le harcèlement des militants des droits de l'homme et des personnalités de l'opposition, ainsi que des auxiliaires ecclésiastiques, a atteint des **proportions** alarmantes.
  In fact, the pattern of harassment of human rights activists and opposition figures and church personnel has **reached** alarming levels.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1718939)

- Ce problème a atteint les **proportions** d &apos; une catastrophe sociale, économique et même démographique, en particulier dans les pays en développement.
  The problem has **reached** the dimensions of a social, economic and even demographic catastrophe, especially in developing countries.
  ([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 10184303)

## per

Used about 49 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 49). Meaning: [per in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/per/).

- Le terme “gin” peut être complété par le terme “dry” s’il n’est pas additionné d’édulcorants dans une **proportion** dépassant 0,1 gramme de sucres par litre de produit final.»;
  The term “gin” may be supplemented by the term “dry” if it does not contain added sweetening exceeding 0,1 gram of sugars **per** litre of the final product.’;
  ([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 3248457)

## More sentences

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

- Allonge tes pieds en **proportion** de ton tapis.
  Stretch your legs according to your coverlet.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#13281921](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13281921) [\#13280991](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13280991))

- Les villes que vous donnerez sur les propriétés des enfants d’Israël seront livrées en plus grand nombre par ceux qui en ont le plus, et en plus petit nombre par ceux qui en ont moins; chacun donnera de ses villes aux Lévites à **proportion** de l’héritage qu’il possédera.
  Concerning the cities which you shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from the many you shall take many, and from the few you shall take few. Everyone according to his inheritance which he inherits shall give some of his cities to the Levites.”
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 35:8)

- Après tout ce qui nous est arrivé à cause des mauvaises actions et des grandes fautes que nous avons commises, quoique tu ne nous aies pas, ô notre Dieu, punis en **proportion** de nos iniquités, et maintenant que tu nous as conservé ces réchappés,
  “After all that has come on us for our evil deeds and for our great guilt, since you, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us such a remnant,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZR 9:13)

## Grammar

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