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# publics — French to English

How French *publics* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 6 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: publics (147 776). By style: everyday 14 · literary 3 · parliamentary 8 207 · legal and administrative 20 912 · UN documents 118 640.

## public

Used about 83 207 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 12 · literary ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 5 129 · legal and administrative ≈ 11 327 · UN documents ≈ 66 735). Meaning: [public in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/public/).

- Nous utilisons les transports **publics**.
  We use **public** transport.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lapinhibou and mojeanin · checked, community translation · [\#6472238](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6472238) [\#6467313](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6467313))

- Du reste, si l'on fait abstraction des devoirs **publics**, qui veulent être remplis les premiers, cette profonde tendresse de Louis-Philippe pour sa famille, la famille la méritait.
  Moreover, if we deduct the **public** duties which require to be fulfilled first of all, that deep tenderness of Louis Philippe towards his family was deserved by the family.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18159)

- Je voudrais me pencher sur les transports **publics**.
  It is to **public** transport that I would like to turn.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 718955)

- Commerce et services **publics**
  Commercial and **Public** Services
  ([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 4413639)

- Les transports **publics** restent largement inefficaces.
  **Public** transport remains largely inefficient.
  ([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 28184490)

## government

Used about 15 608 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 342 · legal and administrative ≈ 436 · UN documents ≈ 14 830). Meaning: [government in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/government/).

- Établir une coopération étroite entre les entreprises, le secteur de l'éducation et les organismes **publics** afin de combler le déficit de compétences en matière de TI .
  Establish close cooperation between business, the educational sector and **government** agencies in order to close the IT skills gap.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 421547)

- la désignation, par les pouvoirs **publics**, d'organismes d'évaluation de la conformité, y compris sur le territoire de l'autre partie;
  **government** designation of conformity assessment bodies, including bodies located in the territory of the other Party;
  ([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 315771)

- La prise de conscience écologique des pouvoirs **publics** à tous les niveaux est impérative.
  The greening of **government** at all levels is imperative.
  ([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 11867274)

- Avec le soutien des pouvoirs **publics** locaux, le gouvernement chinois a débloqué un montant de dix milliards d'euros d'aide aux victimes de la catastrophe.
  The Chinese **government**, with the support of local authorities, allocated the sum of EUR 10 billion to help disaster victims. The total foreign support received by Beijing amounted to EUR 5 billion.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1113084)

- L &apos; aide juridictionnelle peut recouvrir différentes formes, et non seulement celles de fonds **publics**.
  Legal assistance could be provided by various means, not just through **government** funding.
  ([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 15057495)

## private

Used about 7 415 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 7 415). Meaning: [private in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/private/).

- Les méthodes Canaima sont employées dans les établissements **publics** de tout le pays et également dans les établissements privés subventionnés par l &apos; État.
  Canaimas are used in State-run schools throughout the country, and also at **private** schools that are subsidized by the State.
  ([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 24420881)

- A la différence des compagnies privées, les établissements **publics** peuvent parfois pratiquer des prix inférieurs aux coûts (ce qui limite l &apos; entrée d &apos; entreprises nouvelles sur le marché).
  Unlike **private** firms, PEs may sometimes charge prices which are below costs (restraining market entry).
  ([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 1357333)

- En Grèce, la croissance, robuste, tient surtout aux investissements **publics** et privés, les premiers étant pour une bonne partie financés au moyen de subventions de l’Union européenne.
  In Greece, the principal source of robust demand has been government and **private** investment with the former being largely covered by grants from EU.
  ([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 3928675)

## authorities

Used about 5 550 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 171 · legal and administrative ≈ 436 · UN documents ≈ 4 943). Meaning: [authorities in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/authorities/).

- Ce n'est pas aux pouvoirs **publics** qu'il revient de dire combien de femmes doivent travailler.
  It is not up to the **authorities** to say how many women must go out to work.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 35980)

- Les droits d'utilisation du sol détenus par les producteurs-exportateurs retenus dans l'échantillon ont été attribués par les pouvoirs **publics** locaux à des prix négociés.
  LURs held by the sampled exporting producers were allocated by local **authorities** at negotiated prices.
  ([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 4892325)

- 13. En Wallonie, l &apos; intégration des étrangers a été organisée en partenariat par les secteurs associatifs belge et immigré et les pouvoirs **publics** locaux.
  13. In Wallonia, the integration of foreigners had been organized jointly by Belgian and immigrant associations and the local **authorities**.
  ([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 3759293)

- Les mesures mises en oeuvre par les pouvoirs **publics** pour la prise en charge des personnes âgées dépendantes ne comportent pas d &apos; actions spécifiques pour les femmes.
  The measures taken by the **authorities** to provide for elderly persons who are infirm, do not include specific measures for 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 2736961)

## procurement

Used about 3 281 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 1 539 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 743). Meaning: [procurement in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/procurement/).

- Il en va de même pour les marchés **publics**.
  The same applies to public **procurement**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1165502)

- Bundesbeschaffung G.m.b.H (Organisme fédéral des marchés **publics**, S.à r.l.)
  Bundesbeschaffung G.m.b.H (Federal **Procurement** Ltd)
  ([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 255574)

- Enfin, je me félicite des propositions de la Commission concernant les marchés **publics**.
  Finally, on public **procurement**, I welcome the Commission's proposals.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1535742)

- le Comité des marchés **publics**, chargé des questions concernant les marchés **publics**;
  the Committee on Government **Procurement**, which addresses matters concerning government procurement;
  ([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 252344)

- (RO) Le marché des marchés **publics** au niveau de l'Union représente 16 % du PIB de l'UE.
  (RO) The public **procurement** market at EU level is worth 16% of the EU's GDP.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1385307)

## market

Used about 436 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 436). Meaning: [market in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/market/).

- Les pouvoirs **publics** chinois ont objecté à l'évaluation par la Commission de la distorsion du marché financier chinois, affirmant que cette évaluation était «juridiquement incorrecte».
  The GOC objected to the Commission's assessment of the distortion of the Chinese financial **market** ‘as it is legally flawed’.
  ([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 3045230)

## More sentences

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

- Ces documents ont été largement caviardés par le FBI avant d'être rendus **publics**.
  The documents were heavily redacted by the FBI before being released.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Myrano\_ and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#5397274](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5397274) [\#14040030](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14040030))

- Pour avoir de grands poètes, il faut de grands **publics**.
  To have great poets, there must be great audiences.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Dr\_herr and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#6156070](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6156070) [\#6156427](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6156427))

- Il est dans leur intérêt de participer au contrôle démocratique des pouvoirs **publics** et d'exercer un regard critique sur l'action de leurs représentants.
  It is in their interests to become involved in democratic control over authority and to criticise politicians over their activities.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1461002)

## Grammar

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