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# règle — French to English

How French *règle* 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: règle (54 844), règles (222 310). By style: everyday 553 · literary 10 · biblical 15 · parliamentary 23 303 · legal and administrative 67 160 · UN documents 186 113.

## rule

Used about 193 521 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 484 · literary ≈ 10 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 17 720 · legal and administrative ≈ 53 168 · UN documents ≈ 122 137). Forms: rule, rules. Meaning: [rule in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rule/).

- C'est une **règle**.
  It's a **rule**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2249006](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2249006) [\#7699829](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7699829))

- Chacune suivait sa **règle**.
  Each followed her own **rule**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 10691)

- Paix et miséricorde sur tous ceux qui suivront cette **règle**, et sur l’Israël de Dieu!
  As many as walk by this **rule**, peace and mercy be on them, and on God’s Israel.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GAL 6:16)

- La **règle** est la **règle**.
  A **rule** is a rule.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1130873)

- La **règle** 62 est modifiée comme suit:
  **Rule** 62 is amended as follows:
  ([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 692871)

## must

Used about 6 302 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 485 · UN documents ≈ 5 816). Meaning: [must in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/must/).

- Le renforcement du maintien des **règles** actuelles est prioritaire.
  Priority **must** go to reinforcing existing measures.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1934190)

- Les dérogations à cette **règle** doivent être expressément autorisées par le Sous-Secrétaire général à la gestion des ressources humaines.
  Exceptions **must** be specially authorized by the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Resources Management.
  ([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 3203452)

- Monsieur le Président, chers collègues, il faut mettre un terme à cette lutte à la corde pour une réglementation en conformité avec les **règles** de l'OMC.
  Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we **must** put an end to the tug of war over a system that complies with the WTO Agreement.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 41457)

- 1. Réaffirme la **règle** qui veut que les salles de conférence soient affectées en priorité aux réunions d &apos; États Membres;
  1. Reaffirms the practice that, in the use of conference rooms, priority **must** be given to the meetings of Member States;
  ([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 16382365)

- 816. En **règle** générale, tout aveu ou reconnaissance des faits de la part d &apos; un suspect doit être enregistré sur bande si les conditions pratiques le permettent.
  816. Generally speaking, any confessions or admissions made by suspects **must** be tape-recorded where practicable.
  ([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 6043462)

## apply

Used about 4 577 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 700 · UN documents ≈ 3 877). Meaning: [apply in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/apply/).

- La **règle** 5 de la présente annexe ne s'applique pas:
  Regulation 5 of this Annex shall not **apply** to:
  ([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 604113)

- De plus, en **règle** générale, la loi ne s &apos; applique pas en cas de réunion de particuliers dans des résidences privées.
  Furthermore, generally speaking, the act did not **apply** to meetings of individuals in private residences.
  ([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 2710960)

- La même **règle** s &apos; applique aux organes d &apos; enquête spécialement constitués pour examiner des allégations de violation du droit à la vie.
  Similar considerations **apply** where special investigative organs are established to inquire into allegations of violations of the right to life.
  ([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 378817)

## More sentences

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

- Vérifie et **règle** les freins avant de conduire.
  Check and adjust the brakes before you drive.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#265597](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/265597) [\#938931](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/938931))

- Une carte d'identité en **règle** est requise.
  Proper ID is required.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by thowas and CK · checked, community translation · [\#4501768](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4501768) [\#4704992](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4704992))

- En **règle** générale, l'histoire se répète.
  Generally speaking, history repeats itself.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#27337](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/27337) [\#1087170](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1087170))

## 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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