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# réduire — French to English

How French *réduire* 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: réduire (158 571). By style: everyday 79 · biblical 3 · parliamentary 10 819 · legal and administrative 13 376 · UN documents 134 294.

## reduce

Used about 96 120 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 33 · parliamentary ≈ 7 438 · legal and administrative ≈ 10 311 · UN documents ≈ 78 338). Forms: reduce, reducing. Meaning: [reduce in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/reduce/).

- Nous devons **réduire** nos dépenses.
  We have to **reduce** our expenses.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and tabular · checked, community translation · [\#5169432](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5169432) [\#569812](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/569812))

- La solution consiste à **réduire** le déficit budgétaire.
  The solution is to **reduce** the budget deficit.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1396341)

- **réduire** le volume de déchets produits,
  to **reduce** waste generated;
  ([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 3123215)

- Cette solution permet de **réduire** la longueur de la détention préventive.
  Such release would **reduce** the extent of pre-trial detention.
  ([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 5776624)

- Ce magasin a dû **réduire** ses prix.
  That store had to **reduce** their prices.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3147947](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3147947) [\#6841220](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6841220))

## costs

Used about 11 697 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 225 · legal and administrative ≈ 279 · UN documents ≈ 11 191).

- Nous devons **réduire** les coûts.
  We need to cut **costs**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Spamster · checked, community translation · [\#1573393](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1573393) [\#1574805](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1574805))

- Dès lors, il est nécessaire de disposer également d'autres sites, notamment afin de **réduire** les frais encourus.
  So, to have other sites as well is a necessity, especially to moderate the **costs**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1207791)

- L'enquête a révélé que l'industrie de l'Union est parvenue à **réduire** considérablement ses coûts fixes totaux.
  The Commission analysed carefully the development of fixed **costs** during the period considered.
  ([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 4022280)

- En vue de les **réduire**, la solidarité internationale est nécessaire.
  To alleviate such **costs**, international solidarity is needed.
  ([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 2530417)

- On peut **réduire** les coûts d &apos; exploitation en recyclant le mercure et en améliorant les techniques et procédés d &apos; extraction.
  Mining **costs** can be reduced by recycling mercury and upgrading mining technologies and methodologies.
  ([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 359760)

## number

Used about 5 597 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · UN documents ≈ 5 596). Meaning: [number in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/number/).

- L'effet collatéral de cette décision est qu'un certain nombre d'organisations caritatives ont dû **réduire** leurs opérations.
  The upshot of the decision was that a **number** of charitable organisations had to scale back their operations.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and patgfisher · checked, community translation · [\#3691351](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3691351) [\#3691479](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3691479))

- Il pourrait se révéler nécessaire de **réduire** à la fois le nombre de réunions prévues et la durée des sessions.
  Perhaps a reduction of both the **number** of planned meetings and the time frame may be necessary.
  ([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 10001307)

- Néanmoins, le BSCI souscrit à la recommandation des évaluateurs tendant à **réduire** à 10 le nombre des rapports afin de maintenir la qualité et d &apos; éviter les chevauchements.
  Nonetheless, OIOS concurs with the recommendation of the evaluators to streamline the **number** of reports so as to maintain quality and avoid duplication.
  ([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 13691868)

## emissions

Used about 5 596 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 5 596).

- L &apos; Allemagne et la Suisse ont également réussi à **réduire** les émissions de NOx de près de 50 %.
  Germany and Switzerland have also achieved a nearly 50% reduction in NOx **emissions**.
  ([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 12065407)

- De même, l &apos; utilisation de la biomasse s &apos; intensifie dans certains pays en partie en raison du désir de **réduire** les émissions de CO2 provenant des combustibles fossiles.
  Similarly, the use of biomass is growing in some countries due in part to a desire to decrease CO2 **emissions** from fossil fuel use.
  ([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 22715045)

## measures

Used about 3 076 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 279 · UN documents ≈ 2 798).

- Uniquement lorsque des mesures ont été prises pour limiter le risque pour les principaux parasitoïdes et pour **réduire** au minimum le risque de développement d'une résistance
  Only when **measures** are taken to minimise the risk to key parasitoids and to minimise the risk of development of resistance.
  ([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 1523006)

- Préciser l &apos; influence concrète des mesures prises par l &apos; État partie afin de **réduire** les délais excessifs de la détention préventive notamment.
  Please describe the actual effect of the **measures** taken by the State party to shorten the excessively long duration of detention, especially pretrial detention.
  ([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 29388215)

## use

Used about 279 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 279). Meaning: [use in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/use/).

- Il convient que les États membres puissent recourir, dans la mesure du possible, aux structures administratives existantes pour mettre en œuvre un tel effort, afin de **réduire** la charge administrative.
  Member States should, to the extent possible, have the possibility to **use** existing administrative structures to implement such effort, in order to mitigate the administrative burden.
  ([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 4569980)

## More sentences

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

- Nous devons **réduire** les frais d'entreprise. Ne vous a-t-on jamais dit de regarder combien vous gagnez avant de commencer à dépenser ?
  We have to cut business expenses here. Haven't you ever heard of looking at how much you're getting before you start spending?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by SUZIE and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#30452](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/30452) [\#513928](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/513928))

- Nous devons **réduire** nos dépenses pour économiser de l'argent.
  We must cut our expenses to save money.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Anthaus and CK · checked, community translation · [\#18565](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/18565) [\#2491542](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2491542))

- On lui a prescrit du cannabis médical pour **réduire** les effets secondaires de la chimiothérapie.
  She has been prescribed medical cannabis to alleviate the side effects of chemotherapy.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and neron · checked, community translation · [\#3540305](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3540305) [\#8868847](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8868847))

## 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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