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# relation — French to English

How French *relation* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 2 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: relation (46 373), relatione (1), relationes (4), relations (159 065). By style: everyday 184 · literary 2 · biblical 4 · parliamentary 18 757 · legal and administrative 12 069 · UN documents 174 427.

## relationship

Used about 160 877 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 138 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 15 631 · legal and administrative ≈ 8 675 · UN documents ≈ 136 433). Forms: relation, relations, relationship, relationships. Meaning: [relationship in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/relationship/).

- C'est une **relation** sans issue.
  It's a dead-end **relationship**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Spamster · checked, community translation · [\#1977591](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1977591) [\#1977594](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1977594))

- Il y a entre les êtres et les choses des **relations** de prodige; dans cet inépuisable ensemble, de soleil à puceron, on ne se méprise pas; on a besoin les uns des autres.
  There are marvellous **relations** between beings and things; in that inexhaustible whole, from the sun to the grub, nothing despises the other; all have need of each other.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 19253)

- La **relation** est la même.
  It is the same kind of dependent **relationship**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1649291)

- **RELATIONS** AVEC L’AMÉRIQUE LATINE
  **RELATIONS** WITH LATIN AMERICA
  ([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 3099969)

- **Relation** avec des tiers
  **Relationship** with third parties
  ([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 28634800)

## between

Used about 6 158 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 977 · UN documents ≈ 5 181). Meaning: [between in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/between/).

- La **relation** entre la traite des êtres humains et la prostitution est univoque.
  There is an unambiguous link **between** human trafficking and prostitution.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 407131)

- en développement : **relations** entre les PME et les sociétés transnationales
  of FDI in developing countries: Relationships **between** SMEs and TNCs
  ([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 8404942)

- Nous avons besoin d' établir entre eux et nous une réelle **relation** de partenariat à long terme.
  We need to establish a genuine long-term partnership **between** these countries and ourselves.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 89999)

- La mondialisation et la libéralisation donnent naissance à de nouvelles **relations** entre le secteur structuré et le secteur non structuré.
  Globalization and liberalization are resulting in new linkages **between** the formal and informal sectors.
  ([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 5881592)

- Il y a une **relation** entre la position serbe sur le Kosovo et le rythme et le contenu des négociations entre la Serbie et l'Union européenne.
  There is a connection **between** the Serbian position on Kosovo and the pace and content of the negotiations between Serbia and the European Union.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 984584)

## More sentences

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

- Comment êtes-vous en **relation** ?
  How are you connected?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · [\#3730337](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3730337) [\#4134406](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4134406))

- J'effectue un travail en **relation** avec les ordinateurs.
  I do work related to computers.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#991956](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/991956) [\#992805](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/992805))

- Je me demande s'il y a la moindre **relation**.
  I wonder if there's any connection.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2540195](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2540195) [\#4835624](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4835624))

## 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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