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# relations — French to English

How French *relations* 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: relations (159 065). By style: everyday 75 · literary 1 · biblical 4 · parliamentary 15 234 · legal and administrative 6 683 · UN documents 137 068.

## relations

Used about 136 209 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 52 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 13 647 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 430 · UN documents ≈ 117 079). Forms: relations, relationship, relationships. Meaning: [relations in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/relations/).

- Nous avons des **relations** ouvertes.
  We have an open **relationship**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scorpionvenin14 and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#2298165](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2298165) [\#5092972](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5092972))

- 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)

- Les **relations** entre l'Union et ses partenaires transatlantiques ont évolué.
  **Relations** between the Union and its trans-Atlantic partners have evolved.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1729039)

- **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)

- **RELATIONS** Ms. Nazima MUNSCHI
  **RELATIONS** Ms. Nazima MUNSCHI
  ([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 6326884)

## between

Used about 3 173 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 317 · UN documents ≈ 2 856). Meaning: [between in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/between/).

- Madame le Président, il est regrettable qu'aucun progrès sensible n'ait été accompli dans les importantes négociations sur les **relations** commerciales entre l'Afrique du Sud et l'UE.
  Madam President, it is regrettable that no real progress has been made in the important negotiations **between** South Africa and the EU on trade policy.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1851448)

- 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)

## new

Used about 2 857 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · UN documents ≈ 2 856). Meaning: [new in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/new/).

- Le nouveau professeur a tout de suite développé de bonnes **relations** avec les élèves.
  The **new** teacher developed a rapport with the pupils straight away.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#8940503](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8940503) [\#12594744](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12594744))

- Cette résolution constitue une nouvelle étape vers le renforcement de **relations** constructives entre les civilisations.
  This resolution marks a **new** step in strengthening constructive interaction among civilizations.
  ([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 16558946)

## More sentences

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

- Le Japon a beaucoup de **relations** commerciales avec la Grande-Bretagne.
  Japan does a lot of trade with Britain.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by hortusdei and Zifre · checked, community translation · [\#281482](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/281482) [\#331057](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/331057))

- On n'est pas obligé d'avoir des **relations** sexuelles avec tous les gens qu'on trouve attirants.
  You don't have to sleep with everyone you find attractive.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and rul · checked, community translation · [\#13739100](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13739100) [\#13739394](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13739394))

- J'ai des **relations** dans le gouvernement.
  I have connections in the government.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and negativeclock · checked, community translation · [\#1449879](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1449879) [\#1450066](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1450066))

## 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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