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Meaning: [convention in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/convention/). - Il est ironique mais aussi tragique de voir que les États-Unis ne semblent pas vouloir collaborer au renforcement de la convention **relative** aux armes biologiques. It is ironic but also tragic that the United States does not seem to want to cooperate in the strengthening of the **convention** on biological weapons. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 208169) - «convention **relative** à un régime de transit commun»: la convention **relative** à un régime de transit commun \[10\]; '**Convention** on a common transit procedure' means the Convention on a common transit procedure \[10\]; ([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 3748287) - APPLICATION DE LA CONVENTION **RELATIVE** IMPLEMENTATION OF THE **CONVENTION** ([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 15279547) - vu la convention du 20 mai 1987 **relative** à un régime de transit commun \[1\], et notamment son article 15, paragraphe 3, point a), Having regard to the **Convention** of 20 May 1987 on a common transit procedure \[1\], and in particular Article 15(3)(a) thereof, ([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 2520563) - Convention **relative** à la diversité biologique **Convention** on Biological Diversity ([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 8865949) ## relating Used about 64 049 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 3 100 · legal and administrative ≈ 13 684 · UN documents ≈ 47 259). Forms: relating, relative. - La folie est **relative**. Ça dépend de qui a enfermé qui dans quelle cage. Insanity is **relative**. It depends on who has who locked in what cage. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#1611717](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1611717) [\#1614301](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1614301)) - La clairvoyance aveugle de la Révolution, brisant la royauté dans le roi et le roi avec la royauté, sans presque remarquer l'homme dans le farouche écrasement de l'idée, le vaste orage de l'assemblée tribunal, la colère publique interrogeant, Capet ne sachant que répondre, l'effrayante vacillation stupéfaite de cette tête royale sous ce souffle sombre, l'innocence **relative** de tous dans cette catastrophe, de ceux qui condamnaient comme de celui qui était condamné, il avait regardé ces choses, il avait contemplé ces vertiges; il avait vu les siècles comparaître à la barre de la Convention; il avait vu, derrière Louis XVI, cet infortuné passant responsable, se dresser dans les ténèbres la formidable accusée, la monarchie; et il lui était resté dans l'âme l'épouvante respectueuse de ces immenses justices du peuple presque aussi impersonnelles que la justice de Dieu. The blind clairvoyance of the Revolution, breaking royalty in the King and the King with royalty, did so almost without noticing the man in the fierce crushing of the idea, the vast storm of the Assembly-Tribunal, the public wrath interrogating, Capet not knowing what to reply, the alarming, stupefied vacillation by that royal head beneath that sombre breath, the **relative** innocence of all in that catastrophe, of those who condemned as well as of the man condemned,—he had looked on those things, he had contemplated that giddiness; he had seen the centuries appear before the bar of the Assembly-Convention; he had beheld, behind Louis XVI., that unfortunate passer-by who was made responsible, the terrible culprit, the monarchy, rise through the shadows; and there had lingered in his soul the respectful fear of these immense justices of the populace, which are almost as impersonal as the justice of God. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18177) - On y trouve des dispositions **relatives** aux politiques, d'autres **relatives** aux institutions. There are provisions **relating** to policies and others relating to the institutions. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 398192) - Données **relatives** aux inspections Data **relating** to inspections: ([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 2429333) - 6. Questions **relatives** à l ' information (point 87). 6. Questions **relating** to information (item 87). ([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 6847724) ## rights Used about 42 127 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 775 · UN documents ≈ 41 352). - Convention des Nations unies **relative** aux droits des personnes handicapées (protocole facultatif) ( Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the **Rights** of Persons with Disabilities ( ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1259099) - A. Communications **relatives** aux violations des droits de l ' homme 4 4 A. Communications concerning human **rights** violations 4 4 ([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 23931780) - Lorsque nous produisons ces déclarations **relatives** aux droits de l'homme, nous devons tendre vers une approche équilibrée et juste. When we produce these human **rights** declarations, we must aim for a balanced, fair approach. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1519298) - 3. Questions **relatives** aux droits de l’homme : note du Secrétaire général (A/51/924) \[110\]. 3. Human **rights** questions: note by the Secretary-General (A/51/924) \[110\]. ([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 4135483) - Il ne fait aucun doute que les droits de l’homme et le traitement humain constituent les fondements des pratiques **relatives** à la santé mentale. There can be no doubt that human **rights** and humane treatment are fundamental to mental health practice. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 616272) ## directive Used about 24 323 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 3 488 · legal and administrative ≈ 14 928 · UN documents ≈ 5 907). - Je pense, notamment, à la directive **relative** à la sécurité des véhicules, etc. I am thinking, among other things, of the **directive** on vehicle safety etc. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1787902) - Directive 2001/89/CE du Conseil du 23 octobre 2001 **relative** à des mesures communautaires de lutte contre la peste porcine classique Council **Directive** 2001/89/EC of 23 October 2001 on Community measures for the control of classical swine fever ([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 3887417) - e) Coordination de l ' application en Belgique de la directive 2005/36/CE du Parlement européen et du Conseil **relative** à la reconnaissance des qualifications professionnelles. (e) Coordination and application in Belgium of **Directive** 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of Europe on the recognition of professional qualifications. ([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 26224412) - Ceci s'applique également à la directive **relative** aux acquisitions, mentionnée par Mme McCarthy et par d'autres. That also applies to the Takeover **Directive** mentioned by Mrs McCarthy and others. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 425389) - Directive 2006/112/CE du Conseil du 28 novembre 2006 **relative** au système commun de taxe sur la valeur ajoutée (JO L 347 du 11.12.2006, p. 1). Council **Directive** 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (OJ L 347, 11.12.2006, p. 1). ([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 3170427) ## provisions Used about 21 842 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 388 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 732 · UN documents ≈ 17 722). Meaning: [provisions in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/provisions/). - Vous vous souviendrez des prescriptions **relatives** à l'utilisation des échelles, qui nous ont été récemment soumises. You will remember the **provisions** recently presented to us on climbing ladders. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 112759) - Dispositions générales **relatives** à l'environnement de traitement des données de l'ENTSO pour l'électricité aux fins de la planification de l'exploitation General **provisions** for ENTSO for Electricity operational planning data environment ([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 4371041) - G. Dispositions **relatives** au poste de conduite G. **Provisions** for the driver ' s workplace ([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 17392583) - Dans ce contexte, nos priorités seront la question de la détention, le mécanisme de solidarité, les droits des mineurs et le renforcement des dispositions **relatives** au recours judiciaire. Our priorities are the issue of custody, the solidarity mechanism, the rights of minors and stronger **provisions** regarding judicial remedy. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1494067) - Montant total des provisions techniques brutes, en tenant compte des mesures **relatives** aux garanties de long terme et des mesures transitoires» Total amount of gross technical **provisions** including long term guarantee measures and transitional measures’ ([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 4432804) ## concerning Used about 18 537 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 744 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 976 · UN documents ≈ 11 815). - Nous avons joint la facture **relative** au paiement. We attached the invoice **concerning** the payment. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and Eldad · checked, community translation · [\#1090778](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1090778) [\#7025212](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7025212)) - Autrefois en Israël, pour valider une affaire quelconque **relative** à un rachat ou à un échange, l’un ôtait son soulier et le donnait à l’autre: cela servait de témoignage en Israël. Now this was the custom in former time in Israel **concerning** redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all things: a man took off his sandal, and gave it to his neighbor; and this was the way of formalizing transactions in Israel. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · RUT 4:7) - Les propositions **relatives** au Conseil constituent le point faible du projet de nouveau Traité. The weakest link in the proposed new Treaty is the proposals **concerning** the Council. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 498385) - Spécifications **relatives** aux perturbations électromagnétiques en bande étroite rayonnées par les SEEE Specifications **concerning** narrowband electromagnetic interference generated by ESAs. ([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 429869) - Les prescriptions de l ' autorité compétente **relatives** à l ' installation et au contrôle de fonctionnement doivent être respectées. The requirements of the competent authority **concerning** installation and operational monitoring shall be met/. ([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 9823938) ## ec Used about 7 464 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 7 464). - À l’annexe I de la décision 2004/233/CE, les mentions **relatives** au Danemark sont remplacées par le texte suivant: In Annex I to Decision 2004/233/**EC**, the entry for Denmark is replaced by the following: ([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 1706692) - À l'annexe V, section A, point c), du règlement (CE) no 218/2009, le texte suivant est inséré après la mention **relative** à la Grèce: In Section A point (c) of Annex V to Regulation (**EC**) No 218/2009, the following is inserted after the entry for Greece: ([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 2937900) - Au cours de ces négociations, les CE et la Chine se sont accordées sur des compensations **relatives** aux modifications et retraits d'engagements contenus dans le document S/SECRET/8. During such negotiations, the **EC** and China have agreed on compensatory adjustments related to the modifications and withdrawals contained in document S/SECRET/8. ([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 4808745) - Décision no 70/2008/CE du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 15 janvier 2008 **relative** à un environnement sans support papier pour la douane et le commerce (JO L 23 du 26.1.2008, p. 21). Decision No 70/2008/**EC** of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 on a paperless environment for customs and trade (OJ L 23, 26.1.2008, p. 21). ([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 3676548) - modifiant la décision 2000/819/CE du Conseil **relative** à un programme pluriannuel pour les entreprises et l'esprit d'entreprise, en particulier pour les petites et moyennes entreprises (PME) (2001-2005) amending Council Decision 2000/819/**EC** on a multiannual programme for enterprise and entrepreneurship, and in particular for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) (2001 to 2005) ([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 590893) ## parliament Used about 969 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 969). Meaning: [parliament in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/parliament/). - Nous avons opté au Parlement pour une commission sur les questions **relatives** à l'OTAN. In **Parliament**, we have now decided on this Committee on NATO. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 278243) - Le Parlement examine actuellement la communication de la Commission **relative** au Partenariat européen pour les chercheurs. The Commission Communication on the European Partnership for Researchers is currently under consideration in this **Parliament**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1167837) - Le Conseil paraît cependant très réticent à prendre au sérieux les propositions de ce Parlement **relatives** à un examen du mandat extérieur. The Council, however, seems to be finding it extremely hard to take this **Parliament**'s proposals on the review of the external mandate seriously. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1541917) - Ceci constituait l'objectif du Parlement européen lors de la procédure législative **relative** aux essais cliniques, et je pense que nous pouvons dire aujourd'hui que cet objectif est atteint. This was the European **Parliament**'s objective in the legislative procedure on clinical trials, and I believe that today we can say that this objective has been achieved. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 128935) - . - Monsieur le Président, le rapport que je présente à l’examen du Parlement pour approbation souligne les principales orientations **relatives** au budget 2007 concernant d’autres institutions. . Mr President, the report which I have presented for **Parliament**’s consideration and approval outlines the main guidelines for the 2007 budget pertaining to other institutions. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 785800) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Une fois cette loi entrée en vigueur, les contrevenants à la législation **relative** à l'envoi de tracts encourent une amende pouvant aller jusqu'à 30 millions de wons (environ 27 000 dollars) et une peine de prison maximale de trois ans. Once in effect, those convicted of violating the so-called anti-leaflet law face fines of up to 30-million won (roughly $27-thousand) as well as up to three years in prison. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and Cangarejo · checked, community translation · [\#10832839](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10832839) [\#10841932](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10841932)) - Je m'intéresse aux données **relatives** à la Grande Muraille. Quelles sont sa longueur, sa largeur et sa hauteur ? I'm interested in data related to the Great Wall. What are its length, breadth and height? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Kaseijin · checked, community translation · [\#2423637](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2423637) [\#9012819](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9012819)) - Nous présentons ici une liste avec des questions habituelles **relatives** à l'espéranto. We give here a list of the usual Esperanto-related questions. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and FeuDRenais · checked, community translation · [\#474102](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/474102) [\#473048](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/473048)) ## 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/). ## About these examples Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. 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