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# salaire — French to English

How French *salaire* 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: salaire (26 450), salaires (22 935). By style: everyday 187 · literary 7 · biblical 63 · parliamentary 3 511 · legal and administrative 3 005 · UN documents 42 612.

## wages

Used about 30 804 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 41 · biblical ≈ 31 · parliamentary ≈ 1 865 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 346 · UN documents ≈ 27 520). Forms: wage, wages.

- J'ai augmenté les **salaires** de mes ouvriers.
  I raised the **wages** of my workers.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and shekitten · checked, community translation · [\#9772584](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9772584) [\#9772580](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9772580))

- fixe-moi ton **salaire**, et je te le donnerai.
  He said, “Appoint me your **wages**, and I will give it.”
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 30:28)

- Les Allemands, vous avez refusé un **salaire** minimum.
  You Germans have rejected a minimum **wage**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1116432)

- **Salaires** et sécurité sociale
  **Wages** and social security
  ([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 3589782)

- **Salaires** et traitements bruts
  Gross **wages** and salaries
  ([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 26275963)

## salary

Used about 9 304 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 96 · literary ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 878 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 221 · UN documents ≈ 7 102). Forms: salaries, salary. Meaning: [salary in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/salary/).

- Mon **salaire** est très bas.
  My **salary** is very low.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Mar1L · checked, community translation · [\#5515389](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5515389) [\#12827245](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12827245))

- Le deuxième contient la question du **salaire**.
  The second contains the question of **salary**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18277)

- Mais cela prouve que les **salaires** des fonctionnaires sont excessifs.
  But it does indicate that the **salaries** paid to officials are excessive.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1995464)

- Garanti par un **salaire**/une pension
  Secured By **Salary**/Pension Assignment
  ([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 5252266)

- e) **Salaires** payés à des employés iraquiens
  (e) **Salaries** paid to Iraqi employees
  ([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 9661375)

## pay

Used about 5 855 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 25 · biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 439 · legal and administrative ≈ 63 · UN documents ≈ 5 327). Meaning: [pay in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pay/).

- Le **salaire** est misérable.
  The **pay** is horrible.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#3494303](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3494303) [\#3514637](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3514637))

- Tu leur donneras un **salaire**, ô Éternel, Selon l’œuvre de leurs mains;
  You will **pay** them back, LORD, according to the work of their hands.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LAM 3:64)

- C'est notamment le cas en ce qui concerne leur **salaire** et leurs droits à la pension.
  This is reflected in their **pay** and pension entitlements.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1774050)

- les conditions de travail, y compris les exigences en matière de **salaire** et de licenciement ainsi que de santé et de sécurité au travail;
  working conditions, including **pay** and dismissal, as well as health and safety requirements at the workplace;
  ([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 1753656)

- Droit à un **salaire** égal pour un travail égal
  Right to equal **pay** for equal work
  ([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 18523489)

## workers

Used about 523 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 73 · UN documents ≈ 444).

- Les ouvriers sont venus s'enquérir de leurs augmentations de **salaires**.
  The **workers** came to ask about their pay raises.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by hortusdei and CK · checked, community translation · [\#326362](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/326362) [\#330397](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/330397))

- Il était en effet inacceptable que les intérimaires en Allemagne reçoivent jusqu'à 40 % de **salaire** en moins que les travailleurs permanents.
  It was unacceptable for **workers** in Germany to be earning up to 40% less than the permanent staff.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 391574)

- De plus, cette augmentation du **salaire** horaire devra figurer dans tous les nouveaux contrats conclus entre des employés de maison et leur employeur.
  In addition, all new contracts between domestic **workers** and their employers must reflect the updated amount.
  ([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 21431191)

- Il est allé là-bas pour aider les éboueurs à se mettre en grève pacifiquement pour réclamer un **salaire** plus élevé et de meilleures conditions de travail.
  He had gone there to help garbage **workers** strike peacefully for better pay and working conditions.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by gall and CM · checked, community translation · [\#288218](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/288218) [\#426214](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/426214))

- On ne devrait pas sous-estimer les bénéfices sociaux provenant des transports bon marché offerts aux catégories comme les étudiants, les travailleurs migrants à faible **salaire** et à leurs familles.
  The social benefits of cheap transport to people such as students, migrant **workers** in low-paying jobs and their families should not be underestimated.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1658830)

## average

Used about 506 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 63 · UN documents ≈ 444). Meaning: [average in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/average/).

- Les retraites seront fondées sur le **salaire** moyen de l’ensemble de la carrière.
  Pensions shall be based on career **average** earnings.
  ([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 2227767)

- 280. Le **salaire** moyen des détenus qui travaillent est de 3 euros par jour, pour 4 à 6 heures de travail quotidien.
  280. The **average** payment of working inmates is Euro 3 per day. The inmates work for 4 to 6 hours per day.
  ([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 11760433)

- Le chiffre requis est le **salaire** horaire brut moyen perçu par le salarié pendant le mois de référence.
  The figure required is the **average** gross earnings per hour paid to the employee in the reference month.
  ([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 739377)

## minimum

Used about 8 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8). Meaning: [minimum in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/minimum/).

- Quel est le **salaire** minimum en Grèce ?
  What is the **minimum** wage in Greece?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rabicat22 and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#11564273](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11564273) [\#3326779](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3326779))

- Ils reçoivent à peine le **salaire** minimum.
  They're barely paid **minimum** wage.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#1336113](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1336113) [\#1336213](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1336213))

- Le **salaire** minimum en Allemagne est de huit euros cinquante de l'heure.
  Germany's **minimum** wage is 8.50 euros an hour.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#3794939](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3794939) [\#3797198](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3797198))

## More sentences

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

- Son **salaire** important lui permet de voyager à travers le monde à chaque année.
  His large income enables him to travel abroad every year.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and CM · checked, community translation · [\#287072](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/287072) [\#389617](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/389617))

- Il touche un **salaire** hebdomadaire.
  He is paid by the week.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Max\_Hydrogen and CK · checked, community translation · [\#299315](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/299315) [\#1567567](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1567567))

- Je n'arrive pas à croire qu'il ait eu les couilles de demander une augmentation de **salaire** au patron.
  I can't believe he had the balls to ask the boss for a raise.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Anthaus and darinmex · checked, community translation · [\#596286](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/596286) [\#783911](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/783911))

## 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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