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# signature — French to English

How French *signature* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 4 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: signature (53 401), signatures (9 487). By style: everyday 23 · literary 5 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 2 512 · legal and administrative 8 055 · UN documents 52 292.

## signature

Used about 48 748 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 21 · literary ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 1 492 · legal and administrative ≈ 6 377 · UN documents ≈ 40 853). Forms: signature, signatures. Meaning: [signature in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/signature/).

- Est-ce votre **signature** ?
  Is this your **signature**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eccles17 and CK · checked, community translation · [\#9341385](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9341385) [\#6459894](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6459894))

- Cette **signature** n'était pas fausse.
  This **signature** was not false.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 31429)

- Il nous faut ces **signatures**.
  We need their **signatures**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1920680)

- **Signature** de la personne concernée (2)
  **Signature** of person concerned (2)
  ([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 1890388)

- Cachet et/ou **signature** :
  Stamp and/or **signature**:
  ([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 12847134)

## signing

Used about 10 858 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 550 · legal and administrative ≈ 503 · UN documents ≈ 9 805).

- Vendredi, aura lieu la **signature** de la Constitution européenne.
  On Friday, we will have the **signing** of the European Constitution.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 613896)

- Calendrier indicatif pour la **signature** des contrats: entre mars et juillet.
  Indicative time-frame for **signing** the contracts: between March and July.
  ([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 1675626)

- La **signature** de cet accord signifie :
  The **signing** of the peace agreement means the following:
  ([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 15953813)

- Il s’agit certainement d’une conséquence raisonnable de la **signature** de cette convention.
  Surely this is a reasonable consequence of **signing** it.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 579307)

- Les versions applicables des documents sont celles disponibles au moment de la **signature** du présent accord.
  Applicable versions of the documents are those available at the time of **signing** this agreement.
  ([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 4806390)

## agreement

Used about 325 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 157 · legal and administrative ≈ 168). Meaning: [agreement in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/agreement/).

- L'accord temporaire qui a été conclu à l'issue des négociations s'appliquera à compter de la date de **signature**.
  The temporary **agreement** which resulted from the negotiations will apply after it has been signed.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 862205)

- D’après les autorités italiennes, PI et le Trésor — par la **signature** de la convention — ont donné à un instrument à long terme des règles transparentes.
  The Italian authorities argue that the **Agreement** between the Treasury and PI regulates a long-term instrument in a transparent fashion.
  ([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 1663785)

- À la suite de la **signature** de l'accord de paix global, les pays doivent établir un dialogue politique constructif.
  Having signed the Comprehensive Peace **Agreement**, the countries should engage constructively in political dialogue.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1578646)

- La Finlande a également indiqué que le directeur général de l'aéroport de TMP n'était pas membre du conseil d'Airpro au moment de la **signature** du bail.
  Finland indicated that TMP airport’s managing director was not a member of the board of directors of Airpro at the time when the lease **agreement** was signed.
  ([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 2821130)

- Je me félicite également de la **signature**, le 18 mai, par les Russes, de l’accord de délimitation des frontières avec l’Estonie.
  I am also pleased that, on 18 May, the Russians signed the **agreement** fixing the border with Estonia.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 680424)

## electronic

Used about 252 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 252). Meaning: [electronic in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/electronic/).

- En cas de gestion des recettes et des dépenses par des systèmes informatiques, les **signatures** peuvent être apposées par procédure informatisée ou électronique.
  Where revenue and expenditure operations are managed by means of computer systems, documents may be signed by a computerised or **electronic** procedure.
  ([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 1265323)

## More sentences

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

- Tu peux mettre ta **signature** sur mon ballon ?
  Can you sign my ball?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and rul · checked, community translation · [\#12709267](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12709267) [\#13149367](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13149367))

- Veuillez apposer votre **signature** sur ce document s'il vous plaît.
  Put your name on this document.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and CA · checked, community translation · [\#58535](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/58535) [\#11384](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11384))

- Je vous salue, moi Paul, de ma propre main. C’est là ma **signature** dans toutes mes lettres; c’est ainsi que j’écris.
  I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand, which is the sign in every letter. This is how I write.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2TH 3:17)

## Grammar

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