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# solution — French to English

How French *solution* 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: solution (91 539), solutions (80 407). By style: everyday 256 · literary 7 · parliamentary 22 650 · legal and administrative 13 705 · UN documents 135 328.

## solution

Used about 117 967 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 226 · literary ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 17 223 · legal and administrative ≈ 11 706 · UN documents ≈ 88 809). Forms: solution, solutions. Meaning: [solution in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/solution/).

- J'ai une autre **solution**.
  I have another **solution**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#7452122](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7452122) [\#7452125](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7452125))

- **Solution** de quelques questions de police municipale
  CHAPTER XIII—THE **SOLUTION** OF SOME QUESTIONS CONNECTED WITH THE MUNICIPAL POLICE
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 4211)

- Il n’y a pas de **solution** simple.
  There is no simple **solution**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 618628)

- Ajouter 1 ml de la **solution** 7.2.2.
  Add 1 ml of the **solution** 7.2.2.
  ([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 1506840)

- C. **Solutions** et catalyseurs 25
  C. **Solutions** and enablers 20
  ([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 16107000)

## alternative

Used about 6 546 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 472 · legal and administrative ≈ 428 · UN documents ≈ 5 639). Meaning: [alternative in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/alternative/).

- Il n'y avait pas d'autre **solution**.
  There was no **alternative**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#6627598](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6627598) [\#13388223](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13388223))

- A ce stade, je ne vois pas d'autre **solution**.
  I can see no other **alternative** at this stage.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1637858)

- Les fonds économisés ont été réaffectés à d'autres volets de la **solution** de rechange.
  The money saved has been reallocated to other aspects of the **alternative** package.
  ([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 4484923)

- Cette **solution** de mentorat peut se substituer aux formations traditionnelles de type cours magistraux.
  The mentor initiative offers an **alternative** to traditional training approaches such as those provided in the classroom.
  ([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 22894522)

- C'est la **solution** la moins chère.
  This is the cheaper **alternative**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#6326683](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6326683) [\#11961319](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11961319))

## problem

Used about 4 943 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 2 123 · UN documents ≈ 2 819). Forms: problem, problems. Meaning: [problem in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/problem/).

- D' autres nous disent d' attendre des **solutions** automatiques.
  Others say, wait and the **problem** will resolve itself.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 240810)

- En décembre dernier, nous avons négocié une **solution** à un problème de longue date dans les Chittagong Hill Tracts.
  In December last year, we negotiated an end to the long-standing **problem** in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
  ([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 4644066)

- Voilà un cas concret où le dialogue social doit orienter la **solution** d'un problème très grave.
  This is a specific case in which such dialogue should be used to channel a very serious **problem**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1690514)

- La Transcaucasie est confrontée à des problèmes complexes qui doivent toutefois trouver leur **solution** non sur le champ de bataille mais à la table de négociation.
  Complex **problems** existed in Transcaucasia but they must be solved not on the battle field but at the negotiating table.
  ([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 367665)

- La demande de libéralisation forcée des services postaux crée plus de problèmes que de **solutions**.
  The demand for forced liberalisation of the postal services creates more **problems** than it solves.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1030330)

## find

Used about 143 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 143). Meaning: [find in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/find/).

- Le secteur de l’élevage s'est vu accorder un délai (jusqu’en 2002) pour trouver des **solutions** lui permettant de réduire les excédents de fumier et leur impact.
  The livestock farming sector was given time (until 2002) to **find** ways of reducing manure surpluses and their impact.
  ([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 2816886)

## More sentences

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

- Il n'y a pas d'autre **solution**.
  There is no other way out of this.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Blabla and OsoHombre · checked, community translation · [\#6393350](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6393350) [\#3114598](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3114598))

- Y aurait-il une autre **solution** que l'extraction ?
  Is there any other way besides extraction?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rene1596 and CM · checked, community translation · [\#282727](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/282727) [\#1197023](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1197023))

- Layla ne voyait pas d'autre **solution**.
  Layla saw no other option.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by tieguy and OsoHombre · checked, community translation · [\#6106932](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6106932) [\#11784703](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11784703))

## Grammar

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