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Meaning: [source in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/source/). - Mes **sources** sont secrètes. My **sources** are secret. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and DJ\_Saidez · checked, community translation · [\#10098063](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10098063) [\#11486396](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11486396)) - Ériger un sens qui nous manque en **source** de vérité, c'est un bel aplomb d'aveugle. To erect a sense which we lack into a **source** of truth, is a fine blind man’s self-sufficiency. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 11058) - Vous dites qu'il n'y a qu'une seule **source**. You claim that there is only one **source**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 335470) - **Source** lumineuse connectée (SLC): Connected light **source** (CLS): ([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 5373780) - **Source**: Bureau lituanien de la police criminelle. **Source**: Lithuanian Criminal Police Bureau. ([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 29478974) ## water Used about 5 599 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 33 · parliamentary ≈ 83 · UN documents ≈ 5 482). Meaning: [water in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/water/). - Vous puiserez de l’eau avec joie Aux **sources** du salut, Therefore with joy you will draw **water** out of the wells of salvation. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ISA 12:3) - La question de la future répartition des **sources** d' approvisionnement en eau joue ici un rôle important. An important question in this context is the future distribution of **water**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 4096) - 3. Proportion de la population ayant accès à des **sources** d ' approvisionnement en eau potable améliorées 3. Proportion of population with access to improved drinking **water** supply ([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 24273946) - Qui change le rocher en étang, Le roc en **source** d’eaux. who turned the rock into a pool of **water**, the flint into a spring of waters. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 114:8) - La contribution à la décennie internationale d ' action < < L ' eau, **source** de vie > > , (d) Contributing to the United Nations International Decade for Action " **Water** for Life " , 2005 - 2015. ([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 16180456) ## energy Used about 5 482 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 5 482). Meaning: [energy in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/energy/). - L ' énergie inhérente à cette force, qui trouve sa **source** dans la lutte pour la survie, ne doit pas être sous—estimée. The inherent **energy** of this force should not be neglected, as it is fueled by the struggle to survive. ([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 4314905) - Il faudrait encourager le recours aux **sources** d ' énergie renouvelables ainsi que le passage à des combustibles à plus faible émission de carbone. Renewable **energy**, as well as switching to less carbon-intensive fuels, should be promoted. ([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 22730459) - :: Élaboration et exécution de plusieurs projets de conversion à 100 % de **sources** d ' énergie renouvelables dans des îles du Pacifique, des Caraïbes et de l ' océan Indien. Planning and implementation of several " 100% Renewable **Energy** Islands " in the Pacific, Caribbean and Indian ocean regions. ([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 11315917) ## renewable Used about 633 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 166 · legal and administrative ≈ 467). Meaning: [renewable in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/renewable/). - En fait, dès qu’il est question de recherche de **sources** d’énergie renouvelables, ils sont de loin en avance sur nous. In fact, when it comes to research into **renewable** energy carriers, the Americans are well ahead of us. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 832035) - **SOURCES** D’ÉNERGIE CLASSIQUES ET RENOUVELABLES CONVENTIONAL AND **RENEWABLE** ENERGIES ([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 2219500) - Il faut apporter un réel soutien aux initiatives régionales et locales visant à encourager l'apparition et l'utilisation de l'énergie produite à partir de **sources** renouvelables. Genuine support must be given to local and regional initiatives aiming to introduce **renewable** energy and to encourage its use. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1266137) - Les actions en faveur des **sources** d'énergie nouvelles et renouvelables peuvent, entre autres, viser: Action to promote new and **renewable** energy resources may include: ([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 870652) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Cette **source** chaude te fera du bien. The hot spring will do you good. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Bilberry · checked, community translation · [\#25473](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/25473) [\#394411](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/394411)) - Par chance, je suis tombé sur une **source** chaude. By chance, I found a hot spring. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1159826](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1159826) [\#1159831](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1159831)) - Des études montrent que le bonheur véritable prend sa **source** dans le don en retour, pas dans les choses matérielles. Studies say that true happiness comes from giving back, not from material things. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and patgfisher · checked, community translation · [\#4345950](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4345950) [\#4404514](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4404514)) ## 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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