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# sources — French to English

How French *sources* 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: sources (116 475). By style: everyday 40 · literary 1 · biblical 34 · parliamentary 4 301 · legal and administrative 12 544 · UN documents 99 555.

## sources

Used about 97 027 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 34 · parliamentary ≈ 3 315 · legal and administrative ≈ 10 715 · UN documents ≈ 82 963). Forms: source, sources.

- 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))

- La question est de savoir d'où viendront ces graisses et si leurs **sources** sont sûres.
  The issue is where is this fat going to come from and are these fat **sources** safe.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 151095)

- **Sources**: Eurostat et données de l'industrie
  **Source**: Eurostat and industry data
  ([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 4653292)

- E. Autres **sources** illicites d &apos; explosifs (question 7)
  E. Other illicit **sources** of explosives (question 7)
  ([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 9253726)

- Tes **sources** sont-elles fiables ?
  Are your **sources** reliable?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Julien\_PDC and tieguy · checked, community translation · [\#11684972](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11684972) [\#8741450](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8741450))

## renewable

Used about 4 940 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 269 · legal and administrative ≈ 523 · UN documents ≈ 4 148). Meaning: [renewable in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/renewable/).

- Parmi les **sources** d'énergie renouvelables, la tourbe est absente.
  It fails to refer to peat as a **renewable** source of energy.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1719195)

- **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 faudrait encourager le recours aux **sources** d &apos; 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)

- 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)

- 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)

## use

Used about 261 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 261). Meaning: [use in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/use/).

- Le terme 愦灭;quot;désinfecté愦灭;quot; désigne la destruction, dans le dispositif, des **sources** possibles d'infection microbienne au moyen d'agents chimiques ayant un effet germicide.
  Disinfected denotes the destruction of potential microbial infectivity in the equipment through the **use** of chemical agents with a germicidal effect.
  ([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 1842338)

## energy

Used about 1 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1). Meaning: [energy in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/energy/).

- L'énergie solaire semble pouvoir offrir plus d'espoir que les autres **sources** d'énergie, notamment parce que les régions consommatrices d'eau se trouvent assez proches de l'équateur et disposent d'une atmosphère relativement propre.
  Solar **energy** seems to offer more hope than any other source of energy, particularly because those areas most in need of water lie rather close to the equator and have a relatively clear atmosphere.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by hortusdei and rul · checked, community translation · [\#275165](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/275165) [\#1467476](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1467476))

## More sentences

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

- Il est parfois bon pour un couple marié d'aller aux **sources** thermales ensemble - rien que tous les deux.
  Sometimes it's good for a married couple to go to a hot spring together—just the two of them.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sysko and papabear · checked, community translation · [\#40517](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/40517) [\#614487](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/614487))

- Discutons-en autour d'un verre de vin dans les **sources** chaudes.
  Let's discuss this over a glass of wine in the hot springs.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by qdii and FeuDRenais · checked, community translation · [\#516335](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/516335) [\#516342](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/516342))

- Au Japon, les **sources** d'eau chaude abondent.
  In Japan, there are lots of hot springs.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by belgavox and keira\_n · checked, community translation · [\#1078074](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1078074) [\#1638802](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1638802))

## 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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