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Meaning: [substance in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/substance/). - Le sel est une **substance** utile. Salt is a useful **substance**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Pharamp and Luornu · checked, community translation · [\#25748](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/25748) [\#395587](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/395587)) - Voilà pour la **substance**. That is the **substance**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 884058) - **Substance** apparentée prise isolément Any single related **substance** ([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 3836778) - Breastmilk as a unique **substance**; Breast milk as a unique **substance** ([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 9134482) - L'eau de Javel est une **substance** caustique. Bleach is a caustic **substance**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#10613197](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10613197) [\#11037583](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11037583)) ## chemical Used about 4 047 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 148 · UN documents ≈ 1 897). Meaning: [chemical in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/chemical/). - En **substance**, un produit chimique médicinal n'est rien d'autre qu'une molécule qui permet un changement thérapeutique dans la physiologie humaine. In essence, a medicinal **chemical** is nothing more than a molecule that enables a therapeutic change in human physiology. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#10589224](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10589224) [\#10589228](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10589228)) - L’indication des numéros CAS vise à permettre l’identification d’une **substance** ou d’un mélange chimique spécifique, indépendamment de la nomenclature. CAS numbers are shown to assist in identifying a particular **chemical** or mixture, irrespective of nomenclature. ([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 2616842) - (Fournir, si possible, la liste des pays en provenance desquels la **substance** chimique a été importée) (To the extend practicable provide a list of the countries from which the **chemical** has been imported) ([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 16193974) - Cela peut résulter du fait que la **substance** d’essai exerce un effet inhibiteur sur l’inoculum à la concentration à laquelle elle est testée. One possible cause is that the test **chemical** is inhibitory to the inoculum at the concentration at which it is applied in the test. ([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 3274592) - Plusieurs autres représentants favorables à cet avis ont dit ne pas pouvoir appuyer l’inscription de cette **substance** sans autre élément de preuve de sa nocivité. Expressing support for that view, several others said they could not support listing the **chemical** absent further evidence of its harmfulness. ([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 28638578) ## use Used about 3 921 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 126 · UN documents ≈ 3 795). Meaning: [use in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/use/). - En dépit de l'augmentation de la consommation d'énergie, les émissions de ces deux **substances** ont diminué de manière drastique. Despite the increase in energy **use**, the emission from these two chemicals has fallen dramatically. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1844859) - production et utilisation **substances** annexe I Ban on Prod. and **use** annex I ([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 20819431) - Ces installations de réfrigération sont en soi des systèmes fermés, dont les produits réfrigérants n' ont pas encore de **substances** de substitution concrètes. These refrigeration units are self-contained cooling systems and **use** a coolant for which no alternative is available at the present time. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2043354) - Encourager l ' utilisation des cartes de santé et de sécurité du Programme international sur la sécurité des **substances** chimiques. Encourage the **use** of IPCS health and safety cards. ([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 12587027) - b) En inscrivant seulement le cpentaBDE pour mettre fin à la production et à l ' utilisation de cette **substance**. List c-PentaBDE in order to eliminate the production and **use** of c-PentaBDE. ([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 17267252) ## annex Used about 1 265 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 265). Meaning: [annex in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/annex/). - iii) Co-avantages des meilleures techniques disponibles pour les **substances** chimiques de l ' Annexe C (iii) Co-benefits of best available techniques for chemicals listed in **Annex** C ([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 16199273) - < < ou par le potentiel de réchauffement global spécifié pour cette **substance** à l ' Annexe C ou à l ' Annexe F; > > " , or by the global warming potential specified in respect of it in **Annex** C or Annex F; " ([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 25214325) ## hazardous Used about 632 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 632). Meaning: [hazardous in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hazardous/). - Les polybromobiphényles sont inscrits à l ' Annexe VIII de la Convention de Bâle en tant que **substance** dangereuse sans autre spécification. Under the Basel Convention, PBBs are classified as **hazardous** in Annex VIII without further specification. ([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 17874142) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Une **substance** visqueuse coulait du tuyau. Slime was oozing out of the pipe. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#9938758](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9938758) [\#12663221](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12663221)) - Plus les mots qu'il employait étaient ronflants, plus difficile il devenait d'y trouver de la **substance**. The bigger the words he used, the harder it was to find anything in them. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#283989](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/283989) [\#478650](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/478650)) - L'amiante est une **substance** cancérigène. Asbestos is a carcinogen. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and ddnktr · checked, community translation · [\#12378903](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12378903) [\#13088412](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13088412)) ## 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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