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# teneur — French to English

How French *teneur* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 8 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: teneur (43 477), teneure (1), teneurs (3 487). By style: everyday 8 · literary 1 · parliamentary 975 · legal and administrative 24 735 · UN documents 21 246.

## contents

Used about 20 306 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 254 · legal and administrative ≈ 9 533 · UN documents ≈ 10 513). Forms: content, contents.

- Cette bière a une **teneur** en alcool élevée.
  This beer has a high **content** of alcohol.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#7738611](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7738611) [\#8537629](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8537629))

- Elle, non moins pâle et non moins statue, elle s'était à peine aperçue qu'on lui avait mis en main un lourd cierge de cire jaune allumé; elle n'avait pas écouté la voix glapissante du greffier lisant la fatale **teneur** de l'amende honorable; quand on lui avait dit de répondre Amen, elle avait répondu Amen.
  She, no less pale, no less like a statue, had hardly noticed that they had placed in her hand a heavy, lighted candle of yellow wax; she had not heard the yelping voice of the clerk reading the fatal **contents** of the apology; when they told her to respond with Amen, she responded Amen.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 5743)

- Nous parlons de **teneurs** très faibles.
  We are talking about very low **contents**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 265406)

- une des **teneurs** en cires suivantes:
  one of the following wax **contents**:
  ([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 2688770)

- Abondance et **teneur** en métaux
  Abundance and metal **content**
  ([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 14055176)

## levels

Used about 11 290 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 81 · legal and administrative ≈ 9 018 · UN documents ≈ 2 190).

- Les **teneurs** en toxines naturelles peuvent être plus élevées dans les plantes transgéniques.
  Modified plants may contain higher **levels** of natural toxins.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1739073)

- **Teneurs** maximales (μg/kg)
  Maximum **levels** (μg/kg)
  ([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 2089646)

- Déterminer les **teneurs** en PCB dans les équipements utilisés à l &apos; échelle nationale
  Determining PCB **levels** in equipment in-use nationally
  ([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 21505333)

- On ne peut donc pas se permettre d'accepter, dans l'eau potable, des **teneurs** en radioactivité, même faibles.
  Thus, even low **levels** of radioactivity cannot be acceptable in drinking water.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1841668)

- **Teneurs** maximales en flavonoïdes issus de Glycyrrhiza glabra
  Maximum **levels** of flavonoids from Glycyrrhiza glabra
  ([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 4654376)

## weight

Used about 1 907 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 1 031 · UN documents ≈ 876). Meaning: [weight in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/weight/).

- D’une **teneur** en poids de matières grasses provenant du lait:
  Containing by **weight** of milkfats:
  ([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 2384516)

- b) alliages ayant des **teneurs** massiques en nickel et en chrome supérieures à 25 et 20 %, respectivement.
  (b) alloys with more than 25% nickel and 20% chromium by **weight**.
  ([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 16000419)

- autres, d’une **teneur** en poids de matières grasses provenant des produits des no0401 à 0404:
  Other, containing by **weight** of fat obtained from the products of heading Nos 0401 to 0404:
  ([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 754130)

- b) Alliages ayant des **teneurs** massiques en nickel et en chrome supérieures à 25 et 20 %, respectivement.
  (b) alloys with more than 25% nickel and 20% chromium by **weight**.
  ([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 16004858)

- autres, d'une **teneur** en poids de matières grasses provenant des produits des no0401 à 0404:–– ues, à l'exclusion des jus de fruits ou de légumes du no2009:
  Other, containing by **weight** of fat obtained from the products of heading Nos 0401 to 0404:–– not including fruit or vegetable juices of heading No 2009:
  ([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 489025)

## sulphur

Used about 1 665 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 132 · UN documents ≈ 1 533). Meaning: [sulphur in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sulphur/).

- Dans le programme Auto-Oil, nous devons parvenir à réduire les **teneurs** en soufre à quelques millionièmes.
  In the Auto Oil programme we had to reduce **sulphur** content to values in millionths.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1841878)

- Plusieurs pays de la CEE n &apos; utilisent pas encore les carburants à faible **teneur** en soufre.
  Several UNECE countries have still not introduced low- **sulphur** fuels.
  ([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 20795660)

- C'est pourquoi nous jugeons que la proposition de réduire la **teneur** en soufre à 1,5% seulement est trop modeste.
  This is why we feel that the proposal to reduce **sulphur** content levels down to 1.5% is too modest.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 463355)

- Le **teneur** en soufre du carburant diesel a également été réduite de manière draconienne à cette époque.
  Diesel **sulphur** levels were also dramatically reduced at that time.
  ([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 28064646)

- Les raffineries de pétrole peuvent abaisser la **teneur** en soufre de 3 à 1,5% sans coûts excessifs.
  A reduction in the **sulphur** content from 3% to 1.5% is possible for oil refineries without too many extreme costs.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 463360)

## maximum

Used about 1 331 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 81 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 031 · UN documents ≈ 219). Meaning: [maximum in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/maximum/).

- La fixation de **teneurs** maximales en goudron, nicotine et monoxyde de carbone est essentielle.
  It is very important to establish **maximum** tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide levels.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 128408)

- Résidus de pesticides et **teneurs** maximales en résidus
  Pesticide residue and **maximum** residue level
  ([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 887051)

- \* Il s &apos; agit des **teneurs** maximales à moins que les normes d &apos; homologation n &apos; en spécifient autrement.
  \* **Maximum** rate unless certification specifies otherwise
  ([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 17858017)

- Mais j'espère que la Commission adressera bientôt au Parlement un projet portant sur des **teneurs** maximales inférieures.
  But I hope the Commission will soon come back to Parliament with a proposal on lower **maximum** levels.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1631889)

- Il convient donc d’augmenter la **teneur** maximale pour le fluor dans les algues marines calcaires de 1000 mg/kg à 1250 mg/kg.
  It is therefore appropriate to increase the **maximum** level for fluorine in calcareous marine algae from 1000 mg/kg to 1250 mg/kg.
  ([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 5021132)

## products

Used about 657 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 657).

- Directive 86/363/CEE du Conseil concernant la fixation de **teneurs** maximales pour les résidus de pesticides sur et dans les denrées alimentaires d &apos; origine animale
  - Council Directive 86/363/EEC establishing MRLs in **products** of animal origin
  ([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 15427505)

- V. Normes et règlements actuels relatifs aux **teneurs** autorisées en constituants toxiques dans les combustibles gazeux et dans les produits de combustion de combustibles gazeux
  V. Existing standards and regulations on permissible concentrations of harmful components in gaseous fuels and gaseous fuels combustion **products**
  ([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 6406856)

- ii) Instruments utilisés pour mesurer en permanence les **teneurs** en constituants toxiques dans les produits de combustion du gaz et dans l &apos; atmosphère (ENERGY/WP.3/GE.2/R.14 + Additifs)
  (ii) Instruments for continuous measurement of concentrations of noxious components in gas combustion **products** and in the atmosphere (ENERGY/WP.3/GE.2/R.14 + Addenda)
  ([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 5238649)

## kg

Used about 219 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 219). Meaning: [kg in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/kg/).

- En Inde, les **teneurs** moyennes en gamma-HCH d &apos; échantillons de lait prélevés dans deux régions différentes ont été de 0,002 et 0,015 mg/kg.
  Mean levels of gamma-HCH analyzed in cow &apos; s milk samples from two separate areas in India were 0.002 and 0.015 mg/**kg**.
  ([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 16200167)

## residue

Used about 61 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 61). Meaning: [residue in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/residue/).

- Ceci modifie totalement tout le calcul de la **teneur** des résidus.
  This completely changes the way in which **residue** content is calculated.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1631859)

- J'ai ici le décret de la République fédérale sur les **teneurs** maximales en résidus, adopté le 1er septembre 1994.
  I have in front of me the German regulation on maximum **residue** levels, which was adopted on 1 September 1994.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1631953)

- Les **teneurs** maximales fixées pour les résidus sont ainsi des valeurs de prévoyance et non des valeurs de menace pour les consommateurs.
  Under this system, the **residue** levels are precautionary levels, not danger levels for the consumer.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1631913)

- Des amendements à la directive 2377/90 du Conseil sur la fixation de **teneurs** maximales concernant ces substances ont été déposés.
  In the case of these substances, applications are made for the Community to fix maximum **residue** limits, as provided for in Council Regulation 2377/90.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1630649)

- En maintenant les **teneurs** en résidus proposées arbitrairement et sans fondement toxicologique, les fruits et les légumes ne pourraient plus être produits de manière conventionnelle.
  If these arbitrary and toxicologically unjustified **residue** levels were observed, fruit and vegetables could no longer be produced by conventional means.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1631909)

## More sentences

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

- La **teneur** en arsenic de l'eau est infime mais importante.
  The amount of arsenic in the water is minuscule but significant.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#8860454](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8860454) [\#9059897](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9059897))

- Elle tira fierté de la **teneur** en molybdène de l'échantillon de minerai de sa parcelle.
  She was elated by the molybdenum assay of the ore sample from her claim.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and halfb1t · checked, community translation · [\#2136323](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2136323) [\#2136844](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2136844))

- On trouve du sirop de maïs à haute **teneur** en fructose dans à peu près tout ce qu'on mange, de nos jours.
  High fructose corn syrup is found in about everything you eat these days.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and karloelkebekio · checked, community translation · [\#3638571](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3638571) [\#3639485](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3639485))

## 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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