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# travers — French to English

How French *travers* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 3 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: travers (48 972). By style: everyday 379 · literary 76 · biblical 20 · parliamentary 7 029 · legal and administrative 3 189 · UN documents 38 279.

## through

Used about 27 532 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 142 · literary ≈ 43 · biblical ≈ 17 · parliamentary ≈ 2 343 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 860 · UN documents ≈ 23 127). Meaning: [through in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/through/).

- Je peux voir à **travers** tes mensonges.
  I can see **through** your lies.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by NomadSoul and darinmex · checked, community translation · [\#1005961](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1005961) [\#1007485](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1007485))

- À **travers** le carreau cassé, on voyait tomber la neige.
  **Through** the broken pane the snow could be seen falling.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 16307)

- et il ne laissait personne transporter aucun objet à **travers** le temple.
  He would not allow anyone to carry a container **through** the temple.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAR 11:16)

- Nous avons tenté de le faire au **travers** des ONG.
  We have been trying to do that **through** NGOs.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 99936)

- la bille ne passe pas au **travers** de l'éprouvette,
  the ball does not pass **through** the test piece,
  ([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 5475048)

## across

Used about 5 945 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 47 · literary ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 1 172 · legal and administrative ≈ 731 · UN documents ≈ 3 987). Meaning: [across in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/across/).

- Il se fit entendre à **travers** la pièce.
  He made himself heard **across** the room.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Cirilo and CK · checked, community translation · [\#303415](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/303415) [\#713280](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/713280))

- Effrayée, elle se leva, et vit à la lumière de la lune une masse informe couchée en **travers** devant sa porte.
  She rose in alarm, and saw by the light of the moon, a shapeless mass lying **across** her door on the outside.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 6358)

- Ce texte contribuera à rassembler nos industries à **travers** l'Europe.
  This is in the interests of bringing our industry together **across** Europe.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1194818)

- Projet pilote — Promotion de l’activité physique bienfaisante pour la santé à **travers** l’Europe
  Pilot project — Promoting health-enhancing physical activity **across** Europe
  ([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 4781791)

- A. Examen du transport de la pollution atmosphérique à **travers** l &apos; Amérique du Nord et l &apos; hémisphère Nord
  A. Review of air pollution transport **across** North America and the Northern Hemisphere
  ([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 19038432)

## europe

Used about 734 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 16 · parliamentary ≈ 586 · legal and administrative ≈ 133). Meaning: [europe in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/europe/).

- J'ai voyagé à **travers** l'Europe.
  I traveled around **Europe**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1445403](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1445403) [\#1447297](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1447297))

- Vous voyez qu’à **travers** ces différents sujets, l’Europe doit continuer.
  As you can see, from these various subjects, **Europe** must continue.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 688397)

- Des programmes de volontariat axés sur le déploiement dans des pays tiers existent en Europe et à **travers** le monde.
  Volunteering schemes exist in **Europe** and worldwide focusing on third country deployment.
  ([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 3295892)

- J'ai voyagé à **travers** l'Europe.
  I travelled round **Europe**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#10683594](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10683594) [\#1447297](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1447297))

- Lundi, nous avons célébré la journée de l'Europe à **travers** toute l'Union.
  On Monday, we remembered **Europe** Day, a day in celebration of the European Union.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1553254)

## More sentences

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

- Quelque chose a dû aller de **travers**.
  Something must've gone wrong.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6681202](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6681202) [\#12313186](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12313186))

- Ne comprenez pas mes paroles de **travers** !
  Don't misunderstand my words.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · [\#1311889](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1311889) [\#3671150](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3671150))

- Il parle souvent à tort et à **travers**.
  He often says whatever comes into his head.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ankio and tieguy · checked, community translation · [\#13807333](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13807333) [\#3367574](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3367574))

## 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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