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# vente — French to English

How French *vente* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 5 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: vente (81 729), ventes (25 302). By style: everyday 99 · biblical 4 · parliamentary 3 167 · legal and administrative 45 432 · UN documents 58 329.

## sale

Used about 88 433 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 81 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 1 748 · legal and administrative ≈ 37 387 · UN documents ≈ 49 215). Forms: sale, sales. Meaning: [sale in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sale/).

- C'est en **vente**.
  It's for **sale**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by zogwarg and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2249078](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2249078) [\#11893319](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11893319))

- il recevra pour sa nourriture une portion égale à la leur, et jouira, en outre, des revenus de la **vente** de son patrimoine.
  They shall have like portions to eat, in addition to that which comes from the **sale** of his family possessions.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 18:8)

- Les **ventes** ont baissé de 23 % le mois dernier.
  **Sales** last month were down 23%.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1165710)

- **Ventes** dans la CE (unités)
  **Sales** in the EC (units)
  ([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 1040014)

- A. **Vente** d &apos; enfants
  A. **Sale** of children
  ([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 1520915)

## retail

Used about 4 255 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 66 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 366 · UN documents ≈ 1 823). Meaning: [retail in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/retail/).

- Les femmes sont souvent soumises à la pression des employeurs qui favorisent particulièrement les chaînes multinationales de **vente** au détail.
  Women often submit to pressure by employers, which particularly favours multinational **retail** chains.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1413013)

- Des échantillons uniques peuvent être prélevés au niveau de la **vente** au détail.
  Single samples may be taken at **retail** 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 1324147)

- a) Les propriétés inhérentes des envois, qu &apos; ils soient destinés à la **vente** au détail ou non, sont les mêmes;
  The inherent properties of &quot; **retail** &quot; and &quot; non-retail &quot; shipments are the same;
  ([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 12660409)

- Il serait trop facile de faire endosser la responsabilité de son embonpoint à des entreprises, des producteurs, des chaînes de **vente** au détail et des gouvernements.
  How easy it would be to blame companies, producers, **retail** chains and governments for being fat.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 810396)

- Les autorités compétentes choisissent les points de **vente** au détail dans lesquels des échantillons seront prélevés.
  The competent authorities shall choose the **retail** outlets from which samples are to be taken.
  ([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 1977987)

## selling

Used about 2 803 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 297 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 893 · UN documents ≈ 608).

- La pauvre fille vivait de la **vente** de fleurs.
  The poor girl made a living by **selling** flowers.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and CM · checked, community translation · [\#63448](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/63448) [\#910335](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/910335))

- Le projet de règlement rend les **ventes** multimarques beaucoup plus simples.
  The draft regulation makes multi-brand **selling** much more simple.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 286586)

- Compte tenu des offres reçues, il convient de fixer un prix de **vente** minimal.
  In the light of the tenders received, a minimum **selling** price should be fixed.
  ([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 1199154)

- On pense qu &apos; ils s &apos; y livrent à un petit commerce, comme la **vente** de chewing gum et de cigarettes, sont cireurs de chaussures ou sont devenus mendiants.
  Street children are thought of as being those who are involved in petty trading, such as **selling** chewing gum, cigarettes, who act as shoepolishers, or who have become beggars.
  ([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 9092413)

- Il y a des hommes qui vivraient de la **vente** de leurs propres ombres.
  They are men who would live off of **selling** their own shadows.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sabretou · checked, community translation · [\#2569945](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2569945) [\#4997056](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4997056))

## market

Used about 674 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 66 · UN documents ≈ 608). Meaning: [market in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/market/).

- Je dis à tous les gens qui me téléphonent : aucun des produits que vous achetez aujourd'hui ne sera retiré de la **vente** demain !
  I tell all the people who call me that none of the products they can now buy will be taken off the **market**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 300473)

- Interdiction de la commercialisation, de la **vente** et de l &apos; utilisation de produits contenant de l &apos; endosulfan.
  Placing on the **market**, to sell and use products containing endosulfan is prohibited.
  ([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 23353286)

- En font partie la situation économique - le développement du marché, la structure organisationnelle, les projets stratégiques - mais aussi la situation financière, avec les chiffres de la production et des **ventes**.
  This includes the economic situation - developments in the **market**, the structure of the organisation, the company's strategy - but also turnover and production figures to show the financial position.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 246269)

## arms

Used about 198 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 198). Meaning: [arms in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/arms/).

- Il est prématuré d’envisager une levée en bloc de l’embargo sur les **ventes** d’armes.
  It is premature to consider any wholesale lifting of the **arms** embargo.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 538133)

- Il existe un code de conduite en matière de **vente** d'armes mais vous savez aussi qu'il n'est pas respecté.
  There is a code of conduct about **arms** dealing, but it is being flouted, as you well know.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1929844)

- La nécessité de nouvelles règles se fait ressentir avec acuité, étant donné la hausse des **ventes** d'armes au cours de la période 1995 à 1996.
  We need new rules urgently because the **arms** trade grew during 1995-1996.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1802949)

- C’est pourquoi je vous invite tout particulièrement à garder à l’esprit les circonstances dans lesquelles l’embargo sur les **ventes** d’armes à la Chine a été décrété.
  That is why I particularly call on you to bear in mind the circumstances in which the **arms** trade embargo on China was introduced.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 704294)

- Comment expliquer que le Conseil européen ait décidé, aujourd’hui, qu’il y avait lieu de réexaminer l’embargo imposé par l’UE sur les **ventes** d’armes � la Chine?
  Why is it that the European Council has decided at this time that there is any reason to re-examine the EU's **arms** embargo against China?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 538129)

## More sentences

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

- Je serai là qu'il pleuve ou qu'il **vente**.
  I'll be there rain or shine.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#26844](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/26844) [\#8984013](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8984013))

- Il y a eu une échauffourée devant le magasin à l'occasion de la mise en **vente** du nouveau produit.
  There was a scuffle in front of the store when the new product was released.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#1326971](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1326971) [\#1229265](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1229265))

- Ce livre n'est pas en **vente** ici.
  This book is not sold here.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by gasche and CK · checked, community translation · [\#57031](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/57031) [\#427346](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/427346))

## 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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