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# volume — French to English

How French *volume* 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: volume (60 343), volumes (10 917). By style: everyday 44 · literary 3 · parliamentary 1 726 · legal and administrative 27 361 · UN documents 42 126.

## volume

Used about 58 900 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 34 · literary ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 1 025 · legal and administrative ≈ 25 366 · UN documents ≈ 32 472). Forms: volume, volumes. Meaning: [volume in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/volume/).

- Baisse le **volume**.
  Turn down the **volume**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#4502711](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4502711) [\#5402378](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5402378))

- Or, il avait sous le bras un **volume** des mémoires du duc de Saint-Simon.
  Now, he had under his arm a **volume** of the memoirs of the Duc de Saint-Simon.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 26220)

- Nous parlons d'un **volume** commercial de 900 millions d'euros.
  We are talking about a trade **volume** of EUR 900 million.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1423885)

- **Volumes** et parts de marché
  **Volumes** and market shares
  ([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 4023934)

- D Uniquement du **volume**
  D On **volume** only
  ([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 29793748)

## total

Used about 1 199 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 36 · legal and administrative ≈ 285 · UN documents ≈ 878). Meaning: [total in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/total/).

- Le **volume** du marché dans son ensemble est évalué à entre 1, 5 et 2, 5 milliards d'écu.
  The **total** value of this market is estimated at between ECU 1.5 and 2.5 billion.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1595213)

- Les capacités inutilisées de la Malaisie, d'un **volume** de 27000 tonnes, représentent quelque 40 % de la consommation totale de l'Union pendant la PER.
  The Malaysian spare capacity of 27000 tonnes represents around 40 % of **total** Union consumption during the RIP.
  ([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 3416144)

- 2. Importance relative de chaque entité des Nations Unies dans le **volume** total de l &apos; aide publique au développement consentie au niveau national
  2. Relative importance of individual United Nations entities compared to **total** official development assistance at the country level
  ([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 23726326)

- Ils ont montré leur réticence devant la «stabilisation» des dépenses réelles en **volume**, à savoir un plafond maintenu à 1, 27 %.
  They have shown their reluctance to 'stabilise' **total** actual expenditure, namely at a ceiling of 1.27 %.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1931925)

- Après avoir augmenté jusqu’à un maximum de 18,4 milliards de dollars en 1994, le **volume** total de FPD est revenu à 16,3 milliards de dollars en 1995 et à 15,4 milliards en 1996 (tableau 2).
  **Total** OF to Africa, after increasing to a high of $18.4 billion in 1994, declined to $16.3 billion in 1995 and $15.4 billion in 1996 (table 2).
  ([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 4519936)

## import

Used about 18 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 18). Meaning: [import in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/import/).

- L'importation de **volumes** importants de poisson provenant de l'extérieur de l'Union européenne à bas prix est en partie responsable de cette situation.
  The **import** of large quantities of fish from outside the European Union at low prices is partly responsible for this situation.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1101985)

## production

Used about 18 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 18). Meaning: [production in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/production/).

- Les **volumes** des contingents de production de fécule sont un sujet plus problématique.
  Starch **production** quota amounts are a more difficult matter.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 922304)

## More sentences

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

- Baissez le **volume** de la musique.
  Turn the music down.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3426197](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3426197) [\#11534043](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11534043))

- Augmente un peu le **volume** de la radio.
  Turn the radio up a little.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by minti and CK · checked, community translation · [\#29777](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/29777) [\#139654](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/139654))

- La radio est trop forte. Tu ne peux pas baisser un peu le **volume** ?
  The radio is too loud. Can't you turn it down a little?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Romira and CK · checked, community translation · [\#29783](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/29783) [\#181960](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/181960))

## Grammar

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