comparison — English to French

How English comparison is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 2 translations with example sentences.

What it means: comparison in the Elamur Dictionary.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: comparison (27 766), comparisons (4 211). By style: everyday 17 · literary 4 · biblical 2 · parliamentary 1 580 · legal and administrative 7 542 · UN documents 22 832.

comparaison

Used about 23 178 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 13 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 938 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 814 · UN documents ≈ 16 411). Forms: comparaison, comparaisons.

• A comparison proves nothing.

  Une comparaison ne prouve rien.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF_US and Aiji · checked, community translation · #7739865 #8537625

• “You argue by comparisons which seem to have been borrowed from the maxims of a moralist.”

  --Tu as des arguments par comparaison qui semblent pris dans les maximes d'un moraliste.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 1268

• He said to them, “What have I now done in comparison with you? Isn’t the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?

  Gédéon leur répondit: Qu’ai-je fait en comparaison de vous? Le grappillage d’Éphraïm ne vaut-il pas mieux que la vendange d’Abiézer?

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JDG 8:2

• I should now like to turn to the matter of comparisons.

  Venons-en à présent à la question des comparaisons.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 429791

• Two separate price comparisons were made.

  Deux comparaisons des prix distinctes ont été réalisées.

  DGT-TM v2021 · 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 4009452

prix

Used about 269 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 33 · legal and administrative ≈ 236).

• Tourists travelling to Europe want clear price comparisons. They need to know how to convert.

  Les touristes qui viennent chez nous doivent savoir clairement comment comparer les prix et les convertir.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1814673

• The comparison between normal value and export price was made on an ex-factory basis.

  La valeur normale et le prix à l'exportation ont été comparés au niveau départ usine.

  DGT-TM v2021 · 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 1027770

• This is a matter of consumer information at its most fundamental. For example, the consumer should be able to make a true comparison between prices in shops.

  Il s'agit ici vraiment d'une information essentielle du consommateur qui lui permet notamment de comparer réellement les prix des différents produits dans les magasins.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1785486

• The price level of the contracts has decreased clearly in comparison with the period before the reform.

  Le niveau de prix des contrats a clairement baissé par rapport à la période précédant la réforme.

  DGT-TM v2021 · 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 1403319

• In order to allow for price comparisons between financial instruments it is also necessary to specify the currency code of any reported transaction.

  Pour permettre de comparer les prix des instruments financiers, il est également nécessaire d'indiquer le code «monnaie» de toute transaction déclarée.

  DGT-TM v2021 · 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 4292362

More sentences

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

• All my efforts are nothing in comparison with yours.

  Tous mes efforts ne sont rien comparés aux vôtres.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Jesse and Padeowan · checked, community translation · #251543 #619492

• Country life is very peaceful in comparison with city life.

  La vie à la campagne est très tranquille comparée à la vie en ville.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · #279079 #129495

• In comparison with Tokyo, London is small.

  Si on la compare à Tokyo, Londres est une petite ville.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Zifre and superbolo · checked, community translation · #279731 #393766

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