figures — English to French

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

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Sentence pairs counted, by form: figures (42 478). By style: everyday 34 · literary 14 · biblical 4 · parliamentary 3 976 · legal and administrative 5 492 · UN documents 32 958.

chiffres

Used about 26 204 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 20 · literary ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 3 065 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 890 · UN documents ≈ 19 226).

• These figures are inaccurate.

  Ces chiffres sont erronés.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by kaiperkins271 and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · #6862493 #6861030

• "Yes, or figures are of no use."

  —Oui, ou les chiffres ne sont plus les chiffres!»

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 1621

• These are horrific figures.

  Ces chiffres sont effroyables.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 771457

• The first 8 figures are constant: ‘05040501’.

  Les huit premiers chiffres sont toujours les mêmes: «05040501».

  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 1032097

• a Figures apply to the European part of the country.

  a Les chiffres concernent la partie européenne du pays.

  United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 26290059

figures

Used about 2 524 times in the texts (literary ≈ 6 · legal and administrative ≈ 458 · UN documents ≈ 2 060).

• When he recovered himself, Phœbus and Esmeralda were alone seated on the wooden coffer beside the lamp which made these two youthful figures and a miserable pallet at the end of the attic stand out plainly before the archdeacon’s eyes.

  Quand il revint à lui, Phoebus et la Esmeralda étaient seuls, assis sur le coffre de bois à côté de la lampe qui faisait saillir aux yeux de l'archidiacre ces deux jeunes figures, et un misérable grabat au fond du galetas.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 4649

• PB Pressures blower (Figures 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19)

  PB Ventilateur soufflant (figures 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 et 19)

  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 609291

• The refugee figures are as of November 2003 and IDP figures

  The refugee figures are as of November 2003 and IDP figures

  United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 12179017

• On another occasion, alluding to the resistance offered by his ministry, he wrote in connection with a political criminal, who is one of the most generous figures of our day: “His pardon is granted; it only remains for me to obtain it.”

  Une autre fois, faisant allusion aux résistances de ses ministres, il écrivait à propos d'un condamné politique qui est une des plus généreuses figures de notre temps: Sa grâce est accordée, il ne me reste plus qu'à l'obtenir.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18202

• The main characteristics of the manikin are illustrated in the following figures and tables:

  Les principales caractéristiques du mannequin sont indiquées dans les figures et les tableaux ci-après:

  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 5571302

More sentences

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

• Many logograms are just graphical idiomatic expressions, "figures of speech."

  De nombreux logogrammes ne sont jamais que des expressions idiomatiques graphiques, des « façons de parler ».

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by nonong and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #2055648 #2056466

• Great figures don't meet high standards, but rather make their own.

  Les grands personnages ne se plient pas aux hautes exigences, mais créent plutôt les leurs.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by FeuDRenais and qdii · checked, community translation · #506158 #506160

• Mary's pictures often show figures shrouded in a heavy mist.

  Les dessins de Marie montrent souvent des formes fondues dans un épais brouillard.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and Sorgan · checked, community translation · #6201722 #6203298

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