foreign — English to French

How English foreign is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

What it means: foreign in the Elamur Dictionary.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: foreign (223 444). By style: everyday 308 · literary 2 · biblical 34 · parliamentary 14 004 · legal and administrative 12 929 · UN documents 196 167.

étrangère

Used about 150 005 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 257 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 28 · parliamentary ≈ 12 254 · legal and administrative ≈ 10 774 · UN documents ≈ 126 691). Forms: étrangers, étrangère, étrangères.

• He has a foreign car.

  Il a une voiture étrangère.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by witbrock and sciuro · checked, community translation · #428081 #427821

• “This man, forced to conceal himself, and for reasons, moreover, which are foreign to politics, had adopted the sewer as his domicile and had a key to it.

  --Cet homme, forcé de se cacher, pour des raisons du reste étrangères à la politique, avait pris l'égout pour domicile et en avait une clef.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 31757

• How can we sing the LORD’s song in a foreign land?

  Comment chanterions-nous les cantiques de l’Éternel Sur une terre étrangère?

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 137:4

• We are talking about a common security and foreign policy.

  Nous débattons d'une politique étrangère et de sécurité commune.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1850977

• foreign matter: not permissible;

  substances étrangères: non tolérées;

  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 1243291

politique

Used about 568 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 292 · legal and administrative ≈ 269).

• The government was obliged to make changes in its foreign policy.

  Le gouvernement était dans l'obligation de modifier sa politique extérieure.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and Bruno · checked, community translation · #497965 #497422

• Should the implementation of the Union' s foreign policy not now finally be entrusted to one person?

  La mise en uvre de la politique extérieure de l' Union ne devrait-elle pas en fait être attribuée à une seule personne ?

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 213547

• The Foreign Trade Act authorises the GOI to issue notifications regarding the export and import policy.

  Cette loi autorise les pouvoirs publics indiens à publier des déclarations concernant la politique en matière d’importation et d’exportation.

  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 2971611

affaires

Used about 292 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 292).

• Nonetheless, there have been some worrying omissions in the field of foreign affairs.

  Cependant, pour ce qui est des affaires extérieures, des carences préoccupantes sont évidentes.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 307051

commune

Used about 292 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 292).

• Four, to have a coordinated common European foreign policy that serves as an instrument for eliminating poverty in countries in which immigration originates.

  Quarto, instaurer une politique extérieure européenne commune coordonnée qui serve de levier afin d'éliminer la pauvreté dans les pays d'où proviennent les migrants.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 236164

More sentences

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

• She has traveled in foreign countries.

  Elle a voyagé à l'étranger.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and pierrephi · checked, community translation · #838872 #339385

• We're going to see a foreign film tonight.

  Nous allons voir un film étranger ce soir.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Source_VOA and rene1596 · checked, community translation · #680998 #1182765

• Foreign direct investments in China amounted to $3 billion last year.

  Les investissements directs en Chine s'élevaient à 3 milliards de dollars l'année dernière.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CN and U2FS · checked, community translation · #277502 #129351

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