west — English to French
How English west is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 7 translations with example sentences.
What it means: west in the Elamur Dictionary.
Sentence pairs counted, by form: west (69 470). By style: everyday 118 · literary 5 · biblical 61 · parliamentary 2 843 · legal and administrative 3 261 · UN documents 63 182.
ouest
Used about 37 645 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 93 · literary ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 948 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 378 · UN documents ≈ 34 224).
We're going west.
On va vers l'ouest.
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and menaud · checked, community translation · #2240776 #13002648My uncle pointed out to me in the far west a light steam or mist, a semblance of land, which bounded the distant horizon of waters.
Mon oncle, se tournant vers l'ouest, m'indiqua de la main une légère vapeur, une brume, une apparence de terre qui dominait la ligne des flots.
Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 1365Without the directive, however, the Wild West would have been a lot wilder
Mais, sans cette directive, "l’Ouest sauvage" aurait été plus sauvage encore.
Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 523075Cod to the west of Scotland
Cabillaud de l'ouest de l'Écosse
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 1648446(a) CCIVS: Boarding the " East-West Express " ;
a) CCSVI : embarquement dans l ' " Express Est-Ouest " ;
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 1931730
cisjordanie
Used about 13 679 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 237 · legal and administrative ≈ 272 · UN documents ≈ 13 163).
Zionist extremists reject the name "West Bank."
Les sionistes extrémistes rejettent le nom de la "Cisjordanie".
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · #12101708 #12103285If they are pursuing a viable Palestinian state, law and order must first be restored on the West Bank.
Si l'objectif est de créer un État palestinien viable, il faut tout d'abord rétablir la loi et l'ordre en Cisjordanie.
Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1213397West Bank and Gaza Strip
Cisjordanie et bande de Gaza
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 645317Qalqilia Hospital, West Bank
Hôpital de Qalqilia, Cisjordanie
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 4566849All the Jewish settlements in the West Bank are illegal.
Toutes les colonies juives de la Cisjordanie sont illégales.
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · #11698464 #12104675
afrique
Used about 1 494 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 178 · UN documents ≈ 1 316).
Other projects are under consideration in South Ossetia and West Africa.
D'autres projets sont à l'étude en Ossétie du Sud et en Afrique occidentale.
Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 99302The current financial and economic crisis affecting many countries around the globe, particularly in the West, has reached the shores of Africa.
La crise financière et économique qui touche de nombreux pays, notamment en Occident, a atteint les rivages de l ' Afrique.
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 21600891We have probably seen more democracies in West Africa than there have ever been.
Nous avons probablement assisté à l'éclosion de plus de démocraties en Afrique occidentale que jamais auparavant.
Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1718661Commissioner, we know that at the moment in West Africa, cotton is a specific example of proposals and negotiations where Europe could make a considerable difference.
Monsieur le Commissaire, nous savons qu'en Afrique occidentale, le coton est actuellement un exemple concret de propositions et de négociations dans lesquelles l'Europe pourrait faire une différence essentielle.
Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 479045
occident
Used about 1 252 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 15 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 51 · parliamentary ≈ 1 185).
General Gaïd Salah is a lion in Algeria but a worm in the West and everywhere else.
Le général Gaïd Salah est un lion en Algérie mais un ver de terre en Occident et partout ailleurs.
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · #8135191 #8135192Finally, far away to the east, Vincennes, and its seven quadrangular towers to the south, Bicêtre and its pointed turrets; to the north, Saint-Denis and its spire; to the west, Saint Cloud and its donjon keep.
Enfin, au loin, à l'orient, Vincennes et ses sept tours quadrangulaires; au sud, Bicêtre et ses tourelles pointues; au septentrion, Saint-Denis et son aiguille; à l'occident, Saint-Cloud et son donjon.
Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 1971“By the border of Dan, from the east side to the west side, Asher, one portion.
Sur la limite de Dan, de l’orient à l’occident: Aser, une tribu.
World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 48:2The last thing we want to see is a new rift between East and West.
Loin de nous l' idée d' appeler à un nouveau schisme entre l' Occident et l' Orient.
Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 231664The majority of Algerians are schizophrenic, they vote for Islamists but emigrate to the West.
La majorité des algériens sont schizophrènes, ils votent pour des islamistes mais émigrent en Occident.
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · #8112740 #8112741
sud
Used about 59 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 59).
Many sectors and types of production have ceased to exist in Europe due to unfair competition from producers in South-West Asia and South America.
De nombreux secteurs et de nombreuses productions ont ainsi disparu en Europe à cause de la concurrence déloyale des producteurs d'Asie du Sud-Est et d'Amérique du Sud.
Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1002100
côté
Used about 6 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 6).
“The west side shall be the great sea, from the south border as far as opposite the entrance of Hamath. This is the west side.
Le côté occidental sera la grande mer, depuis la limite jusque vis-à-vis de Hamath: ce sera le côté occidental.
World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 47:20“At the west side four thousand five hundred reeds, with their three gates: the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; the gate of Naphtali, one.
Du côté occidental quatre mille cinq cents cannes, et trois portes: la porte de Gad, une, la porte d’Aser, une, la porte de Nephthali, une.
World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 48:34These shall be its measurements: the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred.
En voici les mesures: du côté septentrional quatre mille cinq cents, du côté méridional quatre mille cinq cents, du côté oriental quatre mille cinq cents, et du côté occidental quatre mille cinq cents.
World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 48:16The border extended, and turned around on the west quarter southward, from the mountain that lies before Beth Horon southward; and ended at Kiriath Baal (also called Kiriath Jearim), a city of the children of Judah. This was the west quarter.
Du côté occidental, la limite se prolongeait et tournait au midi depuis la montagne qui est vis-à-vis de Beth-Horon; elle continuait vers le midi, et aboutissait à Kirjath-Baal, qui est Kirjath-Jearim, ville des fils de Juda. C’était le côté occidental.
World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOS 18:14You shall measure outside of the city for the east side two thousand cubits, and for the south side two thousand cubits, and for the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north side two thousand cubits, the city being in the middle. This shall be the pasture lands of their cities.
Vous mesurerez, en dehors de la ville, deux mille coudées pour le côté oriental, deux mille coudées pour le côté méridional, deux mille coudées pour le côté occidental, et deux mille coudées pour le côté septentrional. La ville sera au milieu. Telles seront les banlieues de leurs villes.
World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 35:5
orient
Used about 1 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 1).
The LORD of Armies says: “Behold, I will save my people from the east country and from the west country.
Ainsi parle l’Éternel des armées: Voici, je délivre mon peuple du pays de l’orient et du pays du soleil couchant.
World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ZEC 8:7
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Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.
Cultures of the East and the West meet together in this country.
Les cultures orientales et occidentales se rencontrent dans ce pays.
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · #838833 #390155The west border was to the shore of the great sea. This is the border of the children of Judah according to their families.
La limite occidentale était la grande mer. Telles furent de tous les côtés les limites des fils de Juda, selon leurs familles.
World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOS 15:12that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is no one besides me. I am the LORD, and there is no one else.
C’est afin que l’on sache, du soleil levant au soleil couchant, Que hors moi il n’y a point de Dieu: Je suis l’Éternel, et il n’y en a point d’autre.
World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ISA 45:6
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