ampleur — French to English

How French ampleur is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 5 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: ampleur (40 343), ampleurs (12). By style: everyday 6 · literary 1 · parliamentary 2 789 · legal and administrative 2 909 · UN documents 34 650.

scale

Used about 11 631 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 162 · legal and administrative ≈ 742 · UN documents ≈ 9 726). Meaning: scale in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Je me suis senti un peu submergé par l'ampleur des conséquences.

  I felt a bit overcome by the scale of the implications.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and ddnktr · checked, community translation · #11291990 #11291991

• Un échec de grande envergure, d’une ampleur stratégique.

  Failure on a grand, strategic scale.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 695500

• de la nature et de l'ampleur des risques éventuels,

  the nature and scale of any risks,

  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 4085915

• A.2 Description du projet de faible ampleur

  A.2. Description of the small-scale project:

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• Tenter de réduire l'ampleur du problème des RAL est une bonne chose.

  It is good that an attempt is being made to reduce the scale of the RAL problem.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 363525

extent

Used about 8 439 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 174 · legal and administrative ≈ 970 · UN documents ≈ 7 295). Meaning: extent in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Le problème a pris une telle ampleur qu'il peut être défini comme une nouvelle forme d'esclavage.

  This problem has grown to such an extent that it can be called a new form of slavery.

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• la fréquence et l'ampleur de la ou des défaillances graves;

  the frequency and extent of the serious deficiency or serious deficiencies;

  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 3320945

• Types d ' enlèvements et de séquestrations et ampleur de cette pratique

  Types and extent of kidnapping Measures adopted

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• Par son ampleur, ce problème concerne toute l'Europe, et les actions devront être coordonnées par les différents États membres.

  By its very extent, this is a European issue and action will have to be coordinated between Member States.

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• l'ampleur de la protection de crédit est clairement définie et indubitable;

  the extent of the credit protection is clearly defined and incontrovertible;

  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 2949368

scope

Used about 2 662 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 116 · legal and administrative ≈ 114 · UN documents ≈ 2 432). Meaning: scope in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Nous envisageons d'un il critique l'ampleur et l'orientation de la politique agricole européenne.

  We take a critical view of the scope and direction of the EU' s agricultural policy.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 111748

• DURÉE ET AMPLEUR DES PROGRAMMES

  DURATION AND SCOPE OF PROGRAMMES

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• Ce débat revêt aujourd ' hui une intensité et une ampleur tout à fait impressionnantes.

  The intensity and scope of this debate have become very impressive.

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• Mme Reding, la commissaire en charge de la justice, des droits fondamentaux et de la citoyenneté, recueille actuellement des données afin de déterminer l'ampleur du problème.

  Mrs Reding, the Commissioner responsible for justice, fundamental rights and citizenship, is currently collecting data in order to establish the scope of the problem.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1577438

• DURÉE ET AMPLEUR DES PROGRAMMES

  DURATION AND SCOPE OF THE PROGRAMMES

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magnitude

Used about 1 850 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 174 · legal and administrative ≈ 456 · UN documents ≈ 1 216). Meaning: magnitude in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Il prit conscience de l'ampleur de son crime.

  He realized the magnitude of his crime.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #302475 #1949180

• Il s’agit aussi de la première agression de cette ampleur dans un pays de l’Union européenne.

  It is also the first attack of this magnitude on a European Union country.

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• Ampleur de la marge de dumping

  Magnitude of dumping margin

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• Dans le même temps, il est manifeste que des problèmes d ' ampleurs diverses ne manqueront pas de surgir de temps à autre.

  At the same time, it is evident that problems of varying magnitude are bound to crop up from time to time.

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• Il a pris conscience de l'ampleur de son crime.

  He realized the magnitude of his crime.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #302475 #1949181

problem

Used about 1 332 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 116 · UN documents ≈ 1 216). Meaning: problem in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Voilà ainsi esquissé un problème de grande ampleur qui se produit depuis des années.

  This is a considerable problem which has been around for years.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 177157

• 28. Le PRÉSIDENT dit que le problème a en effet pris une ampleur sans précédent et qu ' il est impératif d ' y remédier.

  28. The CHAIRPERSON said that the problem had taken on unprecedented dimensions and it was essential to rectify it.

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• La pollution des terrains industriels pose en Europe un problème de grande ampleur.

  Commission. (SV) The pollution of industrial land is a big problem in Europe.

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• La pandémie ne cesse de prendre de l ' ampleur et il faudrait au moins multiplier par dix le budget annuel total affecté au projet;

  The problem is growing and requires at least 10 times more resources than the current annual expenditures of the HDI project;

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More sentences

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

• Un maquillage de grande ampleur a été orchestré aux plus hauts niveaux du gouvernement.

  A massive coverup was orchestrated at the highest levels of government.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · #673766 #961214

• Marius se figurait la vie avec Cosette comme cela, sans autre chose; venir tous les soirs rue Plumet, déranger le vieux barreau complaisant de la grille du président, s'asseoir coude à coude sur ce banc, regarder à travers les arbres la scintillation de la nuit commençante, faire cohabiter le pli du genou de son pantalon avec l'ampleur de la robe de Cosette, lui caresser l'ongle du pouce, lui dire tu, respirer l'un après l'autre la même fleur, à jamais, indéfiniment.

  Marius pictured life with Cosette to himself like this, without anything else; to come every evening to the Rue Plumet, to displace the old and accommodating bar of the chief-justice’s gate, to sit elbow to elbow on that bench, to gaze through the trees at the scintillation of the on-coming night, to fit a fold of the knee of his trousers into the ample fall of Cosette’s gown, to caress her thumb-nail, to call her thou, to smell of the same flower, one after the other, forever, indefinitely.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 21793

• Récemment, la vague interminable d' annonces de fermetures ou de restructurations parmi de nombreuses grandes entreprises a atteint une ampleur préoccupante.

  The recent persistent wave of redundancies by numerous large companies as the result of closures or restructuring measures has reached worrying proportions.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 195339

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