distance — French to English

How French distance 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: distance (34 933), distances (4 369). By style: everyday 171 · literary 16 · biblical 17 · parliamentary 1 728 · legal and administrative 9 062 · UN documents 28 308.

distance

Used about 25 767 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 77 · literary ≈ 12 · biblical ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 1 026 · legal and administrative ≈ 7 250 · UN documents ≈ 17 398). Forms: distance, distances. Meaning: distance in the Elamur Dictionary.

• L'amour vainc toute distance.

  Love overcomes any distance.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and helloroto · checked, community translation · #9772397 #1472408

• Il lui semblait qu'il était déjà à une distance immense de la vie.

  It seemed to him that he was already at an immense distance from life.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 24664

• Comme il entrait dans un village, dix lépreux vinrent à sa rencontre. Se tenant à distance, ils élevèrent la voix, et dirent:

  As he entered into a certain village, ten men who were lepers met him, who stood at a distance.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 17:12

• Dans de nombreuses régions, il faut parcourir de longues distances.

  In many regions, there are long distances to be travelled.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 811321

• Appareil de mesure des distances (DME)

  Distance Measuring Equipment (DME)

  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 1491846

range

Used about 3 721 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 477 · UN documents ≈ 3 244). Meaning: range in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Opérations sur de grandes distances d'avions bimoteurs (ETOPS)

  Extended range operations with two-engined aeroplanes (ETOPS)

  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 1074112

• continue et d ' évaluation du transport à longue distance

  Monitoring and Evaluation of the Long-range

  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 28012214

• Opérations sur de grandes distances d’avions bimoteurs (ETOPS)

  Extended range operations with two-engined aeroplanes (ETOPS)

  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 1589280

• Les données de surveillance indiquent également que le PeCB est susceptible d ' être transporté sur de longues distances.

  Monitoring data also indicate that PeCB is subject to long range transport.

  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 17876667

• conçus pour mesurer des distances d’objets avec une portée supérieure à 5120 m; ou

  Designed to operate with an unambiguous display range exceeding 5120 m; or

  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 4443438

mm

Used about 2 064 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 2 064). Meaning: mm in the Elamur Dictionary.

• La distance entre l ' axe des barres et le centre géométrique du battant doit être d ' au moins 3 500 mm.

  The axis of the bars shall be not less than 3 500 mm from the geometric centre of the body of the pendulum.

  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 12815422

• 1.2.3.4 La distance par rapport au sol, mesurée à partir du bord inférieur de la surface d ' impact, doit être de 175 25 mm.

  1.2.3.4. the ground clearance of the lower edge of the impacting surface shall be 175 +- 25 mm. 1.3.

  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 26375003

• Les dimensions c et h sont mesurées dans un plan parallèle au plan de référence et à des distances de 29,5 et 31 mm de celui-ci.

  Dimensions c and h are measured in planes parallel to and 29.5 mm and 31 mm away from the reference plane.

  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 8176398

• Les dimensions a et g sont mesurées dans des plans parallèles au plan de référence, à des distances de 24,5 mm et 26,0 mm de celui-ci.

  Dimensions a and g are measured in planes parallel to and 24.5 mm and 26.0 mm away from the reference plane.

  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 29823616

• Les dimensions b1 et b2 sont mesurées dans des plans parallèles au plan de référence et à des distances de 29,5 mm et 33 mm de celui-ci.

  Dimensions b1 and b2 are measured in planes parallel to and 29.5 mm and 33 mm away from the reference plane.

  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 8176396

away

Used about 445 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 37 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 108 · UN documents ≈ 295). Meaning: away in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Garde tes distances.

  Keep away from me.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #25539 #487326

• L'enfant était déjà à distance.

  The boy was already far away.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 17934

• David passa de l’autre côté, et s’arrêta au loin sur le sommet de la montagne, à une grande distance du camp.

  Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of the mountain far away, a great space being between them;

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1SA 26:13

• Il est important de simplifier les choses, de prendre nos distances par rapport au découplage partiel et de réduire la paperasserie.

  It is important to keep it simple, to keep away from partial decoupling and to cut red tape.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 462437

• Ce qui réduit sensiblement les déplacements pour les résidents qui devraient autrement se rendre à High Level, situé à une distance de presque 100 kilomètres.

  This substantially reduces travel for residents who would normally be required to attend court in High Level nearly 100 kilometers away.

  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 11758920

long

Used about 25 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 18). Meaning: long in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Je n'aime pas conduire sur de longues distances.

  I don't like long drives.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #259523 #14754

• L'eau rejaillit à une distance considérable.

  The water is splashed for a long way around.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 2989

• On avait donné aux barres une longueur telle que leurs extrémités se voyaient à distance de l’arche devant le sanctuaire, mais ne se voyaient point du dehors. L’arche a été là jusqu’à ce jour.

  The poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the ark in front of the inner sanctuary, but they were not seen outside; and it is there to this day.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CH 5:9

• Les transports d' animaux vivants sur des longues distances doivent être supprimés.

  Long hauls with live cattle must be abolished.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 200139

• C'est une longue distance d'ici à l'école.

  It's a long way from here to school.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #62092 #482258

More sentences

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

• À quelle distance d'ici est ton école ?

  How far is it from here to your school?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by qdii and Dejo · checked, community translation · #62088 #431538

• Sais-tu quelle est la distance entre la gare et l'hôtel de ville ?

  Do you know how far it is from the station to city hall?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sysko and CK · checked, community translation · #26105 #333080

• Une solution à ce problème est encore à distance.

  A solution to this problem is still some way off.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and catcher · checked, community translation · #2710259 #4997025

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