double — French to English

How French double is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 4 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: double (37 672), doubles (9 560). By style: everyday 88 · literary 22 · biblical 26 · parliamentary 3 431 · legal and administrative 6 193 · UN documents 37 472.

double

Used about 14 057 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 55 · literary ≈ 15 · biblical ≈ 20 · parliamentary ≈ 1 179 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 419 · UN documents ≈ 9 368). Meaning: double in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Je paierai le double.

  I'll pay double.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #1890923 #1997919

• --Toujours au trot, et double pourboire.

  “Keep at a trot, and you shall have a double fee.”

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 5625

• Il sera carré et double; sa longueur sera d’un empan, et sa largeur d’un empan.

  It shall be square and folded double; a span shall be its length, and a span its width.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EXO 28:16

• Elle ne prévoit pas de dommages-intérêts doubles.

  There are no double damages.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 567848

• Silicates doubles ou complexes

  Double or complex silicates

  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 3683712

duplication

Used about 12 497 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 465 · legal and administrative ≈ 323 · UN documents ≈ 11 710). Meaning: duplication in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Évitons les doubles emplois, non seulement avec l'OTAN mais aussi entre les États membres de l'UE.

  No duplication, not only with NATO, but no duplication within EU Member States.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 125979

• En outre, il est manifeste que certaines activités de recherche font double emploi.

  Duplication of research clearly exists.

  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 1715274

• 4. Collaboration avec des partenaires et nécessité d ' éviter les doubles emplois

  4. Collaboration with partners and the need to avoid duplication

  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 10754163

• Afin d'éviter les doubles emplois, je ne soutiendrai qu'en partie les amendements redéposés.

  Mainly to avoid duplication, I will only partly support the newly tabled amendments.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 25356

• Les programmes indicatifs pluriannuels fixent des lignes directrices pour éviter les doubles emplois.

  Multiannual indicative programmes shall set out guidelines to avoid duplication.

  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 3267279

dual

Used about 6 943 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 572 · legal and administrative ≈ 903 · UN documents ≈ 5 465). Meaning: dual in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Il a une double personnalité.

  He has a dual personality.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Julien_PDC and CK · checked, community translation · #302160 #133069

• Cela signifie que nous avons un double instrument.

  This means we have a dual instrument.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1250933

• Il est équipé d’un double système de freinage électronique.

  It has an electronic dual braking system.

  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 1879603

• Listes de biens à double usage

  Lists of Dual-Use Goods

  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 12571678

• Je veux que mes enfants disposent de la double nationalité.

  I want my children to have dual citizenship.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #2030030 #2427367

avoid

Used about 201 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 71 · legal and administrative ≈ 129). Meaning: avoid in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Sur la base des données actuelles, il semble que nous puissions éviter ce double emploi.

  On present evidence we will avoid that problem.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1614814

• la nécessité d'éviter les doubles emplois dans le système IUD;

  the need to avoid duplications in the UDI system;

  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 4312637

• Il faut également encourager la création de synergies et éviter des doubles emplois en matière de personnel et de fonctions.

  It is equally important to encourage the creation of synergies and avoid unnecessary duplications in terms of personnel and functions.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1515585

• Afin d’éviter une double conversion de ces paiements, il convient de supprimer la possibilité de déclarer les montants payés en euro en monnaie nationale.

  To avoid converting these payments twice, the option of declaring amounts paid in euro in national currency should be abolished.

  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 666064

More sentences

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

• À la maison, Tom a une double casquette : père le jour, joueur la nuit.

  At home, Tom juggles two roles: dad by day, gamer by night.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and deniko · checked, community translation · #13693585 #13693578

• C'est une épée à double-tranchant.

  It's a two-edged sword.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Spamster · checked, community translation · #1546517 #1546521

• J'ai le double de ton âge.

  I'm twice as old as you are.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #5938171 #1314666

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