face — French to English

How French face is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 6 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: face (151 575), faces (2 141). By style: everyday 314 · literary 100 · biblical 305 · parliamentary 15 857 · legal and administrative 7 767 · UN documents 129 373.

face

Used about 48 763 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 135 · literary ≈ 73 · biblical ≈ 200 · parliamentary ≈ 1 321 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 214 · UN documents ≈ 45 820). Forms: face, faces. Meaning: face in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Tom fait face à un dilemme.

  Tom faces a conundrum.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Spamster · checked, community translation · #1690510 #1692445

• La face du maître apparut.

  The master’s face appeared.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 3419

• Il couvre la face de son trône, Il répand sur lui sa nuée.

  He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 26:9

• Il faut regarder la réalité en face.

  We must face up to reality.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1176800

• à ailes à faces parallèles

  With parallel flange faces

  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 3011697

sides

Used about 27 608 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 6 442 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 641 · UN documents ≈ 17 519). Forms: side, sides.

• Chaque chose a deux faces.

  There are two sides to everything.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and sundown · checked, community translation · #11157070 #13478998

• Ce rapport a deux faces.

  This report has two sides to it.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1620955

• est métallisée sur une face,

  is metallised on one side,

  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 1332481

• Ce sont les deux faces de la même médaille.

  These are two sides of the same coin.

  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 10691072

• Ce sont les deux faces d'une même pièce.

  They are two sides of the same coin.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 407132

coin

Used about 1 354 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · UN documents ≈ 1 348). Meaning: coin in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Décidons à pile ou face.

  Let's decide by coin toss.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hautis · checked, community translation · #355604 #1060417

• C ' est ainsi qu ' il faut comprendre que l ' interdépendance associée à la mondialisation a deux faces.

  And so it must be appreciated that the interdependence associated with globalization is a two-sided coin.

  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 5835239

both

Used about 1 348 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 348). Meaning: both in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Toutefois une croissance plus rapide aura pour effet d ' accroître les ressources et d ' élargir les possibilités de changement, deux facteurs importants face à ces autres priorités.

  However, higher growth will provide increased resources and greater scope for change, both of which should be used to address these other priorities.

  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 6941794

two

Used about 576 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 496 · legal and administrative ≈ 81). Meaning: two in the Elamur Dictionary.

• L' action de l' Union européenne comporte deux faces essentielles.

  The European Union' s action consists of two main areas.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2016626

• Rouleaux de ruban adhésif à double face:

  Rolls of two-sided adhesive tape:

  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 4119877

• (LT) Monsieur le Président, Mesdames et Messieurs, le nazisme et le communisme forment les deux faces d'une même médaille.

  (LT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Nazism and communism are two banks of one river.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 945521

• Il y a une monnaie à deux faces, c'est la monnaie-stabilité et la monnaie-solidarité, et au milieu, il y a la responsabilité.

  We have a two-sided currency: stability on the one side and solidarity on the other side, with responsibility in the middle.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1458317

same

Used about 162 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 162). Meaning: same in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Mêmes prescriptions que pour le choc face à l’avant.

  Same requirements as for frontal impact.

  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 5492847

• Dans le même temps, il fixe des normes élevées de qualité et de sécurité des dispositifs médicaux afin de faire face aux enjeux communs de sécurité relatifs à ces produits.

  At the same time, this Regulation sets high standards of quality and safety for medical devices in order to meet common safety concerns as regards such products.

  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 4311930

More sentences

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

• Le régime algérien, incapable de faire face à un contexte intérieur inflammable, cherche la guerre sous n'importe quel prétexte.

  The Algerian regime, unable to cope with an inflammatory internal context, seeks war under any pretext.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and Igider · checked, community translation · #10489502 #10489498

• Nous reculâmes face à l'offensive ennemie.

  We recoiled from the enemy's offensive.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF_US · checked, community translation · #28769 #7811169

• Elle passe ses soirées en face de son ordinateur portable.

  She spends her evenings in front of her laptop.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Spamster · checked, community translation · #1756914 #1759944

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