précis — French to English

How French précis 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: précis (35 661). By style: everyday 41 · literary 8 · parliamentary 3 296 · legal and administrative 2 333 · UN documents 29 983.

specific

Used about 12 495 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · parliamentary ≈ 755 · legal and administrative ≈ 486 · UN documents ≈ 11 244). Meaning: specific in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Tom doit être plus précis.

  Tom needs to be more specific.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Knabacxo and CK · checked, community translation · #3447149 #5790185

• Ce n'est selon moi pas assez précis.

  In my view, this is not specific enough.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1372511

• le but précis de l'opération;

  the specific purpose of the operation;

  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 1387848

• II. DROITS PRÉCIS PORTÉS PAR LE PACTE INTERNATIONAL

  II. SPECIFIC RIGHTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL

  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 9155911

• Pourrais-tu être plus précis ?

  Could you be more specific?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Archibald and Archibald · checked, community translation · #704786 #706247

precise

Used about 8 109 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · literary ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 687 · legal and administrative ≈ 535 · UN documents ≈ 6 871). Meaning: precise in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Être plus précis.

  To be more precise.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Popolon and jaydenms · checked, community translation · #9011900 #2881682

• Voici donc le moment précis auquel notre voyage commence.»

  At this precise moment the journey commences."

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 1554

• Nous attendons des résultats précis, prouvés, argumentés, écrits.

  We are waiting for precise, proven, discussed and written results.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1664506

• l’usage précis auquel est destiné l’objet;

  the precise use for which the article is intended;

  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 2460639

• Les délégations ont noté que le rapport du FNUAP était précis et allait droit au but.

  126. Delegations noted that the UNFPA report was precise and to the point.

  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 13643296

clear

Used about 3 516 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 343 · legal and administrative ≈ 49 · UN documents ≈ 3 123). Meaning: clear in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Et soudain un souvenir précis, terrible, traversa l'âme de Pierre.

  And suddenly a clear and fearful recollection shot through his brain.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 982

• L’adhésion à l’Union est subordonnée à des critères précis.

  There are clear criteria for accession to the Union.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 629845

• La Commission regrette que les autorités danoises n’aient pas présenté des chiffres clairs et précis pour les recettes publicitaires de 1995 et 1996.

  The Commission regrets that the Danish authorities have not provided clear and unambiguous figures for the amount of advertising revenue in 1995 and 1996.

  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 2296076

• c) Détermination du cercle précis des participants aux relations juridiques;

  (c) Clear definition of persons covered by the law;

  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 24240683

• C’est pourquoi je demande expressément à la commissaire de nous donner un avis précis sur cette question.

  I would like therefore to expressly ask the Commissioner to give a clear opinion on this issue.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 524029

accurate

Used about 2 127 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · legal and administrative ≈ 243 · UN documents ≈ 1 874). Meaning: accurate in the Elamur Dictionary.

• C'est assez précis.

  That's accurate enough.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF_US · checked, community translation · #4918702 #5920457

• Cela étant, comme expliqué ci-dessus au considérant 108, il n’existe pas d’éléments de preuve précis et appropriés à cet effet.

  However, as explained above in recital (108) there is no accurate and appropriate evidence to that effect.

  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 5261203

• Toute méthode donnant des résultats plus précis pourra être utilisée.

  Any method yielding more accurate results may be used.

  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 11219126

• C'est suffisamment précis.

  That's accurate enough.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF_US · checked, community translation · #4918702 #5920456

• Les aides familiaux non rémunérés ont été ajoutés pour le principe, même si des chiffres précis peuvent être difficiles à obtenir.

  The unpaid family workers have been added as a matter of principle although accurate figures may be difficult to obtain.

  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 1033534

More sentences

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

• Est-ce que ces chiffres sont précis ?

  Are these figures exact?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felix63 and sundown · checked, community translation · #8910455 #11506008

• Tu peux être un peu plus précis ?

  Can you narrow that down a little?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scorpionvenin14 and CK · checked, community translation · #3329682 #3449160

• À cet instant précis, vous êtes en train de lire et traduire ceci.

  At this very moment, you're reading and translating this.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Tchernobil and zpaden · checked, community translation · #4646514 #4646689

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