simple — French to English

How French simple 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: simple (37 880), simples (12 904). By style: everyday 441 · literary 39 · biblical 11 · parliamentary 8 757 · legal and administrative 7 397 · UN documents 34 139.

simple

Used about 21 763 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 240 · literary ≈ 29 · biblical ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 3 375 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 466 · UN documents ≈ 15 647). Meaning: simple in the Elamur Dictionary.

• C'est très simple.

  It is very simple.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Julien_PDC and ulyssemc1 · checked, community translation · #619770 #8715395

• --Rien de plus simple.

  “Nothing is more simple.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 14280

• L’Éternel garde les simples; J’étais malheureux, et il m’a sauvé.

  The LORD preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved me.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 116:6

• Ce sont des vérités toutes simples.

  That is a simple fact.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1701750

• Éligibilité des programmes simples

  Eligibility of simple programmes

  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 3707783

mere

Used about 4 312 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 19 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 274 · legal and administrative ≈ 462 · UN documents ≈ 3 556). Meaning: mere in the Elamur Dictionary.

• La simple vue du sang le fait s'évanouir.

  The mere sight of blood makes him faint.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Hybrid · checked, community translation · #4976355 #11184514

• Du reste, rien qu'à la simple inspection de la toilette de Cosette, une femme eût reconnu qu'elle n'avait pas de mère.

  Moreover, from the mere inspection of Cosette’s toilet, a woman would have recognized the fact that she had no mother.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 19417

• Nous ne devons pas perdre de vue le fait que tout apport de nos deniers publics est une simple goutte dans l'océan.

  We must not lose sight of the fact that any public money we can give is a mere drop in the ocean.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2010328

• L’action de charger ou ordonner suppose plutôt «un rôle plus actif que de simples actes d’encouragement».

  Rather, entrustment or direction implies ‘a more active role of the government than mere acts of encouragement’.

  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 5221132

• Pour certains, le simple fait d ' être arrêté signifiait la même chose.

  For some, the mere fact of detention had the same implication.

  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 7643044

single

Used about 3 242 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 274 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 541 · UN documents ≈ 1 422). Meaning: single in the Elamur Dictionary.

• J'aimerais réserver une chambre simple.

  I'd like to reserve a single room.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Popolon and CK · checked, community translation · #52465 #2940788

• Cinquièmement, l’élargissement exige également des mécanismes plus simples de gestion, particulièrement grâce à un comité de comitologie unique.

  Fifthly, enlargement also demands simpler management mechanisms, particularly through one single comitology committee.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 551062

• Par «feu simple», on entend:

  ‘A single lamp’ means:

  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 5582148

• Les emballages simples munis d ' évents; et

  - single packagings fitted with vents; and

  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 14414547

• Ainsi les choses seront grandement simplifiées, et j'espère qu'un règlement unique sur l'aquaculture rendra l'ensemble des procédures encore plus simples.

  This will simplify matters greatly, and I hope that a single regulation on aquaculture will make the procedures as a whole even simpler.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1434373

yarn

Used about 1 464 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 1 464). Meaning: yarn in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Fils simples, en fibres peignées

  Single yarn, of combed fibres

  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 5279741

• 0– Fils simples, en fibres peignées

  0– Single yarn, of combed fibres

  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 3291800

• Fabrication à partir de fils simples [32]

  Manufacture from single yarn [32]

  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 16263

• Fabrication à partir de fils simples écrus [9] [10]

  Manufacture from unbleached single yarn [9] [10]

  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 69538

• de fibres synthétiques, titrant en fils simples 67 décitex ou plus

  Of synthetic fibres, measuring per single yarn 67 dtex or more

  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 205461

More sentences

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

• Tout était plus simple en ce temps-là.

  Everything was simpler in those days.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · #2708903 #8755987

• Ce n'est pas une simple platitude. Je le pense vraiment.

  That is not just a platitude. I really mean it.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF_US · checked, community translation · #7049453 #11058347

• C'est aussi simple que ça.

  It's as easy as that.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #5006435 #1489272

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