cannot — English to French

How English cannot is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 7 translations with example sentences.

The Elamur Dictionary has no article on this word yet.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: cannot (139 955). By style: everyday 853 · literary 46 · biblical 10 · parliamentary 39 344 · legal and administrative 20 319 · UN documents 79 383.

ne

Used about 99 398 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 178 · literary ≈ 19 · biblical ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 23 770 · legal and administrative ≈ 7 620 · UN documents ≈ 67 806).

• I cannot find my dress.

  Je ne trouve pas ma robe.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ioan_Cristian and Ioan_Cristian · checked, community translation · #12923151 #12923147

• “But I cannot intrude—”

  --Mais je ne puis abuser...

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 1368

• The LORD will strike you in the knees and in the legs with a sore boil, of which you cannot be healed, from the sole of your foot to the crown of your head.

  L’Éternel te frappera aux genoux et aux cuisses d’un ulcère malin dont tu ne pourras guérir, il te frappera depuis la plante du pied jusqu’au sommet de la tête.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 28:35

• Sanctions cannot be imposed on those who breach the Code.

  Aucune sanction ne peut être infligée à ceux qui violeraient le code.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 236739

• That assumption cannot be considered conservative.

  Une telle prévision ne saurait être qualifiée de prudente.

  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 2525561

peut

Used about 11 180 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 195 · literary ≈ 15 · biblical ≈ 3 · legal and administrative ≈ 9 313 · UN documents ≈ 1 654).

• She cannot play the piano.

  Elle ne peut pas jouer de piano.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CS and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #312022 #460797

• “That cannot be, gentlemen.”

  --Messieurs, cela ne se peut pas.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 24192

• If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

  Si un royaume est divisé contre lui-même, ce royaume ne peut subsister;

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAR 3:24

• In that case the product cannot be sold as organic.

  Dans ce cas, le produit ne peut pas être vendu en tant que produit biologique.

  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 1596801

• Humanitarian assistance cannot stop a conflict, and the diversion or abuse of humanitarian assistance may well prolong it.

  Elle n’a pas le pouvoir d’éteindre un conflit, et peut même servir à le prolonger si elle est détournée de son objet ou exploitée abusivement.

  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 4421635

pouvons

Used about 9 889 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 53 · parliamentary ≈ 9 836).

• We cannot agree with you on this point.

  Nous ne pouvons pas nous accorder avec toi sur ce point.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CC and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #57723 #3633425

• We cannot afford to let that happen.

  Nous ne pouvons nous permettre de laisser cela arriver.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 853500

• We cannot agree with you on this point.

  Nous ne pouvons pas nous accorder avec vous sur ce point.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CC and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #57723 #3633421

• The oppression of people in the region cannot be tolerated.

  Nous ne pouvons accepter l’oppression des peuples dans la région.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 712706

• You know that we cannot stop talking about scientific matters just because some uneducated women are afraid.

  Vous savez que nous ne pouvons pas arrêter de parler de sujets scientifiques simplement parce que certaines femmes sans instruction ont peur.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by nonong and nonong · checked, community translation · #10780375 #10780378

pas

Used about 8 350 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 53 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 639 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 693 · UN documents ≈ 4 961).

• You cannot swim here.

  Tu n'as pas le droit de nager ici.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CC and alexmarcelo · checked, community translation · #61951 #1021167

• “I think, in fact,” replied Phœbus, “that it cannot be far from midday.

  --Je crois en effet, répondit Phoebus, qu'il n'est pas loin de midi.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 5633

• If she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons: the one for a burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering. The priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean.’”

  Si elle n’a pas de quoi se procurer un agneau, elle prendra deux tourterelles ou deux jeunes pigeons, l’un pour l’holocauste, l’autre pour le sacrifice d’expiation. Le sacrificateur fera pour elle l’expiation, et elle sera pure.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LEV 12:8

• They cannot imagine what war might be like.

  Ils n'imaginent même pas ce qu'est la guerre.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1493877

• Example: cannot report an addition with the IC code R5.

  Exemple: il n'est pas possible de notifier un ajout avec le code de variation de stock R5.

  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 879692

peuvent

Used about 459 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 36 · legal and administrative ≈ 423).

• Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

  Ceux qui ne peuvent pas changer d'avis ne peuvent rien changer.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and Adelpa · checked, community translation · #6959883 #8294040

• Where the Member States cannot resolve a dispute on any matter related to the application of this Regulation, they may have recourse to the conciliation procedure provided for in paragraph 2.

  Lorsque les États membres sont en désaccord persistant sur une question liée à l’application du présent règlement, ils peuvent recourir à la procédure de conciliation prévue au paragraphe 2.

  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 2959610

• The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

  Les choses les plus belles et les plus exceptionnelles au monde ne peuvent être vues ni même touchées - elles doivent être ressenties avec le cœur.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ricardo14 and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · #7537275 #10686334

peux

Used about 325 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 320 · literary ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 1).

• I cannot confirm this.

  Je ne peux pas le confirmer.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #1920699 #1921408

• You cannot refuse me that?”

  Tu ne peux pas me refuser ça?

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 1914

• You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,

  Tes yeux sont trop purs pour voir le mal, Et tu ne peux pas regarder l’iniquité. Pourquoi regarderais-tu les perfides, et te tairais-tu, Quand le méchant dévore celui qui est plus juste que lui?

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

• I cannot help myself.

  Je ne peux pas m'en empêcher.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ergulis and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #8759124 #12350

• "Well, I cannot stand it any longer," I replied.

  —Eh bien, je n'en peux plus, répondis-je

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 1656

être

Used about 2 times in the texts (literary ≈ 2).

• "Yes, I do; as long as the heart beats, as long as body and soul keep together, I cannot admit that any creature endowed with a will has need to despair of life."

  —Oui! certes oui! et tant que son coeur bat, tant que sa chair palpite, je n'admets pas qu'un être doué de volonté laisse en lui place au désespoir.»

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 3808

• "Very well," answered my uncle; "let us start from that point and count four days' storm, during which our rate cannot have been less than eighty leagues in the twenty-four hours."

  —Bien! partons de ce point alors et comptons quatre jours d'orage, pendant lesquels notre vitesse n'a pas dû être inférieure à quatre-vingts lieues par vingt-quatre heures.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 3268

More sentences

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

• There is nothing God cannot do.

  À Dieu, rien n'est impossible.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #413868 #1229507

• “You cannot imagine how glad I am.”

  --Si vous saviez comme ça me fait plaisir.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 1691

• "Never mind, we cannot be sure; let us fill the water bottle and our flasks, and then stop up the opening."

  —Qu'importe! remplissons l'outre et les gourdes, puis nous essayerons de boucher l'ouverture.»

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 2037

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