case — English to French

How English case is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 2 translations with example sentences.

What it means: case in the Elamur Dictionary.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: case (416 370), cases (339 803). By style: everyday 423 · literary 79 · biblical 21 · parliamentary 42 199 · legal and administrative 116 229 · UN documents 597 222.

cas

Used about 324 065 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 284 · literary ≈ 33 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 25 935 · legal and administrative ≈ 73 854 · UN documents ≈ 223 958).

• This case is important.

  Ce cas est important.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · #4494462 #6285926

• “In that case, you are my bishop?”

  --En ce cas, vous êtes mon évêque?

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 746

• Yet if the unbeliever departs, let there be separation. The brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us in peace.

  Si le non-croyant se sépare, qu’il se sépare; le frère ou la sœur ne sont pas liés dans ces cas-là. Dieu nous a appelés à vivre en paix.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CO 7:15

• That is not the case.

  Ce n'est pas le cas.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1310331

• In case of fire:

  En cas d'incendie:

  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 3991600

affaire

Used about 71 182 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 51 · literary ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 440 · legal and administrative ≈ 8 475 · UN documents ≈ 62 211).

• Who is going to try this case?

  Qui va juger cette affaire ?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · #276203 #9763409

• “And how long will the case last?”

  --Et combien de temps durera l'affaire?

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 4734

• As he stayed there many days, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king, saying, “There is a certain man left a prisoner by Felix;

  Comme ils passèrent là plusieurs jours, Festus exposa au roi l’affaire de Paul, et dit: Félix a laissé prisonnier un homme

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 25:14

• That is one of the this case.

  C' est l' un des nuds de cette affaire.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 208518

• Case C-458/98 P IPS v Council [2000] ECR I-08147.

  Affaire C-458/98, IPS/Conseil, Rec. 2000, p. I-8147.

  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 1839423

More sentences

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

• The battery doesn't fit this case.

  Cette pile ne correspond pas au boîtier.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by zogwarg and felix63 · checked, community translation · #13927405 #11890256

• A good case can be made for the legalization of drugs.

  Une bonne défense peut être faite de la légalisation de la drogue.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #529681 #541671

• This is a serious case of negligence.

  C'est une très grave négligence.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by verymuchso and nimfeo · checked, community translation · #7073093 #3332013

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