could — English to French

How English could is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 6 translations with example sentences.

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Sentence pairs counted, by form: could (461 911). By style: everyday 4 155 · literary 278 · biblical 120 · parliamentary 37 953 · legal and administrative 31 199 · UN documents 388 206.

pourrait

Used about 196 646 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 779 · biblical ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 11 070 · legal and administrative ≈ 14 950 · UN documents ≈ 169 840). Forms: pourraient, pourrait.

• He could help us.

  Il pourrait nous aider.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CH and lbdx · checked, community translation · #8480654 #12016810

• If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”

  Si cet homme ne venait pas de Dieu, il ne pourrait rien faire.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 9:33

• How could it possibly be any different?

  Comment pourrait-il en être autrement?

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1041278

• The benefits could include:

  Les avantages pourraient inclure:

  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 4857138

• The matter could perhaps be left to the discretion of the Working Group.

  L ' on pourrait peut-être confier au Groupe de rédaction le soin de régler cette question.

  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 4758000

être

Used about 55 894 times in the texts (literary ≈ 12 · biblical ≈ 13 · parliamentary ≈ 4 744 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 600 · UN documents ≈ 48 526).

• He assumed that it could be no one but he.

  Il supposa que ce ne pouvait être que lui.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 6443

• The remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child could write their number.

  Le reste des arbres de sa forêt pourra être compté, Et un enfant en écrirait le nombre.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ISA 10:19

• This could be the starting point for a world environment organisation.

  Ce devrait être le point de départ pour une organisation mondiale de l'environnement.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 366266

• Since the French rules simply repeat the wording of the 2004 Guidelines, no incompatibility could therefore be suspected.

  Étant donné que la réglementation française ne fait que reprendre le texte des orientations de 2004, aucune incompatibilité ne pouvait donc être soupçonnée.

  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 3486195

• They could also be kept separate if they wanted to continue their education.

  Ils peuvent aussi être séparés des autres détenus s ' ils tiennent à poursuivre leurs études.

  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 2796481

on

Used about 26 394 times in the texts (literary ≈ 41 · parliamentary ≈ 791 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 300 · UN documents ≈ 24 263).

• One could remain for eternity in such abysses.

  On resterait l'éternité dans ces abîmes-là.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 22267

• Here, a permanent employee was forced to resign so that the employment of the person standing in for them could be terminated.

  Un fonctionnaire titulaire a été contraint de démissionner pour que l'on puisse licencier même le remplaçant.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 198313

• Optionally, reproduction (as increase of worm numbers) and growth (as increase of dry biomass) could be also evaluated.

  On peut également choisir d'évaluer la reproduction (augmentation des nombres de vers) et la croissance (augmentation de la biomasse sèche).

  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 3937459

• The role of national poverty reduction and development policies and strategies could not be overemphasized.

  On ne saurait exagérer le rôle de la réduction de la pauvreté au niveau national ni celui des politiques et des stratégies de développement.

  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 20115147

• Through the broken pane the snow could be seen falling.

  À travers le carreau cassé, on voyait tomber la neige.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 16307

elle

Used about 10 132 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 87 · literary ≈ 6 · biblical ≈ 3 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 950 · UN documents ≈ 8 088).

• She made sure nobody could see her.

  Elle s'est assurée que personne ne pouvait la voir.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #1996945 #1997317

• Besides, she could see nothing.

  Elle ne voyait rien d'ailleurs.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 20067

• David was afraid of the LORD that day; and he said, “How could the LORD’s ark come to me?”

  David eut peur de l’Éternel en ce jour-là, et il dit: Comment l’arche de l’Éternel entrerait-elle chez moi?

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2SA 6:9

• It sent those comments to Spain so that it could comment on them.

  Elle a transmis ces observations à l'Espagne en lui offrant la possibilité de les commenter.

  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 409759

• She would like more information on the steps being taken by the Government to ensure that women were aware of how they could defend their rights.

  Elle souhaite également obtenir de plus amples informations sur les mesures prises par le Gouvernement pour garantir que les femmes savent défendre leurs droits.

  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 15153633

pu

Used about 8 637 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 606 · literary ≈ 35 · biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 4 744 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 250).

• It could've been different.

  Ça aurait pu être autrement.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by zogwarg and zogwarg · checked, community translation · #14038544 #14038543

• But who could have foretold the result?

  Mais, qui aurait pu le prévoir!

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 242

• She has done what she could. She has anointed my body beforehand for the burying.

  Elle a fait ce qu’elle a pu; elle a d’avance embaumé mon corps pour la sépulture.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAR 14:8

• There were some cases where solidarity could have been greater.

  Dans certains cas, la solidarité aurait pu être plus grande.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1203331

• In particular with regard to the lump sum support overcompensation could not be excluded.

  En particulier pour ce qui concerne l'aide financière forfaitaire, une surcompensation n'a pas pu être exclue.

  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 4163656

si

Used about 8 399 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 260 · literary ≈ 29 · biblical ≈ 23 · UN documents ≈ 8 088).

• I wonder whether I could help Tom.

  Je me demande si je pourrais aider Tom.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Nyans · checked, community translation · #6337320 #6950644

• But supposing Jean were to wake, what could he say?

  Mais si Jean s'éveillait, que dirait-il?

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 1110

• Then I said, “Lord GOD, stop, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.”

  Je dis: Seigneur Éternel, arrête donc! Comment Jacob subsistera-t-il? Car il est si faible!

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · AMO 7:5

• The Commission may also wish to consider whether there could ever be a waiver in the face of an express treaty obligation to exhaust domestic remedies.

  La Commission pourra également souhaiter se demander si une renonciation est possible s ' il existe une disposition conventionnelle expresse exigeant l ' épuisement des recours internes.

  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 14930105

• You could do this if you put your mind to it.

  Tu pourrais le faire si tu y consacrais ton esprit.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #2990340 #4835840

More sentences

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

• Tom could not take his eyes off of Mary.

  Tom était incapable de quitter Marie du regard.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · #5853766 #9837518

• Could you do that?

  Pourriez-vous faire cela ?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · #2648565 #5791962

• Could you give me a price estimate?

  Pourriez-vous me faire un devis ?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and menaud · checked, community translation · #14010892 #14010841

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