despite — English to French

How English despite is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

What it means: despite in the Elamur Dictionary.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: despite (92 311), despites (1). By style: everyday 91 · literary 3 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 8 962 · legal and administrative 3 561 · UN documents 79 694.

malgré

Used about 56 344 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 63 · parliamentary ≈ 5 041 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 448 · UN documents ≈ 48 792).

• You came despite my ban.

  Tu es venu malgré mon interdiction.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lohnesinpr and Rovo · checked, community translation · #4097981 #5352346

• Despite these criticisms, I will vote for the report.

  Malgré ces critiques, je voterai pour le rapport.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1110933

• However, despite several requests, no updated restructuring plan was provided to the Commission.

  Néanmoins, malgré les nombreuses demandes, la Commission n’a reçu aucune mise à jour du plan de restructuration.

  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 2537165

• Despite the promises made, progress has been slower than expected.

  Malgré les promesses faites, les progrès ont été plus lents que prévus.

  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 16529388

• You came despite my ban.

  Vous êtes venu malgré mon interdiction.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lohnesinpr and Rovo · checked, community translation · #4097981 #5352338

dépit

Used about 5 394 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 15 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 680 · legal and administrative ≈ 445 · UN documents ≈ 3 253).

• Despite their efforts, they didn't succeed.

  En dépit de leur efforts, ils n'ont pas réussi.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #3731335 #3956890

• Fix gazed attentively at Mr. Fogg, and, despite his suspicions and of the struggle which was going on within him, he lowered his eyes before that calm and frank look.

  Fix regarda attentivement le gentleman, et, quoi qu'il en eût, malgré ses préventions, en dépit du combat qui se livrait en lui, il baissa les yeux devant ce regard calme et franc.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 2594

• Despite the good intentions of the Commissioner, I have a general problem with this proposal, and my group agrees.

  En dépit des bonnes intentions du commissaire, cette proposition me pose un problème d'ordre général et c'est également la position de mon groupe.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1868018

• The Indian data was therefore deemed an accurate basis despite the absence of a verification visit.

  Il a donc été jugé, en dépit de l'absence de visite de vérification, que les données indiennes constituaient une base de travail précise.

  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 4602120

• Despite the restructuring of the Australian economy, the Government was still committed to providing an overall safety net for families.

  En dépit de la restructuration en cours dans l ' économie australienne, le Gouvernement a toujours pour objectif d ' assurer aux familles une protection aussi large que possible.

  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 3824120

bien

Used about 4 230 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 747 · legal and administrative ≈ 223 · UN documents ≈ 3 253).

• Despite being rich, he is not happy.

  Bien qu'il soit riche, il n'est pas heureux.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Dejo and Aiji · checked, community translation · #3289062 #131871

• Despite the fact that some of those issues continue to create difficulties, I believe that some progress has been made.

  Bien que certaines d'entre elles continuent de poser problème, je pense que des progrès ont été réalisés.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 896627

• Despite progress made since mid-2006, further efficiency savings can be made in the public sector.

  Bien que des progrès aient été accomplis dans ce domaine depuis la mi-2006, des économies supplémentaires en termes d’efficacité peuvent être réalisées dans le secteur public.

  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 1733134

• The emphasis of the facility seemed to be on security more than anything else, despite the fact that many inmates were not violent offenders.

  La préoccupation majeure de l’établissement semblait porter sur la sécurité, bien qu’un grand nombre de femmes n’y étaient pas détenues pour délinquance violente.

  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 6308587

• Despite being poor, they raised seven children.

  Bien qu'ils étaient pauvres, ils ont élevé sept enfants.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by espamatics and TRANG · checked, community translation · #307477 #332235

cela

Used about 2 074 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 373 · legal and administrative ≈ 74 · UN documents ≈ 1 626).

• Despite this, we have still tabled a few amendments to his report.

  Cela n'empêche que nous avons quand même déposé quelques amendements à son rapport.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 168253

• If this target headline deficit were to be achieved, it would represent only a marginal reduction in the general government deficit compared to 2018, despite Romania experiencing high economic growth.

  Si ce niveau était atteint, cela ne représenterait qu’une réduction marginale du déficit des administrations publiques par rapport à 2018, alors que la Roumanie affiche une croissance économique élevée.

  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 4847749

• However, all essential programme activities had been implemented despite some posts not being filled or being filled on a temporary basis to save costs.

  Cela n ' avait cependant pas empêché de mener à bien toutes les activités essentielles du programme.

  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 25512106

• Despite this, and without much success, we in the PSE are prepared to reach an agreement and continue talking.

  Cela dit, mais sans grand succès, le PPE-DE est disposé à parvenir à un accord et à poursuivre la discussion.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 443333

More sentences

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

• Despite what they say, most humans aren't really attached to freedom.

  Contrairement à ce qu’ils affirment, la plupart des êtres humains n’aiment pas beaucoup la liberté.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by DJ_Saidez and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #10387200 #7363808

• Despite having lived near the sea, she still cannot swim.

  Elle habite près de la mer, mais elle ne sait pas nager.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Objectivesea and Scott · checked, community translation · #22241 #181745

• Despite our bad luck, we had one bit of good luck: we had performed a full backup the day before.

  Dans notre malheur, nous avons eu de la chance : nous avions fait une sauvegarde complète la veille.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF_US and sysko · checked, community translation · #2798898 #2428410

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