please — English to French

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

What it means: please in the Elamur Dictionary.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: please (129 757), pleases (196). By style: everyday 4 052 · literary 35 · biblical 247 · parliamentary 4 097 · legal and administrative 6 804 · UN documents 114 718.

veuillez

Used about 17 973 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 523 · parliamentary ≈ 85 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 415 · UN documents ≈ 11 950).

• Please come on time.

  Veuillez venir à l'heure.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #3162840 #1148868

• Mr Helmer, please continue.

  M. Helmer, veuillez poursuivre.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1021362

• Please give exact details:

  Veuillez fournir des indications précises:

  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 3931598

• i. Please provide some evidence _

  i. Veuillez donner des exemples qui en attestent _

  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 22747534

• Please be at work on time.

  Veuillez arriver à l'heure au travail.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and lbdx · checked, community translation · #8079369 #11931322

lui

Used about 7 478 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 65 · literary ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 25 · parliamentary ≈ 213 · UN documents ≈ 7 170).

• Nothing pleases him more than seeing his relatives gathered around the table.

  Rien ne lui fait plus plaisir que de voir ses proches réunis autour de la table.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by samir_t and samir_t · checked, community translation · #12964422 #12964425

• He went and admired it to please her.

  Il se leva et admira pour lui faire plaisir.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 2274

• Hiram came out of Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they didn’t please him.

  Hiram sortit de Tyr, pour voir les villes que lui donnait Salomon. Mais elles ne lui plurent point,

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1KI 9:12

• Many citizens would just see it as a further example of the EU elite doing exactly as it pleases.

  Pour beaucoup de citoyens, c'est un nouvel exemple d'une élite européenne agissant comme bon lui semble.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1144661

• Once the barlake has been paid, there is often the belief that a wife is the property of the husband, to do with as he pleases.

  Dès que le barlake a été payé, on estime souvent que la femme est devenue la propriété du mari et qu ' il peut la traiter comme bon lui semble.

  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 17539147

je

Used about 6 818 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 196 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 91 · parliamentary ≈ 555 · UN documents ≈ 5 975).

• Please don't mumble.

  Je te prie de ne pas marmonner.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #31120 #938276

• I can do what I please about it.”

  J'en puis faire ce que je veux.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 4387

• He said, “Please, my brothers, don’t act so wickedly.

  Et il dit: Mes frères, je vous prie, ne faites pas le mal!

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 19:7

• Please let us proceed thus.

  Je demande que nous procédions ainsi.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 28308

• It pleases me greatly to see the familiar faces of colleagues and friends around this room, and to welcome those who are joining us for the first time.

  Je suis très heureux de retrouver les visages familiers de collègues et amis et souhaite la bienvenue à ceux qui se joignent à nous pour la première fois.

  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 2364220

vous

Used about 5 142 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 327 · literary ≈ 6 · biblical ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 939 · legal and administrative ≈ 278 · UN documents ≈ 3 585).

• Please turn up the sound.

  Montez le son, je vous prie.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #1222882 #1222890

• "Going up, if you please."

  —A monter, ne vous en déplaise!

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 1660

• offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim free will offerings and brag about them; for this pleases you, you children of Israel,” says the Lord GOD.

  Faites vos sacrifices d’actions de grâces avec du levain! Proclamez, publiez vos offrandes volontaires! Car c’est là ce que vous aimez, enfants d’Israël, Dit le Seigneur, l’Éternel.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · AMO 4:5

• Please be patient a moment longer.

  Je vous demande un moment encore.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1642157

• Could you please tell me whether you found this advice or guidance useful or not?

  Avez-vous trouvé ces conseils ou ce soutien utiles?

  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 3974883

plaît

Used about 4 674 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 830 · literary ≈ 16 · biblical ≈ 11 · parliamentary ≈ 427 · UN documents ≈ 2 390).

• Please don't cry.

  S'il te plaît, ne pleure pas.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sysko · checked, community translation · #1521 #3337

• “Stockings, if you please.

  --Des bas, s'il vous plaît.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 8669

• Don’t be hasty to go out of his presence. Don’t persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him,

  Ne te hâte pas de t’éloigner de lui, et ne persiste pas dans une chose mauvaise: car il peut faire tout ce qui lui plaît,

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ECC 8:3

• But please do not think that we do not have the same sentiments.

  Mais, s'il vous plaît, ne pensez pas que nous ne partageons pas les mêmes sentiments.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1027083

• Nothing pleases the forces of global terror more than hearing members of the world coalition against terrorism speak of measured and agreed-upon responses to the next atrocity.

  Rien ne plaît davantage aux forces de la terreur mondiale que d ' entendre les membres de la coalition mondiale contre le terrorisme évoquer des réactions mesurées et concertées à la prochaine atrocité.

  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 8720206

me

Used about 867 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 523 · literary ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 341).

• This pleases me!

  Cela me fait plaisir !

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eccles17 and felix63 · checked, community translation · #6685957 #6628330

• And I will gain the upper hand of it as soon as it shall please me to frown.”

  Et j'en viendrai à bout quand il me plaira de froncer le sourcil.»

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 7839

• This was also clear in the reply, which pleases me greatly.

  C'est ce qui ressort également de la réponse, ce dont je me réjouis.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 345266

• Eating pleases me.

  Il me plait de manger.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by cntrational and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #1122344 #1122361

• “Madame,” said he, “does not possess that style of beauty which pleases me.”

  --Madame, dit-il, n'a pas le genre de beauté qui me conviendrait.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 17941

More sentences

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

• His children do as they please.

  Ses enfants font ce qu’ils veulent.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Miktsoanit and Rovo · checked, community translation · #12197085 #13413875

• Please come back at once.

  Reviens immédiatement, s'il te plait.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #52202 #911136

• Don't hang up yet, please.

  Ne raccroche pas encore, s'il te plait.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #32576 #821517

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