said — English to French

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

What it means: said in the Elamur Dictionary.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: said (286 899). By style: everyday 3 029 · literary 1 430 · biblical 3 386 · parliamentary 37 039 · legal and administrative 4 464 · UN documents 237 551.

dit

Used about 121 773 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 587 · literary ≈ 1 043 · biblical ≈ 2 187 · parliamentary ≈ 16 976 · UN documents ≈ 98 980).

• Tell me what Tom said.

  Dites-moi ce que Tom a dit.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · #1845479 #5369503

• “He is,” said Enjolras.

  --Il l'est, dit Enjolras.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 26034

• He said, “A certain man had two sons.

  Il dit encore: Un homme avait deux fils.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 15:11

• You have said that this Constitution represents radical progress.

  Vous avez dit que la Constitution représentait un progrès radical.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 469398

• 44. Mr. Hasan (Syrian Arab Republic) said that the problem of early marriage was not widespread.

  M. Hasan (République arabe syrienne) dit que le mariage précoce n ' est pas répandu.

  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 16984745

que

Used about 56 485 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 126 · literary ≈ 89 · biblical ≈ 141 · parliamentary ≈ 6 173 · legal and administrative ≈ 465 · UN documents ≈ 49 490).

• She took no notice of what her father said.

  Elle n'a prêté aucune attention à ce que disait son père.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and Goofy · checked, community translation · #316814 #487824

• “Except the sermon,” said Gavroche.

  --Que le sermon, fit Gavroche.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 20670

• He said to them, “Let’s go elsewhere into the next towns, that I may preach there also, because I came out for this reason.”

  Il leur répondit: Allons ailleurs, dans les bourgades voisines, afin que j’y prêche aussi; car c’est pour cela que je suis sorti.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAR 1:38

• I have heard it said that the agency will cost EUR 150 million.

  J'ai entendu dire que cette agence coûterait 150 millions d'euros.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 864286

• Consequently, the undertakings were said to be no longer adequate to eliminate the injurious effects of dumping.

  En conséquence, ils estiment que les engagements ne permettent plus d'éliminer les effets préjudiciables du dumping.

  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 953998

m

Used about 30 536 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 71 · parliamentary ≈ 772 · UN documents ≈ 29 694).

• Jesus cried out and said, “Whoever believes in me, believes not in me, but in him who sent me.

  Or, Jésus s’était écrié: Celui qui croit en moi croit, non pas en moi, mais en celui qui m’a envoyé;

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 12:44

• As the President said, joining Europe was a dream for the people of Spain during the long years of the dictatorship.

  Comme l'a rappelé M. Zapatero, le peuple espagnol a longtemps rêvé de rejoindre l'Europe, durant ces longues années de dictature.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1327915

• Mr. Said Shihab Ahmad

  M. Said Shihab Ahmad

  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 12677016

• Mr. Beko Ransome-Kuti, in particular, was said to be suffering from malaria and malnutrition.

  M. Beko Ransome-Kuti, en particulier, serait atteint de paludisme et de malnutrition.

  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 2614470

• 53. Mr. DIACONU said he, too, thought that the Committee needed more time for the consideration of some reports than for others.

  53. M. DIACONU pense, lui aussi, que le Comité a besoin de plus de temps pour examiner certains rapports que d ' autres.

  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 2761946

vous

Used about 9 082 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 63 · biblical ≈ 212 · parliamentary ≈ 3 858 · UN documents ≈ 4 949).

• "May I please see your driver's license for identification?" said the clerk.

  L'employé de bureau demanda : « Puis-je voir votre permis de conduire comme justificatif d'identité, s'il vous plaît ? »

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF_US and Petro1 · checked, community translation · #73626 #9950

• He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered, “The Christ of God.”

  Et vous, leur demanda-t-il, qui dites-vous que je suis? Pierre répondit: Le Christ de Dieu.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 9:20

• I read an interview with a Uighur woman, for example, who said: Would you like to be governed by yellow communists?

  J'ai par exemple lu un entretien avec une femme ouïghoure qui déclarait: aimeriez-vous être gouverné par des communistes jaunes?

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1274363

• I request you to have this letter circulated as a document of the Security Council. (Signed) Mohammed Said AL-SAHAF

  Je vous serais obligé de bien vouloir faire distribuer le texte de la présente lettre comme document du Conseil de sécurité.

  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 427572

• Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven, and a few small fish.”

  Jésus leur demanda: Combien avez-vous de pains? Sept, répondirent-ils, et quelques petits poissons.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 15:34

More sentences

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

• He said he was coming back.

  Il a affirmé revenir.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CH and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #7402973 #9552654

• She shook her head and said nothing.

  Elle secoua la tête et ne répondit rien.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · #3381884 #3212497

• What he said was far from true.

  Ce qu'il disait était très éloigné de la vérité.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #286088 #960281

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