should — English to French

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

The Elamur Dictionary has no article on this word yet.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: should (1 386 294), shoulds (1). By style: everyday 4 540 · literary 200 · biblical 483 · parliamentary 151 648 · legal and administrative 204 581 · UN documents 1 024 843.

il

Used about 437 844 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 568 · literary ≈ 75 · biblical ≈ 171 · parliamentary ≈ 25 275 · legal and administrative ≈ 98 028 · UN documents ≈ 313 727).

• You should listen to your wife.

  Il faut écouter ta femme.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and pfpillon · checked, community translation · #4523952 #4524038

• He almost trembled lest she should want him.

  Il tremblait presque qu'elle ne voulût de lui.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 1446

• Should a man make to himself gods which yet are no gods?”

  L’homme peut-il se faire des dieux, Qui ne sont pas des dieux?

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 16:20

• In any event, the Commission should be judged on its actions.

  En tout état de cause, il faut juger la Commission sur ses actes.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1616813

• The Agreement should be approved,

  Il y a lieu d'approuver l'accord,

  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 4800272

devrait

Used about 412 687 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 230 · parliamentary ≈ 25 275 · legal and administrative ≈ 72 456 · UN documents ≈ 313 727). Forms: devraient, devrait.

• It should be a no-brainer.

  Ça devrait être un jeu d'enfant.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #1494568 #1494970

• It should not take more than a day to transfer a number, subject to measures to prevent abuse.

  Moyennant la prise de mesures destinées à éviter les abus, il ne devrait pas falloir plus d'un jour pour transférer un numéro.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1123002

• The existing MRLs should therefore remain unchanged.

  Les LMR actuelles devraient donc demeurer inchangées.

  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 3605221

• The carbon content in ashes should be minimized.

  La teneur en carbone des cendres devrait être réduite au minimum.

  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 20818777

• The bus should be coming soon.

  Le bus devrait arriver bientôt.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and migl · checked, community translation · #35321 #10511724

je

Used about 98 168 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 568 · literary ≈ 42 · biblical ≈ 60 · parliamentary ≈ 34 753 · UN documents ≈ 62 745).

• Why should I pay that much?

  Pourquoi devrais-je payer autant ?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #4834925 #4837990

• I should not restrain myself, not at all!

  Ah! je me gênerais par exemple!

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 2909

• For I have given you an example, that you should also do as I have done to you.

  car je vous ai donné un exemple, afin que vous fassiez comme je vous ai fait.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 13:15

• I think, therefore, that we should think carefully.

  Donc, je crois qu'il nous faudra bien réfléchir.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1595642

• I should be grateful if you would have this letter circulated as a document of the Security Council.

  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 6564147

être

Used about 87 485 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 378 · biblical ≈ 40 · parliamentary ≈ 15 797 · legal and administrative ≈ 8 524 · UN documents ≈ 62 745).

• Maybe I should go with you.

  Peut-être devrais-je t'accompagner.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #4011457 #5676368

• What is man, that he should be clean? What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

  Qu’est-ce que l’homme, pour qu’il soit pur? Celui qui est né de la femme peut-il être juste?

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 15:14

• Everyone should be treated equally across the EU.

  Tous les citoyens de l'UE doivent être traités de façon équitable.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1244158

• The claims contained in recital 134 should thus be rejected.

  Les arguments présentés au considérant 134 doivent dès lors être rejetés.

  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 3649975

• Corrections should be submitted in one of the working languages.

  Les rectifications doivent être rédigées dans l’une des langues de travail.

  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 5135640

doit

Used about 26 398 times in the texts (literary ≈ 21 · parliamentary ≈ 22 115 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 262).

• This should not be, gamins.

  Ça ne se doit pas, gamins.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 20573

• That is how European policy should be.

  Telle doit être la politique européenne.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 547080

• In order to ensure sound management of the procedure for issuing import licences, this Regulation should enter into force immediately after its publication,

  Afin d'assurer une gestion efficace de la procédure de délivrance des certificats d'importation, le présent règlement doit entrer en vigueur immédiatement après sa publication,

  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 2573268

• “But you alone should hear it—”

  --Mais cela ne doit être entendu que de vous seul....

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 6502

• I think that this principle, proposed by the Commission, should be maintained.

  Je pense que le principe proposé par la Commission doit être maintenu.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 203442

vous

Used about 596 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 568 · literary ≈ 8 · biblical ≈ 20).

• How much should you exercise?

  Combien de fois devriez-vous exercer ?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and mkacfr · checked, community translation · #4817049 #4827422

• You should have had them.”

  C'eût été pour vous.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 7748

• For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another—

  Car ce qui vous a été annoncé et ce que vous avez entendu dès le commencement, c’est que nous devons nous aimer les uns les autres,

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1JO 3:11

• I don't think you should do that.

  Je ne pense pas que vous devriez faire cela.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · #2323255 #6893571

• “Good God! if it had not been for you, I should have been done for.”

  Dieu du bon Dieu! sans vous, vrai, j'étais cuit.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 24904

More sentences

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

• I should have been watching more carefully.

  J'aurais dû regarder plus attentivement.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CC and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #2047739 #2048552

• We came in through the back door lest someone should see us.

  Nous sommes entrés par la porte de derrière, de peur que quelqu'un ne nous voie.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #276261 #1304865

• You should not sleep.

  Tu ne devrais pas dormir.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #68911 #4839203

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