themselves — English to French

How English themselves is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 5 translations with example sentences.

The Elamur Dictionary has no article on this word yet.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: themselves (85 568). By style: everyday 249 · literary 72 · biblical 361 · parliamentary 11 503 · legal and administrative 5 175 · UN documents 68 208.

mêmes

Used about 22 273 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 114 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 23 · parliamentary ≈ 1 917 · legal and administrative ≈ 323 · UN documents ≈ 19 894).

• They did it all themselves.

  Ils ont tout fait eux-mêmes.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CH and Taibouche · checked, community translation · #7408544 #12159923

• It is certain that a vague and indistinct desire to please the handsome officer animated them all, that his splendid uniform was the target of all their coquetries, and that from the moment he presented himself, there existed among them a secret, suppressed rivalry, which they hardly acknowledged even to themselves, but which broke forth, none the less, every instant, in their gestures and remarks.

  Il est certain qu'un vague et indistinct désir de plaire au bel officier les animait toutes à la fois, que le splendide uniforme était le point de mire de toutes leurs coquetteries, et que, depuis qu'il était présent, il y avait entre elles une certaine rivalité secrète, sourde, qu'elles s'avouaient à peine à elles-mêmes, et qui n'en éclatait pas moins à chaque instant dans leurs gestes et leurs propos.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 3708

• We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who themselves will also tell you the same things by word of mouth.

  Nous avons donc envoyé Jude et Silas, qui vous annonceront de leur bouche les mêmes choses.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 15:27

• On the subject of the institutions themselves I would like to say three things.

  En ce qui concerne les institutions elles-mêmes, je voudrais dire trois choses.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 129969

• handicapped persons themselves for their own use; or

  soit par les personnes handicapées elles-mêmes et pour leur propre usage;

  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 1945721

se

Used about 18 343 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 31 · literary ≈ 30 · biblical ≈ 181 · parliamentary ≈ 4 793 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 941 · UN documents ≈ 11 368).

• Cockroaches hide themselves during the day.

  Les cafards se cachent dans la journée.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and rene1596 · checked, community translation · #62171 #1290144

• The cuirassiers hurled themselves on the English squares.

  Les cuirassiers se ruèrent sur les carrés anglais.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 7188

• The seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.

  Et les sept anges qui avaient les sept trompettes se préparèrent à en sonner.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · REV 8:6

• Even the dwarves should pull themselves up to their full height at long last.

  Ces nains devraient se décider enfin à se dresser de toute leur hauteur!

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 870175

• Other importers also made themselves known but did not complete questionnaire responses.

  D'autres importateurs se sont fait connaître mais n'ont pas répondu au questionnaire.

  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 1521938

ils

Used about 7 947 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 36 · literary ≈ 12 · biblical ≈ 75 · parliamentary ≈ 719 · UN documents ≈ 7 105).

• They seem to be enjoying themselves.

  Ils semblent s'amuser.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #1754895 #1760057

• And they seated themselves at a table.

  Et ils s'attablèrent.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 23613

• But the humble shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

  Les misérables possèdent le pays, Et ils jouissent abondamment de la paix.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 37:11

• We have the great problem, though, that they do see themselves as responsible.

  Il y a cependant un gros problème, c'est qu'ils s'estiment responsables.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 883473

• They are actually trying to do themselves out of a job.

  En fait ils travaillent pour perdre leur emploi.

  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 219592

elles

Used about 4 851 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 21 · literary ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 240 · legal and administrative ≈ 323 · UN documents ≈ 4 263).

• They want to improve themselves.

  Elles veulent s'améliorer.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CH and lbdx · checked, community translation · #7408520 #12038897

• They simply amused themselves with it.

  Elles s'en amusaient tout simplement.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 10484

• New jobs in the environmental sector, social services and information and communications technology are not enough in themselves.

  La création de nouveaux emplois dans l'environnement, les services sociaux, les techniques d'information et de communication ne suffisent pas à elles seules.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1604577

• whether they considered themselves to have been discouraged from cooperating and requesting IT at the time of the initiation of the initial investigation, and

  indiquer si elles estimaient avoir été découragées de coopérer et de demander un traitement individuel au moment de l’ouverture de l’enquête initiale, et

  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 2686599

• The breadth of some security-related legislation is such that, when abused, these instruments can themselves be used as tools of State terror.

  La portée de certaines lois relatives à la sécurité est telle que, lorsqu ' on en abuse, elles peuvent devenir des instruments du terrorisme d ' État.

  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 10051742

eux

Used about 2 555 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · literary ≈ 8 · biblical ≈ 38 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 078 · UN documents ≈ 1 421).

• They began to quarrel among themselves.

  Ils commencèrent à se quereller entre eux.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and hortusdei · checked, community translation · #307147 #136631

• The wine-shop was empty; there was no one there but themselves.

  Le cabaret était vide; il n'y avait qu'eux deux.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 23614

• For their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.

  Et je me sanctifie moi-même pour eux, afin qu’eux aussi soient sanctifiés par la vérité.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 17:19

• The other airports have to bear these costs themselves.

  Les autres aéroports doivent supporter eux-mêmes ces coûts.

  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 3514610

• United Nations system organizations compete for voluntary funds, both among themselves and with other entities such as non-governmental organizations.

  Les organismes des Nations Unies rivalisent pour obtenir des contributions volontaires, aussi bien entre eux qu ' avec d ' autres entités telles que les organisations non gouvernementales.

  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 16453062

More sentences

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

• Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

  Des millions de gens qui désirent être immortels ne savent quoi faire un dimanche après-midi pluvieux.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #478470 #478695

• We can argue about how to best achieve these goals, but we can't be complacent about the goals themselves.

  Nous pouvons débattre de la meilleure manière d'atteindre ces objectifs, mais nous ne pouvons pas être complaisants au sujet des objectifs même.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by BHO and Thomz · checked, community translation · #5762726 #5764664

• People have started arming themselves.

  Les gens ont commencé à s'armer.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Yemana · checked, community translation · #4502281 #5661663

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