though — English to French

How English though is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

What it means: though in the Elamur Dictionary.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: though (44 577). By style: everyday 284 · literary 151 · biblical 167 · parliamentary 10 972 · legal and administrative 2 047 · UN documents 30 956.

mais

Used about 9 732 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 18 · literary ≈ 6 · biblical ≈ 14 · parliamentary ≈ 2 514 · legal and administrative ≈ 85 · UN documents ≈ 7 094).

• I know her father, though I know not her.

  Je connais son père, mais je ne la connais pas.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · #10298617 #10298621

• However, though this was so, she did not account for it to herself.

  Du reste, cela était ainsi, mais elle ne s'en rendait pas compte.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 19779

• though hail flattens the forest, and the city is leveled completely.

  Mais la forêt sera précipitée sous la grêle, Et la ville profondément abaissée.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ISA 32:19

• How, though, do things stand in practice?

  Mais que se passe-t-il dans la pratique?

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 485053

• The capital market business and real estate financing are also to continue, though on a smaller scale (see paragraph 172 et seq.).

  BGB devrait en outre poursuivre ses activités, mais dans une moindre mesure, sur les marchés des capitaux et dans le domaine du financement immobilier (voir considérants 172 et suivants).

  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 551074

même

Used about 7 575 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 107 · literary ≈ 13 · biblical ≈ 14 · parliamentary ≈ 1 600 · legal and administrative ≈ 682 · UN documents ≈ 5 159).

• Tom had to do it even though he didn't want to.

  Tom a dû le faire même s'il ne le voulait pas.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · #3405439 #5377482

• And she sank down as though on the point of death.

  Et elle s'affaissa sur elle-même comme si elle se mourait.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 20373

• Though they say, ‘As the LORD lives,’ surely they swear falsely.”

  Même quand ils disent: L’Éternel est vivant! C’est faussement qu’ils jurent.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 5:2

• It looks as though he too has been imprisoned in his own fortress.

  On a l'impression que même M. Prodi est prisonnier de son propre fort.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 223149

• Member State can fill in comments even though no indication is given.

  L'État membre peut remplir cette section même en l'absence d'indication.

  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 4531141

bien

Used about 5 925 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 89 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 21 · parliamentary ≈ 914 · legal and administrative ≈ 384 · UN documents ≈ 4 514).

• Even though he was sick, he went to school.

  Bien que malade, il se rendit à l'école.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CH and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #1440025 #1440891

• You see how they fasten a bell to my paw as though I were a wild beast.”

  Vous voyez bien qu'on m'attache un grelot à la patte comme à une bête féroce.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 11269

• Therefore though I have all boldness in Christ to command you that which is appropriate,

  C’est pourquoi, bien que j’aie en Christ toute liberté de te prescrire ce qui est convenable,

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PHM 1:8

• It means that, even though we have reiterated the Millennium Goals, we have missed an opportunity.

  Que, bien que nous ayons réitéré les objectifs du Millénaire, nous avons laissé passer une occasion.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 722200

• Though not in compliance with the ADR, they are in compliance with and accepted for the purposes of the IMDG Code.

  Bien qu’ils ne soient pas conformes à l’ADR, ils sont conformes au code IMDG et acceptés pour ce code.

  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 1665716

More sentences

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

• When I heard my teacher's illuminating explanation, it was as though I suddenly saw the light.

  Quand j'ai entendu l'explication éclairante de mon professeur, c'était comme si j'avais soudainement vu la lumière.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF_US and Aiji · checked, community translation · #2799069 #8487416

• I’m open to other suggestions for a good English translation for “pingouin” though.

  Je suis cependant ouvert à des suggestions pour une bonne traduction anglaise de « pingouin ».

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #3643018 #3643020

• Mary, even though the daughter of a mere farmer, has manners that betray a distinguished upbringing.

  Marie, quoique fille d'un simple fermier, a des manières qui trahissent une éducation distinguée.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · #1929079 #1928412

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