unless — English to French

How English unless 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: unless (68 037). By style: everyday 137 · literary 14 · biblical 68 · parliamentary 3 308 · legal and administrative 16 496 · UN documents 48 014.

sauf

Used about 30 974 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 9 · parliamentary ≈ 276 · legal and administrative ≈ 11 685 · UN documents ≈ 19 006).

• We will go for a walk, unless it rains.

  Nous irons nous promener, sauf s'il pleut.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · #10094674 #10094934

• That is unless we reach a point at which national governments prove to be incompetent in protecting their own undertakings.

  Sauf si nous en arrivons au point où les gouvernements reconnaissent leur incompétence en matière de protection de leurs entreprises.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 40237

• All fields are mandatory, unless stated otherwise.

  Tous les champs sont obligatoires, sauf indication contraire.

  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 4298118

• Furthermore, they would not engage the LRA forces unless fired upon.

  Il n ' engagera pas les hostilités avec l ' ARS, sauf à essuyer des tirs de sa part.

  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 25081904

• We do not use force unless necessary.

  On n'utilise pas la force, sauf en cas de nécessité.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mailohilohi and Aiji · checked, community translation · #6056965 #11706280

moins

Used about 16 658 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 91 · literary ≈ 10 · biblical ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 827 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 718 · UN documents ≈ 14 004).

• Unless it rains, I will go, too.

  À moins qu'il ne pleuve, j'irai aussi.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · #26908 #11133940

• “Unless it’s the old fellow.”

  --À moins que ce ne soit l'autre vieux.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 29632

• Judah spoke to him, saying, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.’

  Juda lui répondit: Cet homme nous a fait cette déclaration formelle: Vous ne verrez pas ma face, à moins que votre frère ne soit avec vous.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 43:3

• Unless the single market can be made to work properly, we will lose that battle.

  Nous perdrons donc cette bataille, à moins d’assurer un fonctionnement correct du marché unique.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 657010

• Replicas and reproductions are excluded, unless they fulfil the above three criteria.

  Les répliques et les reproductions sont exclues à moins de satisfaire aux trois critères ci-dessus.

  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 4067514

si

Used about 9 267 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 23 · biblical ≈ 40 · parliamentary ≈ 1 172 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 031 · UN documents ≈ 7 002).

• He does not speak unless he is asked to.

  Il ne parle que si on lui demande.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · #295238 #131829

• Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.

  Si ta loi n’eût fait mes délices, J’eusse alors péri dans ma misère.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 119:92

• However, unless we introduce new measures, we will reach more or less 70% by 2020.

  Mais si nous ne prenons pas les mesures qui s'imposent, nous atteindrons environ les 70 % vers 2020.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 89868

• In case of carriage and delivery by maritime transport the goods may not be delivered in split consignments on more than one vessel, unless the NGO so agrees.

  Si le transport et la livraison s’effectuent par voie maritime, une livraison fractionnée sur plusieurs navires ne peut être opérée qu’avec l’accord de l’ONG.

  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 817672

• Unless I hear any objection, I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now.

  Si je n ' entends pas d ' objection, je vais maintenant mettre aux voix le projet de résolution.

  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 16038943

ne

Used about 7 201 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 9 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 17 · parliamentary ≈ 827 · legal and administrative ≈ 344 · UN documents ≈ 6 002).

• The agreement, unless backed up by action, is meaningless.

  L'accord, s'il n'est pas soutenu par des actions, ne signifie rien.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by patgfisher and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #3396495 #3422710

• “That sort of animal is never easy unless he’s overturning the authorities.”

  --Ça n'est pas tranquille si ça ne renverse pas l'autorité.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 23304

• You foolish one, that which you yourself sow is not made alive unless it dies.

  Insensé! ce que tu sèmes ne reprend point vie, s’il ne meurt.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CO 15:36

• Unless this directive has clarity, it will not work.

  Cette directive ne pourra pas fonctionner sans clarté.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1641348

• Those animals must not be moved from that holding unless for immediate slaughter.

  Ils ne peuvent quitter ladite exploitation que pour un abattage immédiat.

  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 2093731

n

Used about 764 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 69 · legal and administrative ≈ 687).

• You won't succeed unless you work hard.

  Tu n'y arriveras pas sans travailler dur.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and superbolo · checked, community translation · #27562 #138639

• He is not content with his trousers unless they have a watch-pocket.

  Il n'est pas content de sa culotte, s'il n'y a point de gousset de montre.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 12619

• Also, if anyone competes in athletics, he isn’t crowned unless he has competed by the rules.

  et l’athlète n’est pas couronné, s’il n’a combattu suivant les règles.

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

• This will be the legacy of this United States Administration unless they are prepared to look again.

  Tel sera l'héritage du gouvernement des États-Unis s'il n'est pas disposé à revoir sa position.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 874022

• An operator shall not operate an aeroplane unless it is equipped with:

  L’exploitant n’exploite un avion que s’il est équipé:

  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 1470674

contraire

Used about 344 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 344).

• Where such prima facie evidence is presented, the Member States and Belarus shall deem the conditions to be established, unless they can prove otherwise.

  Lorsqu’un tel commencement de preuve est présenté, les États membres et la Biélorussie considèrent que les conditions sont établies, à moins qu’ils ne puissent prouver le contraire.

  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 333737

More sentences

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

• Do two walk together, unless they have agreed?

  Deux hommes marchent-ils ensemble, Sans en être convenus?

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

• “Does our law judge a man unless it first hears from him personally and knows what he does?”

  Notre loi condamne-t-elle un homme avant qu’on l’entende et qu’on sache ce qu’il a fait?

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 7:51

• Unless State aid is granted, production will fall by 20%, resulting in 100 000 lost jobs.

  Sans l'octroi des aides d'État, la production chutera de 20 %, ce qui entraînera la perte de 100 000 emplois.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1436131

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