while — English to French

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

What it means: while in the Elamur Dictionary.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: while (360 220), whiles (4). By style: everyday 1 154 · literary 130 · biblical 235 · parliamentary 18 198 · legal and administrative 16 562 · UN documents 323 945.

alors

Used about 54 173 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 24 · parliamentary ≈ 1 896 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 415 · UN documents ≈ 49 838).

• You do nothing, while I work.

  Tu ne fais rien alors que je travaille.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by _undertoad and elencw · checked, community translation · #3335860 #1577051

• You will tell me that Israel has a democracy, while Iran has a dictatorship.

  Vous me direz qu’Israël est une démocratie, alors que l’Iran est une dictature.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 778947

• the test shall be carried out while the HVDC system starts from shut down;

  l'essai est réalisé alors que le système HVDC est à l'arrêt;

  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 4037644

• Some countries have prospered, while others have fallen behind.

  Quelques pays prospéraient alors que d ' autres restaient en marge du processus.

  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 8547816

• Symbolic of this is wine, born of fermentation and a sign of civilisation, while in Australia it is an industrial commodity.

  Le symbole, c’est le vin, issu de la fermentation et signe de civilisation, alors qu’en Australie, c’est une marchandise industrielle.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 790985

tout

Used about 43 302 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 72 · literary ≈ 19 · biblical ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 3 412 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 415 · UN documents ≈ 37 378).

• He dozed all the while.

  Il somnolait tout du long.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #290652 #841249

• “You thanked me a while ago.”

  --Vous m'avez remercié tout à l'heure.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 26701

• They were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

  Ils nous ont nuit et jour servi de muraille, tout le temps que nous avons été avec eux, faisant paître les troupeaux.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1SA 25:16

• We have to address current and future challenges, while resolutely guaranteeing jobs in the sector.

  Nous devons faire face aux défis actuels et futurs, tout en préservant avec résolution les emplois du secteur.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 554094

• continue trade while simultaneously implementing measurable risk mitigation efforts,

  la poursuite des échanges tout en menant simultanément des efforts d'atténuation mesurable des risques,

  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 4323611

tandis

Used about 31 338 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 24 · literary ≈ 38 · biblical ≈ 10 · parliamentary ≈ 1 517 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 831 · UN documents ≈ 24 919).

• Every advance in civilization has been denounced as unnatural while it was recent.

  Chaque avancée dans la civilisation a été dénoncée car artificielle tandis qu'elle était récente.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and jerom · checked, community translation · #411815 #411956

• “While, at present, I am relieved.”

  --Tandis qu'à présent je suis soulagé!

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 30423

• Seek the LORD while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.

  Cherchez l’Éternel pendant qu’il se trouve; Invoquez-le, tandis qu’il est près.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ISA 55:6

• Electricity is dependent on a number of different sources of energy and different producers, while gas tends to be more dependent on distributors.

  L'électricité dépend d'un certain nombre de différentes sources d'énergie et de différents producteurs, tandis que le gaz tend à dépendre plus des distributeurs.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1109609

• This has adversely affected cash flow, while stock levels have increased and employment has decreased.

  Cette situation a affecté les flux de liquidités, tandis que les stocks ont augmenté et que l'emploi a baissé.

  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 489680

était

Used about 7 407 times in the texts (literary ≈ 11 · biblical ≈ 29 · parliamentary ≈ 1 137 · UN documents ≈ 6 230).

• Marius was the brass vase, while Father Gillenormand was the iron pot.

  Marius était le vase d'airain, mais le père Gillenormand était le pot de fer.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 14852

• After a while, the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.

  Mais au bout d’un certain temps le torrent fut à sec, car il n’était point tombé de pluie dans le pays.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1KI 17:7

• It was quite straightforward for our fellow citizens while the Berlin Wall was there.

  Pour nos concitoyens, tant que le mur de Berlin était en place, c'était simple.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1000510

• The largest discrepancy in total mileage was up to 117,248 kilometres while the largest discrepancy in fuel consumption was up to 39.67 litres per 100 kilometres (para. 293)

  L ' écart de kilométrage le plus important était de 117 248 kilomètres, et le plus gros écart de consommation de carburant était égal à 39,67 litres aux 100 kilomètres (par. 293).

  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 21565262

• While he was speaking, the Bishop had gone and shut the door, which had remained wide open.

  Pendant qu'il parlait, l'évêque était allé pousser la porte qui était restée toute grande ouverte.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 1699

More sentences

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

• It's been a while since we last talked!

  Ça fait un bail qu'on n'a pas discuté !

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and menaud · checked, community translation · #13483617 #13483614

• Who will look after your cat while you are away?

  Qui va s'occuper de ton chat pendant ton absence ?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CC and Aiji · checked, community translation · #71309 #7862883

• I missed you a lot while you were in Boston.

  Tu m'as beaucoup manqué pendant que tu étais à Boston.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · #5158732 #5289396

Grammar

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