wish — English to French

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

What it means: wish in the Elamur Dictionary.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: wish (115 488), wishes (40 009). By style: everyday 1 092 · literary 56 · biblical 22 · parliamentary 24 234 · legal and administrative 2 669 · UN documents 127 424.

souhaite

Used about 44 570 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 102 · parliamentary ≈ 7 573 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 056 · UN documents ≈ 35 838).

• I wish you luck.

  Je te souhaite bonne chance.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by piksea and U2FS · checked, community translation · #858589 #857072

• So again, heartfelt best wishes!

  Je souhaite encore une fois bonne chance au rapport.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1788657

• The author of which wishes that his identity be kept confidential.

  Dont l'auteur souhaite garder son identité confidentielle.

  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 826286

• May I take it that the Assembly wishes to do likewise?

  Puis-je considérer que l ' Assemblée souhaite agir de même?

  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 554948

• He wishes to talk to you.

  Il souhaite te parler.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Yakuwari and THURET · checked, community translation · #5388205 #3655764

je

Used about 30 343 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 114 · literary ≈ 15 · biblical ≈ 11 · parliamentary ≈ 6 311 · UN documents ≈ 23 892).

• I wish to speak to her.

  Je veux parler avec elle.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CH and Aiji · checked, community translation · #3906825 #1766637

• I wish to know all.”

  Je veux tout savoir.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 5584

• “I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled.

  Je suis venu jeter un feu sur la terre, et qu’ai-je à désirer, s’il est déjà allumé?

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 12:49

• That is what I wish to call for now.

  C’est ce que je prône.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 540153

• May I take it that the Assembly wishes to adopt the draft resolution?

  Puis-je considérer que l ' Assemblée décide d ' adopter 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 8551121

faire

Used about 6 227 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 11 · literary ≈ 7 · biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 757 · legal and administrative ≈ 139 · UN documents ≈ 5 309).

• I wish someone would help me do that.

  J'aimerais que quelqu'un m'aide pour le faire.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Dobleue · checked, community translation · #6153357 #6154922

• Do you wish to try to do so?”

  Voulez-vous tenter de le faire?

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 2710

• The king was exceedingly sorry, but for the sake of his oaths and of his dinner guests, he didn’t wish to refuse her.

  Le roi fut attristé; mais, à cause de ses serments et des convives, il ne voulut pas lui faire un refus.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAR 6:26

• One example is an Indian lady who wishes to bring her son from India.

  Il y a par exemple une femme indienne qui veut faire venir son fils d'Inde.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1868226

• Member States and operation commanders may make use of framework contracts if they so wish.

  Les États membres et les commandants d’opération peuvent faire usage des contrats-cadres s’ils le souhaitent.

  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 5348198

vous

Used about 2 460 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 171 · literary ≈ 7 · biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 757 · legal and administrative ≈ 195 · UN documents ≈ 1 327).

• She sent you her best wishes.

  Elle vous a envoyé ses meilleurs vœux.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and GB3 · checked, community translation · #308158 #6724495

• “Do you wish to have your eyes bandaged?”

  --Voulez-vous qu'on vous bande les yeux?

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 27146

• I wish that those who disturb you would cut themselves off.

  Puissent-ils être retranchés, ceux qui mettent le trouble parmi vous!

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GAL 5:12

• You have our best wishes, then; you will have Parliament behind you, and yours will be small steps in the right direction.

  Alors, allez de l'avant: vous aurez avec vous le Parlement et ce sera de petits pas dans la bonne direction.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1672312

• If you wish to be paid by bank transfer, please give the necessary bank details.

  Si vous souhaitez être payé par virement bancaire, indiquez les renseignements bancaires nécessaires.

  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 1268039

More sentences

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

• I wish I had known about this when I was a kid.

  J'aurais aimé savoir ceci quand j'étais enfant.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · #5172840 #5603498

• Your wish has come true.

  Ton souhait a été exaucé.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · #1125628 #1132843

• I wish we could have met under better circumstances.

  J'aimerais que nous ayons pu nous rencontrer dans de meilleures circonstances.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #1412067 #1413204

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