cependant — French to English

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

The Elamur Dictionary has no French section yet; the English translations below link to their meanings where it has them.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: cependant (137 877). By style: everyday 81 · literary 164 · biblical 97 · parliamentary 22 741 · legal and administrative 10 300 · UN documents 104 494.

however

Used about 102 827 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 57 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 15 161 · legal and administrative ≈ 9 227 · UN documents ≈ 78 371). Meaning: however in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Cependant, je n'ai pas d'argent.

  However, I have no money.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by chtof and orcrist · checked, community translation · #53632 #430863

• Cependant l'aubergiste ne lâcha pas prise.

  However, the inn-keeper did not give up.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 9258

• Cependant vous avez bien fait de prendre part à ma détresse.

  However you did well that you shared in my affliction.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PHI 4:14

• Mettons cependant tout cela en perspective.

  However, let us put everything into perspective.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1457362

• Ces allégations ont cependant été rejetées.

  These claims were however rejected.

  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 3957486

yet

Used about 5 289 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · literary ≈ 10 · biblical ≈ 18 · parliamentary ≈ 474 · legal and administrative ≈ 429 · UN documents ≈ 4 354). Meaning: yet in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Cependant, ses ennuis ne sont pas terminés.

  Yet, his troubles are not over.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Eldad · checked, community translation · #3758912 #3759121

• —Cependant nous marchons avec vitesse...

  "Yet we are going very fast."

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 2856

• Tout le travail de l’homme est pour sa bouche, et cependant ses désirs ne sont jamais satisfaits.

  All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ECC 6:7

• Cependant, alors que nous sommes à la veille de la ratification du traité de Lisbonne, la première chose que nous faisons est de renoncer à nouveau ces droits!

  Yet just as we are on the verge of the Treaty of Lisbon being ratified, the first thing we do is to give these rights away again!

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1289203

• Cependant, l'enquête a établi que le grès de couleur pouvait être obtenu auprès de plusieurs sources, y compris des producteurs de l'Union.

  Yet the investigation established that coloured stoneware can be procured from several sources, including Union producers.

  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 2922109

nevertheless

Used about 4 862 times in the texts (literary ≈ 21 · biblical ≈ 14 · parliamentary ≈ 474 · UN documents ≈ 4 354). Meaning: nevertheless in the Elamur Dictionary.

• --Cependant il y a de la lumière dans cette chambre.

  “But there is a light in that room, nevertheless.”

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 6638

• Cependant je suis toujours avec toi, Tu m’as saisi la main droite;

  Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 73:23

• Cependant, la crise dans les Balkans a mis en évidence les déficits de l'Union.

  Nevertheless, the crisis in the Balkans has demonstrated the shortcomings of the European Union.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 65315

• Cependant, la femme ne peut contracter un nouveau mariage que trois cent jours après le décès du mari.

  Nevertheless, a woman cannot enter into a new marriage until 300 days have elapsed since her husband ' s death.

  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 2737127

• Cependant cette secousse avait pour ainsi dire réveillé la recluse.

  Nevertheless, this shock had, so to speak, awakened the recluse.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 3361

More sentences

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

• Tu savais que c'était impossible, cependant, tu as essayé.

  You knew it was impossible and even then, you tried.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Wittydev and Narda · checked, community translation · #1152431 #1158199

• Nous les hommes parvenons à faire taire le carnassier en nous, mais cependant pas l'âne.

  We men can silence the vulture within us, but not the jackass.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and zogwarg · checked, community translation · #11904162 #2412803

• J'ai commencé à écrire un nouveau livre. Je ne sais pas, cependant, si je le terminerai un jour.

  I started writing a new book. I don't know, though, if I'll ever finish it.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · #13579457 #13579425

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