certains — French to English

How French certains is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 2 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: certains (364 829). By style: everyday 394 · literary 18 · biblical 4 · parliamentary 36 276 · legal and administrative 52 680 · UN documents 275 457.

some

Used about 172 505 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 337 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 16 627 · legal and administrative ≈ 12 073 · UN documents ≈ 143 467). Meaning: some in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Certains d'entre nous le détestent.

  Some of us hate it.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · #4949943 #5311663

• Elle se souleva, s'assit, le regarda, et avec un de ces efforts de courage qu'il faut, en certains cas, pour se tuer, elle lui dit:

  She raised herself, she sat up, looked in his face, and with an effort of courage such as it must cost in some cases to kill one’s self, she said:

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 1839

• Les péchés de certains hommes sont manifestes, même avant qu’on les juge, tandis que chez d’autres, ils ne se découvrent que dans la suite.

  Some men’s sins are evident, preceding them to judgment, and some also follow later.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1TI 5:24

• Certains États membres ont plus de jours de congé que d'autres.

  Some Member States have a lot more days' holiday than others.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 500832

• Certains actes juridiques de l'Union contiennent déjà des dispositions concernant le REL.

  Some existing Union legal acts already contain provisions concerning ADR.

  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 2796381

certain

Used about 96 994 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 41 · literary ≈ 17 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 9 069 · legal and administrative ≈ 36 218 · UN documents ≈ 51 648). Meaning: certain in the Elamur Dictionary.

• J'ai certains principes.

  I have certain standards.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · #3305041 #5552250

• Je ne suis pas sans avoir prévu l'éventualité de certains obstacles.

  “I have constantly foreseen the likelihood of certain obstacles.”

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 641

• Car il s’est glissé parmi vous certains hommes, dont la condamnation est écrite depuis longtemps, des impies, qui changent la grâce de notre Dieu en dissolution, et qui renient notre seul maître et Seigneur Jésus-Christ.

  For there are certain men who crept in secretly, even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation: ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into indecency, and denying our only Master, God, and Lord, Jesus Christ.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JUD 1:4

• Les pays candidats doivent intensifier leurs efforts dans certains domaines.

  The candidate countries must focus their efforts on certain areas.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 387517

• abrogeant certains actes obsolètes du Conseil

  repealing certain obsolete Council acts

  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 1941498

More sentences

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

• Certains jours je me sens comme un croûton et certains jours je me sens comme du pain de la veille.

  There are days when I feel like a crouton, and there are days when I feel like stale bread.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and menaud · checked, community translation · #12245458 #12245454

• Nous sommes certains qu'il s'agissait d'un accident.

  We're sure that it was an accident.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · #5720732 #6067061

• Cependant, à certains égards, je vous ai écrit avec une sorte de hardiesse, comme pour réveiller vos souvenirs, à cause de la grâce que Dieu m’a faite

  But I write the more boldly to you in part as reminding you, because of the grace that was given to me by God,

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

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