pourraient — French to English

How French pourraient 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: pourraient (128 923). By style: everyday 68 · literary 2 · biblical 3 · parliamentary 7 374 · legal and administrative 7 991 · UN documents 113 485.

could

Used about 64 764 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 44 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 4 148 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 829 · UN documents ≈ 56 743).

• Où pourraient-ils se trouver ?

  Where could they be?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Spamster · checked, community translation · #1790813 #1791448

• Une fois les combattants chassés du haut de la barricade par le boulet et des fenêtres du cabaret par la mitraille, les colonnes d'attaque pourraient s'aventurer dans la rue sans être visées, peut-être même sans être aperçues, escalader brusquement la redoute, comme la veille au soir, et, qui sait? la prendre par surprise.

  The combatants once driven from the crest of the barricade by balls, and from the windows of the cabaret by grape-shot, the attacking columns could venture into the street without being picked off, perhaps, even, without being seen, could briskly and suddenly scale the redoubt, as on the preceding evening, and, who knows? take it by surprise.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 26311

• Ils pourraient également affecter le Cachemire.

  They also raise side issues which could affect Kashmir.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 296480

• Un nombre important de travailleurs pourraient ainsi perdre leur emploi.

  As a consequence, a significant number of employees could lose their jobs.

  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 1135311

• Ils pourraient même aujourd ' hui aider à prévenir une course à l ' armement.

  Even today, they could help prevent an arms race.

  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 14157134

might

Used about 13 319 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 11 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 154 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 332 · UN documents ≈ 11 821). Meaning: might in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Ils pourraient t'aider.

  They might be able to help you.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Sorgan and Hybrid · checked, community translation · #2973721 #6195362

• Il était évident que demain, que dans une heure, une averse pouvait éclater, qu'elle serait suivie d'une autre, et d'une autre, et que les vêtements délabrés seraient traversés, qu'une fois mouillés, ces hommes ne se sécheraient plus, qu'une fois glacés, ils ne se réchaufferaient plus, que leurs pantalons de toile seraient collés par l'ondée sur leurs os, que l'eau emplirait leurs sabots, que les coups de fouet ne pourraient empêcher le claquement des mâchoires, que la chaîne continuerait de les tenir par le cou, que leurs pieds continueraient de pendre; et il était impossible de ne pas frémir en voyant ces créatures humaines liées ainsi et passives sous les froides nuées d'automne, et livrées à la pluie, à la bise, à toutes les furies de l'air, comme des arbres et comme des pierres.

  It was evident that to-morrow, that an hour hence, a pouring rain might descend, that it might be followed by another and another, and that their dilapidated garments would be drenched, that once soaked, these men would not get dry again, that once chilled, they would not again get warm, that their linen trousers would be glued to their bones by the downpour, that the water would fill their shoes, that no lashes from the whips would be able to prevent their jaws from chattering, that the chain would continue to bind them by the neck, that their legs would continue to dangle, and it was impossible not to shudder at the sight of these human beings thus bound and passive beneath the cold clouds of autumn, and delivered over to the rain, to the blast, to all the furies of the air, like trees and stones.

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 19690

• Le site comporte un paragraphe intitulé "les aspects positifs de l'ACAC", mais il y a également certaines questions qui pourraient être intitulées différemment.

  The site has a paragraph called 'positive aspects of ACTA', but there are also some questions that might be labelled otherwise.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1424401

• Ces mesures pourraient nécessiter l'adoption de mesures relevant de la PCP.

  Such measures might require the adoption of measures falling under the CFP.

  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 3089099

• L ' utilisation des moules et les procédés de fabrication des pneumatiques pourraient être rationalisés, ce qui permettrait de réduire les coûts de production.

  Tyre mould design and fabrication might be rationalized, with associated reductions in production costs.

  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 28119517

such

Used about 10 110 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 154 · legal and administrative ≈ 499 · UN documents ≈ 9 457). Meaning: such in the Elamur Dictionary.

• De nombreux pays connaissent déjà aujourd'hui des problèmes à cause du coût croissant des retraites et ces problèmes pourraient saper le principe de solidarité intergénérationnelle.

  It is already the case today that many countries are experiencing problems due to the growing cost of pensions, and such problems may undermine the principle of intergenerational solidarity.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1494986

• À l’avenir, d’autres substances pourraient être inscrites à l’annexe I, sur la base des dossiers présentés.

  In the future, other substances may be included in that Annex based on such submissions.

  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 3283744

• Ces décès sont invariablement prématurés et pourraient pour la plupart être évités.

  Such deaths are invariably premature and can largely be prevented.

  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 29907696

• En outre, ces paiements ou activités ne pourraient être artificiellement scindés ou regroupés dans le but d'échapper à ces obligations de déclaration.

  In addition, payments or activities should not be artificially split or aggregated with a view to evading such disclosure requirements.

  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 2851160

• L ' État partie a-t-il alourdi les peines applicables qui pourraient être dissuasives contre toute discrimination à l ' égard des syndicats?

  Has the State party increased penalties to provide deterrence for such acts of anti-union discrimination?

  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 22661551

More sentences

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

• Elles ne pourraient pas nous aider.

  They couldn't help us.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · #4397561 #5702779

• Des larmes pourraient bien couler sur ton visage, je ne regarderai pas en arrière.

  Though tears may flow down your face, I won't look back.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sbamsbamsbam and andymakespasta · checked, community translation · #4094882 #4095649

• On se parlait en français parce qu'on pensait que les gens autour de nous ne pourraient pas comprendre ce qu'on dirait.

  We talked to each other in French since we thought people around us wouldn't be able to understand what we were saying.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · #4501889 #9009522

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