tandis — French to English

How French tandis 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: tandis (52 525). By style: everyday 147 · literary 41 · biblical 81 · parliamentary 3 657 · legal and administrative 4 728 · UN documents 43 871.

while

Used about 37 048 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 86 · literary ≈ 34 · biblical ≈ 17 · parliamentary ≈ 1 448 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 561 · UN documents ≈ 32 903). Meaning: while in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Il le frappa tandis qu'il était à terre.

  He kicked him while he was down.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Spamster · checked, community translation · #1655748 #1662399

• --Tandis qu'à présent je suis soulagé!

  “While, at present, I am relieved.”

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

• Tandis que le roi est dans son entourage, Mon nard exhale son parfum.

  While the king sat at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · SOL 1:12

• "Tandis que le regard de l'Europe se porte sur des choses prodigieuses,

  'While Europe's eye is fixed on mighty things,

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 919303

• Les plans au niveau provincial sont détaillés, tandis que les plans nationaux fixent des objectifs plus larges.

  Plans at provincial level are detailed while national plans set broader targets.

  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 5003593

some

Used about 2 014 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 9 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 76 · legal and administrative ≈ 99 · UN documents ≈ 1 828). Meaning: some in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Certains secteurs bénéficieront de l'accord, tandis que d'autres seront perdants.

  Some sectors will benefit from the agreement, whereas others will lose out.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and ddnktr · checked, community translation · #12437635 #12437637

• 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

• Cela signifie qu' il existe dans certains pays une participation basée sur des règles légales, tandis que dans d' autres, elle est fondée sur les conventions collectives.

  In other words, in some countries participation is established through legal channels and in others by means of collective agreements.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 219873

• Certaines priorités font référence aux objectifs du programme, tandis que d’autres renvoient aux objectifs au niveau des sous-programmes ou des actions.

  Some priorities refer to the programme’s objectives whilst others refer to the sub-programmes’ or actions’ objectives.

  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 5031187

• Certains refuges offrent leurs services à des adultes seuls, tandis que d ' autres sont réservés aux familles.

  Some shelters serve single adults, some serve families.

  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 15384205

More sentences

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

• Il grimaça tandis que l'infirmière enfonçait l'aiguille dans son bras.

  He winced as the nurse pushed the needle into his arm.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · #695218 #806088

• «Nous l'avons emporté, Mon Général !» s'exclama l'adjudant tandis que la cavalerie lourde enfonçait les lignes ennemies.

  "We have carried the day, Sir!" exclaimed the adjutant to the general as the heavy cavalry smashed through the opposing lines.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Shiawase · checked, community translation · #918960 #920560

• Tom, comme à son habitude, traînait en début de phrase, tandis que Mary, déjà douze mots devant lui, se trouvait maintenant en son milieu.

  Tom, as his usual, lagged at the beginning of the sentence, when Mary, already twelve words ahead of him, stood now in its middle.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #1080965 #1080962

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