vers — French to English
How French vers 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: vers (182 138). By style: everyday 670 · literary 256 · biblical 840 · parliamentary 17 591 · legal and administrative 31 140 · UN documents 131 641.
towards
Used about 41 849 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 28 · literary ≈ 107 · parliamentary ≈ 4 764 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 298 · UN documents ≈ 35 653).
Le monde avec lenteur marche vers la sagesse.
The world slowly walks towards wisdom.
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · #6388409 #5072763L'égyptienne s'avança vers la noble dame.
The gypsy advanced towards the noble dame.
Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 3732Qu'ils s'engagent au contraire de manière proactive à mener leur pays vers un meilleur avenir.
They should, rather, engage proactively to lead their country towards a better future.
Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1200966Le marché des radars à courte portée pour automobile évolue de façon constante vers de nouveaux déploiements dans la bande de fréquences 77-81 GHz harmonisée au niveau de l'Union.
There is a steady trend in the market development for automotive short-range radars towards new deployments in the 77-81 GHz frequency band harmonised at Union level.
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 4816468limite vers le vert y 0,150 + 0,640 x
limit towards green y 0.150 + 0.640 x
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 17461918
there
Used about 11 072 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 14 · biblical ≈ 88 · UN documents ≈ 10 970). Meaning: there in the Elamur Dictionary.
Tournez vers le nord et à la deuxième ruelle vous voilà arrivé.
Turn north, walk to the second alley, and you're there.
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sysko and weihaiping · checked, community translation · #12627168 #691423Au son de la trompette, rassemblez-vous auprès de nous, vers le lieu d’où vous l’entendrez; notre Dieu combattra pour nous.
Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally there to us. Our God will fight for us.”
World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NEH 4:20Je sais qu ' il n ' y a pas de méthode simple pour réaliser ce progrès, qu ' il n ' existe pas de chemin unique vers le succès.
I know there is no straight line to that progress, no single path to success.
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 23745389Tous les fleuves vont à la mer, et la mer n’est point remplie; ils continuent à aller vers le lieu où ils se dirigent.
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.
World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ECC 1:7NE PAS installer de siège pour enfant tourné vers l ' arrière sur le siège avant/arrière *, qui est équipé d ' un coussin gonflable
WARNING DO NOT place rear-facing child seat on front/rear * seat as there is an airbag
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 9870687
came
Used about 2 893 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 28 · biblical ≈ 123 · UN documents ≈ 2 743).
Il est venu vers deux heures.
He came about two.
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by fengrim and CK · checked, community translation · #302156 #139052Alors Jésus vint de la Galilée au Jourdain vers Jean, pour être baptisé par lui.
Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him.
World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 3:132) L ' absence de structures adaptées à l ' accueil des immigrés avant leur refoulement vers leur pays d ' origine.
(2) The lack of facilities for accommodating immigrants before they are returned to the countries from which they came.
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 735934Le chien vint vers moi en courant.
The dog came running to me.
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sysko and CK · checked, community translation · #48247 #333958Plusieurs des Juifs qui étaient venus vers Marie, et qui virent ce que fit Jésus, crurent en lui.
Therefore many of the Jews who came to Mary and saw what Jesus did believed in him.
World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 11:45
More sentences
Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.
Que ferons-nous la semaine prochaine, vers cette heure-ci ?
What do you want to do this time next week?
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and AlanF_US · checked, community translation · #3201121 #3198720Dan a persuadé Linda de revenir avec lui vers Londres.
Dan persuaded Linda to return with him to London.
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scorpionvenin14 and Amastan · checked, community translation · #3994913 #3994946Les cavaliers sont les plus puissants près du centre de l'échiquier, d'où ils peuvent se déplacer vers l'une des huit cases.
Knights are most powerful near the center of the board, from where they can move to any of eight squares.
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · #10281936 #10281938
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