voudrais — French to English

How French voudrais is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 5 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: voudrais (91 298). By style: everyday 820 · literary 9 · biblical 26 · parliamentary 59 361 · legal and administrative 1 · UN documents 31 081.

like

Used about 59 352 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 461 · literary ≈ 7 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 42 047 · UN documents ≈ 16 836). Meaning: like in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Je voudrais que tu viennes.

  I'd like you to come.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Julien_PDC and zogwarg · checked, community translation · #11956357 #2838565

• Oh! que je voudrais donc la voir!

  Oh, how I should like to see her!

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 6355

• Agrippa dit à Festus: Je voudrais aussi entendre cet homme. Demain, répondit Festus, tu l’entendras.

  Agrippa said to Festus, “I also would like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” he said, “you shall hear him.”

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 25:22

• Je voudrais en ajouter deux de plus.

  I would just like to add two more.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1473911

• Je voudrais également ajouter quelques observations.

  I should like also to add some further comments.

  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 5848785

wish

Used about 5 765 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 51 · biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 2 473 · UN documents ≈ 3 238). Meaning: wish in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Je voudrais être à Paris.

  I wish I were in Paris.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by alexmarcelo and CN · checked, community translation · #1105811 #1105814

• je voudrais être maintenant auprès de vous, et changer de langage, car je suis dans l’inquiétude à votre sujet.

  but I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GAL 4:20

• Je voudrais pouvoir comparer objectivement.

  I wish to be able to make objective comparisons.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1596184

• La dernière remarque que je voudrais faire concerne le paragraphe 7.

  The last point I wish to make concerns paragraph 7.

  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 6812270

• Je voudrais déposer une plainte.

  I wish to make a complaint.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · #4081899 #4082687

let

Used about 4 535 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 2 · UN documents ≈ 4 533). Meaning: let in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Mon père m’a fait jurer, en disant: Voici, je vais mourir! Tu m’enterreras dans le sépulcre que je me suis acheté au pays de Canaan. Je voudrais donc y monter, pour enterrer mon père; et je reviendrai.

  ‘My father made me swear, saying, “Behold, I am dying. Bury me in my grave which I have dug for myself in the land of Canaan.” Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father, and I will come again.’”

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 50:5

• Avant de conclure, je voudrais également mentionner quatre autres enseignements.

  Before I conclude, let me also quickly touch on four other lessons.

  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 23779845

• Gédéon dit à Dieu: Que ta colère ne s’enflamme point contre moi, et je ne parlerai plus que cette fois: Je voudrais seulement faire encore une épreuve avec la toison: que la toison seule reste sèche, et que tout le terrain se couvre de rosée.

  Gideon said to God, “Don’t let your anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once. Please let me make a trial just this once with the fleece. Let it now be dry only on the fleece, and on all the ground let there be dew.”

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JDG 6:39

• Je voudrais attirer l ' attention de la Commission sur certains d ' entre eux.

  Let me briefly draw the attention of the Commission to some of them.

  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 10290362

• Je voudrais mettre en lumière les messages politiques clefs contenus dans le projet de résolution de cette année.

  Let me highlight the key political messages of this year ' s draft resolution.

  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 21901440

say

Used about 3 730 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 17 · biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 3 710). Meaning: say in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Voudrais-tu le dire encore une fois ?

  Would you say it once more?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #31720 #1339997

• Si tu as quelque chose à dire, réponds-moi! Parle, car je voudrais te donner raison.

  If you have anything to say, answer me. Speak, for I desire to justify you.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 33:32

• Je voudrais, si vous me le permettez, revenir sur quelques points.

  Let me just say a few things.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1214783

• Je ne voudrais pas, si les Macédoniens m’accompagnent et ne vous trouvent pas prêts, que cette assurance tournât à notre confusion, pour ne pas dire à la vôtre.

  lest by any means, if anyone from Macedonia comes there with me and finds you unprepared, we (to say nothing of you) would be disappointed in this confident boasting.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CO 9:4

• Je voudrais dire, toutefois, que le Parlement a déposé une proposition très constructive et très réaliste.

  I want to say, however, that Parliament has come up with a constructive and realistic proposal.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 686386

mr

Used about 3 121 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 2 473 · UN documents ≈ 648). Meaning: mr in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Je ne voudrais pas terminer, Monsieur le Président, sans souligner, et à juste titre, que notre collègue Roberto Barzanti a réalisé un excellent travail.

  I do not wish to conclude, Mr President, without saying, in all justice, that Mr Barzanti's report is excellent.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1764267

• Mme Persad-Bissessar (Trinité-et-Tobago) (parle en anglais) : Monsieur le Président, tout d ' abord, je voudrais vous présenter mes félicitations pour votre élection.

  Ms. Persad-Bissessar (Trinidad and Tobago): First, I offer my congratulations on your election, Mr. President.

  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 21886141

• - Monsieur le Président, je voudrais commencer par féliciter les rapporteurs, plus particulièrement M. Mulder et limiter mon intervention au budget agricole.

  Mr President, I wish to begin by complimenting the rapporteurs, in particular Mr Mulder, and I will confine my brief remarks to the agricultural budget.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 535949

More sentences

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

• Pourquoi voudrais-je ceci ?

  Why would I want this?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · #3819766 #5959700

• Je pensais que tu voudrais m'aider.

  I thought you'd want to help me.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #1961845 #1962124

• Voudrais-tu bien me prêter ta voiture ?

  Would you mind lending me your car?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #17080 #474293

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