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# allegedly — English to French

How English *allegedly* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

What it means: [allegedly in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/allegedly/).

Sentence pairs counted, by form: allegedly (32 464). By style: everyday 8 · parliamentary 345 · legal and administrative 1 541 · UN documents 30 570.

## aurait

Used about 13 206 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 50 · legal and administrative ≈ 417 · UN documents ≈ 12 738). Forms: auraient, aurait.

- A commercial airplane **allegedly** violated military airspace.
  Un avion civil **aurait** soi-disant violé l'espace militaire aérien.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and superbolo · checked, community translation · [\#322684](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/322684) [\#136355](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/136355))

- (HU) Mr President, 'And yet it moves!' Galileo Galilei **allegedly** said.
  (HU) Monsieur le Président, Galilée **aurait** prononcé la phrase: "Et pourtant elle tourne!"
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1006998)

- SVT's **allegedly** excessive transmission fee payments to Teracom
  Affirmation selon laquelle SVT **aurait** versé à Teracom des redevances de transmission excessives
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · 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 1126892)

- The police **allegedly** threatened his family not to tell anyone about it.
  Elle **aurait** menacé la famille pour que celleci se taise.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 8119577)

- The request related to a statement **allegedly** made by Mr Le Pen at a press conference in December 1997.
  La raison en est une déclaration que M. Le Pen **aurait** faite au cours d'une conférence de presse en 1997.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1888601)

## allegedly

Used about 12 101 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 12 101).

- No reason for his arrest was **allegedly** given at that time.
  No reason for his arrest was **allegedly** given at that time.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 18436331)

- He **allegedly** walked along the street and got on a motorcycle.
  He **allegedly** walked along the street and got on a motorcycle.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 15709843)

- As a result, she was **allegedly** facing serious mental health issues.
  As a result, she was **allegedly** facing serious mental health issues.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 12161662)

- He was also **allegedly** forced to thumb print a document that he was not able to read.
  He was also **allegedly** forced to thumb print a document that he was not able to read.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 23923978)

- Following the meeting, the three lawyers were **allegedly** targeted by the authorities.
  Following the meeting, the three lawyers were **allegedly** targeted by the authorities.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 23959187)

## prétendument

Used about 429 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 72 · legal and administrative ≈ 353).

- She **allegedly** killed him.
  Elle l'a **prétendument** tué.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#886941](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/886941) [\#1335666](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1335666))

- We know – **allegedly** – how many of them were known about, but we do not know how many were completely unknown.
  Nous savons - **prétendument** - combien étaient connus, mais nous ne savons pas combien étaient complètement inconnus.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 807894)

- Second, the decisions mentioned above at recital 194 **allegedly** removed the ceiling and floor interest rates.
  Deuxièmement, les décisions mentionnées ci-dessus au considérant 194 ont **prétendument** supprimé les taux d'intérêt plancher et plafond.
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · 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 4266926)

- She **allegedly** murdered him.
  Elle l'a **prétendument** assassiné.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#886942](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/886942) [\#1339595](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1339595))

- I would ask you to demand similar investigations by all of the countries which may **allegedly** be involved in this situation.
  Je vous invite à demander des enquêtes similaires dans tous les pays qui seraient **prétendument** impliqués dans cette situation.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 737241)

## More sentences

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

- Most airplane accidents **allegedly** occur at landing or takeoff stages.
  Il paraît que la plupart des accidents d'avion a lieu lors des phases d'atterrissage et de décollage.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sysko · checked, community translation · [\#751542](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/751542) [\#566570](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/566570))

- She **allegedly** killed him in self-defense.
  Elle l'a soi-disant tué en état de légitime défense.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#886940](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/886940) [\#1370686](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1370686))

- One organization **allegedly** controls the European drug market.
  Une organisation contrôlerait le marché de la drogue européen.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#1982080](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1982080) [\#7811164](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7811164))

## Grammar

Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [French grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/fr/) · [translating between English and French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-fr/) · [translating from English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-en/) · [translating into French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-fr/).

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