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# appear — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: appear (37 206), appears (29 143). By style: everyday 137 · literary 34 · biblical 36 · parliamentary 6 896 · legal and administrative 7 639 · UN documents 51 607.

## semble

Used about 14 668 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 37 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 2 227 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 114 · UN documents ≈ 11 289).

- The story **appears** true.
  L'histoire **semble** vraie.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and alexmarcelo · checked, community translation · [\#2394485](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2394485) [\#1573082](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1573082))

- Tryphon does not record these two finds, since Tryphon lived in the twelfth century, and since the devil does not **appear** to have had the wit to invent powder before Roger Bacon’s time, and cards before the time of Charles VI.
  Tryphon n'enregistre point ces deux dernières trouvailles, attendu que Tryphon vivait au douzième siècle et qu'il ne **semble** point que le diable ait eu l'esprit d'inventer la poudre avant Roger Bacon et les cartes avant Charles VI.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 7840)

- It now **appears** that this desire is more serious.
  Il **semble** maintenant que cela devienne plus sérieux.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 3709)

- It **appears** to be a subsidiary of MODAFL
  Il **semble** qu'il s'agisse d'une filiale du MODAFL.
  ([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 2023284)

- It **appears** to be the only stochastic somatic effect of radiation.
  Elle **semble** constituer le seul effet somatique stochastique.
  ([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 102005)

## apparaît

Used about 5 390 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · literary ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 718 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 432 · UN documents ≈ 3 225).

- It **appears** to me that you are right.
  Il m'**apparaît** que tu as raison.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Zifre and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#17205](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/17205) [\#474378](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/474378))

- Then something **appears** to him, and he begins to distinguish the definitive.
  Alors il lui **apparaît** quelque chose, et il commence à distinguer le définitif.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 20246)

- It therefore **appears** as a vote without debate.
  Il **apparaît** d'ailleurs à l'ordre du jour d'aujourd'hui comme vote sans débat.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1741293)

- NB: the test is interrupted when a through crack **appears**.
  NB: L’essai est arrêté lorsqu’une fissure traversante **apparaît**.
  ([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 5505474)

- Most of the PFOS in the technosphere **appears** in the form of derivatives of PFOS.
  La plupart du SPFO présent dans la technosphère **apparaît** sous forme de dérivés de SPFO.
  ([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 19700237)

## paraît

Used about 1 609 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 7 · literary ≈ 12 · biblical ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 431 · legal and administrative ≈ 80 · UN documents ≈ 1 075).

- The house **appears** to be empty.
  La maison **paraît** vide.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3636282](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3636282) [\#3640256](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3640256))

- “It **appears** so, La Bechaigne.”
  --Il **paraît** que oui, la Bechaigne.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 5657)

- The hay is removed, and the new growth **appears**, the grasses of the hills are gathered in.
  Le foin s’enlève, la verdure **paraît**, Et les herbes des montagnes sont recueillies.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 27:25)

- This **appears** to me to be an essential element for the future.
  Cela me **paraît** être un élément essentiel pour l'avenir.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1708749)

- Therefore, the scenario according to which the burden would be distributed evenly **appears** to be more realistic.
  Par conséquent, le scénario selon lequel la charge serait répartie équitablement **paraît** plus réaliste.
  ([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 1234132)

## More sentences

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

- You **appear** very self-satisfied.
  Vous semblez être très contente de vous.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by janms and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3484699](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3484699) [\#3485737](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3485737))

- The magician made birds **appear** and disappear.
  La magicienne a fait apparaître puis disparaître des oiseaux.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by DostKaplan and GB3 · checked, community translation · [\#4593696](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4593696) [\#6864020](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6864020))

- The king will **appear** in person tomorrow evening.
  Le roi se présentera en personne demain soir.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#25606](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/25606) [\#413011](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/413011))

## 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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