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# because — English to French

How English *because* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 6 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: because (235 401), becauses (1). By style: everyday 1 674 · literary 123 · biblical 1 208 · parliamentary 70 019 · legal and administrative 14 412 · UN documents 147 966.

## parce

Used about 63 017 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 872 · literary ≈ 64 · biblical ≈ 403 · parliamentary ≈ 23 340 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 102 · UN documents ≈ 36 237).

- It's **because** you're a girl.
  C'est **parce** que tu es une fille.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and ANH\_DAO · checked, community translation · [\#3250968](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3250968) [\#3164](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3164))

- “**Because** the hall is full.”
  --**Parce** que la salle est pleine.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 5860)

- The LORD struck the people, **because** of what they did with the calf, which Aaron made.
  L’Éternel frappa le peuple, **parce** qu’il avait fait le veau, fabriqué par Aaron.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EXO 32:35)

- The BSE crisis happened **because** the previous government reacted too late to the problem.
  La crise de l'ESB a éclaté **parce** que le gouvernement précédent a réagi trop tard.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2012255)

- The Bank of Greece selected NBG **because** its offer entailed lower resolution costs \[114\].
  La Banque de Grèce a choisi NBG **parce** que son offre incluait des coûts de résolution plus bas \[114\].
  ([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 3502268)

## car

Used about 49 844 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 453 · biblical ≈ 151 · parliamentary ≈ 24 798 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 303 · UN documents ≈ 21 138).

- I am hungry **because** I did not have breakfast.
  J'ai faim **car** je n'ai pas déjeuné.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by saasmath and pfif · checked, community translation · [\#460070](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/460070) [\#127495](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/127495))

- Blessed be the LORD, **because** he has heard the voice of my petitions.
  Béni soit l’Éternel! **Car** il exauce la voix de mes supplications.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 28:6)

- I voted in favour of this package **because** of its unquestionable usefulness.
  J'ai voté en faveur de ce paquet, **car** je crois que son utilité est incontestable.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1304400)

- Use freshly prepared solutions, **because** CMP degrade in an 8 % trichloroacetic environment.
  Utiliser des solutions fraîchement préparées **car** les CMP se dégradent en milieu trichloracétique à 8 %.
  ([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 1507746)

- It is not **because** it is difficult to know if the individual has an IDP.
  18. Le retrait n &apos; est pas indiqué, **car** il est difficile de savoir si l &apos; intéressé est titulaire d &apos; un PCI.
  ([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 8463702)

## raison

Used about 23 113 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 35 · parliamentary ≈ 4 376 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 603 · UN documents ≈ 15 099).

- **Because** of the snow, the train didn't run.
  En **raison** de la neige, le train ne roulait pas.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1836856](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1836856) [\#1838776](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1838776))

- Moreover, it is **because** of these efforts that the national governments need to concur with our line of thinking.
  Par ailleurs, c’est en **raison** de ces efforts que les gouvernements nationaux doivent s’aligner sur notre vision des choses.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 691138)

- Artificial Intelligence technologies not used **because** of ethical considerations
  technologies de l’intelligence artificielle non utilisées en **raison** de considérations éthiques
  ([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 5232090)

- The woman’s children are said to have been expelled from their schools **because** of her conversion.
  Les enfants de cette personne auraient été expulsés de leurs écoles en **raison** de cette conversion.
  ([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 5710969)

- The most ironic thing of all is that Nigeria imports almost all of the oil products its economy needs **because** of its inadequate refining capacities.
  Comble de l'ironie, le Nigeria importe la quasi-totalité des produits pétroliers dont son économie a besoin en **raison** de l'insuffisance de ses capacités de raffinage.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1382695)

## n

Used about 14 232 times in the texts (literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 151 · parliamentary ≈ 2 917 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 102 · UN documents ≈ 9 059).

- “This is the first: he did not rob M. Madeleine, **because** it is Jean Valjean himself who was M. Madeleine.”
  --Voici la première: il **n**'a pas volé M. Madeleine, attendu que c'est lui-même Jean Valjean qui est M. Madeleine.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 31702)

- For they said, “Not during the feast, **because** there might be a riot among the people.”
  Car ils disaient: Que ce ne soit pas pendant la fête, afin qu’il **n**’y ait pas de tumulte parmi le peuple.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAR 14:2)

- The effect would have been exactly the same, **because** the Members present in Vienna would still not have been able to take part.
  Le résultat aurait été exactement le même puisque les députés présents à Vienne **n**’auraient pas pu y participer non plus.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 822425)

- According to complainant 3, this was not the case, **because**:
  D'après le plaignant, ce **n**'était pas le cas en l'espèce pour les raisons suivantes:
  ([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 3791694)

- I believe this session will be very short, **because** for the time being I have no speakers on my list.
  Cette séance devrait être très courte puisque, pour le moment, je **n** &apos; ai pas d &apos; orateur inscrit sur ma liste.
  ([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 16926042)

## cause

Used about 10 281 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 209 · literary ≈ 13 · biblical ≈ 201 · parliamentary ≈ 2 917 · legal and administrative ≈ 901 · UN documents ≈ 6 039).

- He scolded them **because** of the noise.
  Il les a grondés à **cause** du bruit.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by whitefishglobal and martin9 · checked, community translation · [\#4823958](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4823958) [\#1512484](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1512484))

- “Perhaps it is **because** of this,” said she.
  «C'est peut-être à **cause** de cela», dit-elle.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 1610)

- He didn’t do many mighty works there **because** of their unbelief.
  Et il ne fit pas beaucoup de miracles dans ce lieu, à **cause** de leur incrédulité.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 13:58)

- It is **because** of diesel spillage.
  À **cause** du déversement de carburant diesel.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2018735)

- Amount of the duty to be applied to imports in 100 kg net of the product in question **because** of suspension as referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1422/95 \[1\]
  Montant du droit à appliquer à l'importation du fait de la suspension visée à l'article 5 du règlement (CE) no 1422/95 par 100 kg nets du produit en **cause** \[1\]
  ([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 463734)

## avait

Used about 3 030 times in the texts (literary ≈ 10 · UN documents ≈ 3 020).

- “My father told me this morning to hold myself in readiness, **because** he has business, and we may go away from here.”
  --Mon père m'a dit ce matin de me tenir prête, qu'il **avait** des affaires, et que nous allions peut-être partir.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 22195)

- Right now, there was little scope for wages rises **becauses** timber prices were low.
  En ce moment, comme les prix du bois étaient peu élevés, il y **avait** peu de possibilités d’obtenir des hausses de salaires.
  ([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 6708544)

- A little while before he had shivered **because** the garden was deserted, and now he shivered **because** there was some one there.
  Tout à l'heure il frissonnait de ce que le jardin était désert, maintenant il frissonnait de ce qu'il y **avait** quelqu'un.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 10013)

- It was not **because** his only eye had not preserved its long range, but there was a group of soldiers which prevented his seeing everything.
  Ce n'est pas que son oeil unique n'eût conservé sa longue portée, mais il y **avait** un gros de soldats qui empêchait de distinguer tout.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 8974)

- Four quarters would have amounted to only forty francs, and he could not owe four, **because** six months had not elapsed since Marius had paid for two.
  Quatre termes n'eussent fait que quarante francs, et il n'en pouvait devoir quatre, puisqu'il n'y **avait** pas six mois que Marius en avait payé deux.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 16434)

## More sentences

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

- **Because** I was in a hurry, I had to take a taxi.
  Comme j'étais pressé, j'ai dû prendre un taxi.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by LinguisticFusion and Oql · checked, community translation · [\#4780288](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4780288) [\#4779359](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4779359))

- "Why did you do that?" "**Because** I love you; that's why."
  « Pourquoi tu as fait ça ? » « Je t'aime, c'est pour ça. »
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and menaud · checked, community translation · [\#13432028](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13432028) [\#13432024](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13432024))

- We think the reason for his success was **because** of hard work.
  Nous pensons que c'est grâce à son travail acharné qu'il a réussi.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CN and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#400169](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/400169) [\#3432781](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3432781))

## 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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