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# both — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: both (376 299), boths (1). By style: everyday 1 014 · literary 82 · biblical 287 · parliamentary 35 322 · legal and administrative 29 573 · UN documents 310 022.

## deux

Used about 103 724 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 761 · literary ≈ 60 · biblical ≈ 60 · parliamentary ≈ 13 982 · legal and administrative ≈ 12 938 · UN documents ≈ 75 924).

- They are **both** good.
  Ils sont bons tous les **deux**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#325744](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/325744) [\#1410448](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1410448))

- Pressure on **both** sides.
  Scie des **deux** côtés.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 2761)

- The man and his wife were **both** naked, and they were not ashamed.
  L’homme et sa femme étaient tous **deux** nus, et ils n’en avaient point honte.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 2:25)

- I heartily congratulate **both** of them!
  Félicitations à tous les **deux** !
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 373950)

- The same authority may be responsible for processing **both** exchanges.
  La même autorité peut être chargée du traitement des **deux** types d'échanges.
  ([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 4985475)

## tant

Used about 65 441 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 21 · biblical ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 6 623 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 848 · UN documents ≈ 56 943).

- It’s a job that few young people still dare to dream of, as it demands **both** patience and solitude.
  C’est un métier dont peu de jeunes osent encore rêver, **tant** il demande de patience et de solitude.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by samir\_t and samir\_t · checked, community translation · [\#12973143](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12973143) [\#12973144](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12973144))

- “Sanctify to me all the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, **both** of man and of animal. It is mine.”
  Consacre-moi tout premier-né, tout premier-né parmi les enfants d’Israël, **tant** des hommes que des animaux: il m’appartient.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EXO 13:2)

- What Europe needs, though, is wholehearted commitment, **both** on your part and on that of your country.
  Toutefois, l’Europe a besoin d’un engagement total, **tant** de votre part que de celle de votre pays.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 696098)

- The Italian authorities confirmed that checks were carried out on **both** ecclesiastical institutions and amateur sports clubs.
  Les autorités italiennes ont confirmé que des contrôles ont été effectués auprès **tant** des entités ecclésiastiques que des clubs de sport amateur.
  ([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 2797788)

- 24. The fight against international terrorism called for **both** legal and financial measures.
  La lutte contre le terrorisme international appelle des mesures **tant** juridiques que financières.
  ([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 27368994)

## fois

Used about 52 930 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 148 · literary ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 2 944 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 545 · UN documents ≈ 44 289).

- It's **both** raining and blowing.
  Il pleut et vente à la **fois**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by eric\_vandenburg and GB3 · checked, community translation · [\#3806582](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3806582) [\#6877907](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6877907))

- Fantine, without changing her attitude, continued in a loud voice, and with an accent that was **both** imperious and heart-rending:—
  Fantine, sans changer d'attitude, reprit d'une voix haute et avec un accent tout à la **fois** impérieux et déchirant:
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 5702)

- In doing so, we help **both** the candidate countries and the Member States themselves.
  Cela constitue une aide à la **fois** pour les pays candidats à l'adhésion et pour les États membres eux-mêmes.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 96318)

- It includes **both** the effect on propagation and on generation.
  Il comprend à la **fois** l'effet sur la propagation et la génération du bruit.
  ([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 3553915)

- The questionnaire covers **both** legal and more general topics.
  Le questionnaire porte à la **fois** sur des questions juridiques et sur des sujets d &apos; ordre plus général.
  ([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 15423778)

## More sentences

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

- Obviously the teacher can understand **both** English and French.
  C'est évident, mais le professeur comprend le français et l'anglais.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by fcbond and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#328433](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/328433) [\#391202](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/391202))

- **Both** the French and the English like to drink, but while the latter prefer beer, the former have a weakness for red wine.
  Les Français et les Anglais aiment bien boire, mais ceux-ci préfèrent la bière tandis que ceux-là ont un faible pour le vin rouge.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by jhomel and Dreamk33 · checked, community translation · [\#5073880](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5073880) [\#2142592](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2142592))

- Tom and Mary **both** like old movies.
  Tom et Marie aiment les vieux films.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#1491704](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1491704) [\#1497426](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1497426))

## 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/).

## About these examples

Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. Every example names its source and licence. [Submit a better translation or example](https://md.translate.elamur.ai/free/en/submit/?pair=en-fr&word=both).


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