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# cases — English to French

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

The [Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) has no article on this word yet.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: cases (339 803). By style: everyday 43 · literary 10 · biblical 3 · parliamentary 11 291 · legal and administrative 31 563 · UN documents 296 893.

## cas

Used about 148 993 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 32 · literary ≈ 5 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 7 763 · legal and administrative ≈ 23 672 · UN documents ≈ 117 520).

- They are the extreme **cases**.
  Ce sont les **cas** extrêmes.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#42512](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/42512) [\#11199260](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11199260))

- In the majority of **cases**, riot proceeds from a material fact; insurrection is always a moral phenomenon.
  Dans les **cas** les plus généraux, l'émeute sort d'un fait matériel; l'insurrection est toujours un phénomène moral.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 22936)

- Yet if the unbeliever departs, let there be separation. The brother or the sister is not under bondage in such **cases**, but God has called us in peace.
  Si le non-croyant se sépare, qu’il se sépare; le frère ou la sœur ne sont pas liés dans ces **cas**-là. Dieu nous a appelés à vivre en paix.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CO 7:15)

- In all **cases**, however, a reply is required as soon as possible.
  Dans tous les **cas**, la réponse doit être donnée dans les meilleurs délais.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 168515)

- in other **cases**, he shall be entitled to:
  dans les autres **cas**,
  ([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 3849898)

## affaires

Used about 82 671 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 941 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 315 · UN documents ≈ 80 409).

- Both **cases** were dismissed.
  Les deux **affaires** ont été classées sans suite.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#4497355](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4497355) [\#7028897](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7028897))

- The deaf old fool! he must have mixed up the two **cases**!
  Le vieux sourd! il a dû brouiller les deux **affaires**!
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 2883)

- They judged the people at all times. They brought the hard **cases** to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
  Ils jugeaient le peuple en tout temps; ils portaient devant Moïse les **affaires** difficiles, et ils prononçaient eux-mêmes sur toutes les petites causes.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EXO 18:26)

- As such, it is not relevant with regard to **cases** such as the KLM incident.
  En tant que tel, cet instrument n’est pas pertinent dans des **affaires** telles que l’incident du vol KLM.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 701535)

- He is in charge of several judicial **cases** linked to the post-elections protests.
  Il est chargé de plusieurs **affaires** judiciaires liées aux protestations post-électorales.
  ([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 2436765)

## ces

Used about 6 422 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 235 · UN documents ≈ 6 185).

- He said to himself that it was true that there were exceptional **cases**, that authority might be put out of countenance, that the rule might be inadequate in the presence of a fact, that everything could not be framed within the text of the code, that the unforeseen compelled obedience, that the virtue of a convict might set a snare for the virtue of the functionary, that destiny did indulge in such ambushes, and he reflected with despair that he himself had not even been fortified against a surprise.
  Il se disait que c'était donc vrai, qu'il y avait des exceptions, que l'autorité pouvait être décontenancée, que la règle pouvait rester court devant un fait, que tout ne s'encadrait pas dans le texte du code, que l'imprévu se faisait obéir, que la vertu d'un forçat pouvait tendre un piège à la vertu d'un fonctionnaire, que le monstrueux pouvait être divin, que la destinée avait de **ces** embuscades-là, et il songeait avec désespoir que lui-même n'avait pas été à l'abri d'une surprise.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 28620)

- To give you a specific example, in Greece there have been five **cases** in which people presented symptoms which related directly to the three active ingredients in these drinks.
  Ainsi, dans mon pays, il y a eu cinq incidents où les personnes concernées présentaient des symptômes en rapport direct avec les trois substances actives contenues dans **ces** boissons.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 257352)

- Some of such **cases** amount to torture (see A/67/550, para. 17).
  Certaines de **ces** méthodes relèvent de la torture (voir A/67/550, par. 17).
  ([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 27277983)

## More sentences

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

- The Algerian Army and the Presidency are involved in serious drug **cases** but the Algerian justice and police are also complicit.
  Le peuple kabyle ne parle que le kabyle mais les forces de l'ordre algériennes lui imposent la langue arabe avec des propos racistes.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#9530832](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9530832) [\#9830833](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9830833))

- The travelers had so many **cases** that customs only opened half of them!
  Les voyageurs avaient tant de valises que les douaniers n'en ont ouvert que la moitié !
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mhulbert and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#12093695](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12093695) [\#2870129](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2870129))

- The DGSI investigator handles sensitive **cases** related to domestic security and counter-espionage
  L’enquêteur de la DGSI travaille sur des dossiers sensibles liés à la sécurité intérieure et au contre-espionnage.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#13362943](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13362943) [\#13362941](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13362941))

## 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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