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# circumstances — English to French

How English *circumstances* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: circumstances (111 163). By style: everyday 52 · literary 5 · biblical 3 · parliamentary 6 067 · legal and administrative 14 684 · UN documents 90 352.

## circonstances

Used about 54 681 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 38 · literary ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 3 792 · legal and administrative ≈ 11 319 · UN documents ≈ 39 529).

- It depends on the **circumstances**.
  Cela dépend des **circonstances**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#3735770](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3735770) [\#12311358](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12311358))

- I said: "Uncle, do you know it seems to me that **circumstances** have wonderfully befriended us hitherto?"
  «Savez-vous, mon oncle, dis-je en marchant, que nous avons été singulièrement servis par les **circonstances** jusqu'ici!
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 3583)

- In light of the **circumstances**, it was inevitable that this would be the case.
  Au vu des **circonstances**, c’était inévitable.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 818230)

- It shows a good view of the navigational area under all **circumstances**.
  Il assure en toutes **circonstances** une bonne représentation de la zone de navigation.
  ([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 5130515)

- However, if exceptional **circumstances** such as:
  Toutefois, si des **circonstances** exceptionnelles telles que :
  ([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 11770418)

## conditions

Used about 15 999 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 632 · legal and administrative ≈ 306 · UN documents ≈ 15 059).

- Under normal **circumstances**, I'd agree to do that.
  Dans des **conditions** normales, je serais d'accord pour le faire.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#4529079](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4529079) [\#8269840](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8269840))

- Under these **circumstances**, we are abstaining from the vote on this report.
  Dans ces **conditions**, nous nous abstenons sur ce rapport.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 28534)

- The quotas referred to in paragraph 2 may be increased depending on the **circumstances** and within the limits provided for in Article 10(1) and (2) of this Regulation.
  Les contingents visés au paragraphe 2 peuvent être augmentés selon les **conditions** et dans les limites prévues à l’article 10, paragraphes 1 et 2.
  ([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 1333860)

- Payments are determined by personal **circumstances**.
  Les **conditions** d &apos; octroi sont doubles: personnelles et conditions.
  ([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 20755380)

- We cannot offer a further price reduction under the current **circumstances**.
  Nous ne pouvons concéder de réduction de prix supplémentaire dans les **conditions** actuelles.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#239611](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/239611) [\#2321942](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2321942))

## cas

Used about 9 821 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 758 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 530 · UN documents ≈ 7 529).

- In no **circumstances** I will marry him!
  En aucun **cas** je l'épouserai !
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ioan\_Cristian and Ioan\_Cristian · checked, community translation · [\#14037875](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14037875) [\#14037876](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14037876))

- But under no **circumstances** must the European Union remain inactive.
  En aucun **cas** il ne faut que l'Union européenne reste passive.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1676174)

- They shall in no **circumstances** be based solely on a person’s sex or age.
  Ils ne sont en aucun **cas** fondés uniquement sur le sexe ou l’âge d’une personne.
  ([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 4675768)

- Securing these sources on site and, in extreme **circumstances**, evacuating them to specialized facilities;
  3.2. la sécurisation de ces sources sur place et, dans des **cas** extrêmes, leur évacuation vers des installations spécialisées;
  ([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 10375112)

- Under no **circumstances** would I eat that.
  En aucun **cas** je ne mangerais ça.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rul and AutoBot · checked, community translation · [\#13909388](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13909388) [\#10679418](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10679418))

## ces

Used about 1 882 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 882).

- Good practices are discussed at the meetings, but a framework is also established by taking account of specific **circumstances**.
  Durant **ces** réunions, les bonnes pratiques sont échangées mais un cadre est également créé en tenant compte des contextes spécifiques.
  ([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 20597275)

## More sentences

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

- Under no **circumstances** should this previous sentence be repeated.
  La susdite phrase n'est surtout pas à répéter.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by zogwarg and zogwarg · checked, community translation · [\#13928032](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13928032) [\#13928030](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13928030))

- His family **circumstances** were such that he became a teacher out of necessity.
  La situation financière de sa famille était telle qu'il devint professeur par nécessité.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and dominiko · checked, community translation · [\#294466](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/294466) [\#131714](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/131714))

- Do not, under any **circumstances**, depend on a partial feeling.
  Ne dépendre, en aucune circonstance, d'un sentiment partial.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by FaridTrad and FaridTrad · checked, community translation · [\#10269038](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10269038) [\#10269039](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10269039))

## Grammar

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