Elamur: [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [Parse](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/parse/) · [Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · **Translate** · [Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [MCP](https://mcp.elamur.ai/) · [Groupants](https://md.groupants.elamur.ai/free/en/)

This page as HTML: <https://translate.elamur.ai/free/en/en-fr/continues/>

# continues — English to French

How English *continues* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 5 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: continues (70 708). By style: everyday 34 · biblical 5 · parliamentary 3 554 · legal and administrative 1 682 · UN documents 65 433.

## continue

Used about 41 980 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 25 · parliamentary ≈ 1 407 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 016 · UN documents ≈ 39 532).

- It **continues** to grow.
  Il **continue** à croître.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by maruchi13 and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2903360](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2903360) [\#4895949](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4895949))

- The whole VAT dossier **continues** to cause me concern.
  Tout le dossier TVA **continue** de m'inquiéter.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1312321)

- PAKHUIZEN **continues** to pay 25 EUR per year.
  PAKHUIZEN **continue** à payer 25 EUR par an.
  ([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 2019374)

- The number of prisoners **continues** to rise.
  Le nombre de prisonniers **continue** de croître.
  ([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 14969740)

- It **continues** to grow.
  Ça **continue** à croître.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by maruchi13 and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2903360](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2903360) [\#4895948](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4895948))

## poursuit

Used about 5 894 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 370 · legal and administrative ≈ 70 · UN documents ≈ 5 453).

- The argument **continues** about the "white-collar exemption" that exempts specific white-collar workers from the "eight hours per day, 40 hours per week" working hours, as fixed by labour standards legislation.
  La polémique se **poursuit** quant à « l'exemption des Cols Blancs » qui exempte des travailleurs cols blancs spécifiques du temps de travail « 8 heures par jours, 40 heures semaines » prévu par la loi sur le temps de travail.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Objectivesea and hortusdei · checked, community translation · [\#326663](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/326663) [\#129101](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/129101))

- So the Sovietisation of the EU **continues**.
  Ainsi, la soviétisation de l'UE se **poursuit**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1564153)

- In contrast, under the arrangement procedure, the indebted company **continues** its business without change of ownership.
  En revanche, dans la procédure de concordat, la société endettée **poursuit** ses activités sans changement de propriétaire.
  ([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 1124815)

- Cognizant that the administering Power **continues** to implement its programme of transferring surplus federal land to the Government of Guam,
  Sachant que la Puissance administrante **poursuit** son programme de transfert des terres fédérales qu &apos; elle n &apos; utilise pas au Gouvernement guamien,
  ([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 6982097)

- (The speaker **continues** his speech in English)
  Le député **poursuit** son intervention en anglais)
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 988571)

## toujours

Used about 4 419 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 222 · legal and administrative ≈ 105 · UN documents ≈ 4 090).

- I will establish his kingdom forever if he **continues** to do my commandments and my ordinances, as it is today.’
  J’affermirai pour **toujours** son royaume, s’il reste attaché comme aujourd’hui à la pratique de mes commandements et de mes ordonnances.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CH 28:7)

- Firm and timely action **continues** to be warranted to ensure price stability over the medium term.
  Des actions fermes et opportunes sont **toujours** justifiées afin de garantir la stabilité des prix à moyen terme.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 951384)

- However, the employment rate **continues** to be one of the lowest in the EU.
  Cependant, le taux d’emploi est **toujours** l’un des plus faibles de l’Union européenne.
  ([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 420501)

- There can be no peace while occupation **continues**, for occupation will always be rejected by peoples.
  Il ne saurait y avoir de paix tant que se poursuivra l &apos; occupation, puisque celle-ci sera **toujours** rejetée par le peuple.
  ([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 13177209)

- His name endures forever. His name **continues** as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him blessed.
  Son nom subsistera **toujours**, Aussi longtemps que le soleil, son nom se perpétuera; Par lui on se bénira mutuellement, Et toutes les nations le diront heureux.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 72:17)

## reste

Used about 3 203 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 370 · legal and administrative ≈ 105 · UN documents ≈ 2 726).

- The Firefighters' Ball **continues** to be among the most highly regarded of the parties that celebrate July 14 in France.
  Le bal des pompiers **reste** parmi les bals populaires les plus appréciés pour fêter le Quatorze-Juillet en France.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#2094636](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2094636) [\#1689544](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1689544))

- We all deplore the fact that homosexuality **continues** to be regarded as a crime in this country.
  Nous déplorons tous le fait que l'homosexualité **reste** considérée comme un crime dans ce pays.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1482133)

- Besides, despite the recent difficulties of the Union industry, it **continues** to be the largest supplier of the user industry in the Union.
  Du **reste**, malgré ses difficultés récentes, l’industrie de l’Union reste le premier fournisseur de l’industrie utilisatrice de l’Union.
  ([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 2404061)

- The Non-Aligned Movement **continues** to have grave concerns in that regard.
  Le Mouvement des pays non alignés **reste** très préoccupé par cette situation.
  ([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 21605725)

- Coordination also **continues** on United Nations reform, though much work still needs to be done.
  La coordination se prolonge dans la réforme des Nations unies, mais il **reste** bien des choses à faire.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 690097)

## encore

Used about 185 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 148 · legal and administrative ≈ 35).

- The baby **continues** to sleep.
  Le bébé dort **encore**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eldad and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1442276](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1442276) [\#965702](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/965702))

- A decisive role will be played by an increase in the investment quota which **continues** to be quite scandalously low!
  Ce qui sera ici décisif, c'est la hausse du taux d'investissement, jusqu'ici **encore** scandaleusement bas!
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1851718)

- Despite the implementation of the tax measure under the de minimis rules, Italy **continues** to lag behind in the digital cinema transition.
  Malgré la mise en œuvre de la mesure fiscale conformément au règlement de minimis, l'Italie accuse **encore** un retard pour ce qui est du passage au cinéma numérique.
  ([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 3458113)

- Autism **continues** to be underdiagnosed.
  L’autisme est **encore** sous-diagnostiqué.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rul and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#13471120](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13471120) [\#13495200](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13495200))

- On this point, Parliament **continues** to demonstrate its ability to look well into the future, and I hope that the national governments will do the same.
  Sur ce point, le Parlement démontre **encore** une fois sa capacité à se projeter dans l'avenir. J'espère que les gouvernements nationaux en feront de même.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1250398)

## More sentences

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

- Rwandan rebels are pushing their offensive south as fighting **continues** in the capital Kigali.
  Alors que les combats continuent dans la capitale Kigali, les forces antigouvernementales rwandaises poussent leur offensive vers le sud.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and dominiko · checked, community translation · [\#266172](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/266172) [\#128338](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/128338))

- I hope this good weather **continues**.
  J'espère que ce beau temps va continuer.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#5193208](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5193208) [\#7793920](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7793920))

- The Kabyle language **continues** to grow.
  La langue kabyle ne cesse de grandir.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by shekitten and samir\_t · checked, community translation · [\#10053288](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10053288) [\#8441279](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8441279))

## 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=continues).


Every example is quoted under its source's licence and credited with it; the rest of the site is open under the Elamur Cosmic License.
