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# depending — English to French

How English *depending* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 2 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: depending (25 151). By style: everyday 12 · literary 2 · parliamentary 836 · legal and administrative 4 827 · UN documents 19 474.

## selon

Used about 11 651 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 9 · parliamentary ≈ 192 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 307 · UN documents ≈ 10 143).

- Words can have different meanings **depending** on the context.
  Un mot peut avoir plusieurs significations **selon** le contexte.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by araneo and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#13744329](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13744329) [\#13744158](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13744158))

- **Depending** on how our work goes, we will see whether we are more or less productive.
  **Selon** comment notre travail se déroule, nous verrons si nous sommes plus ou moins productifs.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 971616)

- Bubbles can vary greatly in size, **depending** on conditions.
  La taille des bulles produites peut être très variable **selon** les conditions.
  ([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 5587508)

- {Add additional defects allowed, **depending** on the nature of the produce}.
  {Ajouter les autres défauts admis, **selon** la nature du produit.}
  ([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 17295165)

- You can do anything you want, **depending** on what floats your boat.
  Tu peux faire tout ce que tu veux, **selon** ce qui te chante.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1103556](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1103556) [\#2142866](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2142866))

## fonction

Used about 8 404 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 418 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 117 · UN documents ≈ 4 869).

- Its scope may be reviewed in the future, **depending** on developments.
  Son champ d'application pourrait être revu à l'avenir, en **fonction** des développements.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 455621)

- at least quarterly, **depending** on the sector.
  Au moins trimestrielle, en **fonction** du secteur.
  ([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 4574373)

- 27. Restrictions should not be imposed on cluster munitions **depending** on their service life.
  27. Des restrictions ne devraient pas être imposées aux munitions en grappe en **fonction** de leur durée de vie.
  ([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 18690121)

- It has been said that the matter will be resolved **depending** on where there are appropriations.
  Il a été dit que ce problème serait résolu en **fonction** des crédits disponibles.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 620118)

- It may be revised at any time **depending** on the situation of the Centre.
  Elle pourra être révisée à tout moment en **fonction** de la situation du CDE.
  ([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 237708)

## More sentences

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

- **Depending** on the case; sometimes it is so, sometimes not.
  Ça dépend, des fois oui, des fois non.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by fcbond and Cocorico · checked, community translation · [\#328788](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/328788) [\#139674](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/139674))

- I'm **depending** on you.
  Je dépends de toi.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Sushiman · checked, community translation · [\#325156](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/325156) [\#391784](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/391784))

- I'm **depending** on your help.
  Je compte sur votre aide.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2479101](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2479101) [\#474284](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/474284))

## Grammar

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