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# does — English to French

How English *does* 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: does (241 802). By style: everyday 3 014 · literary 124 · biblical 222 · parliamentary 40 031 · legal and administrative 51 152 · UN documents 147 259.

## pas

Used about 90 478 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 126 · literary ≈ 67 · biblical ≈ 32 · parliamentary ≈ 20 016 · legal and administrative ≈ 42 627 · UN documents ≈ 27 611).

- What you are saying **does** not make sense.
  Ce que tu dis n'a **pas** de sens.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Zifre and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#17199](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/17199) [\#474381](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/474381))

- “The one **does** not hinder the other.
  --L'un n'empêche **pas** l'autre.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 12075)

- But when you do merciful deeds, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand **does**,
  Mais quand tu fais l’aumône, que ta main gauche ne sache **pas** ce que fait ta droite,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 6:3)

- It **does** not work.
  Il ne fonctionne **pas**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 785163)

- Exceeds 31,8 GHz but **does** not exceed 43,5 GHz; and
  dépasse 31,8 GHz mais ne dépasse **pas** 43,5 GHz; et
  ([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 478441)

## ne

Used about 77 126 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 753 · literary ≈ 5 · biblical ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 1 668 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 066 · UN documents ≈ 73 630).

- Nobody **does** it better.
  Personne **ne** le fait mieux.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#956933](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/956933) [\#1152038](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1152038))

- Only, it **does** not perceive that all which it has denied it admits in the lump, simply by the utterance of the word, mind.
  Seulement, il **ne** s'aperçoit point que tout ce qu'il a nié, il l'admet en bloc, rien qu'en prononçant ce mot: Esprit.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 11077)

- he who doesn’t slander with his tongue, nor **does** evil to his friend, nor casts slurs against his fellow man;
  Il **ne** calomnie point avec sa langue, Il ne fait point de mal à son semblable, Et il ne jette point l’opprobre sur son prochain.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 15:3)

- We must make sure this discussion **does** not become black and white.
  Nous devons éviter que cette discussion **ne** devienne manichéenne.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 149194)

- The subordination of shares to any other instrument issued by the MFI **does** not qualify as an onerous supplementary obligation.
  La subordination des actions à d’autres instruments émis par l’IFM, quels qu’ils soient, **ne** peut être considérée comme une obligation lourde supplémentaire.
  ([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 1328439)

## n

Used about 10 953 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 63 · literary ≈ 5 · biblical ≈ 14 · parliamentary ≈ 1 668 · UN documents ≈ 9 204).

- What you say **does** not make any sense to me.
  Ce que tu dis **n**'a aucun sens.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and felix63 · checked, community translation · [\#70716](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/70716) [\#6705676](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6705676))

- Bonaparte victor at Waterloo; that **does** not come within the law of the nineteenth century.
  Bonaparte vainqueur à Waterloo, ceci **n**'était plus dans la loi du dix-neuvième siècle.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 7166)

- But he who **does** wrong will receive again for the wrong that he has done, and there is no partiality.
  Car celui qui agit injustement recevra selon son injustice, et il **n**’y a point d’acception de personnes.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · COL 3:25)

- Indeed, Mr Barnier has made it absolutely plain that the Community **does** not and cannot inquire into that point.
  M. Barnier a bien fait comprendre que la Communauté **n**'avait aucune possibilité de vérification.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 74716)

- The text **does** not, at the present stage, commit any delegation.
  Au stade actuel, ce texte **n** &apos; engage aucune délégation.
  ([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 2714514)

## elle

Used about 10 136 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 188 · literary ≈ 8 · biblical ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 1 668 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 131 · UN documents ≈ 6 136).

- **Does** your wife know?
  Ta femme le sait-**elle** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2963610](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2963610) [\#4615391](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4615391))

- “Where **does** that wedding come from?”
  --D'où vient-**elle**, cette noce?
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 29644)

- She **does** him good, and not harm, all the days of her life.
  **Elle** lui fait du bien, et non du mal, Tous les jours de sa vie.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 31:12)

- What place **does** Europe want to give to culture?
  Quelle place l'Europe veut-**elle** donner à la culture?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1560159)

- **Does** the measure provide financing to SMEs in the form of debt (186)?
  La mesure prévoit-**elle** le financement des PME par endettement (186)?
  ([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 1506003)

## t

Used about 10 008 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 377 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 28 · parliamentary ≈ 3 336 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 197 · UN documents ≈ 3 068).

- **Does** she like me?
  M'apprécie-**t**-elle ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1836328](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1836328) [\#1836463](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1836463))

- “And when **does** the boat leave Shanghai?”
  --Et quand le paquebot quitte-**t**-il Shangaï?
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 1592)

- Why is it judged incredible with you if God **does** raise the dead?
  Quoi! Vous semble-**t**-il incroyable que Dieu ressuscite les morts?
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 26:8)

- How **does** it assess the implementation of the regulation to date?
  Que pense-**t**-elle de l'application qui a été faite du règlement jusqu'à présent?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1417885)

- **Does** the aid refer to sheltered employment?
  L'aide a-**t**-elle trait à des emplois protégés?
  ([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 5617766)

## More sentences

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

- What **does** your family eat for Christmas dinner?
  Que mange ta famille pour le repas de Noël ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#5705371](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5705371) [\#9526373](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9526373))

- Tom only **does** that when he's tired.
  Tom fait ça uniquement lorsqu'il est fatigué.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and GB3 · checked, community translation · [\#6659373](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6659373) [\#6878564](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6878564))

- **Does** Tom love me?
  Est-ce que Tom m'aime ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#6664713](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6664713) [\#13859786](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13859786))

## 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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