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([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CH and tras · checked, community translation · [\#3910619](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3910619) [\#7677794](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7677794)) - I think they should do it much **earlier**. Je pense qu'ils devraient faire quelque chose beaucoup plus **tôt**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1142513) - occur significantly **earlier** than indicated in the data, or se produire sensiblement plus **tôt** qu’il n’est indiqué dans ces informations, ou ([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 1943705) - The suspect was extradited from Sweden **earlier** this year. Le suspect avait été extradé de Suède plus **tôt** dans l ' année en cours. ([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 30208454) - We should've come **earlier**. Nous aurions dû venir plus **tôt**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and felix63 · checked, community translation · [\#8763384](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8763384) [\#8766880](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8766880)) ## dit Used about 2 711 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 1 146 · UN documents ≈ 1 565). - As someone said **earlier**, this is a big challenge. Comme quelqu'un l'a **dit** avant moi, nous sommes confrontés à un défi immense. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1039774) - 2. Mr. de GOUTTES (Country Rapporteur) said that the phrase “other minorities” should be replaced by “minorities”, as had been done in **earlier** paragraphs. 2. M. de GOUTTES (Rapporteur pour le pays) **dit** que l’expression “autres minorités” doit être remplacée par “minorités”, comme cela a été fait dans les paragraphes précédents. ([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 3767849) - As stated **earlier**, we are very serious about both these resolutions. Comme je l'ai **dit** en introduction, les deux décisions sont graves. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1806043) - 95. Mr. CHEBROT (Uganda) said that there was a difference between what the representative of Sudan had just said and the interpretation into English of the **earlier** Sudanese statement. 95. M. CHEBROT (Ouganda) **dit** constater une différence entre ce que vient de déclarer le représentant du Soudan et ce que lui avait restitué l ' interprète dans la matinée. ([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 847795) - As I said **earlier**, what we want is action and not words. Comme je l'ai déjà **dit** précédemment, nous voulons des actes et non des mots. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 122729) ## heure Used about 1 157 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · parliamentary ≈ 1 146). - Why didn't you call me **earlier**? Pourquoi ne m’as-tu pas appelé tout à l’**heure** ? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#6053056](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6053056) [\#10517006](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10517006)) - I will take two examples that I referred to **earlier**. Je prendrai deux exemples évoqués tout à l'**heure**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 409703) - Did you see the sunrise **earlier**? It was really beautiful. As-tu vu le lever de soleil tout à l'**heure** ? C'était vraiment beau. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Whidou · checked, community translation · [\#4203528](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4203528) [\#4546857](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4546857)) - Mr Desama, indeed, put it perfectly **earlier** this evening. M. Desama l'a d'ailleurs parfaitement énoncé tout à l'**heure**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1603369) - Mrs Kinnock spoke **earlier** of the electoral aid device. Mme Kinnock a parlé tout à l'**heure** du dispositif d'assistance électorale. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1863034) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Had they known **earlier**, they would have acted differently. S'ils avaient su, ils auraient agi différemment. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and genes1s · checked, community translation · [\#12772552](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12772552) [\#13350428](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13350428)) - Please forgive me for not having written to you **earlier**. Veuillez m'excuser de ne pas vous avoir écrit avant. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by witbrock and Archibald · checked, community translation · [\#430663](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/430663) [\#128972](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/128972)) - With Microsoft Office documents, versions 2003 or **earlier**, when you save a file with a password, hackers can break that password in seconds. Les documents Microsoft Office de versions égales ou antérieures à 2003 qu’on sauve avec un mot de passe peuvent être décodés par des hackers en quelques secondes. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by marioo and marioo · checked, community translation · [\#8359458](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8359458) [\#8359457](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8359457)) ## 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. 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