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# either — English to French

How English *either* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 5 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: either (112 300). By style: everyday 348 · literary 28 · biblical 33 · parliamentary 8 395 · legal and administrative 25 422 · UN documents 78 074.

## ou

Used about 57 137 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 51 · literary ≈ 6 · biblical ≈ 18 · parliamentary ≈ 2 099 · legal and administrative ≈ 14 300 · UN documents ≈ 40 664).

- **Either** emperor, or nothing.
  **Ou** empereur, ou rien.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Fenrir and Fenrir · checked, community translation · [\#11763001](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11763001) [\#11762997](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11762997))

- In **either** case, good fire or good bed, that straw pallet is a gift from heaven.
  Dans les deux cas, bon feu **ou** bon lit, la paillasse est un présent du ciel.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 1133)

- Now all the Athenians and the strangers living there spent their time in nothing else, but **either** to tell or to hear some new thing.
  Or, tous les Athéniens et les étrangers demeurant à Athènes ne passaient leur temps qu’à dire **ou** à écouter des nouvelles.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 17:21)

- **Either** a standard is safe or it is not.
  Une norme est sûre **ou** elle ne l'est pas.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 145675)

- have **either** a constant or fluctuating NAV.
  ils ont une VNI constante **ou** fluctuante.
  ([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 2427412)

## soit

Used about 24 873 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 58 · literary ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 525 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 767 · UN documents ≈ 19 519).

- He's **either** crazy or on drugs.
  Il est **soit** fou, soit drogué.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2753329](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2753329) [\#4995235](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4995235))

- In the morning he meditated for an hour, then he said his mass, **either** at the cathedral or in his own house.
  Le matin il se recueillait pendant une heure, puis il disait sa messe, **soit** à la cathédrale, soit dans son oratoire.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 272)

- “Ask a sign of the LORD your God; ask it **either** in the depth, or in the height above.”
  Demande en ta faveur un signe à l’Éternel, ton Dieu; demande-le, **soit** dans les lieux bas, soit dans les lieux élevés.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ISA 7:11)

- **Either** you are very famous or your correspondents feel very strongly about the matter on which they write.
  **Soit** on est très célèbre, soit l'objet de la correspondance est très important.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 71639)

- **either** \[with 55 °C for 2 278 seconds.\]
  **soit** \[à 55 °C pendant 2 278 secondes,\]
  ([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 5009608)

## peut

Used about 5 864 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 4 237 · UN documents ≈ 1 627).

- The authority may then **either**:
  Ce service **peut** alors:
  ([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 5515652)

- The department may then **either**:
  Ce service **peut** alors:
  ([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 24789101)

- At the manufacturer's choice the test may be performed as, **either**
  Au choix du constructeur, l'essai **peut** prendre l'une des formes suivantes:
  ([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 5537228)

- The appeal fee shall only be reimbursed by order of **either** of the following:
  Le remboursement de la taxe de recours ne **peut** être ordonné que par l'une des instances suivantes:
  ([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 692834)

- **Either** the Union or Iceland may terminate this Agreement by notifying the other Party of its decision.
  L'Union ou l'Islande **peut** dénoncer le présent accord en notifiant sa décision à l'autre partie.
  ([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 296694)

## ni

Used about 5 444 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 22 · literary ≈ 12 · biblical ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 525 · UN documents ≈ 4 880).

- I don't drink **either** coffee or tea.
  Je ne bois **ni** café ni thé.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#6825676](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6825676) [\#8913722](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8913722))

- "Nor you **either**, Axel," he added.
  —**Ni** toi, non plus, Axel, reprit-il.
  ([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 179)

- God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Be careful that you don’t speak to Jacob **either** good or bad.”
  Mais Dieu apparut la nuit en songe à Laban, l’Araméen, et lui dit: Garde-toi de parler à Jacob **ni** en bien ni en mal!
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 31:24)

- The Council had good intentions on the part of the Swedish Presidency, but it was not possible **either** legally or technically.
  Le Conseil avait de bonnes intentions de la part de la Présidence suédoise, mais elles n'étaient possibles **ni** légalement, ni techniquement.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1329298)

- &quot; does not fully represent **either** the character or the needs of our globalized world &quot; . (A/52/2000, para. 44)
  &lt; &lt; sa composition ne correspond plus exactement aux caractéristiques **ni** aux besoins de notre monde planétaire &gt; &gt; (A/54/2000, par. 44).
  ([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 6944685)

## ne

Used about 5 060 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 102 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 2 798 · legal and administrative ≈ 530 · UN documents ≈ 1 627).

- You didn't know **either**.
  Tu **ne** savais pas non plus.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Josephlingo and LdjuherTaqvaylit · checked, community translation · [\#12886077](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12886077) [\#12019313](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12019313))

- “In good faith,” responded Gringoire, “I don’t know **either**.”
  --En bonne foi, répondit Gringoire, je **ne** sais pas non plus.»
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 1595)

- They went away and told it to the rest. They didn’t believe them, **either**.
  Ils revinrent l’annoncer aux autres, qui **ne** les crurent pas non plus.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAR 16:13)

- The European Union, however, is not entirely in the clear **either**.
  Mais l'Union européenne **ne** se dédouane pas pour autant.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 487112)

- In addition, one of the groups of companies did not fulfil criterion 3 **either**.
  De surcroît, l’un des groupes de sociétés **ne** remplissait pas non plus le troisième critère.
  ([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 1504115)

## More sentences

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

- You're no saint, **either**.
  Tu n’es pas non plus une sainte.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by DJ\_Saidez and felix63 · checked, community translation · [\#9632999](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9632999) [\#9671054](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9671054))

- I do not like **either** of them.
  Je n'aime aucun des deux.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Lumi and qdii · checked, community translation · [\#325745](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/325745) [\#621383](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/621383))

- Tom says we can park on **either** side of the street.
  Tom a dit que nous pouvons garer notre voiture sur l'un des deux côtés de la rue.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and tras · checked, community translation · [\#1024204](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1024204) [\#7640425](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7640425))

## 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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