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# found — English to French

How English *found* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: found (127 946), founds (41). By style: everyday 1 505 · literary 124 · biblical 378 · parliamentary 7 053 · legal and administrative 16 443 · UN documents 102 484.

## ou

Used about 30 901 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 8 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 612 · UN documents ≈ 29 281).

- Now there was no blacksmith **found** throughout all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, “Lest the Hebrews make themselves swords or spears”;
  On ne trouvait point de forgeron dans tout le pays d’Israël; car les Philistins avaient dit: Empêchons les Hébreux de fabriquer des épées **ou** des lances.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1SA 13:19)

- Romania has **found** cases of tax evasion in the trade in certain unprocessed agricultural products, cereals and oilseeds.
  La Roumanie a constaté des fraudes fiscales dans le commerce de certains produits agricoles non transformés, des céréales **ou** des graines oléagineuses.
  ([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 2261452)

- (c) unless the pressure receptacle and its service equipment has been examined and **found** to be in good working order; or
  c) Si le récipient à pression et son équipement de service ont été examinés et déclarés en mauvais état de fonctionnement; **ou**
  ([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 12656035)

- The relevant hierarchical superior or the authorising officer by delegation shall confirm in writing whether a conflict of interests is **found** to exist.
  Le supérieur hiérarchique **ou** l’ordonnateur délégué compétent confirme par écrit si l’existence d’un conflit d’intérêts a été établie.
  ([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 4658429)

- Anyone who creates, **founds**, organizes or directs any association, body, group or organization to such a purpose is subject to life imprisonment (art. 87 bis 3).
  Quiconque crée, fonde, organise **ou** dirige toute association, corps, groupe ou organisation dans ce but est puni de la réclusion perpétuelle (art. 87 bis 3).
  ([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 10708843)

## elle

Used about 8 519 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 94 · literary ≈ 13 · biblical ≈ 24 · parliamentary ≈ 423 · legal and administrative ≈ 645 · UN documents ≈ 7 320).

- I just **found** out she was pregnant.
  Je viens de découvrir qu'**elle** était enceinte.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1668612](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1668612) [\#1669431](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1669431))

- One of these refugees **found** herself almost at home.
  Une de ces réfugiées se retrouvait presque chez **elle**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 10693)

- She went away to her house, and **found** the child having been laid on the bed, with the demon gone out.
  Et, quand **elle** rentra dans sa maison, elle trouva l’enfant couchée sur le lit, le démon étant sorti.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAR 7:30)

- She was later **found** to have taken heroin by inhalation.
  Il a été établi plus tard qu’**elle** avait consommé de l’héroïne par inhalation.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 773492)

- Moreover, it **found** an impact of Chinese imports on the Union cell captive market as set out in recital 508.
  Par ailleurs, **elle** a constaté que les importations en provenance de Chine avaient une incidence sur le marché captif des cellules de l'Union, comme indiqué au considérant 508.
  ([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 4268667)

## trouvé

Used about 5 162 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 129 · literary ≈ 16 · biblical ≈ 87 · parliamentary ≈ 846 · legal and administrative ≈ 645 · UN documents ≈ 2 440).

- I have **found** it!
  Je l'ai **trouvé** !
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mhenderson5 and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3104214](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3104214) [\#1057977](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1057977))

- Passepartout had at last **found** something to do.
  Enfin, Passepartout avait **trouvé** une position.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 1914)

- They **found** him and told him, “Everyone is looking for you.”
  et, quand ils l’eurent **trouvé**, ils lui dirent: Tous te cherchent.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAR 1:37)

- An agreement must be **found** on the financial perspective for Agenda 2000.
  Un accord doit être **trouvé** pour les perspectives financières avec l'Agenda 2000.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1903175)

- During the investigation, the Commission **found** further information to complement this analysis.
  Au cours de l'enquête, la Commission a **trouvé** d'autres informations venant compléter cette analyse.
  ([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 4721021)

## More sentences

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

- Ziri **found** out long ago.
  Ziri sait depuis longtemps.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#10987279](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10987279) [\#11682048](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11682048))

- I **found** an alcove with a statue of a Hindu deity.
  Je trouvai une niche avec une statue d'une divinité hindoue.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#699975](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/699975) [\#805237](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/805237))

- I **found** out you talk behind my back.
  J'ai découvert que tu parles dans mon dos.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by marcelostockle and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1185860](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1185860) [\#1186526](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1186526))

## 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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