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# helped — English to French

How English *helped* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 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: helped (24 727). By style: everyday 478 · literary 8 · biblical 28 · parliamentary 2 122 · legal and administrative 295 · UN documents 21 796.

## aidé

Used about 6 210 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 259 · parliamentary ≈ 398 · legal and administrative ≈ 104 · UN documents ≈ 5 449).

- I **helped** the girl.
  J'ai **aidé** la fille.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and always · checked, community translation · [\#11879390](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11879390) [\#12141411](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12141411))

- It has **helped** to highlight the need for concerted Union action.
  Il nous a **aidé** à mettre en lumière la nécessité d’une action concertée au niveau de l’Union.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 582125)

- The aided investments at issue also **helped** to improve the accessibility of the area.
  Les investissements subventionnés en cause ont aussi **aidé** à améliorer l'accessibilité de la région.
  ([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 3825538)

- That exercise **helped** familiarize staff with the processing required under IPSAS;
  Cela a **aidé** son personnel à se familiariser avec les opérations à effectuer en vertu des normes IPSAS;
  ([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 25511885)

- It **helped** me a lot.
  Ça m'a beaucoup **aidé**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Sprachprofi and Sprachprofi · checked, community translation · [\#338347](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/338347) [\#338349](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/338349))

## contribué

Used about 5 889 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 796 · legal and administrative ≈ 98 · UN documents ≈ 4 995).

- You have **helped** to make this happen.
  Vous avez **contribué** à ce que cela soit possible.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 474207)

- The measure also **helped** to solve the free-riding issue by creating a customer base.
  La mesure a, en outre, **contribué** à éviter le problème du parasitisme dans la création d'une base de clientèle.
  ([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 1133371)

- Over 50 years it has **helped** spread peace in place of war.
  Pendant 50 ans, elle a **contribué** à propager la paix au lieu de la guerre.
  ([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 1672301)

- That is why I **helped** initiate this debate.
  Voilà pourquoi j'ai **contribué** à engager ce débat.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1457888)

- That transfer **helped** to ensure that the aid in the form of guarantees was limited to the minimum period necessary.
  Ce transfert a **contribué** à limiter le soutien sous forme de garanties au minimum nécessaire.
  ([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 2490159)

## permis

Used about 3 283 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · parliamentary ≈ 88 · legal and administrative ≈ 6 · UN documents ≈ 3 179).

- An operation on his throat **helped** him recover from the pneumonia, but it left him without his voice.
  Une opération sur sa gorge lui a **permis** de guérir de la pneumonie, mais elle l'a laissé sans voix.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by papabear and nimfeo · checked, community translation · [\#35754](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/35754) [\#13042](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13042))

- I am glad that the Commission and Parliament have **helped** to make information available in Scotland and I wish our own media would do likewise.
  Je suis heureux que la Commission et le Parlement aient **permis** de rendre les informations disponibles en Écosse et je souhaite que nos propres médias fassent de même.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 44023)

- It has **helped** the Union to demonstrate its commitment to manage the process towards the adoption of the Code of Conduct as a transparent and inclusive process.
  Elle a **permis** à l'Union de montrer sa volonté de mener ce processus à bien jusqu'à l'adoption du code de conduite de manière transparente et exclusive.
  ([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 3459974)

- This has **helped** considerably to reduce tensions between the two countries.
  Cette contribution a **permis** de faire baisser considérablement la tension entre les deux pays.
  ([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 7741427)

- Mr President, as indicated in the Council's proposal for a directive, the minimum VAT rate has **helped** keep the system operating at an acceptable level.
  Monsieur le Président, comme l'indique la proposition de directive du Conseil, le taux minimal de TVA a **permis** au système de continuer à fonctionner de manière acceptable.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1433753)

## More sentences

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

- Mary **helped** her mother decorate the Christmas tree.
  Marie aida sa mère à décorer le sapin de Noël.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and Littleben · checked, community translation · [\#3711912](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3711912) [\#3712550](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3712550))

- And no one **helped** you?
  Et personne ne t'a aidée ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by wma and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#505771](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/505771) [\#547953](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/547953))

- That couldn't be **helped**.
  On n'y pouvait rien.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#245478](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/245478) [\#1330227](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1330227))

## Grammar

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