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# however — English to French

How English *however* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 6 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: however (434 116). By style: everyday 111 · literary 58 · biblical 87 · parliamentary 62 407 · legal and administrative 41 469 · UN documents 329 984.

## toutefois

Used about 139 956 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 22 102 · legal and administrative ≈ 21 598 · UN documents ≈ 96 245).

- We will conclude our overview, **however**, with a positive example.
  Nous conclurons **toutefois** notre aperçu par un exemple positif.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#2972164](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2972164) [\#8485701](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8485701))

- **However**, scholar Johannes had not fallen asleep.
  **Toutefois** l'écolier Joannes ne s'endormait pas.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 338)

- He said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible to you. Please remove this cup from me. **However**, not what I desire, but what you desire.”
  Il disait: Abba, Père, toutes choses te sont possibles, éloigne de moi cette coupe! **Toutefois**, non pas ce que je veux, mais ce que tu veux.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAR 14:36)

- In my opinion, **however**, this is not enough.
  J'estime **toutefois** que ce n'est pas suffisant.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1430371)

- **However**, Member States may provide that:
  **Toutefois**, les États membres peuvent prévoir:
  ([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 1845758)

## cependant

Used about 105 558 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 46 · literary ≈ 13 · biblical ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 19 502 · legal and administrative ≈ 10 367 · UN documents ≈ 75 621).

- **However**, my shoulder hurts.
  **Cependant**, j'ai mal à l'épaule.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#11497436](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11497436) [\#11497505](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11497505))

- At length, **however**, she fell asleep.
  **Cependant** elle finit par s'endormir.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 4451)

- **However** you did well that you shared in my affliction.
  **Cependant** vous avez bien fait de prendre part à ma détresse.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PHI 4:14)

- Your comment, **however**, is really very interesting.
  Votre observation, **cependant**, est très intéressante.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1056146)

- **However**, the EU-PLO Joint Committee never adopted that decision.
  Le comité mixte UE-OLP n'a **cependant** jamais adopté cette décision.
  ([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 143752)

## ne

Used about 38 357 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 9 · literary ≈ 10 · biblical ≈ 11 · parliamentary ≈ 9 101 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 728 · UN documents ≈ 27 499).

- **However** hard you try, you can't finish it in a day.
  Aussi dur que vous essayiez, vous **ne** pouvez pas le terminer en un jour.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Zifre and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#36752](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/36752) [\#1182878](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1182878))

- **However**, he who says light does not, necessarily, say joy.
  Du reste qui dit lumière **ne** dit pas nécessairement joie.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 21401)

- **However** he shook off the creature into the fire, and wasn’t harmed.
  Paul secoua l’animal dans le feu, et **ne** ressentit aucun mal.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 28:5)

- This time, **however**, Saddam Hussein will not be able to continue to defy international law.
  Cette fois pourtant, Saddam Hussein **ne** pourra plus continuer à défier le droit international.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 432273)

- **However**, for the purposes of these provisions, persons with reduced mobility do not include anyone with psychic impairments.
  Au sens des présentes prescriptions, les personnes qui souffrent de défaillances psychiques **ne** sont pas considérées comme personnes à mobilité réduite.
  ([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 1463712)

## mais

Used about 16 416 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 21 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 44 · parliamentary ≈ 2 600 · UN documents ≈ 13 749).

- It's already September; **however**, it is very hot.
  C'est déjà septembre **mais** il fait très chaud.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#31682](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/31682) [\#8518819](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8518819))

- **However**, she did encounter a woman, who turned around on seeing her, and stood still, muttering between her teeth: “Where can that child be going?
  Pourtant, elle rencontra une femme qui se retourna en la voyant passer, et qui resta immobile, marmottant entre ses lèvres: «**Mais** où peut donc aller cet enfant?
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 8239)

- **However**, after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee.”
  **Mais**, après que je serai ressuscité, je vous précéderai en Galilée.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAR 14:28)

- A legal construction of this kind must, **however**, be prepared through a transparent and democratic process.
  **Mais** une telle construction juridique doit être élaborée selon un processus transparent et démocratique.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 846289)

- **However**, there remained room for improvement.
  **Mais** des améliorations sont encore possibles.
  ([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 11675217)

## n

Used about 12 520 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · literary ≈ 5 · biblical ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 3 900 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 728 · UN documents ≈ 6 875).

- **However** hard I tried, I could not solve the problem.
  J'avais beau faire de mon mieux, je **n**'arrivais pas à résoudre le problème.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mailohilohi and belgavox · checked, community translation · [\#36754](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/36754) [\#1645821](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1645821))

- **However**, although he was silent and grave, he was, nonetheless, both winged and armed.
  Du reste, quoique silencieux et grave, il **n**'était ni le moins ailé ni le moins armé.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 14348)

- **However** they didn’t listen, but they did what they did before.
  Et ils **n**’ont point obéi, et ils ont suivi leurs premiers usages.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2KI 17:40)

- **However**, you did not utilise this opportunity.
  Mais cette occasion **n**'a pas été saisie.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1286369)

- Such pollution does not, **however**, turn the measure at issue into state aid, the measure being merely favoured by state aid.
  La mesure en cause **n**’en est pas pour autant une aide d’État: elle est uniquement facilitée par une aide d’État.
  ([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 1671715)

## ces

Used about 7 742 times in the texts (literary ≈ 4 · legal and administrative ≈ 864 · UN documents ≈ 6 875).

- **However**, all these shades, all these differences, do not affect the surfaces of edifices only.
  Du reste, toutes **ces** nuances, toutes ces différences n'affectent que la surface des édifices.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 1780)

- **However**, those Member States may authorise the certificate to be drawn up in the official language of another Member State, and accompanied, if necessary, by an official translation.
  Néanmoins, **ces** États membres peuvent autoriser que le certificat soit établi dans la langue officielle d’un autre État membre et accompagné, si nécessaire, d’une traduction officielle.
  ([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 2106582)

- At the same time, **however**, he makes it clear that the United Nations does not have the means to independently verify those claims.
  Dans le même temps, il énonce clairement que l &apos; ONU n &apos; a pas les moyens de vérifier **ces** allégations de façon indépendante.
  ([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 26760171)

- **However**, if these good Haudriettes were, for the moment, complying with the statutes of Pierre d’Ailly, they certainly violated with joy those of Michel de Brache, and the Cardinal of Pisa, which so inhumanly enjoined silence upon them.
  Du reste, si **ces** braves haudriettes observaient pour le moment les statuts de Pierre d'Ailly, elles violaient, certes, à coeur joie, ceux de Michel de Brache et du cardinal de Pise qui leur prescrivaient si inhumainement le silence.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 2042)

- **However** that may be, the said Jean Valjean has just been brought before the Assizes of the Department of the Var as accused of highway robbery accompanied with violence, about eight years ago, on the person of one of those honest children who, as the patriarch of Ferney has said, in immortal verse,
  Quoi qu'il en soit, le nommé Jean Valjean vient d'être traduit aux assises du département du Var comme accusé d'un vol de grand chemin commis à main armée, il y a huit ans environ, sur la personne d'un de **ces** honnêtes enfants qui, comme l'a dit le patriarche de Ferney en vers immortels:
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 7789)

## More sentences

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

- **However** busy you may be, you must do your homework.
  Tout occupé que tu sois, tu dois faire tes devoirs.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Dejo and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#36691](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/36691) [\#451391](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/451391))

- **However** you do it, the result will be the same.
  Quelle que soit la manière dont tu t'y prends, le résultat sera le même.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Dejo and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#36577](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/36577) [\#12974](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12974))

- Brush your teeth, **however** sleepy you are.
  Brosse-toi les dents, même si tu es fatigué.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Dejo and superbolo · checked, community translation · [\#36689](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/36689) [\#140033](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/140033))

## 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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