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# know — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: know (95 692), knows (6 765). By style: everyday 13 435 · literary 293 · biblical 915 · parliamentary 36 763 · legal and administrative 1 943 · UN documents 49 108.

## sait

Used about 29 045 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 758 · literary ≈ 96 · biblical ≈ 210 · parliamentary ≈ 11 871 · legal and administrative ≈ 344 · UN documents ≈ 11 765).

- Tom **knows** too much.
  Tom en **sait** trop.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and GB3 · checked, community translation · [\#1498912](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1498912) [\#6484467](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6484467))

- One **knows** not what one sees.
  On ne **sait** ce qu'on voit.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 21472)

- Why? Because I don’t love you? God **knows**.
  Pourquoi?… Parce que je ne vous aime pas?… Dieu le **sait**!
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CO 11:11)

- This wall - God **knows** - should be on it.
  Et Dieu **sait** que ce mur devrait en faire partie.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 499661)

- No answer/Don't **know**
  Pas de réponse/Ne **sait** pas
  ([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 4723684)

## savoir

Used about 16 624 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 700 · literary ≈ 30 · parliamentary ≈ 2 681 · legal and administrative ≈ 425 · UN documents ≈ 12 789).

- I don't want to **know** anything.
  Je ne veux rien **savoir**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and felix63 · checked, community translation · [\#2013908](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2013908) [\#8337710](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8337710))

- I wish to **know** all.”
  Je veux tout **savoir**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 5584)

- They just want to feel comfortable and to **know** that there is simplicity in the law.
  Ils veulent être à l'aise et **savoir** que la loi est simple.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 962537)

- “Let me **know** that you have received and understood this message.”
  “Faites-moi **savoir** si vous avez reçu et compris ce message”
  ([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 4016970)

- :: Everything you always wanted to **know** about the UN
  Tout ce que vous avez toujours voulu **savoir** sur l &apos; ONU
  ([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 7474127)

## connaît

Used about 11 411 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 959 · literary ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 143 · parliamentary ≈ 2 681 · legal and administrative ≈ 486 · UN documents ≈ 6 139).

- Who **knows** this man?
  Qui **connaît** cet homme ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#12842489](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12842489) [\#12842503](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12842503))

- “Everybody **knows** about this affair in Bundelcund.”
  --C'est une histoire que tout le monde **connaît** dans le Bundelkund, répondit le guide.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 835)

- That path no bird of prey **knows**, neither has the falcon’s eye seen it.
  L’oiseau de proie n’en **connaît** pas le sentier, L’œil du vautour ne l’a point aperçu;
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 28:7)

- Racism **knows** no borders.
  Le racisme ne **connaît** pas de frontières.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1677243)

- At this point in time, the exporter **knows** the benefit he will receive.
  À ce stade, l'exportateur **connaît** l'avantage dont il va bénéficier.
  ([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 1020749)

## sais

Used about 7 396 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 099 · literary ≈ 74 · biblical ≈ 95 · parliamentary ≈ 4 595 · legal and administrative ≈ 20 · UN documents ≈ 512).

- I **know** what it is.
  Je **sais** ce que c'est.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2376292](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2376292) [\#929815](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/929815))

- “I don’t **know**.”
  --Je n'en **sais** rien.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 1624)

- But I **know** you, that you don’t have God’s love in yourselves.
  Mais je **sais** que vous n’avez point en vous l’amour de Dieu.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 5:42)

- I do not **know** where that is coming from.
  Je ne **sais** pas d’où cela vient.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 827119)

- Tick boxes: yes/no/I do not **know**.
  Cases à cocher: oui/non/je ne **sais** pas
  ([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 5372515)

## comme

Used about 5 409 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 140 · literary ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 10 · parliamentary ≈ 4 212 · legal and administrative ≈ 20 · UN documents ≈ 1 023).

- As you **know**, Berlin is the capital of Germany.
  **Comme** vous le savez, Berlin est la capitale de l'Allemagne.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eccles17 and felix63 · checked, community translation · [\#6699746](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6699746) [\#6699579](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6699579))

- Now, logic **knows** not the “almost,” absolutely as the sun **knows** not the candle.
  Or la logique ignore l'à peu près; absolument **comme** le soleil ignore la chandelle.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18100)

- But if anyone thinks that he **knows** anything, he doesn’t yet **know** as he ought to **know**.
  Si quelqu’un croit savoir quelque chose, il n’a pas encore connu **comme** il faut connaître.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CO 8:2)

- As everyone **knows**, this was not possible before.
  **Comme** vous le savez, cela n'était pas possible auparavant.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1435535)

- See Amazon Final Transcripts: \[Vice President Sales International, Amazon Corporate LLC, US, former Head of European Third Party Business (such as Marketplace), LuxOpCo, Luxembourg\], 4 November 2014, par. 810: 6-21: ‘Similar, yeah, with the local — yeah, so what's important to me like, you **know**, and the reason IP exists is that what's really important for UK seller or UK customer is that Amazon.co.uk where the customer **knows** in the UK, the brand name, the customer **knows** in the UK Amazon.co.uk that's what the customer types to go and visit our site, www.Amazon — you get it — Amazon.uk, whatever it is. As it is Amazon.fr, Amazon.de, Amazon.it because they are local brands — local brand names, you **know**, for each of these countries. I think that's very important. Q. Okay. A. If you ask my dad, he **knows** Amazon.fr, you **know**, not Amazon.com because that's what he types, you **know**, to go to the France site to buy products in his local market.’ See also Amazon Final Transcripts \[Vice President International Retail, Amazon Corporate LLC, US, former Head of European Retail Business, responsible for all retail operations in Europe, LuxOpCo, Luxembourg\], 5 November 2014, par. 976: 5-17, which explains that, in Germany, Amazon.de wanted from the start to be perceived as a German store with German people, fulfilled out of Germany with German customer service.
  Voir Amazon Final Transcripts: \[Vice President Sales International, Amazon Corporate LLC, US, former Head of European Third Party Business (such as Marketplace), LuxOpCo, Luxembourg\], 4 novembre 2014, point 810: 6-21: «Similar, yeah, with the local — yeah, so what's important to me like, you know, and the reason IP exists is that what's really important for UK seller or UK customer is that Amazon.co.uk where the customer knows in the UK, the brand name, the customer knows in the UK Amazon.co.uk that's what the customer types to go and visit our site, www.Amazon — you get it — Amazon.uk, whatever it is. As it is Amazon.fr, Amazon.de, Amazon.it because they are local brands — local brand names, you know, for each of these countries. I think that's very important. Q. Okay. A. If you ask my dad, he knows Amazon.fr, you know, not Amazon.com because that's what he types, you know, to go to the France site to buy products in his local market.». Voir aussi Amazon Final Transcripts \[vice-président et directeur responsable du marché allemand au sein d'Amazon Deutschland Services GmbH, Munich, Allemagne\], 5 novembre 2014, point 976: 5-17, qui explique qu'en Allemagne, Amazon.de voulait, dès le départ, être perçue **comme** un magasin allemand occupant du personnel allemand, traitant les commandes en Allemagne et offrant un service à la clientèle allemande.
  ([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 4514687)

## More sentences

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

- I don't **know** what that is.
  J'ignore ce dont il s'agit.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1887248](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1887248) [\#2070741](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2070741))

- I am very glad to **know** you.
  Je suis très heureuse de te connaître.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ricardo14 and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#3201124](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3201124) [\#3198684](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3198684))

- Tom didn't even **know** that I was here.
  Tom ne savait même pas que j'étais ici.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#7516967](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7516967) [\#5535090](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5535090))

## 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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