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# late — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: late (34 091), lates (153). By style: everyday 1 409 · literary 20 · biblical 5 · parliamentary 3 387 · legal and administrative 2 223 · UN documents 27 200.

## fin

Used about 13 546 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 212 · legal and administrative ≈ 278 · UN documents ≈ 13 056).

- The External Relations Council scheduled for **late** June will most probably address the issue.
  Le Conseil RELEX de **fin** juin se saisira plus que probablement de la question.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1088145)

- In Uganda as of **late** 2014.
  En Ouganda depuis la **fin** 2014.
  ([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 3481630)

- Completion date: **late** April 2005
  Date butoir : **Fin** avril 2005
  ([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 12931701)

- If we do not do so now, we will have to do it **late** in January, and that would interfere with the dynamic of the next Presidency.
  Si nous ne le faisons pas maintenant, nous devrons le faire **fin** janvier, et cela pourrait interférer avec la dynamique de la présidence suivante.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 618985)

- As of **late** 2014, based in Tongo area, North Kivu.
  Depuis **fin** 2014, il se trouve dans la région de Tongo, au Nord-Kivu.
  ([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 3621444)

## tard

Used about 4 879 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 382 · literary ≈ 12 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 764 · UN documents ≈ 2 720).

- That's too **late**.
  Il est trop **tard**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2251296](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2251296) [\#912132](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/912132))

- “It will be too **late**.
  --Il sera trop **tard**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 24915)

- It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up **late**, eating the bread of toil, for he gives sleep to his loved ones.
  En vain vous levez-vous matin, vous couchez-vous **tard**, Et mangez-vous le pain de douleur; Il en donne autant à ses bien-aimés pendant leur sommeil.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 127:2)

- It is not too **late**.
  Il n'est pas trop **tard**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1495904)

- Sampling shall be conducted as **late** as possible within each mode.
  Le prélèvement doit être fait le plus **tard** possible dans chaque mode.
  ([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 24651446)

## retard

Used about 4 619 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 939 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 565 · legal and administrative ≈ 394 · UN documents ≈ 2 720).

- He's always **late**!
  Il est toujours en **retard** !
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by ddnktr and Julien\_PDC · checked, community translation · [\#10170118](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10170118) [\#8629927](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8629927))

- “We are twenty minutes **late**, and we shall not stop.”
  --Nous avons vingt minutes de **retard**, et le train ne s'arrête pas.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 2487)

- This is coming **late**, really **late**.
  Ce document arrive avec beaucoup de **retard**, j'en suis conscient.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1417439)

- Other interest on **late** payments
  Autres intérêts de **retard**
  ([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 3442013)

- The problem of **late** contributions, though somewhat improved over 2005, has continued in 2006.
  7. Le problème du **retard** des contributions, tant soit peu amélioré en 2005, s &apos; est poursuivi en 2006.
  ([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 16167082)

## lates

Used about 2 200 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 1 112 · UN documents ≈ 1 088).

- Nile perch (**Lates** niloticus)
  Perches du Nil (**Lates** niloticus)
  ([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 2687917)

- CHLOROPHENO-**LATES**, SOLID or PHENOLATES, SOLID
  CHLOROPHENO-**LATES**, SOLID or PHENOLATES, SOLID
  ([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 16076344)

- Nile Perch (**Lates** niloticus)
  Perches du Nil (**Lates** niloticus)
  ([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 344477)

- 16. On 11 July, the ISU participated in the event Policy **Lates**: How do we benefit from dual-use research whilst avoiding misuse?
  16. On 11 July, the ISU participated in the event Policy **Lates**: How do we benefit from dual-use research whilst avoiding misuse?
  ([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 27570614)

- Nile Perch (**Lates** niloticus):
  Perches du Nil (**Lates** niloticus)
  ([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 203188)

## trop

Used about 1 159 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 71 · UN documents ≈ 1 088).

- Monetary policy does, however, bear its share of responsibility as a result of cuts in interest rates that have been too **late** and not enough.
  La politique monétaire porte cependant une part de responsabilité en la matière, en raison des diminutions des taux d’intérêt qui ont été **trop** tardives et insuffisantes.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 613087)

- H. Creditor strategy: too little, too **late** and too austere
  H. La stratégie des créanciers : **trop** modeste, trop tardive et trop austère
  ([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 6298251)

- All countries were invited to participate in the project but the **late** response of many prevented their involvement.
  Tous les pays ont été invités à participer au projet mais beaucoup n &apos; ont pu le faire car ils avaient répondu **trop** tardivement.
  ([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 7144932)

## More sentences

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

- He is not in his **late** 20s, he is 31 so he is in his early 30s.
  Il n'a pas la vingtaine avancé, il a 31 ans donc il a tout juste la trentaine.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by QuentiBc and QuentiBc · checked, community translation · [\#13102201](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13102201) [\#13102211](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13102211))

- He was **late** for the 7:30 bus.
  Il a raté le bus de 7 heures 30.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and dominiko · checked, community translation · [\#288646](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/288646) [\#130649](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/130649))

- I like to eat a **late** breakfast.
  J'aime prendre un petit déjeuner tardif.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1830586](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1830586) [\#2482437](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2482437))

## 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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