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# later — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: later (80 303). By style: everyday 586 · literary 75 · biblical 7 · parliamentary 5 063 · legal and administrative 11 863 · UN documents 62 709.

## tard

Used about 26 776 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 501 · literary ≈ 17 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 2 848 · legal and administrative ≈ 6 426 · UN documents ≈ 16 984).

- I'll phone **later**.
  J'appelerai plus **tard**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and zeslayer · checked, community translation · [\#12476345](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12476345) [\#3381759](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3381759))

- This nightmare struck him so forcibly that he wrote it down **later** on.
  Ce cauchemar le frappa tellement que plus **tard** il l'a écrit.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 5259)

- About three hours **later**, his wife, not knowing what had happened, came in.
  Environ trois heures plus **tard**, sa femme entra, sans savoir ce qui était arrivé.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 5:7)

- Four months **later**: 'We need more money'.
  Quatre mois plus **tard**: "Il faut plus d'argent".
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1520917)

- no **later** than the time the payment is received;
  au plus **tard** lors de l'encaissement du prix;
  ([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 910686)

## plus

Used about 4 849 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 12 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 422 · legal and administrative ≈ 494 · UN documents ≈ 3 919).

- I'm going to explain all this in more detail **later**.
  Je vais vous expliquer tout cela **plus** en détail ultérieurement.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#2537494](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2537494) [\#3141019](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3141019))

- An instant **later**, a symphony which had been intended to produce the greatest effect on the arrival of the Virgin, was lacking.
  Au bout d'un instant, une symphonie qui devait produire le **plus** grand effet à l'arrivée de la sainte Vierge, manqua.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 777)

- It goes without saying, therefore, that we should introduce this measure sooner rather than **later**.
  Il va donc sans dire que nous devrions introduire cette mesure le **plus** rapidement possible.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1248609)

- This date cannot be **later** than 7 days after the date of submission of the draft e-AD.
  Cette date ne peut se situer **plus** de 7 jours après la date de présentation du projet d’e-AD.
  ([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 5044797)

- The sensitive issue of decommissioning of paramilitary weapons was not dealt with immediately, but at a **later** stage.
  La question délicate de la mise hors service des armes des groupes paramilitaires n &apos; a pas non **plus** été traitée immédiatement, mais à un stade ultérieur.
  ([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 25301569)

## après

Used about 2 124 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 24 · literary ≈ 50 · biblical ≈ 2 · legal and administrative ≈ 741 · UN documents ≈ 1 306).

- I'll tell you **later**.
  Je te le dirai **après**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2548286](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2548286) [\#5565845](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5565845))

- A moment **later** she resumed:—
  Un moment **après** elle reprit:
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 9953)

- About ten days **later**, the LORD struck Nabal, so that he died.
  Environ dix jours **après**, l’Éternel frappa Nabal, et il mourut.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1SA 25:38)

- After any number of completed cycles, the vehicle may be removed from the chassis dynamometer, and the test continued at a **later** time.
  **Après** un nombre quelconque de cycles complets, le véhicule peut être enlevé du banc à rouleaux, et l'essai peut être repris ultérieurement.
  ([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 5443782)

- We are deeply disappointed and much concerned that today, one year **later**, the Conference remains deadlocked.
  Nous sommes très déçues et profondément préoccupées, car aujourd &apos; hui, une année **après**, la Conférence est toujours au point mort.
  ([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 8964004)

## ans

Used about 1 412 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 105 · UN documents ≈ 1 306).

- Ten years **later**, we can conclude that progress has been made.
  Dix **ans** après, nous pouvons constater que des progrès ont été réalisés.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1435682)

- Statistics for other age groups (15 to 19 years and 40 to 49 years) could be provided to the Committee at a **later** date.
  Des statistiques pour les autres groupes d &apos; âge (15-19 **ans** et 40-49 ans) pourront être fournies ultérieurement au Comité.
  ([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 27662138)

## mois

Used about 495 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 1 · legal and administrative ≈ 494).

- About three months **later**, Judah was told, “Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the prostitute. Moreover, behold, she is with child by prostitution.” Judah said, “Bring her out, and let her be burned.”
  Environ trois **mois** après, on vint dire à Juda: Tamar, ta belle-fille, s’est prostituée, et même la voilà enceinte à la suite de sa prostitution. Et Juda dit: Faites-la sortir, et qu’elle soit brûlée.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 38:24)

- Due date **later** than 3 months and earlier than or equal to 6 months
  Date d'échéance supérieure à 3 **mois** et inférieure ou égale à 6 mois
  ([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 3576460)

- or \[were vaccinated with Rev. 1 vaccine before the age of seven months, but not **later** than 15 days before their introduction into the holding of destination.\]\]
  ou \[ont été vaccinés avec le vaccin Rev. 1 avant l’âge de 7 **mois** et au moins 15 jours avant d’entrer dans l’exploitation de destination.\]\]
  ([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 3870072)

## More sentences

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

- I posted a photo, which **later** went viral, of my flabby belly full of stretch marks.
  J'ai posté une photo, par la suite devenue virale, de mon bidou tout mou et tout strié.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felidad and zogwarg · checked, community translation · [\#10668336](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10668336) [\#11902289](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11902289))

- What isn't yet may **later** be.
  Ce qui n'est pas encore peut encore être.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Tamy and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1995809](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1995809) [\#2002409](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2002409))

- Christopher Columbus was once quoted as saying that pirates were too "simple-minded". He created the Bermuda Triangle **later** that year.
  On raconte que Christophe Colomb a traité une fois les pirates de "simplets". La même année, il créa le Triangle des Bermudes.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by FeuDRenais and gall · checked, community translation · [\#536640](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/536640) [\#763311](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/763311))

## 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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