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# never — English to French

How English *never* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 2 translations with example sentences.

What it means: [never in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/never/).

Sentence pairs counted, by form: never (44 040), nevers (12). By style: everyday 4 609 · literary 155 · biblical 90 · parliamentary 8 689 · legal and administrative 1 898 · UN documents 28 611.

## jamais

Used about 32 115 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 417 · literary ≈ 90 · biblical ≈ 51 · parliamentary ≈ 6 698 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 612 · UN documents ≈ 19 247).

- He **never** got over it.
  Il ne s'en est **jamais** remis.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by tieguy and Julien\_PDC · checked, community translation · [\#13816537](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13816537) [\#9999875](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9999875))

- “You are **never** to be seen nowadays,” said he.
  --On ne vous aperçoit plus **jamais**? dit-il.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 2327)

- In you, LORD, I take refuge. **Never** let me be disappointed.
  Éternel! je cherche en toi mon refuge: Que **jamais** je ne sois confondu!
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 71:1)

- This study has **never** been carried out.
  Cette étude n'a **jamais** été faite.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 135890)

- Person **never** works on Sundays
  La personne ne travaille **jamais** le dimanche
  ([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 656823)

## n

Used about 916 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 96 · literary ≈ 13 · biblical ≈ 11 · parliamentary ≈ 724 · legal and administrative ≈ 72).

- Ziri **never** meant to break up with Rima.
  Ziri **n**'avait nullement l'intention de se séparer de Rima.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#11173312](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11173312) [\#11682211](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11682211))

- This point was **never** explained.
  Ce point **n**'a pas été éclairci.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 6604)

- or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, as infants who **never** saw light.
  Ou je **n**’existerais pas, je serais comme un avorton caché, Comme des enfants qui n’ont pas vu la lumière.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 3:16)

- Three quarters of the committed funding **never** left the kitty.
  Trois quarts des fonds engagés **n**'ont pu être affectés.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 148806)

- The Italian authorities **never** notified any individual case of application of Law No 808/1985 to the Commission under Article 88(3) of the EC Treaty.
  Il est apparu que les autorités italiennes **n**'ont notifié aucun cas d'application de la loi no 808/85 conformément à l'article 88, paragraphe 3, du traité CE.
  ([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 1406781)

## More sentences

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

- That must **never** happen.
  Il ne faut pas que cela se produise.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and menaud · checked, community translation · [\#3734806](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3734806) [\#13055635](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13055635))

- Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven green cords that were **never** dried, then shall I become weak, and be as another man.”
  Samson lui dit: Si on me liait avec sept cordes fraîches, qui ne fussent pas encore sèches, je deviendrais faible et je serais comme un autre homme.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JDG 16:7)

- He will come and destroy these farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.” When they heard that, they said, “May that **never** be!”
  Il viendra, fera périr ces vignerons, et il donnera la vigne à d’autres. Lorsqu’ils eurent entendu cela, ils dirent: A Dieu ne plaise!
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 20:16)

## 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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