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# please — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: please (129 757), pleases (196). By style: everyday 4 052 · literary 35 · biblical 247 · parliamentary 4 097 · legal and administrative 6 804 · UN documents 114 718.

## veuillez

Used about 17 973 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 523 · parliamentary ≈ 85 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 415 · UN documents ≈ 11 950).

- **Please** come on time.
  **Veuillez** venir à l'heure.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3162840](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3162840) [\#1148868](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1148868))

- Mr Helmer, **please** continue.
  M. Helmer, **veuillez** poursuivre.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1021362)

- **Please** give exact details:
  **Veuillez** fournir des indications précises:
  ([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 3931598)

- i. **Please** provide some evidence \_
  i. **Veuillez** donner des exemples qui en attestent \_
  ([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 22747534)

- **Please** be at work on time.
  **Veuillez** arriver à l'heure au travail.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#8079369](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8079369) [\#11931322](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11931322))

## lui

Used about 7 478 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 65 · literary ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 25 · parliamentary ≈ 213 · UN documents ≈ 7 170).

- Nothing **pleases** him more than seeing his relatives gathered around the table.
  Rien ne **lui** fait plus plaisir que de voir ses proches réunis autour de la table.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by samir\_t and samir\_t · checked, community translation · [\#12964422](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12964422) [\#12964425](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12964425))

- He went and admired it to **please** her.
  Il se leva et admira pour **lui** faire plaisir.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 2274)

- Hiram came out of Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they didn’t **please** him.
  Hiram sortit de Tyr, pour voir les villes que **lui** donnait Salomon. Mais elles ne lui plurent point,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1KI 9:12)

- Many citizens would just see it as a further example of the EU elite doing exactly as it **pleases**.
  Pour beaucoup de citoyens, c'est un nouvel exemple d'une élite européenne agissant comme bon **lui** semble.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1144661)

- Once the barlake has been paid, there is often the belief that a wife is the property of the husband, to do with as he **pleases**.
  Dès que le barlake a été payé, on estime souvent que la femme est devenue la propriété du mari et qu &apos; il peut la traiter comme bon **lui** semble.
  ([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 17539147)

## je

Used about 6 818 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 196 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 91 · parliamentary ≈ 555 · UN documents ≈ 5 975).

- **Please** don't mumble.
  **Je** te prie de ne pas marmonner.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#31120](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/31120) [\#938276](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/938276))

- I can do what I **please** about it.”
  J'en puis faire ce que **je** veux.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 4387)

- He said, “**Please**, my brothers, don’t act so wickedly.
  Et il dit: Mes frères, **je** vous prie, ne faites pas le mal!
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 19:7)

- **Please** let us proceed thus.
  **Je** demande que nous procédions ainsi.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 28308)

- It **pleases** me greatly to see the familiar faces of colleagues and friends around this room, and to welcome those who are joining us for the first time.
  **Je** suis très heureux de retrouver les visages familiers de collègues et amis et souhaite la bienvenue à ceux qui se joignent à nous pour la première fois.
  ([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 2364220)

## vous

Used about 5 142 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 327 · literary ≈ 6 · biblical ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 939 · legal and administrative ≈ 278 · UN documents ≈ 3 585).

- **Please** turn up the sound.
  Montez le son, je **vous** prie.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1222882](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1222882) [\#1222890](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1222890))

- "Going up, if you **please**."
  —A monter, ne **vous** en déplaise!
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 1660)

- offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim free will offerings and brag about them; for this **pleases** you, you children of Israel,” says the Lord GOD.
  Faites vos sacrifices d’actions de grâces avec du levain! Proclamez, publiez vos offrandes volontaires! Car c’est là ce que **vous** aimez, enfants d’Israël, Dit le Seigneur, l’Éternel.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · AMO 4:5)

- **Please** be patient a moment longer.
  Je **vous** demande un moment encore.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1642157)

- Could you **please** tell me whether you found this advice or guidance useful or not?
  Avez-**vous** trouvé ces conseils ou ce soutien utiles?
  ([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 3974883)

## plaît

Used about 4 674 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 830 · literary ≈ 16 · biblical ≈ 11 · parliamentary ≈ 427 · UN documents ≈ 2 390).

- **Please** don't cry.
  S'il te **plaît**, ne pleure pas.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sysko · checked, community translation · [\#1521](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1521) [\#3337](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3337))

- “Stockings, if you **please**.
  --Des bas, s'il vous **plaît**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 8669)

- Don’t be hasty to go out of his presence. Don’t persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever **pleases** him,
  Ne te hâte pas de t’éloigner de lui, et ne persiste pas dans une chose mauvaise: car il peut faire tout ce qui lui **plaît**,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ECC 8:3)

- But **please** do not think that we do not have the same sentiments.
  Mais, s'il vous **plaît**, ne pensez pas que nous ne partageons pas les mêmes sentiments.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1027083)

- Nothing **pleases** the forces of global terror more than hearing members of the world coalition against terrorism speak of measured and agreed-upon responses to the next atrocity.
  Rien ne **plaît** davantage aux forces de la terreur mondiale que d &apos; entendre les membres de la coalition mondiale contre le terrorisme évoquer des réactions mesurées et concertées à la prochaine atrocité.
  ([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 8720206)

## me

Used about 867 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 523 · literary ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 341).

- This **pleases** me!
  Cela **me** fait plaisir !
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eccles17 and felix63 · checked, community translation · [\#6685957](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6685957) [\#6628330](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6628330))

- And I will gain the upper hand of it as soon as it shall **please** me to frown.”
  Et j'en viendrai à bout quand il **me** plaira de froncer le sourcil.»
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 7839)

- This was also clear in the reply, which **pleases** me greatly.
  C'est ce qui ressort également de la réponse, ce dont je **me** réjouis.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 345266)

- Eating **pleases** me.
  Il **me** plait de manger.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by cntrational and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1122344](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1122344) [\#1122361](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1122361))

- “Madame,” said he, “does not possess that style of beauty which **pleases** me.”
  --Madame, dit-il, n'a pas le genre de beauté qui **me** conviendrait.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 17941)

## More sentences

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

- His children do as they **please**.
  Ses enfants font ce qu’ils veulent.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Miktsoanit and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#12197085](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12197085) [\#13413875](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13413875))

- **Please** come back at once.
  Reviens immédiatement, s'il te plait.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#52202](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/52202) [\#911136](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/911136))

- Don't hang up yet, **please**.
  Ne raccroche pas encore, s'il te plait.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#32576](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/32576) [\#821517](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/821517))

## Grammar

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