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# previously — English to French

How English *previously* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: previously (50 868). By style: everyday 4 · literary 14 · biblical 4 · parliamentary 2 290 · legal and administrative 5 664 · UN documents 42 892.

## précédemment

Used about 14 549 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 573 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 360 · UN documents ≈ 11 617).

- It is my view that the legal act drawn up **previously** by the Council contained too many gaps.
  J'estime que l'acte juridique élaboré **précédemment** par le Conseil comportait trop de lacunes.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1132512)

- Wife of Maj-Gen Thar Aye (**Previously** A11b)
  Épouse du Gén. de division Thar Aye (**précédemment** A11b)
  ([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 1991262)

- It includes 15 weeks of theoretical training, as opposed to 12 weeks **previously**.
  Il prévoit une formation théorique de 15 semaines, au lieu de 12 **précédemment**.
  ([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 3675003)

- They are not even embarrassed about saying and doing the opposite of what they **previously** announced.
  Ils ne sont même pas gênés de dire et de faire le contraire de ce qu'ils annonçaient **précédemment**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1520926)

- REQUESTS FOR EXEMPTION FOR WHICH SUSPENSION WAS **PREVIOUSLY** GRANTED
  DEMANDES D'EXEMPTION PRÉSENTÉES PAR DES PARTIES AUXQUELLES UNE SUSPENSION AVAIT **PRÉCÉDEMMENT** ÉTÉ ACCORDÉE
  ([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 1363573)

## déjà

Used about 4 334 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 286 · legal and administrative ≈ 472 · UN documents ≈ 3 574).

- What then? Are we better than they? No, in no way. For we **previously** warned both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin.
  Quoi donc! Sommes-nous plus excellents? Nullement. Car nous avons **déjà** prouvé que tous, Juifs et Grecs, sont sous l’empire du péché,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ROM 3:9)

- As mentioned **previously**, the Member States must be in agreement on the proposal.
  Comme cela a **déjà** été dit, les États membres doivent approuver la proposition.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1322761)

- This approach has **previously** been taken by the Commission in its decision-making practice.
  Cette approche a **déjà** été retenue par la Commission dans sa pratique décisionnelle.
  ([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 3816496)

- The presentation had been made **previously**, during the Seventh Meeting of the Providers &apos; Forum.
  Cet exposé avait **déjà** été présenté lors de la septième Réunion du Forum des fournisseurs.
  ([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 25590076)

- Admittedly, I am thinking more specifically in this context of the **previously** mentioned ICI Plus and of the Banana Accompanying Measures.
  Je pense ici plus particulièrement, c'est vrai, à l'ICI+ **déjà** cité et aux mesures d'accompagnement dans le secteur de la banane.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1422496)

## auparavant

Used about 4 277 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · literary ≈ 9 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 573 · legal and administrative ≈ 118 · UN documents ≈ 3 574).

- I **previously** worked as a translator.
  J'ai travaillé **auparavant** comme traducteur.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#10775732](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10775732) [\#10775741](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10775741))

- It was this glance which Fantine had felt penetrating to the very marrow of her bones two months **previously**.
  C'était ce regard que la Fantine avait senti pénétrer jusque dans la moelle de ses os deux mois **auparavant**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 6477)

- had prepared for him a great room, where **previously** they laid the meal offerings, the frankincense, the vessels, and the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, the singers, and the gatekeepers; and the wave offerings for the priests.
  avait disposé pour lui une grande chambre où l’on mettait **auparavant** les offrandes, l’encens, les ustensiles, la dîme du blé, du moût et de l’huile, ce qui était ordonné pour les Lévites, les chantres et les portiers, et ce qui était prélevé pour les sacrificateurs.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NEH 13:5)

- This implies that they must have been there **previously**.
  Cela sous-entend qu'ils devaient y être **auparavant**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1117902)

- subject to compliance with the foregoing conditions, this approval shall remain valid for an unlimited duration unless the approval has **previously** been surrendered, superseded, suspended or revoked.
  sous réserve du respect des conditions énoncées ci-dessus, la durée de validité du présent agrément est illimitée, sauf si l’agrément a été **auparavant** rendu, remplacé, suspendu ou retiré.
  ([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 4671912)

## More sentences

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

- The suspect was not **previously** known to police.
  Le suspect n'était pas connu de la police.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#2700613](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2700613) [\#11432599](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11432599))

- **Previously** people believed the earth was flat.
  Avant, les gens croyaient que la Terre était plate.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by iggy and RoiOfTheSuisse · checked, community translation · [\#1456810](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1456810) [\#1592372](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1592372))

- who **previously** served in the king’s gate eastward. They were the gatekeepers for the camp of the children of Levi.
  et jusqu’à présent il est à la porte du roi, à l’orient. Ce sont là les portiers pour le camp des fils de Lévi.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CH 9:18)

## Grammar

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