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# read — English to French

How English *read* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 7 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: read (88 546), reads (7 626). By style: everyday 1 977 · literary 64 · biblical 65 · parliamentary 4 666 · legal and administrative 5 608 · UN documents 83 792.

## suit

Used about 57 984 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 194 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 928 · UN documents ≈ 55 861).

- In English, this **reads** as follows:
  En anglais, ce morceau de phrase est libellé comme **suit**:
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 921315)

- Article 17(4) is amended to **read**:
  L'article 17, paragraphe 4, est modifié comme **suit**:
  ([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 266755)

- Annex 3, correct to **read**:
  Annexe 3, modifier comme **suit**:
  ([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 24644741)

- The entire amendment now **reads** as follows:
  L’amendement tout entier se présente dorénavant comme **suit**:
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 703117)

- Recital 99 of that Decision **reads** as follows:
  Le considérant 99 de ladite décision énonce ce qui **suit**:
  ([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 3157695)

## paragraphe

Used about 7 395 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 292 · legal and administrative ≈ 993 · UN documents ≈ 6 110).

- I see paragraph 23 **reads** as follows:
  Je vois que le **paragraphe** 23 dit:
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1931530)

- Article 61(1) of the EEA Agreement **reads** as follows:
  L'article 61, **paragraphe** 1, de l'accord EEE dispose:
  ([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 5623615)

- 48. Taking into account the discussions, paragraph 1 **reads**:
  Le **paragraphe** 1 issu des débats est ainsi rédigé :
  ([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 13207107)

- In the Rules of Procedure, Article 3(3) of Annex V **reads** as follows:
  Le règlement dit au 3e **paragraphe** de l'article 3:
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1931522)

- Article 61(1) of the EEA Agreement **reads** as follows:
  L'article 61, **paragraphe** 1, de l'accord EEE dispose que:
  ([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 5654093)

## article

Used about 5 520 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 21 · parliamentary ≈ 146 · legal and administrative ≈ 117 · UN documents ≈ 5 237).

- Have you **read** the article about Asia in Time?
  Avez-vous lu l'**article** sur l'Asie dans le Time ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Swift and mouche · checked, community translation · [\#41128](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/41128) [\#12495](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12495))

- As the honourable Member knows, Article 255, formerly Article 191a, of the Treaty establishing the European Community **reads** as follows:
  Comme l'honorable parlementaire le sait, l'**article** 255, auparavant l'article 191a, du Traité instituant la Communauté européenne stipule:
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2035095)

- Article 7 of the Agreement **reads**:
  L'**article** 7 de l'accord dispose que:
  ([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 3542552)

- Article 6 of the Convention **reads**:
  **Article** 6 de la CEDEF:
  ([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 13451864)

- Against this background, it is regrettable that the report does not live up to the expectations raised when one **reads** Article 130p of the Treaty.
  Dans ce contexte, il est regrettable que le rapport ne soit pas à la hauteur des attentes que suscite la lecture de l'**article** 130 P) du Traité.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1626804)

## lit

Used about 3 566 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 927 · literary ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 243 · legal and administrative ≈ 643 · UN documents ≈ 1 746).

- He **reads** a book.
  Il **lit** un livre.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by shekitten and nimfeo · checked, community translation · [\#2132744](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2132744) [\#132073](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/132073))

- He **reads** the souls of the police like an open book.
  Il **lit** à livre ouvert dans les âmes de la police.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 12766)

- But to this day, when Moses is **read**, a veil lies on their heart.
  Jusqu’à ce jour, quand on **lit** Moïse, un voile est jeté sur leurs cœurs;
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CO 3:15)

- It **reads**, 'Everyone is equal, but some are more equal than others.'
  On y **lit** que "tous sont égaux, mais certains sont plus égaux que d'autres".
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 130426)

- The table **reads** as follows:
  Le tableau se **lit** comme suit:
  ([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 3795531)

## lire

Used about 3 099 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 391 · literary ≈ 20 · biblical ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 875 · legal and administrative ≈ 935 · UN documents ≈ 873).

- He knows how to **read** Chinese.
  Il sait **lire** le chinois.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#1751921](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1751921) [\#1754378](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1754378))

- “I know how to **read**, I do!”
  --Je sais **lire**, moi.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 15981)

- Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you come to Babylon, then see that you **read** all these words,
  Jérémie dit à Seraja: Lorsque tu seras arrivé à Babylone, tu auras soin de **lire** toutes ces paroles,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 51:61)

- I will **read** Amendment 2 aloud.
  Je vais **lire** à haute voix l'amendement 2.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1271097)

- **read** ‘Shanghai Excell M 愦灭;amp; E Enterprise Co. Ltd
  **lire** «Shanghai Excell M 愦灭;amp; E Enterprise Co. Ltd
  ([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 671448)

## comme

Used about 1 199 times in the texts (literary ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 146 · legal and administrative ≈ 175 · UN documents ≈ 873).

- He was writing probably some more letters like those which Marius had **read**.
  Il écrivait, probablement quelque lettre **comme** celles que Marius avait lues.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 16158)

- Also day by day, from the first day to the last day, he **read** in the book of the law of God. They kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according to the ordinance.
  On lut dans le livre de la loi de Dieu chaque jour, depuis le premier jour jusqu’au dernier. On célébra la fête pendant sept jours, et il y eut une assemblée solennelle le huitième jour, **comme** cela est ordonné.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NEH 8:18)

- I do not speak or **read** Italian, as you know, but the sessional services have told me that in Italian it is clearly 'may' as well.
  Je ne parle ni ne lis l'italien, **comme** vous le savez, mais le secrétariat des séances m'a dit qu'en italien aussi, c'est «peut».
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1818575)

- References to third countries should be **read** as references also to those excluded territories.
  Les références aux pays tiers s'entendent **comme** désignant aussi ces territoires exclus.
  ([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 4098938)

- 40. Amend para. 4 (b) of article 8.01 to **read**:
  40. Modifier le paragraphe 4 b) de l &apos; article 8.01 **comme** suit2:
  ([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 26339427)

## se

Used about 17 times in the texts (literary ≈ 8 · biblical ≈ 9).

- These four words, hollowed out in the rough stone with a nail, could be still **read** on the wall in 1848.
  Ces trois mots, creusés dans le moellon avec un clou, **se** lisaient encore sur cette muraille en 1848.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 25479)

- Or have you not **read** in the law that on the Sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless?
  Ou, n’avez-vous pas lu dans la loi que, les jours de sabbat, les sacrificateurs violent le sabbat dans le temple, sans **se** rendre coupables?
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 12:5)

- She took his head in both her hands, raising herself on tiptoe in order to be on a level with him, and tried to **read** his hope in his eyes.
  Elle lui prit la tête dans ses deux mains, **se** haussant sur la pointe des pieds pour être à sa taille, et cherchant à voir dans ses yeux son espérance.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 22307)

- On that night, the king couldn’t sleep. He commanded the book of records of the chronicles to be brought, and they were **read** to the king.
  Cette nuit-là, le roi ne put pas dormir, et il **se** fit apporter le livre des annales, les Chroniques. On les lut devant le roi,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EST 6:1)

- The king began to walk slowly round the little edifice, examining it carefully, while Master Olivier, who followed him, **read** aloud the note.
  Le roi **se** mit à marcher lentement autour du petit édifice en l'examinant avec soin, tandis que maître Olivier qui le suivait lisait tout haut le mémoire:
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 7442)

## More sentences

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

- As a last resort, **read** the instructions.
  En dernier recours, lisez les instructions.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by patgfisher and JulieMDM · checked, community translation · [\#4244295](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4244295) [\#4244890](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4244890))

- Have you **read** the FAQ?
  Avez-vous lu les QFP ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1635952](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1635952) [\#1638925](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1638925))

- He translates faster than others **read**.
  Il traduit plus vite que les autres lisent.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by marcelostockle and Nyans · checked, community translation · [\#2097008](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2097008) [\#6930665](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6930665))

## 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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