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# really — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: really (28 979). By style: everyday 4 003 · literary 46 · biblical 8 · parliamentary 18 216 · legal and administrative 179 · UN documents 6 527.

## vraiment

Used about 12 526 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 252 · literary ≈ 15 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 7 211 · legal and administrative ≈ 7 · UN documents ≈ 2 040).

- I **really** must go.
  Je dois **vraiment** y aller.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#5821713](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5821713) [\#2392012](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2392012))

- “**Really**!” said the Bishop.
  --**Vraiment**? dit l'évêque.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 1563)

- The LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Will I **really** bear a child when I am old?’
  L’Éternel dit à Abraham: Pourquoi donc Sara a-t-elle ri, en disant: Est-ce que **vraiment** j’aurais un enfant, moi qui suis vieille?
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 18:13)

- We **really** must act on it.
  Nous devons **vraiment** agir.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1282074)

- Therefore, it cannot **really** be seen as one continuous plan with the measures notified in December 2008 and revised in April 2009.
  Il ne peut donc pas **vraiment** être considéré comme un plan en lien étroit avec les mesures notifiées en décembre 2008 et modifiées en avril 2009.
  ([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 1983276)

## réellement

Used about 4 539 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 83 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 3 416 · legal and administrative ≈ 86 · UN documents ≈ 952).

- I want you to know what **really** happened.
  Je veux que vous sachiez ce qui s'est **réellement** produit.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2026590](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2026590) [\#2026709](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2026709))

- If we should say, ‘From men’”—they feared the people, for all held John to **really** be a prophet.
  Et si nous répondons: Des hommes… Ils craignaient le peuple, car tous tenaient **réellement** Jean pour un prophète.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAR 11:32)

- I think that this is **really** needed.
  Je pense que c'est de cela que nous avons **réellement** besoin.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1299477)

- They **really** started as from 2007 and became very important in 2008.
  Elles ont **réellement** commencé à partir de 2007 et sont devenues très importantes en 2008.
  ([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 2909170)

- What are they **really** seeking to achieve?
  Que veulentils **réellement** obtenir ?
  ([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 7854432)

## véritablement

Used about 2 227 times in the texts (literary ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 1 518 · legal and administrative ≈ 26 · UN documents ≈ 680).

- I think that the Lark **really** is your daughter, and it seems to me quite natural that you should keep her.
  Je pense que l'Alouette est **véritablement** votre fille, et je trouve tout simple que vous la gardiez.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 17680)

- If we want new directives, we will **really** have to make choices and establish priorities.
  Si nous voulons de nouvelles directives, nous allons **véritablement** devoir faire des choix et définir des priorités.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 518655)

- Moreover, there is no Italian private bank **really** comparable to PI in terms of balance-sheet structure.
  Il n’existe par ailleurs aucune banque italienne **véritablement** comparable à PI en termes de structure budgétaire.
  ([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 1664348)

- 229. There are not **really** any policies or organized activities on sex work.
  Il n &apos; existe **véritablement** pas de politiques et d &apos; actions organisées pour le travail de sexe.
  ([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 27687933)

- "Now, Axel," cried the Professor with enthusiasm, "now we are **really** going into the interior of the earth.
  «Maintenant, Axel, s'écria le professeur d'une voix enthousiaste, nous allons nous enfoncer **véritablement** dans les entrailles du globe.
  ([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 1553)

## More sentences

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

- I **really** like to dance.
  J'aime beaucoup danser.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by shekitten and felix63 · checked, community translation · [\#10062021](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10062021) [\#10061716](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10061716))

- I'm **really** fast.
  Je suis très rapide.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and zarisi · checked, community translation · [\#5858375](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5858375) [\#8352857](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8352857))

- Tom is **really** good.
  Tom est très bon.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#2273390](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2273390) [\#5489833](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5489833))

## 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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