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# shall — English to French

How English *shall* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

The [Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) has no article on this word yet.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: shall (1 309 267). By style: everyday 292 · literary 166 · biblical 2 749 · parliamentary 17 816 · legal and administrative 704 222 · UN documents 584 022.

## doit

Used about 171 088 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · parliamentary ≈ 742 · UN documents ≈ 170 340).

- The Serengeti **shall** not die!
  Le Serengeti ne **doit** pas mourir !
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#11967311](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11967311) [\#11967206](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11967206))

- We **shall** not be able to avoid a sharing of burdens, but that must be a sharing of people.
  Nous ne réussirons pas à éviter une répartition des charges. Mais cela **doit** aussi être une répartition personnelle des charges.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1762916)

- The wind **shall** be measured at microphone height.
  Cette vitesse **doit** être mesurée à la hauteur du microphone.
  ([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 4365360)

- Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights stipulates that freedom of expression **shall** be guaranteed.
  L'article 10 de la Convention européenne des droits de l'homme stipule que la liberté d'expression **doit** être garantie.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1601478)

- The threshold **shall** not exceed 60 seconds.
  La valeur seuil de déclenchement ne **doit** pas être supérieure à 60 secondes.
  ([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 19252836)

## être

Used about 161 477 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 18 · biblical ≈ 57 · parliamentary ≈ 371 · legal and administrative ≈ 88 028 · UN documents ≈ 73 003).

- As happiness doesn't exist, we **shall** try to be happy without it!
  Parce que le bonheur n'existe pas, essayons d'**être** heureux sans lui.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eldad and Sbgodin · checked, community translation · [\#1303955](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1303955) [\#1971379](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1971379))

- The remnant of the trees of his forest **shall** be few, so that a child could write their number.
  Le reste des arbres de sa forêt pourra **être** compté, Et un enfant en écrirait le nombre.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ISA 10:19)

- I **shall** therefore dwell on a few points that complement what has just been said.
  Je vais donc m'attarder sur des points qui complètent ce qui vient d'**être** exposé.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 405735)

- These **shall** be such that:
  Ils doivent **être** conçus de telle sorte 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 5561337)

- The sampling filters **shall** be corrected for their buoyancy in air.
  Les effets de flottabilité des filtres de collecte devraient **être** corrigés.
  ([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 15585804)

## présent

Used about 156 751 times in the texts (literary ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 371 · legal and administrative ≈ 132 042 · UN documents ≈ 24 334).

- “Now,” said Cosette, adjusting a fold of her dressing-gown, with a triumphant little grimace, “I **shall** stay.”
  --À **présent**, reprit Cosette en rajustant un pli de son peignoir avec une petite moue triomphante, je reste.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 30541)

- I **shall** end by saying that I would like Mr Fischler to be present at this historic moment and he is not here.
  Je conclus en disant que je voudrais que M. Fischler soit **présent** en cet instant historique et il n'est pas là.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 397405)

- This Regulation **shall** enter into force on 19 June 2009.
  Le **présent** règlement entre en vigueur le 19 juin 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 1854828)

- Any procedures and mechanisms under this Article entailing binding consequences **shall** be adopted by means of an amendment to this Protocol &quot; .
  Si des procédures et mécanismes relevant du **présent** article entraînent des conséquences qui lient les Parties, ils sont adoptés au moyen d &apos; un amendement au présent Protocole.
  ([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 13972397)

- This Regulation **shall** be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
  Le **présent** règlement est obligatoire dans tous ses éléments et directement applicable dans tout Etat membre.
  ([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 2473603)

## tout

Used about 13 314 times in the texts (literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 401 · parliamentary ≈ 742 · UN documents ≈ 12 167).

- To-morrow morning, before you set out, you **shall** drink a cup of warm milk from our cows.”
  Demain matin, avant de partir, vous boirez une tasse de lait de nos vaches **tout** chaud.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 1825)

- In all the land of your possession you **shall** grant a redemption for the land.
  Dans **tout** le pays dont vous aurez la possession, vous établirez le droit de rachat pour les terres.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LEV 25:24)

- With these reservations we **shall**, however, vote for the report in its entirety.
  **Tout** en exprimant ces réserves, nous allons cependant voter pour le rapport dans sa totalité.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1652868)

- 1.11 The parties **shall** declare to the African mission the situation and location of their forces and all military equipment in their possession.
  1.11 Les parties déclareront la disposition et l &apos; emplacement de leurs forces et **tout** l &apos; équipement militaire qu &apos; elles détiennent, à la Mission africaine.
  ([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 9602070)

- You **shall** kill the ram, and you **shall** take its blood, and sprinkle it around on the altar.
  Tu égorgeras le bélier; tu en prendras le sang, et tu le répandras sur l’autel **tout** autour.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EXO 29:16)

## More sentences

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

- We **shall** explore every planet orbiting the Sun.
  Nous explorerons toutes les planètes qui tournent autour du soleil.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and Bruno · checked, community translation · [\#10490923](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10490923) [\#461797](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/461797))

- Who **shall** I choose?
  Qui vais-je choisir ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#276499](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/276499) [\#10963902](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10963902))

- I **shall** eat a peach.
  Je mangerai une pêche.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Joutsentaika and martin9 · checked, community translation · [\#5971828](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5971828) [\#5248047](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5248047))

## 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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