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# should — English to French

How English *should* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 6 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: should (1 386 294), shoulds (1). By style: everyday 4 540 · literary 200 · biblical 483 · parliamentary 151 648 · legal and administrative 204 581 · UN documents 1 024 843.

## il

Used about 437 844 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 568 · literary ≈ 75 · biblical ≈ 171 · parliamentary ≈ 25 275 · legal and administrative ≈ 98 028 · UN documents ≈ 313 727).

- You **should** listen to your wife.
  **Il** faut écouter ta femme.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and pfpillon · checked, community translation · [\#4523952](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4523952) [\#4524038](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4524038))

- He almost trembled lest she **should** want him.
  **Il** tremblait presque qu'elle ne voulût de lui.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 1446)

- **Should** a man make to himself gods which yet are no gods?”
  L’homme peut-**il** se faire des dieux, Qui ne sont pas des dieux?
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 16:20)

- In any event, the Commission **should** be judged on its actions.
  En tout état de cause, **il** faut juger la Commission sur ses actes.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1616813)

- The Agreement **should** be approved,
  **Il** y a lieu d'approuver l'accord,
  ([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 4800272)

## devrait

Used about 412 687 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 230 · parliamentary ≈ 25 275 · legal and administrative ≈ 72 456 · UN documents ≈ 313 727). Forms: devraient, devrait.

- It **should** be a no-brainer.
  Ça **devrait** être un jeu d'enfant.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1494568](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1494568) [\#1494970](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1494970))

- It **should** not take more than a day to transfer a number, subject to measures to prevent abuse.
  Moyennant la prise de mesures destinées à éviter les abus, il ne **devrait** pas falloir plus d'un jour pour transférer un numéro.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1123002)

- The existing MRLs **should** therefore remain unchanged.
  Les LMR actuelles **devraient** donc demeurer inchangées.
  ([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 3605221)

- The carbon content in ashes **should** be minimized.
  La teneur en carbone des cendres **devrait** être réduite au minimum.
  ([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 20818777)

- The bus **should** be coming soon.
  Le bus **devrait** arriver bientôt.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and migl · checked, community translation · [\#35321](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/35321) [\#10511724](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10511724))

## je

Used about 98 168 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 568 · literary ≈ 42 · biblical ≈ 60 · parliamentary ≈ 34 753 · UN documents ≈ 62 745).

- Why **should** I pay that much?
  Pourquoi devrais-**je** payer autant ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#4834925](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4834925) [\#4837990](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4837990))

- I **should** not restrain myself, not at all!
  Ah! **je** me gênerais par exemple!
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 2909)

- For I have given you an example, that you **should** also do as I have done to you.
  car **je** vous ai donné un exemple, afin que vous fassiez comme je vous ai fait.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 13:15)

- I think, therefore, that we **should** think carefully.
  Donc, **je** crois qu'il nous faudra bien réfléchir.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1595642)

- I **should** be grateful if you would have this letter circulated as a document of the Security Council.
  **Je** vous serais obligé de bien vouloir faire distribuer le texte de la présente lettre comme document du Conseil de sécurité.
  ([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 6564147)

## être

Used about 87 485 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 378 · biblical ≈ 40 · parliamentary ≈ 15 797 · legal and administrative ≈ 8 524 · UN documents ≈ 62 745).

- Maybe I **should** go with you.
  Peut-**être** devrais-je t'accompagner.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#4011457](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4011457) [\#5676368](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5676368))

- What is man, that he **should** be clean? What is he who is born of a woman, that he **should** be righteous?
  Qu’est-ce que l’homme, pour qu’il soit pur? Celui qui est né de la femme peut-il **être** juste?
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 15:14)

- Everyone **should** be treated equally across the EU.
  Tous les citoyens de l'UE doivent **être** traités de façon équitable.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1244158)

- The claims contained in recital 134 **should** thus be rejected.
  Les arguments présentés au considérant 134 doivent dès lors **être** rejetés.
  ([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 3649975)

- Corrections **should** be submitted in one of the working languages.
  Les rectifications doivent **être** rédigées dans l’une des langues de travail.
  ([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 5135640)

## doit

Used about 26 398 times in the texts (literary ≈ 21 · parliamentary ≈ 22 115 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 262).

- This **should** not be, gamins.
  Ça ne se **doit** pas, gamins.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 20573)

- That is how European policy **should** be.
  Telle **doit** être la politique européenne.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 547080)

- In order to ensure sound management of the procedure for issuing import licences, this Regulation **should** enter into force immediately after its publication,
  Afin d'assurer une gestion efficace de la procédure de délivrance des certificats d'importation, le présent règlement **doit** entrer en vigueur immédiatement après sa publication,
  ([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 2573268)

- “But you alone **should** hear it—”
  --Mais cela ne **doit** être entendu que de vous seul....
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 6502)

- I think that this principle, proposed by the Commission, **should** be maintained.
  Je pense que le principe proposé par la Commission **doit** être maintenu.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 203442)

## vous

Used about 596 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 568 · literary ≈ 8 · biblical ≈ 20).

- How much **should** you exercise?
  Combien de fois devriez-**vous** exercer ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and mkacfr · checked, community translation · [\#4817049](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4817049) [\#4827422](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4827422))

- You **should** have had them.”
  C'eût été pour **vous**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 7748)

- For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we **should** love one another—
  Car ce qui **vous** a été annoncé et ce que vous avez entendu dès le commencement, c’est que nous devons nous aimer les uns les autres,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1JO 3:11)

- I don't think you **should** do that.
  Je ne pense pas que **vous** devriez faire cela.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#2323255](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2323255) [\#6893571](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6893571))

- “Good God! if it had not been for you, I **should** have been done for.”
  Dieu du bon Dieu! sans **vous**, vrai, j'étais cuit.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 24904)

## More sentences

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

- I **should** have been watching more carefully.
  J'aurais dû regarder plus attentivement.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CC and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2047739](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2047739) [\#2048552](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2048552))

- We came in through the back door lest someone **should** see us.
  Nous sommes entrés par la porte de derrière, de peur que quelqu'un ne nous voie.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#276261](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/276261) [\#1304865](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1304865))

- You **should** not sleep.
  Tu ne devrais pas dormir.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#68911](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/68911) [\#4839203](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4839203))

## Grammar

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