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# soon — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: soon (72 262), soons (4). By style: everyday 1 286 · literary 64 · biblical 49 · parliamentary 8 928 · legal and administrative 6 658 · UN documents 55 281.

## dès

Used about 19 285 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 214 · literary ≈ 16 · biblical ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 1 116 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 052 · UN documents ≈ 14 883).

- I'll do that as **soon** as possible.
  Je le ferai **dès** que possible.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#6437532](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6437532) [\#12012766](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12012766))

- I will look for it, as **soon** as I am up.”
  Je vais le chercher **dès** que je serai levée.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 1185)

- As **soon** as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their donkeys.
  Le matin, **dès** qu’il fit jour, on renvoya ces gens avec leurs ânes.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 44:3)

- We are thinking about releasing this money as **soon** as the reserves are released.
  Nous envisageons de libérer cet argent **dès** que les réserves seront dégagées.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 535868)

- notify the Competent Authority as **soon** as possible;
  informe l’autorité compétente **dès** que possible;
  ([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 3255024)

## possible

Used about 17 352 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 54 · parliamentary ≈ 1 860 · legal and administrative ≈ 555 · UN documents ≈ 14 883).

- I want that information as **soon** as possible.
  Je veux cette information aussi tôt que **possible**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2030032](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2030032) [\#2427464](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2427464))

- That will be done as **soon** as possible.
  Cela sera fait aussi vite que **possible**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1501074)

- If actions must be taken urgently and consultation becomes impossible, the Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group shall be informed as **soon** as possible.
  Si des mesures doivent être prises d’urgence, rendant la consultation impossible, le groupe en est informé aussitôt que **possible**.
  ([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 2202124)

- **soon** as possible, but no later than 1 May 1997.
  soon as **possible**, but no later than 1 May 1997.
  ([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 4198979)

- You should phone your mother as **soon** as you can.
  Tu devrais téléphoner à ta mère le plus tôt **possible**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by witbrock and kelux · checked, community translation · [\#427784](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/427784) [\#427773](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/427773))

## bientôt

Used about 10 240 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 777 · literary ≈ 21 · biblical ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 930 · UN documents ≈ 8 505).

- Is Tom coming **soon**?
  Tom vient-il **bientôt** ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Julien\_PDC · checked, community translation · [\#9161917](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9161917) [\#9165780](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9165780))

- “Shall I see my Cosette **soon**?”
  --Verrai-je **bientôt** ma Cosette?
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 4514)

- They **soon** forgot his works. They didn’t wait for his counsel,
  Mais ils oublièrent **bientôt** ses œuvres, Ils n’attendirent pas l’exécution de ses desseins.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 106:13)

- We will **soon** see who really wants Europe.
  On verra **bientôt** qui veut vraiment l’Europe!
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 754590)

- Investigations are continuing, and those responsible at all levels will **soon** be identified.
  Les enquêtes se poursuivent, et **bientôt** les responsabilités seront situées, à tous les niveaux.
  ([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 12511809)

## rapidement

Used about 6 022 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 860 · legal and administrative ≈ 971 · UN documents ≈ 3 189).

- "Yes, it is a fair wind and a fine sea; we are sailing rapidly along, and if I am not out in my reckoning, we shall **soon** land."
  —Oui! bonne brise, belle mer! nous filons **rapidement**, et si mon estime ne m'a pas trompé, nous ne pouvons tarder à atterrir.»
  ([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 2839)

- The new caretaker Commission must take office as **soon** as possible.
  La Commission intérimaire doit entrer en fonction aussi **rapidement** que possible.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1974755)

- There are procedures in place to re-establish normal operating conditions as **soon** as possible.
  Il existe des procédures pour rétablir le plus **rapidement** possible des conditions d’exploitation normales.
  ([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 2206978)

- It was, furthermore, imperative to establish a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East as **soon** as possible.
  Il est de plus indispensable d &apos; établir **rapidement** une zone exempte d &apos; armes nucléaires au Moyen-Orient.
  ([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 14149203)

- I also intend to share details of this proposal with you fairly **soon**. That is one specific.
  Je compte partager assez **rapidement** avec vous les détails de cette proposition: c'est du concret.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 942344)

## More sentences

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

- How **soon** do you need it?
  À partir de quand en as-tu besoin ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sysko · checked, community translation · [\#66149](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/66149) [\#335939](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/335939))

- The ambulance arrived **soon** after we called.
  L'ambulance est arrivée peu après notre appel.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#8897079](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8897079) [\#12026663](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12026663))

- I'll call back **soon**.
  Je rappelle tout de suite.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by brymck and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1556829](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1556829) [\#943243](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/943243))

## 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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