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# south — English to French

How English *south* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 2 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: south (211 787), souths (1). By style: everyday 147 · literary 15 · biblical 117 · parliamentary 6 615 · legal and administrative 8 744 · UN documents 196 150.

## sud

Used about 169 074 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 132 · literary ≈ 11 · biblical ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 5 805 · legal and administrative ≈ 7 833 · UN documents ≈ 155 285).

- My house faces to the **south**.
  Ma maison est face au **sud**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#250561](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/250561) [\#7811](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7811))

- "**South**-east by east."
  «Est-quart-**sud**-est.
  ([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 2124)

- He set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the **south**.
  Il plaça la mer du côté droit, au **sud**-est.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CH 4:10)

- Financial crisis in **South**-East Asia
  Crise financière en Asie du **Sud**-Est
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1804504)

- Zone FAO 48.4 Antarctic **South**
  Zone FAO 48.4 Antarctique **Sud**
  ([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 3242757)

## nord

Used about 16 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 15).

- One immediately perceived three long parallel streets, unbroken, undisturbed, traversing, almost in a straight line, all three cities, from one end to the other; from North to **South**, perpendicularly, to the Seine, which bound them together, mingled them, infused them in each other, poured and transfused the people incessantly, from one to the other, and made one out of the three.
  On voyait tout de suite deux longues rues parallèles sans rupture, sans perturbation, presque en ligne droite, qui traversaient à la fois les trois villes d'un bout à l'autre, du midi au **nord**, perpendiculairement à la Seine, les liaient, les mêlaient, infusaient, versaient, transvasaient sans relâche le peuple de l'une dans les murs de l'autre, et des trois n'en faisaient qu'une.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 1849)

- On the four sides were the gatekeepers, toward the east, west, north, and **south**.
  Il y avait des portiers aux quatre vents, à l’orient, à l’occident, au **nord** et au midi.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CH 9:24)

- He works to the north, but I can’t see him. He turns **south**, but I can’t catch a glimpse of him.
  Est-il occupé au **nord**, je ne puis le voir; Se cache-t-il au midi, je ne puis le découvrir.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 23:9)

- They will come from the east, west, north, and **south**, and will sit down in God’s Kingdom.
  Il en viendra de l’orient et de l’occident, du **nord** et du midi; et ils se mettront à table dans le royaume de Dieu.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 13:29)

- On the east were three gates, and on the north three gates, and on the **south** three gates, and on the west three gates.
  à l’orient trois portes, au **nord** trois portes, au midi trois portes, et à l’occident trois portes.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · REV 21:13)

## More sentences

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

- My friends want to do business with **South** American firms.
  Mes amis veulent faire des affaires avec des entreprises américaines.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by VirtuOZ and bout · checked, community translation · [\#2566197](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2566197) [\#2567685](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2567685))

- We're going on a trip to the **South** of France.
  Nous partons pour un voyage dans le midi de la France.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AsaeP and christian63 · checked, community translation · [\#6089389](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6089389) [\#6087086](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6087086))

- And that's when things went **south**.
  Et c'est à ce moment-là que les choses sont parties en vrille.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by ddnktr and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#11721277](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11721277) [\#11721282](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11721282))

## 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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