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# themselves — English to French

How English *themselves* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 5 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: themselves (85 568). By style: everyday 249 · literary 72 · biblical 361 · parliamentary 11 503 · legal and administrative 5 175 · UN documents 68 208.

## mêmes

Used about 22 273 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 114 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 23 · parliamentary ≈ 1 917 · legal and administrative ≈ 323 · UN documents ≈ 19 894).

- They did it all **themselves**.
  Ils ont tout fait eux-**mêmes**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CH and Taibouche · checked, community translation · [\#7408544](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7408544) [\#12159923](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12159923))

- It is certain that a vague and indistinct desire to please the handsome officer animated them all, that his splendid uniform was the target of all their coquetries, and that from the moment he presented himself, there existed among them a secret, suppressed rivalry, which they hardly acknowledged even to **themselves**, but which broke forth, none the less, every instant, in their gestures and remarks.
  Il est certain qu'un vague et indistinct désir de plaire au bel officier les animait toutes à la fois, que le splendide uniforme était le point de mire de toutes leurs coquetteries, et que, depuis qu'il était présent, il y avait entre elles une certaine rivalité secrète, sourde, qu'elles s'avouaient à peine à elles-**mêmes**, et qui n'en éclatait pas moins à chaque instant dans leurs gestes et leurs propos.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 3708)

- We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who **themselves** will also tell you the same things by word of mouth.
  Nous avons donc envoyé Jude et Silas, qui vous annonceront de leur bouche les **mêmes** choses.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 15:27)

- On the subject of the institutions **themselves** I would like to say three things.
  En ce qui concerne les institutions elles-**mêmes**, je voudrais dire trois choses.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 129969)

- handicapped persons **themselves** for their own use; or
  soit par les personnes handicapées elles-**mêmes** et pour leur propre usage;
  ([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 1945721)

## se

Used about 18 343 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 31 · literary ≈ 30 · biblical ≈ 181 · parliamentary ≈ 4 793 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 941 · UN documents ≈ 11 368).

- Cockroaches hide **themselves** during the day.
  Les cafards **se** cachent dans la journée.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and rene1596 · checked, community translation · [\#62171](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/62171) [\#1290144](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1290144))

- The cuirassiers hurled **themselves** on the English squares.
  Les cuirassiers **se** ruèrent sur les carrés anglais.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 7188)

- The seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared **themselves** to sound.
  Et les sept anges qui avaient les sept trompettes **se** préparèrent à en sonner.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · REV 8:6)

- Even the dwarves should pull **themselves** up to their full height at long last.
  Ces nains devraient **se** décider enfin à se dresser de toute leur hauteur!
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 870175)

- Other importers also made **themselves** known but did not complete questionnaire responses.
  D'autres importateurs **se** sont fait connaître mais n'ont pas répondu au questionnaire.
  ([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 1521938)

## ils

Used about 7 947 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 36 · literary ≈ 12 · biblical ≈ 75 · parliamentary ≈ 719 · UN documents ≈ 7 105).

- They seem to be enjoying **themselves**.
  **Ils** semblent s'amuser.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1754895](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1754895) [\#1760057](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1760057))

- And they seated **themselves** at a table.
  Et **ils** s'attablèrent.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 23613)

- But the humble shall inherit the land, and shall delight **themselves** in the abundance of peace.
  Les misérables possèdent le pays, Et **ils** jouissent abondamment de la paix.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 37:11)

- We have the great problem, though, that they do see **themselves** as responsible.
  Il y a cependant un gros problème, c'est qu'**ils** s'estiment responsables.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 883473)

- They are actually trying to do **themselves** out of a job.
  En fait **ils** travaillent pour perdre leur emploi.
  ([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 219592)

## elles

Used about 4 851 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 21 · literary ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 240 · legal and administrative ≈ 323 · UN documents ≈ 4 263).

- They want to improve **themselves**.
  **Elles** veulent s'améliorer.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CH and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#7408520](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7408520) [\#12038897](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12038897))

- They simply amused **themselves** with it.
  **Elles** s'en amusaient tout simplement.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 10484)

- New jobs in the environmental sector, social services and information and communications technology are not enough in **themselves**.
  La création de nouveaux emplois dans l'environnement, les services sociaux, les techniques d'information et de communication ne suffisent pas à **elles** seules.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1604577)

- whether they considered **themselves** to have been discouraged from cooperating and requesting IT at the time of the initiation of the initial investigation, and
  indiquer si **elles** estimaient avoir été découragées de coopérer et de demander un traitement individuel au moment de l’ouverture de l’enquête initiale, et
  ([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 2686599)

- The breadth of some security-related legislation is such that, when abused, these instruments can **themselves** be used as tools of State terror.
  La portée de certaines lois relatives à la sécurité est telle que, lorsqu &apos; on en abuse, **elles** peuvent devenir des instruments du terrorisme d &apos; État.
  ([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 10051742)

## eux

Used about 2 555 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · literary ≈ 8 · biblical ≈ 38 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 078 · UN documents ≈ 1 421).

- They began to quarrel among **themselves**.
  Ils commencèrent à se quereller entre **eux**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and hortusdei · checked, community translation · [\#307147](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/307147) [\#136631](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/136631))

- The wine-shop was empty; there was no one there but **themselves**.
  Le cabaret était vide; il n'y avait qu'**eux** deux.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 23614)

- For their sakes I sanctify myself, that they **themselves** also may be sanctified in truth.
  Et je me sanctifie moi-même pour **eux**, afin qu’eux aussi soient sanctifiés par la vérité.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 17:19)

- The other airports have to bear these costs **themselves**.
  Les autres aéroports doivent supporter **eux**-mêmes ces coûts.
  ([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 3514610)

- United Nations system organizations compete for voluntary funds, both among **themselves** and with other entities such as non-governmental organizations.
  Les organismes des Nations Unies rivalisent pour obtenir des contributions volontaires, aussi bien entre **eux** qu &apos; avec d &apos; autres entités telles que les organisations non gouvernementales.
  ([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 16453062)

## More sentences

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

- Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with **themselves** on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
  Des millions de gens qui désirent être immortels ne savent quoi faire un dimanche après-midi pluvieux.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#478470](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/478470) [\#478695](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/478695))

- We can argue about how to best achieve these goals, but we can't be complacent about the goals **themselves**.
  Nous pouvons débattre de la meilleure manière d'atteindre ces objectifs, mais nous ne pouvons pas être complaisants au sujet des objectifs même.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by BHO and Thomz · checked, community translation · [\#5762726](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5762726) [\#5764664](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5764664))

- People have started arming **themselves**.
  Les gens ont commencé à s'armer.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Yemana · checked, community translation · [\#4502281](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4502281) [\#5661663](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5661663))

## 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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