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# then — English to French

How English *then* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: then (143 534). By style: everyday 809 · literary 603 · biblical 2 008 · parliamentary 32 177 · legal and administrative 12 063 · UN documents 95 874.

## alors

Used about 30 265 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 253 · literary ≈ 138 · biblical ≈ 502 · parliamentary ≈ 9 385 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 011 · UN documents ≈ 17 976).

- **Then** so be it.
  **Alors** qu’il en soit ainsi !
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#11222113](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11222113) [\#11222114](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11222114))

- **Then** Quasimodo saw him again distinctly.
  **Alors** Quasimodo le revit distinctement.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 8977)

- So Pilate **then** took Jesus and flogged him.
  **Alors** Pilate prit Jésus, et le fit battre de verges.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 19:1)

- Why **then** does Parliament object to the comitology system?
  Pourquoi **alors** le Parlement émet-il des réserves à l'égard de la comitologie?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1881753)

- The department may **then** either:
  Ce service peut **alors**:
  ([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 5523134)

## ensuite

Used about 21 646 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 67 · parliamentary ≈ 1 341 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 262 · UN documents ≈ 17 976).

- What he said **then** shocked me.
  Ce qu'il m'a dit **ensuite** m'a fait peur.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by phiz and phiz · checked, community translation · [\#283608](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/283608) [\#419163](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/419163))

- The report **then** launches into utopian requests.
  Le rapport se lance **ensuite** dans des requêtes utopiques.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1444352)

- **Then** draw off the soap solution as completely as possible into a second separating funnel.
  Transvaser **ensuite** le plus complètement possible la solution savonneuse dans un deuxième décanteur.
  ([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 5013890)

- Since **then**, he continued to work as a PKK teacher.
  Il a **ensuite** continué à travailler comme enseignant au sein du PKK.
  ([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 23638226)

- We'll go to Hong Kong first, and **then** we'll go to Singapore.
  Nous irons d'abord à Hong Kong, et **ensuite** à Singapour.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sysko · checked, community translation · [\#272655](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/272655) [\#337960](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/337960))

## puis

Used about 12 234 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 152 · literary ≈ 364 · biblical ≈ 126 · parliamentary ≈ 1 341 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 262 · UN documents ≈ 7 990).

- Life's a bitch, **then** you die.
  La vie est une chienne et **puis** on meurt.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2163016](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2163016) [\#2164117](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2164117))

- **Then** he called Gavroche:—
  **Puis** il appela Gavroche.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 24156)

- His firstborn son was Abdon, **then** Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,
  Abdon, son fils premier-né, **puis** Tsur, Kis, Baal, Ner, Nadab,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CH 9:36)

- He started, but **then** he refused to create a fiancée for him.
  Il commence, **puis** il renonce à lui fabriquer une fiancée.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 266205)

- These solutions are prepared individually, **then** poured together and autoclaved immediately.
  Ces solutions sont préparées séparément, **puis** mélangées et autoclavées immédiatement après.
  ([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 3939741)

## More sentences

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

- Mary feinted a strike to Tom's face, but **then** swiftly struck his torso with the tip of her sabre.
  Mary feignit un coup au visage de Tom, mais frappa rapidement son torse avec la pointe de son sabre.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Auride and Anxxos · checked, community translation · [\#10614235](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10614235) [\#11730895](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11730895))

- **Then** I can still have five more minutes of sleep.
  Donc je peux encore dormir cinq minutes.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eldad and qdii · checked, community translation · [\#690152](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/690152) [\#690142](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/690142))

- He likes to go to the beach now and **then**.
  Il aime aller à la plage de temps en temps.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Romira · checked, community translation · [\#288170](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/288170) [\#181234](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/181234))

## 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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