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# there — English to French

How English *there* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 5 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: there (765 685), theres (1). By style: everyday 9 879 · literary 822 · biblical 1 846 · parliamentary 131 166 · legal and administrative 41 881 · UN documents 580 092.

## y

Used about 178 592 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8 233 · literary ≈ 428 · biblical ≈ 577 · parliamentary ≈ 38 257 · legal and administrative ≈ 873 · UN documents ≈ 130 225).

- You were **there**, too.
  Tu **y** étais aussi.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#3819166](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3819166) [\#6474129](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6474129))

- **There** are two in this courtyard.
  Il **y** en a deux dans cette cour.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 6772)

- **There** remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God.
  Il **y** a donc un repos de sabbat réservé au peuple 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 · HEB 4:9)

- However, **there** is another consideration.
  Mais il **y** a autre chose.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1284872)

- specimens, alive or dead, that are part of the household possessions of persons moving into the Community to take up residence **there**.
  spécimens, vivants ou morts, qui font partie des effets domestiques de personnes qui arrivent dans la Communauté pour **y** établir leur résidence.
  ([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 988026)

## il

Used about 85 516 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 412 · literary ≈ 69 · biblical ≈ 115 · parliamentary ≈ 21 861 · legal and administrative ≈ 15 705 · UN documents ≈ 47 354).

- **There**'s no telling what he'll do next.
  Personne ne sait ce qu'**il** fera ensuite.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#700464](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/700464) [\#803927](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/803927))

- “**There** is the beginning,” said he.
  --Voilà le commencement, dit-**il**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 26528)

- They say, “How does God know? Is **there** knowledge in the Most High?”
  Et **il** dit: Comment Dieu saurait-il, Comment le Très-Haut connaîtrait-il?
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 73:11)

- In spite of that, **there** is still a long way to go before we reach the terminus.
  **Il** n' empêche que dans notre travail, nous sommes encore loin du terminus.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 152371)

- **There** are three varieties per record; the three varieties have the same structure
  **Il** y a trois variétés par enregistrement; les trois variétés ont la même structure
  ([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 835941)

## n

Used about 80 307 times in the texts (literary ≈ 51 · biblical ≈ 154 · parliamentary ≈ 8 198 · legal and administrative ≈ 873 · UN documents ≈ 71 032).

- "That's not it," cried my uncle, "**there**'s no sense in it."
  «Ce **n**'est pas cela! s'écria mon oncle, cela n'a pas le sens commun!»
  ([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 244)

- The waters covered their adversaries. **There** was not one of them left.
  Les eaux couvrirent leurs adversaires: Il **n**’en resta pas un seul.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 106:11)

- **There** is nothing formal about that.
  Ce **n**'est pas une question de forme.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 862332)

- The Commission noted that a parent company would have recapitalised its subsidiary, but only if **there** is a reasonable likelihood that the assisted undertaking will become profitable again \[114\].
  La Commission a relevé qu'une société mère **n**'aurait recapitalisé sa filiale que si l'entreprise aidée était raisonnablement susceptible de redevenir rentable \[114\].
  ([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 3149669)

- **There** are no more requests for the floor.
  Personne **n** &apos; a demandé à prendre la parole.
  ([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 15100245)

## existe

Used about 34 147 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 10 470 · UN documents ≈ 23 677).

- **there** is an exceptional case of urgency where **there** is:
  il s’agit d’un cas d’urgence exceptionnel, lorsqu’il **existe**:
  ([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 4676211)

- Is **there** an oversight function that monitors compliance with corporate reporting requirements for the following entities?
  **Existe**-t-il une fonction de supervision qui contrôle le respect des obligations en matière de publication par les entités suivantes?
  ([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 25154445)

- **There** is therefore a strong likelihood of recurrence of dumping.
  Il **existe** donc une forte probabilité de réapparition du dumping.
  ([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 4719954)

- 21. Nevertheless, **there** are certainly ways in which the United Kingdom can assist in law enforcement and criminal investigations.
  21. Toutefois, il **existe** certainement des moyens par lesquels le gouvernement peut contribuer au respect de la loi et aux enquêtes pénales.
  ([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 1200224)

- In this case, **there** is no such evidence of any of these points.
  En l'espèce, il n'**existe** aucun élément permettant d'apporter une telle preuve.
  ([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 4813706)

## là

Used about 4 158 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 617 · literary ≈ 154 · biblical ≈ 654 · parliamentary ≈ 2 733).

- I live in that house over **there**.
  Je vis dans la maison **là**-bas.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and zogwarg · checked, community translation · [\#8216082](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8216082) [\#12456628](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12456628))

- “Who goes **there**?” said the master.
  --Qui va **là**? dit le maître.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 1343)

- even **there** your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.
  **Là** aussi ta main me conduira, Et ta droite me saisira.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 139:10)

- The will is **there**.
  La volonté est **là**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1255146)

- We made it out of **there**.
  Nous réussîmes à nous extirper de **là**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#24927](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/24927) [\#1330327](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1330327))

## More sentences

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

- **There**, just connect your computer to the power strip.
  Tiens, t'as qu'à brancher ton ordinateur sur la multiprise.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by GeeZ and GeeZ · checked, community translation · [\#1473327](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1473327) [\#1473321](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1473321))

- You can save your breath. **There** is no use talking to him.
  Vous pouvez économiser votre salive. Ça ne sert à rien de parler avec lui.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and rene1596 · checked, community translation · [\#323671](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/323671) [\#1184053](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1184053))

- Is **there** something in particular that you're looking for?
  Recherchez-vous quelque chose de particulier ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#4233337](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4233337) [\#4235419](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4235419))

## 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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