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# though — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: though (44 577). By style: everyday 284 · literary 151 · biblical 167 · parliamentary 10 972 · legal and administrative 2 047 · UN documents 30 956.

## mais

Used about 9 732 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 18 · literary ≈ 6 · biblical ≈ 14 · parliamentary ≈ 2 514 · legal and administrative ≈ 85 · UN documents ≈ 7 094).

- I know her father, **though** I know not her.
  Je connais son père, **mais** je ne la connais pas.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#10298617](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10298617) [\#10298621](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10298621))

- However, **though** this was so, she did not account for it to herself.
  Du reste, cela était ainsi, **mais** elle ne s'en rendait pas compte.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 19779)

- **though** hail flattens the forest, and the city is leveled completely.
  **Mais** la forêt sera précipitée sous la grêle, Et la ville profondément abaissée.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ISA 32:19)

- How, **though**, do things stand in practice?
  **Mais** que se passe-t-il dans la pratique?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 485053)

- The capital market business and real estate financing are also to continue, **though** on a smaller scale (see paragraph 172 et seq.).
  BGB devrait en outre poursuivre ses activités, **mais** dans une moindre mesure, sur les marchés des capitaux et dans le domaine du financement immobilier (voir considérants 172 et suivants).
  ([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 551074)

## même

Used about 7 575 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 107 · literary ≈ 13 · biblical ≈ 14 · parliamentary ≈ 1 600 · legal and administrative ≈ 682 · UN documents ≈ 5 159).

- Tom had to do it even **though** he didn't want to.
  Tom a dû le faire **même** s'il ne le voulait pas.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#3405439](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3405439) [\#5377482](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5377482))

- And she sank down as **though** on the point of death.
  Et elle s'affaissa sur elle-**même** comme si elle se mourait.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 20373)

- **Though** they say, ‘As the LORD lives,’ surely they swear falsely.”
  **Même** quand ils disent: L’Éternel est vivant! C’est faussement qu’ils jurent.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 5:2)

- It looks as **though** he too has been imprisoned in his own fortress.
  On a l'impression que **même** M. Prodi est prisonnier de son propre fort.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 223149)

- Member State can fill in comments even **though** no indication is given.
  L'État membre peut remplir cette section **même** en l'absence d'indication.
  ([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 4531141)

## bien

Used about 5 925 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 89 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 21 · parliamentary ≈ 914 · legal and administrative ≈ 384 · UN documents ≈ 4 514).

- Even **though** he was sick, he went to school.
  **Bien** que malade, il se rendit à l'école.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CH and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1440025](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1440025) [\#1440891](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1440891))

- You see how they fasten a bell to my paw as **though** I were a wild beast.”
  Vous voyez **bien** qu'on m'attache un grelot à la patte comme à une bête féroce.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 11269)

- Therefore **though** I have all boldness in Christ to command you that which is appropriate,
  C’est pourquoi, **bien** que j’aie en Christ toute liberté de te prescrire ce qui est convenable,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PHM 1:8)

- It means that, even **though** we have reiterated the Millennium Goals, we have missed an opportunity.
  Que, **bien** que nous ayons réitéré les objectifs du Millénaire, nous avons laissé passer une occasion.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 722200)

- **Though** not in compliance with the ADR, they are in compliance with and accepted for the purposes of the IMDG Code.
  **Bien** qu’ils ne soient pas conformes à l’ADR, ils sont conformes au code IMDG et acceptés pour ce code.
  ([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 1665716)

## More sentences

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

- When I heard my teacher's illuminating explanation, it was as **though** I suddenly saw the light.
  Quand j'ai entendu l'explication éclairante de mon professeur, c'était comme si j'avais soudainement vu la lumière.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#2799069](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2799069) [\#8487416](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8487416))

- I’m open to other suggestions for a good English translation for “pingouin” **though**.
  Je suis cependant ouvert à des suggestions pour une bonne traduction anglaise de « pingouin ».
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3643018](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3643018) [\#3643020](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3643020))

- Mary, even **though** the daughter of a mere farmer, has manners that betray a distinguished upbringing.
  Marie, quoique fille d'un simple fermier, a des manières qui trahissent une éducation distinguée.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#1929079](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1929079) [\#1928412](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1928412))

## 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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