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# whereas — English to French

How English *whereas* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 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: whereas (65 652). By style: everyday 16 · biblical 17 · parliamentary 2 205 · legal and administrative 44 493 · UN documents 18 921.

## considérant

Used about 29 129 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 28 735 · UN documents ≈ 394).

- **Whereas** the Agreement entered into force on 1 April 2016,
  **considérant** que l'accord est entré en vigueur le 1er avril 2016,
  ([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 248286)

- **WHEREAS** the governing bodies of each of the above-mentioned organizations and the Economic and Social Council, in its resolutions 1994/24 and 1995/2, have endorsed the establishment of the Programme,
  **Considérant** que les organes directeurs de chacune des organisations susmentionnées et le Conseil économique et social, dans ses résolutions 1994/24 et 1995/25, ont approuvé la création du Programme,
  ([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 2877235)

- **Whereas** that Agreement entered into force on 1 April 2004,
  **considérant** que cet accord est entré en vigueur le 1er avril 2004,
  ([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 404824)

- C. **whereas** the Joint Undertaking started to work autonomously in 2007,
  C. **considérant** que l'entreprise commune est devenue autonome en 2007;
  ([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 5605159)

- B. **whereas** the Joint Undertaking started to work autonomously in October 2009,
  B. **considérant** que l'entreprise commune est devenue autonome en octobre 2009;
  ([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 5608097)

## alors

Used about 14 045 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 1 103 · legal and administrative ≈ 7 416 · UN documents ≈ 5 519).

- You're a professional, **whereas** I'm an amateur.
  Tu es un professionnel, **alors** que je suis un amateur.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Miktsoanit and GeeZ · checked, community translation · [\#12231192](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12231192) [\#1636589](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1636589))

- Uncertainty scares off investment **whereas** trust attracts it.
  L'incertitude fait fuir les investissements **alors** que la confiance les attire.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1231146)

- Indeed, consumption remained stable between 2003 and 2004 **whereas** it increased by 3 % between 2002 and 2003.
  En effet, la consommation est restée stable entre 2003 et 2004 **alors** qu’elle a augmenté de 3 % entre 2002 et 2003.
  ([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 1121647)

- **Whereas** unemployed men found new work rather quickly -- in 2.2 months, the period for women was 4.4 months.
  **Alors** que les hommes trouvent assez rapidement un nouvel emploi - en 2,2 mois, cette période est de 4,4 mois pour les femmes.
  ([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 10388844)

- **Whereas** he was weak as a baby, he is now very strong.
  **Alors** qu'il était un bébé chétif, il est maintenant très fort.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eldad and superbolo · checked, community translation · [\#272368](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/272368) [\#136540](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/136540))

## tandis

Used about 5 915 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 368 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 781 · UN documents ≈ 2 759).

- Salamanders are amphibians, **whereas** geckos are reptiles.
  Les salamandres sont des amphibiens **tandis** que les gekkonidae sont des reptiles.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and Maxence · checked, community translation · [\#9149617](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9149617) [\#7699198](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7699198))

- **whereas** angels, though greater in might and power, don’t bring a slanderous judgment against them before the Lord.
  **tandis** que les anges, supérieurs en force et en puissance, ne portent pas contre elles de jugement injurieux devant le Seigneur.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2PE 2:11)

- It is we who supervise, **whereas** that is not the case with the President of the Council.
  C'est nous qui contrôlons, **tandis** que ce n'est pas le cas avec le président du Conseil.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1297865)

- Community installations are typically based on naphtha as energy carrier, **whereas** US installations are natural gas based.
  Les unités de production de la communauté utilisent principalement le naphte comme porteur d'énergie, **tandis** que les usines américaines privilégient le gaz naturel.
  ([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 1037911)

- This Strategy was supported by UNIFEM and UNFPA, **whereas** OSCE helped the process with 2 consultants.
  Cette stratégie était soutenue par l &apos; UNIFEM et le FNUAP **tandis** que l &apos; OSCE assistait le processus avec deux consultants.
  ([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 18709527)

## More sentences

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

- But, **whereas** thou chargest me with theft, with whomsoever thou shalt find thy gods, let him be slain before our brethren. Search, and if thou find any of thy things with me, take them away. Now when he said this, he knew not that Rachel had stolen the idols.
  Mais périsse celui auprès duquel tu trouveras tes dieux ! En présence de nos frères, examine ce qui t’appartient chez moi, et prends-le. Jacob ne savait pas que Rachel les eût dérobés.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#7827769](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7827769) [\#8088505](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8088505))

- Russia needs to control Western Europe to deprive the US of its allies in western Eurasia, **whereas** China needs to kick the US out of the Far East. This way, the US will be put in its place and would spend more money on fighting poverty and building schools for its kids rather that destroying impoverished countries like Iraq, Afghanistan, and Yemen to the ground.
  La Russie doit contrôler l'Europe occidentale pour priver les États-Unis de ses alliés dans la partie occidentale de l'Eurasie, pendant que la Chine doit chasser les États-Unis de l'Extrême-Orient. De cette façon, les États-Unis seraient remis à leur place et s'occuperaient plus à dépenser de l'argent pour combattre la pauvreté et construire des écoles pour ses enfants au lieu de détruire jusqu'aux fondations des pays appauvris tels que l'Iraq, l'Afghanistan et le Yémen.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#11030071](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11030071) [\#11746690](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11746690))

- But the LORD said to David my father, ‘**Whereas** it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart;
  Et l’Éternel dit à David, mon père: Puisque tu as eu l’intention de bâtir une maison à mon nom, tu as bien fait d’avoir eu cette intention.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CH 6:8)

## Grammar

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