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# would — English to French

How English *would* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 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: would (1 063 889). By style: everyday 5 447 · literary 391 · biblical 435 · parliamentary 159 803 · legal and administrative 55 715 · UN documents 842 098.

## serait

Used about 178 623 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 227 · literary ≈ 33 · biblical ≈ 36 · parliamentary ≈ 9 988 · legal and administrative ≈ 10 447 · UN documents ≈ 157 893).

- I think that Tom **would** be terrified.
  Je pense que Tom **serait** terrifié.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Rockaround · checked, community translation · [\#7169685](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7169685) [\#6821090](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6821090))

- “It **would** be more prudent,” said Mistricolle.
  --Cela **serait** plus prudent», dit Mistricolle.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 2078)

- For if he were on earth, he **would** not be a priest at all, seeing there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law,
  S’il était sur la terre, il ne **serait** pas même sacrificateur, puisque là sont ceux qui présentent les offrandes selon la loi
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · HEB 8:4)

- It **would** be wrong for us in Europe to ignore what is happening.
  Ce **serait** une erreur pour nous, Européens, d’ignorer ce qui arrive.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 755910)

- This state aid **would**, however, be compatible with the internal market under Article 107(3)(c) TFEU,
  Cette aide d’État **serait** cependant compatible avec le marché intérieur conformément à l’article 107, paragraphe 3, point c), du TFUE,
  ([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 3478202)

## je

Used about 96 732 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 681 · literary ≈ 41 · biblical ≈ 100 · parliamentary ≈ 43 280 · UN documents ≈ 52 631).

- I never **would**'ve given up.
  **Je** n'aurais jamais abandonné.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#5850059](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5850059) [\#7769820](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7769820))

- If he were an assassin, **would** I save him?
  Si c'était un assassin, le sauverais-**je**?
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 11197)

- then I **would** speak, and not fear him, for I am not so in myself.
  Alors **je** parlerai et je ne le craindrai pas. Autrement, je ne suis point à moi-même.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 9:35)

- At this stage I **would** not disagree with her.
  À ce stade, **je** serais plutôt de son avis.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 921163)

- I **would** like to conclude with words of one volunteer of the Egyptian Red Crescent
  **Je** voudrais clore sur ces quelques mots d &apos; un bénévole du Croissant-Rouge égyptien :
  ([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 23774407)

## aurait

Used about 50 514 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 567 · literary ≈ 49 · biblical ≈ 27 · parliamentary ≈ 6 658 · legal and administrative ≈ 8 125 · UN documents ≈ 35 087).

- Tom definitely **would**'ve liked you.
  Tom t'**aurait** apprécié.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#3001285](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3001285) [\#7960216](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7960216))

- CHAPTER III—GAVROCHE **WOULD** HAVE DONE BETTER TO ACCEPT ENJOLRAS’ CARBINE
  Gavroche **aurait** mieux fait d'accepter la carabine d'Enjolras
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 24583)

- For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place **would** have been sought for a second.
  En effet, si la première alliance avait été sans défaut, il n’**aurait** pas été question de la remplacer par une seconde.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · HEB 8:7)

- Those EUR 200 000 could easily have been deducted from the 2.4 million and then the FIME **would** have been able to work.
  Ces 200 000 euros auraient facilement pu être déduits des 2,4 millions, et la FIME **aurait** alors été en état de fonctionner.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 517372)

- Such a transfer **would** affect the point in time at which the capital needs **would** arise.
  Un tel transfert **aurait** une influence sur la date à laquelle le capital sera nécessaire.
  ([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 3136852)

## voudrais

Used about 43 620 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 340 · parliamentary ≈ 43 280).

- I **would** like to stay longer.
  Je **voudrais** rester plus longtemps.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eccles17 and christian63 · checked, community translation · [\#6796843](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6796843) [\#6003545](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6003545))

- . I **would** like to commend the rapporteur Ms Paulsen for her work on this important report.
  Je **voudrais** faire l'éloge du rapporteur, Mme Paulsen, pour son travail sur ce rapport important.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 302431)

- How **would** you like your steak?
  Quelle cuisson **voudrais**-tu pour ton bifteck ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#51914](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/51914) [\#1099387](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1099387))

- Once again, I **would** like to thank Parliament for the leadership it has shown in this issue.
  Je **voudrais**, à nouveau, remercier le Parlement pour le rôle moteur qu'il a joué sur cette question.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 419777)

- Excuse me, but **would** you please open the window?
  Je te prie de m'excuser, mais **voudrais**-tu ouvrir la fenêtre, je te prie ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1474459](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1474459) [\#1474746](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1474746))

## More sentences

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

- **Would** you like to drive on this mountain road?
  Tu aimerais conduire sur cette route de montagne ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#10211302](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10211302) [\#10211313](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10211313))

- "**Would** you consider yourself a Muslim today?" "Yes."
  « Te considères-tu musulman à ce jour ? » « Oui. »
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and zogwarg · checked, community translation · [\#11901301](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11901301) [\#11901308](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11901308))

- They said that they **would** do that for us.
  Elles ont déclaré qu’elles le feraient pour nous.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CH and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#7438555](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7438555) [\#9969547](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9969547))

## Grammar

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